Don’t forget, me hearties: Pirate P”ARRRRRRRRR”TY today at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center, from 11am-1pm.

From the Seattle Parks and Recreation Northeast Summer 2010 catalog:

Ahoy mateys! We be a meetin’ at 11 a.m. at Ravenna fer adventure as you hunt fer hidden treasure. Lads and lasses, come dressed in yer finest pirate garb and be prepared fer some swashbuckling fun, grub, and kiddie spirits.

To help prepare you for this event, here’s a YouTube primer on “The Five A’s,” brought to you by the originators of International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th) — Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy:

And here’s Cap’n Slappy again, with some random pirate phrases you may want to use AFTER the party. Or, at least, not around the childrens:

It’s hard to pin down what exactly is going on over at Oh My God Seattle, but it’s all quite good.  And that’s all that really matters.

For instance, there’s this take on hyperlocal blogging, set in our very own downtown commercial district (ha).  His Bagel Oasis entry is spot on.  Steven Blum does his homework.

Spotty posting on this blog have you wondering what’s happening in the Ravenna Hood? No worries! Head on over to ravennanation.com and read more about our fair neighborhood over there, too.

Ravenna Nation is a new part of the Neighborlogs family of neighborhood blogs (theSouthLake.com, InterbayDistrict.com, and CaptiolHillSeattle.com are some of the older siblings).  Looks like they’ve only been posting since February 9th or so, but their latest story about Ukranian website pirates is a good ‘un.

Welcome to the neighborhood, RN. Now get out there and get to work! It’s raining, and I’d rather like to stay inside today.