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Huge Fire On Lake Union

photo by M. Lowrimore

A fire at a north Lake Union research lab triggered a large response from the Seattle Fire Department and sent a plume of potentially dangerous smoke over Lake Union Saturday afternoon.

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Opening Day of Boating Season This Saturday May 4!

Opening Day,the official opening of Seattle’s boating season sponsored by the Seattle Yacht Club,includes a celebration of many kinds of water activities. Festivities will include a morning of crew races,a sailboat race,and of course,the grand Opening Day boat parade on Saturday.

As always,the Opening Day Parade starts [...]

Lake Union Fireworks 2013 Show Saved!

Seattle’s July 4 fireworks,which seemed certain to die because of lack of support,are back on.

The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce,Seafair and the city of Seattle made the announcement Tuesday.

“I’m pleased to announce that the 4th of July fireworks show on Lake Union is a go,”Maud Daudon,the Chamber’s president and [...]

Lake Union 2013 Fireworks Show Cancelled

Wow. That’s one of our largest and most cherished events on the lake. There were a lot of news stories and other pieces published in Seattle on this matter,but we liked the following take on it best:

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve on Lake Union with the annual Space Needle Fireworks Show

As always,the best vantage points to view the annual fireworks show off the Space Needle,are pretty much all! lake locations!

New Beat Hits the Stands

 

 

Our latest print issue is out! We’re in over 200 locations in all of the neighborhoods surrounding the lake,with most copies stacked in hotels,coffee houses,pubs,cafes,groceries,banks,bakeries etc. Of course,we don’t print nearly as many copies as the big alternatives in town do,so if your [...]

Winter Feast Mobile Food Rodeo at North Lake Union/Fremont This Weekend

WINTER FEAST:15 TASTY FOOD TRUCKS + WINTER BEER FESTIVAL

First Time In Winter! The alarmingly popular food truck rodeo gang will park fifteen trucks and a beer party on the north shore of Lake Union on December 2.

 http://mobilefoodrodeo.com

Argosy Announces Christmas Ship Lake Union Schedule

2012 Christmas Ship Schedule

For more info call 206-623-1445.

SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 24  (PREVIEW and VALUE NIGHT)

Depart/Return: Lake Union Park  7:00 – 9:40pm CHOIR:Dickens Carolers 7:40-8:00 MOHAI (SLU) 8:30-8:50 Seattle Yacht Club

All the details are at:

http://www.argosycruises.com/themecruises/xmasSchedule.cfm

 

Seattle Named Best City For Hipsters

I moved to Seattle at age eleven so grew up thinking this eclectic mashup stuff was just how many Seattle people dressed and looked,never thought of it as a specific fashion really. Same with grunge and all that twenty years ago. It was just another example of what we wore up [...]

New Rules Might Sink Some Lake Union Houseboats.

The following is a piece from NWCN.com—we’re sure they didn’t mean it to be –but to us it’s fluff. We’re in the middle of preparing a story on what some (not all) floating home and houseboat owners do with their wastewater–and it’s certainly not as benign as some of the owners quoted here [...]