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JvA visited Georgetown’s new Carleton Market and took some very nice photos, including one of what may be the oldest jar of mayonnaise in Seattle — Mid Beacon Hill
Matthew Rutledge has an interesting set of Beacon Hill photos on Flickr, including the one seen with this post
There is a public memorial for the Tuba Man, Edward McMichael, at Qwest Field this Wednesday, 6:30 pm. Doors open at 5:30 pm — Seattle Metblogs
To solve the current budget crisis, the King County Council is considering eliminating the family planning clinic at the Columbia Public Health Center in Genesee — Rainier Valley Post

A couple of weeks ago we mentioned that Nancy Leson was looking for comments on “old-school” Chinese restaurants. Now she’s posted a review of several, including the former Beacon Hill landmark, Perry Ko’s South China Restaurant. (If you count Perry Ko’s old location, we’ve eaten at every one of these restaurants.) — Seattle Times
Blogging Georgetown brings us news of a new grocery store at Carleton & Warsaw, rather closer for our west-slope Mid-Beacon Hill neighbors than Red Apple or Safeway, and perhaps worth a trip from further out.
The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack is today! There’s a lot going on, but we particularly noticed the exhibition, book signing, and slide talk by legendary underground cartoonist Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery — Blogging Georgetown
Access to broadband has become a major factor when people decide where to live, and Central Seattle may be falling on the wrong side of the “broadband divide” — Seattle Tech Report/P-I
A group of Mountaineers visited the Beacon Hill Library on Friday, as part of a series of hikes to every city library to celebrate completion of the “Libraries for All” campaign. — P-I

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