Posts Tagged ‘Fremont’
Fremont Solstice Parade
One of our city’s most eclectic traditions happens this Saturday: the Fremont Solstice Parade and its naked bicyclists! This event is pure Fremont, and, as with most things that build community among neighbors and neighborhoods—we love it! Saturday, June 18 2:30 pm: Street closure along the route 2:45 pm: Solstice Cyclist Ride begins 3:00 pm: Parade begins…
Read MoreSeattle’s 3 Bizarre Tower-Homes
What’s in the very top of the iconic Smith Tower? What about those towers on the Fremont Bridge? Why does Ballard have a lighthouse nowhere near the water? Answer: Residents. People live in strange places in Seattle. Places that, if we didn’t know better, we never would have imagined anyone calling “home.” Places like these…
Read MorePaseo, Paseo: What Do We Do Now?
Paseo has closed. You might have heard it already from the stunned news reports and neighborhood gossip that flurried through Seattle on Tuesday. Paseo, celebrated Cuban sandwich shop. Paseo, #2 on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in America. Paseo, Seattle treasure. Closed. The news came as a shock to just about everyone. One day…
Read MoreTrick-or-Treat!
All of Seattle’s best trick-or-treating options, here in one place: Fremont Annual Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31 (3 p.m. – 6 p.m.) University Village Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31 (4 – 6 p.m.) Montlake Fall Festival Oct. 30 (5:00 – 7:30 p.m.) Magnolia Lil Spooky Things Oct. 31 (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.) Magnolia Trick-or-Treat…
Read MoreWhat does your zip code say about you?
Age? Check. Income? Check. Neighborhood? Check. Overall lifestyle? Check. It’s creepy, but once you get past the creepiness, it’s actually a useful tool for house-hunting and neighborhood-shopping, and, in a spying-on-the-Jonses way… it’s fun. Esri released an interactive map that analyzes your zip code information. You can zoom into Seattle and see…
Read MoreBeat the Seattle Commute
The commute, the dreaded commute! Bumper-to-bumper for miles, moving down I-5 slower than you backed out of your driveway. Wait, wait, wait—move forward ten feet and wait some more. Watch the minutes pile up. You should think about this when you pick a house. Map potential routes and test them. Imagine driving from that potential…
Read MoreFremont: To Be Peculiar
Life is good at the Center of the Universe. Fremont, arguably Seattle’s most eclectic neighborhood, boasts artists and walkability and hipsters and character. A lot of character. This is the home of the Fremont Troll and the seven-ton Lenin statue. The home of microbreweries, the home of Nirvana’s Bleach recording, and the home of the Solstice…
Read MoreOf Parks and Pianos
Seattle is known for many things. Music, coffee, rain. Good scenery and great parks. And this summer, you can combine all of it. How? Pianos in the Parks. From July 17 to August 17, twenty pianos will occupy twenty King County parks. Anyone can play them. It doesn’t matter if you’re tone-deaf or classically trained,…
Read MoreTHE Fremont Grocery Store
New homeowners face a steep learning curve. You need to figure out all the tricks to living in a new house, plus the whole meeting-your-neighbors thing. And on top of that, you have to get familiar with the neighborhood. You’ll have to find the best parking spots, the places to avoid after 10 p.m., the…
Read MoreThe Sculptures of Fremont
You’ve probably seen them. Or if you haven’t, you’ve heard of them. The Troll, Lenin, Waiting for the Interurban. Fremont has some of the best-known sculptures in Seattle. But did you know THIS about them? The Fremont Troll Before the Fremont Troll moved in, the space beneath the Aurora Bridge was a dump site. Trash,…
Read MoreA Day with the Gals: Friends
Lauren and her husband made a list. Portland, Boston, Seattle. A few other cities, too. The couple had good jobs, they did not have kids, and the dot-com bubble had yet to burst. They could move anywhere. Away from Texas and to the East Coast, or the West Coast—anywhere they wanted. It was a luxury, and…
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