Ack! It’s been a while. Time for another Ravenna Blog Twitter Feed Round-Up.

[If you can't understand why people find twitter to be so fascinating/addicting, I made a comment last night about seeing lots of police cars go by on NE 75th St, and then watched the whole Wedgwood QFC shooting story unfold, in near real time, on twitter. Beat that, local TV news.]

Most recent at the top:

• Sand Point @MetMarket now carrying California Olive Ranch olive oil. As local an olive oil as you can get, for now. #climatechange
• There’s also a depressing University Link Light Rail Countdown Clock. 2268 days, 15 hours, 46 minutes and counting. Oy.
• The @seatransitblog post on PSRC funding recommendations includes a pic of the Roosevelt Light Rail Station: http://bit.ly/bZRT28
• You CAN download an “I vote!” icon, however. They know you miss that sticker. http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/widgets.aspx
• Ballots need to be in the MAIL by tomorrow: No drop-offs at Neighborhood Service Centers. Can’t tweet your choices to @kcnews, either.
• Eight chickens for everyone! As long as they’re ≥10 feet from primary residential structures, and aren’t boys.
• Recycle week. Yay.
  Seattle can drop trash to every other week as long as recycling becomes weekly.
  IMHO.
• @sallybagshaw is now following us. Triple word score! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDcem5dpFwY #harassingnewestfollower
• Also, NE 45th St Viaduct Project: the flickr set – http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdot_photos/sets/72157624263204995/
• SDOT Update: 22nd Ave NE to NE 45th St to reopen by Saturday! SDOT still on track to reopen the NE 45th St viaduct by September 10!
• Dahl Park Wading Pool closes for the year on Thursday, August 19th (last day). “But MOOOOOM (and @SeattleParks) – Summer just started!”
• Story on @Crosscut about Sisleyville and development – Roosevelt’s dilemma: How should a neighborhood grow? http://tinyurl.com/3xj5m45
• 50 facebook followers! Number 50 is the guy who needs the garage. Really gotta find him a garage now.
• McSweeney’s (John Flowers) recommends “The Newspaper” as best e-reader on the market. Hats! http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2010/8/11flowers.html
• Field trip! Gonna ride the light rail to Columbia City, get ourselves some Tutta Bella, South. Can’t wait until 2020 for lunch today.

My personal favorite:

• Driving by 15th Ave NE & NE 65th St this morning, my TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR OLD asks when those buildings will be torn down. #Sisleyville

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Ah yes, it’s that time again.

Here’s what you may have missed on the Ravenna Blog twitter feed:

• The Brand New Boom Noodle in the U Village is expected to open for Dinner on July 5th! http://fb.me/BNitCttR (via @BoomNoodle)
• Okay, followers, here’s your invite: Help unlock Ravenna on NabeWise. Check it out! http://bit.ly/baBsaR
• RT @RavCommGarden There’s an official City of Seattle Urban Agriculture website! http://tinyurl.com/2dc97nz
• Missed The Atlantic Crossing pub on The Daily Show? Check it out here: http://bit.ly/bSzD4G (via @Roosiehood)
• One eastbound lane of NE Pacific St near the UW to be closed on Mon the 28th from 9am-maybe 3pm. Tree root damaged sidewalk to be replaced.
• Don’t wanna see 160 foot buildings go up in Roosevelt-Ravenna? Sign the petition, let the city council know. Info http://tinyurl.com/2c8unav
• Like to read Cliff Mass’s blog but don’t always have the time? Try following @ClffMssAbr: She’ll at least tell you if you’ll need your coat.
• For those of you who just can’t get enough of that vuvuzela horn: http://www.vuvuzela.fm/

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Roosevelt neighbors and fans, you now have the Roosiehood blog, twitter feed and facebook page for all your Roosevelt neighborhood needs.  Huzzah!

And here’s what you may have missed on the @RavennaBlog twitter feed this week:

• Story Time is BACK at the NE Branch: Babies start it off today [Sat] at 11:30. Full schedule on the blog’s Google Calendar.
• And here’s some background on the new Forza Coffee opening Sat (owned by cops!): http://udistrict.komonews.com/content/forza-opens-saturday
• Nancy Leson on Mamma Melina, past and present, at her blog: http://tinyurl.com/2fctakc
• Sunday’s really your last chance to drive on the NE 45th viaduct until mid-September. Live it up!
• Wedgwood View reports that Spooner Farms strawberries will be returning to the Hunter Farm stand in 5-10 days (strawberries runnin’ late).
• @roosiehood You can have the car bridge. I’ve got this “comely” beauty, on 20th Avenue NE. http://tinyurl.com/26myyoc
• I thought nothing would ever come between me and @mygreenlake, but I’m glad @roosiehood did. Now, get to work.
• Thank you, Jill Beck (@MrsWaterClown), for being our 100th follower! You even seem as though you are an actual person, which is a bonus.
• For those keeping score, that’s WA, MN, KY, NE, OH, MI, and the original in Italy. Road trip, anyone?
• Ya sure, you betcha: There’s a Ravenna in Minnesota. Just a couple miles west of Sharp Muskrat Lake (or 40 minutes outside St. Paul).
• Acorn Street Yarn Shop on B3 of the Seattle Times today. Pic of the old awnings being removed. New ones are up, lookin’ good.
• Friends of Ravenna Ravine work party this Saturday. Bindweed and blackberry on the seek and destroy list. More info at http://98115.net.
• Starting to see detour signs and even a Dynamic Message Sign (example: http://tinyurl.com/2fdsdaj) going up on 65th. Can’t wait!
• Is your family looking shaggy? Here’s a good deal: RT @pinupsalon Free kids cut with adult haircut all week long! www.pinupsalon.biz
• Dahl and Ravenna wading pools still set to open June 28. City’s budget could still close ‘em, tho. We’ll all found out in a couple of weeks.
• @mygreenlake There’s a crow fledgling in my backyard, on the deck. Should I go out there, and try and be friends?
• Aha! Osaka Sushi is to become *drumroll* BERNU’S INDIAN RESTAURANT. Sorry, Himalayan Kitchen, but it looks like you’ve got competition.

Hey, it just occurs to me: I accidentally skipped last week’s twitter round-up. These things don’t keep very well, you know, but here’s a few that you still might be interested in:

• Great article on mulch by local blog Sustainable Eats (includes interview with a Master Composter): http://tinyurl.com/2el3gq6
• Read the letter from RHS principal Bryan Vance about the recent goings-on here: http://rhsseattle.org/file.php?id=53
• Oh $@#*. RT @cityfruit see how much of your home region the oil spill would cover: BP Oil Disaster@home: http://bit.ly/8Z0v91
• Whoa. Little League night at the local @zeekspizza. All the noise was worth seeing a little Junior retirement action on the TVs, tho.
• Reader RobbyD has some stunning pictures of the 20th Ave NE pedestrian bridge up on brightkite here: http://tinyurl.com/25smojk
• UW iSchool librarians do Gaga. Look for Audrey, who’s been in the NE Branch for a couple months (at :56 – http://tinyurl.com/2eh2gcp)

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However, if you’re looking for new content, look over the Ravenna Blog Google Calendar (on the right –>). It’s now loaded with all the free and/or cheap activities of note at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center this summer. [Hopefully the city budget process will not erase all my hard work and your potential fun.]

Also, for fans of the new Ravenna Community Garden, the website has sprouted! Yours truly is the webmistress, which means, for those of you who are not all that interested in the garden, you will be hearing about it less here. [There's also a Ravenna Community Garden twitter feed.]

Anyway, your Round-Up awaits:

• Yoga? Outside? At Ravenna TPB? Every morning at 7 for 45 minutes? June through August? Weather permitting? I’ll get more info.
• [RCG] Help plant tomatoes this Sunday at the community garden, from 1 to 3. Bring hand tools and a warm hat.
• @NFMASeattle I hate to break it to you, but, you haven’t seen Cliff Mass’ updated forecast, have you? http://bit.ly/cd1FPC
• Hey, look at this: www.ravennacommunitygarden.org.
  Full disclosure: I’m building it, and I need more questions for the FAQ. Got any?
• Cafe O’Play on Blakely is closing. Multi-seller rummage sale this Sat-Sun, clothing show by MiMi Bug on Sunday. http://tinyurl.com/2wbwomt
• Looks like the Forza Coffee going in The Croydon on 25th Ave NE is going to have beer and wine. Personally, I’d rather they had Frangelico.
• Tweet @mollymoon about where you’d like to see their ice cream truck stop in Seattle this summer. Schedule up on their blog on June 4th.
• North Link Light Rail Community Meeting, June 16, 5:30-8:30, Roosevelt HS Commons. tinyurl.com/3537muz Thanks, @PinehurstSea.
• Heh. NE 45th St viaduct to close day after commencement, reopen day before first home football game. I C WUT U DID THER.
• Spotted today in the neighborhood, TWICE: The Roosevelt High Marching Band. Did I hear James Brown?! Yes, I think I did.
• Hey, Roosevelt neighbors — Roosie web edition, out now: http://rooseveltseattle.org/Documents/Roosie%202010-05.pdf

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So, how about, once a week, I catch you up on what you may have missed?

Some items of interest on the Ravenna Blog twitter feed from the past week:

• Summer 2010 Seattle Parks and Rec Catalog is out!  Lots of good stuff in there – I hope it all happens. :/
  PDF: http://tinyurl.com/22ozutv
• I counted 36 at PJ Story Time last night (19 kids, 17 adults). My favorite part, once again, was the crazy dance contest. It makes me LOL.
• We have until June 14 to drive on the NE 45th viaduct. What will we do btwn then and September 10? I get congested just thinking about it.
• All children’s events at the NE branch through August 26 now on the Ravenna Blog events Google calendar.  http://tinyurl.com/2g7uhbl
• Humorous review of some North Seattle playgrounds, at the P-I’s ‘in North Seattle’ blog: http://tinyurl.com/2fmxm56
• Seattle Weekly reviews the Ravenna Alehouse (specifically, their $4 PBR & PB&J deal on Wednesdays): http://tinyurl.com/269mdlv
• Wanted a Ravenna neighborhoodie. They’re a little pricey! Playing around with cafepress instead. To be continued.
• Boom Noodle at the U Village scheduled to open on July 1st. Happy Canada Day, everyone!
• @themapleleafer The Maple Leaf Park artist apprenticed under Andy Goldsworthy?! That park is in GOOD hands.
• Speaking of produce, Meadowbrook Farmers Market starts up again this June 6th. http://www.meadowbrookfm.org/

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