Piper Orchard’s 4th Annual Fall Festival of Fruit and Tour

Saturday, Sept 18th, 2010
10 AM – 2 PM

Tour the 119 year old orchard, see displays to learn more about growing your own trees, bring apples from your trees to determine their variety, live music, food booths, learn about orchard history, grapes in the orchard, pest management, permaculture, kids crafts and more.

http://pipersorchard.wordpress.com/category/festival-of-fruit/, 206-684-0877, or carkeek.park@seattle.gov

Small Faces Playground Structure Dedication, 35th Anniversary!

Small Faces Child Development Center will be dedicating their new playground structure and celebrating their 35th Anniversary on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 from 11 AM to 1 PM. Small Faces recently received a Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods Small and Simple Grant to procure and install a new play structure on the playground. With the help of Small Faces Parents, Staff and Community Volunteers who generously donated their time, the play structure is now a reality. This event will be held immediately after the Crown Hill Landmark Tree Walk, so no hard choices to make. Come for the tree walk, and stay for the celebration.

Small Faces Child Development Center is celebrating its 35th year as a Seattle non-profit with a BBQ Potluck We’re inviting any and all alumni and current families to join us for the joyous event.  Come share memories and enjoy musical entertainment and activities for kids.  We’ll be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers, debuting our new school age play structure and creating a mural for the south entrance of the building!

When: Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 11:00 (we’ll be eating at noon)
Where: Small Faces playground
Price of admission: You choose!  We are asking for a donation of any amount to the center for playground and building improvements and a potluck dish to share.

Call Small Faces office for tickets (206) 782-2611

Mr & Mrs Wok Restaurant

Mr & Mrs Wok
10000 Holman Rd NW
Seattle, WA 98177-4921
(206) 789-0558

I have to admit I can be pretty passive when ordering Asian food. There are certain things I like and what I don’t like, I really don’t like. That is until I went to Mr & Mrs. Wok. The first time I ate there I had the Orange Chicken. First off it had real orange slices in it and was not covered in a sticky over sweetened sauce. Pleasantly I was surprised by the fresh (not overcooked) vegetables, chicken that did not have a rubbery texture and rice cooked to perfection.

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Our Crown Hill #3 How long have you lived in CH?

Thanks to everyone who wrote in.  The average time that respondents have lived in CH is  7.5  years.  There is something about NW Seattle that many must like as 25% of those answering the question had moved to their current home from the Ballard/Crown Hill area and 50% from NW Seattle overall.  People moved here from Maryland; Alexandria, Virginia; the SF Bay area; Salem, Oregon, Burien, Kent/Des Moines, and Renton.

People added extra comments

  • One family, who moved to the block on which their Dad was raised (3 generations on 1 block).
  • A neighbor  has been a Crown Hill person for 60+ years, growing up here and returning recently.
  • A couple of respondents have bought 2 houses in Crown Hill
  • Friendly neighbors
  • A plea for sidewalks

Here are everyone’s answers, and a little bit about some of their journeys to Crown Hill:

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