HistoryLink.org's Eastlake links

Wow, this is a great article about the history of Eastlake, courtesy of historylink.org, which is an online encyclopedia of state and local history in Washington state. There are a number of other really interesting articles relating to Eastlake, so go to historylink.org and search for them.

Eastlake bus routes

Here's a quick handy link: Metro bus routes that serve the Eastlake neighborhood. I was just looking for this the other day...

Eastlake history meeting, Tues. April 17

Eastlake history featured at Tuesday, April 17 public meeting, 7 p.m. at Seward School

Please join us for the ever-popular Eastlake history meeting--Tuesday, April 17, 7-9 p.m. at TOPS-Seward School, 2500 Franklin Ave. E.). Local historians and pioneers will swap stories and comment on our extensive historical slide collection. Anyone with experience with, or curiosity about, Eastlake's history is urged to attend and participate.

ECC has a growing archive of photos, articles, interviews, and other pieces of Eastlake’s history. Please contribute what you have, find more items for our archives, or help organize or write up what we have. Especially welcome are donated photos, or if you need them back, we can arrange to scan or copy your photos. (It would be great if someone would make a video or audio history of the neighborhood!) To get involved, or for information about the meeting, please contact cleman ( at ) oo.net or (206) 322-5463.

Eastlake Grand Central Bakery and Cafe reviewed in the Seattle PI

Pull into Eastlake Grand Central for satisfying sandwiches

Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer references to Eastlake

It turns out it's easier than ever to find out about all things Eastlake, at least as far as the local papers are concerned.

The PI's Webtowns page for Eastlake (which appears to consolidate all mentions of Eastlake in the paper to a single web page) -- and if you're the type of person who uses RSS feeds and a newsreader, note that you can subscribe to the articles appearing on this page with this RSS link.

The Seattle Times has their own page for Eastlake, and you can always search their archives for the word "eastlake" using this link.

Wikipedia's Eastlake entry

I was surprised to stumble across an entry in Wikipedia for Eastlake. Other relevant-to-Eastlake Wikipedia entries of note: Lake Union, the University Bridge, and Lake Union Dry Dock Company. (All of these links were in the original Eastlake article.)

Did I miss any?

Update: Commenter Aaron pointed out an entry for Colonnade Park.

(Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project.)

Sitka & Spruce chef/owner Matt Dillon recieves top national honors

Local restaurant owner and chef Matt Dillon, of Sitka & Spruce, made Food & Wine magazine's annual list of America's Best New Chefs. Only 10 chefs from across the country were chosen out of hundreds of candidates.


Seattle PI: Seattle chef Dillon named one of America's best

Seattle PI's review of Sitka & Spruce: Tiny Sitka and Spruce makes a big splash

Sitka & Spruce's website

Volunteers are needed to pull weeds and save trees in local parks

From Chris Leman:

Volunteers are needed to pull weeds and save trees in Colonnade Park (April 7 and 19), Good Turn Park (April 17), and SE Lake Union shoreline (April 21)

Your volunteer help is needed for some "spring cleaning" in three Eastlake parks. We must remove garbage and weeds, and protect trees from being choked by ivy and clematis. Bring your own gloves, wear sturdy shoes and be prepared to get dirty. Also let us know if your company or school could help on a different date. It’s great exercise. Make a difference! (And please share this message with others.)

Saturday, April 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Thursday, April 19, 9 a.m. to 12 Colonnade Park work parties. Meet at the lower steps by the park’s northwest corner under I-5, just uphill from the corner of Franklin Ave. E. and E. Howe St. Coordinated by Eastlake Starbucks (refreshments provided!) in cooperation with Seattle Parks and Recreation Dept. and Eastlake Community Council. Questions or to be added to notification list: kellersen ( at ) comcast.net and cleman ( at ) oo.net or 318-7050 ext. 303448.

Tuesday, April 17, 5:30 to 7 p.m. work party in Good Turn Park. This lovely shoreline park is at the Martin street-end at 3149 Fairview Ave. E. Weeding, pruning, and removal of shoreline debris. Sponsored by the Olmsted-Fairview Park Commission. Coordinator is Tricia Rendina, 261-4271, trendina ( at ) yahoo.com

Saturday, April 21, 10 a.m. to 1, work party at Lake Union southeast shoreline (1500 and 1600 blocks of Fairview Avenue E.) We will be weeding, and moving rocks. A great way to see herons, cormorants, and kingfisher. Make natural history! Led by the Eastlake Community Council, (206) 322-5463, cleman ( at ) oo.net.

Who am I, and why am I here?

Hi, my name is Tim Ahlers, and I share a seat on the ECC board with my wife, Melissa. I'm a software geek by day, and skier/hiker/boater/etc. in the evenings and weekends.

My original interest in joining the ECC was to get more involved in the neighborhood and the community. Melissa and I live down on a houseboat in Eastlake, and we've been lucky enough to have found a really wonderful community on the dock. After moving here, we absolutely fell in love with Eastlake and all its charms and quirks, and wanted to get more involved.

For the most part, I'm the resident computer guy for the ECC, so expect to see more about blogs, websites, email lists, etc. from me in the future.

If you're reading this and you're a resident of Eastlake, what kinds of things should your neighborhood association be thinking about?

hi from teamenzo

Hi - this is a quick message from Teamenzo. The team consists of Linda Furney, Enzo and Carsten Stinn. We live on Minor Ave and have been your neighbors since 1995. Enzo is a 1st grader at TOPS on Seward and asked me to mention that he is looking for playdates in the neighborhood. Linda is a Boeing employee and works out of our house on Minor Ave. I am an architect and work out of my own office in Ballard.

We like Eastlake... a lot! Last year we had a ton of fun working with many volunteers on this piece of public land right on the shore of Lake Union. With a little sweat and lots of support by City and neighbors we turned it into the 'Eastlake Boulledrome'. The boulledrome is located on Fairview Ave where Louisa would meet Fairview (if it went through). We worked for 6 months with the city, department of neighborhoods, SDOT, and many local businesses to create this new park. If you don't know what Boulledrome means it is a court to play Bocci and Petanque. You should definitely check it out this summer! There will be lots of people down there.

Linda and I serve as boardmembers on the ECC and hope to get more improvements started in the neighborhood. If you have any questions about the court or the ECC give us a shout.

Bye for now
Teamenzo

Ask.com business search for Eastlake

Local search is really hot right now, and my current favorite is city.ask.com. (Remember Ask Jeeves? They dropped the Jeeves part awhile ago -- it's just ask.com now.)

This link will take you to a search page already queued up for the Eastlake neighborhood. Want to find restaurants in Eastlake, or dry cleaners, or grocery stores? It's easy -- just type any of those in as the "Business or Category".