Archive for the 'I heart Ballard' Category

music, sweet music

July 20, 2007

I’m sitting here on my balcony looking out over the lights of fisherman’s terminal, listening to the dulcet tunes of my downstairs neighbor. He’s sitting on his deck playing the guitar and singing, and (thank goodness) he’s very good. He has variety of classic songs in his repertoire, starting with Swing Lo, Sweet Chariot, and [...]

Oops

July 17, 2007

Walking past the Secret Garden Books today in beautiful Downtown Ballard, I stopped to admire the Harry Potter display (3 more days!!!) and noticed that the store is giving 20% of the profits of The Deathly Hallows to three Seattle non-profits that support children’s literacy. One of them is 826 Seattle…..hmmmm….where have I heard that [...]