April 19, 2010

Beautiful, busy day out on the water

The Waterfront Activities Center at the UW was buzzing on Sunday. Workers tell us it was their busiest day yet of the season for canoe and rowboat rentals, always a popular activity for Seattleites during the sunny months. And you can’t ask for more beautiful weather to enjoy a spin on the lake.

April 8, 2010

Bring your family out to the ballparks

Not just the ballparks, really. Just about every University of Washington spring sports team is at home this weekend, and if the weather holds, there could be pretty good attendance at all of them. The No. 1 Husky softball team will be the biggest draw, more than likely, taking on No. 2 Arizona Friday at


April 6, 2010

Fallout from the UW bonfire

One lonely, final couch sat near the median at the corner of Northeast 47th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast this morning, maybe the last sofa that the crowd of 500 chanted about tossing onto the fire after the police arrived around 12:30 this morning. That couch was the only thing to indicate that anything even