I've posted about water quality in Renton before. To my pleasant surprise, and then dismay, it looks like EWG has a database of water quality for cities all over the country, including smaller ones like Renton. The results are not great. I guess our groundwater isn't as clean as I thought....
http://www.ewg.org/tap-water/whatsinyourwater/WA/City-of-Renton/5371850/
Do you filter your water? If so, what do you use?
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Monday, September 7, 2009
For all your entertainment needs.
Can you believe that after almost 3 years of living in Renton (and being a self-professed techno geek), I had never been to Fry's? I'm telling you, I have been deprived. At any rate, Erick finally got me there on Sunday night. We were there to buy a Squeezebox Boom, which we are enjoying as I type! It's a rather neat little toy. I particularly like that I can lie here in bed and change the station, volume, etc through my laptop instead of having to futz with the remote. It even has an alarm clock and a sleep timer! I quite enjoy it. At some point we might upgrade to the Squeezebox Duet, but for right now this is great.
Due to some unfortunate circumstances involving my big toe and mean doctors, we missed the DTR Block Party on Friday night. That was very sad, because I had really been wanting to go. Anybody out there go? How was it? I'm hoping there will be more to come. We also spaced the date for our own neighborhood picnic and missed out on the Renton Hill gathering. Some days I think we'd both wander around and bump into things if we didn't kick each other's butts into gear. :)
My latest Renton obsession has to be the Gorgonzola fries at the Williams Street Pub downtown. Those things are so good, they make me want to lick the plate. What about it, internets? What's your favorite Renton obsession of the moment?
Kris
Due to some unfortunate circumstances involving my big toe and mean doctors, we missed the DTR Block Party on Friday night. That was very sad, because I had really been wanting to go. Anybody out there go? How was it? I'm hoping there will be more to come. We also spaced the date for our own neighborhood picnic and missed out on the Renton Hill gathering. Some days I think we'd both wander around and bump into things if we didn't kick each other's butts into gear. :)
My latest Renton obsession has to be the Gorgonzola fries at the Williams Street Pub downtown. Those things are so good, they make me want to lick the plate. What about it, internets? What's your favorite Renton obsession of the moment?
Kris
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Fishes in trouble
The pump/filter on my aquarium recently went out. It was a great filter (a BioWheel), but getting it primed was always an issue. During the last water change, it never was able to restart. As a result, I had a number of my fishes die. I'm now in the slow process of rebuilding the tank, and I have to say that the people at Pet Smart at the Landing have been very helpful! Normally, I am highly disappointed with big box pet stores, but the folks at Pet Smart are bucking the trend. Another nice thing about our fair city... quality big box stores?
However, I do wish there was a locally owned fish store that I could frequent...
However, I do wish there was a locally owned fish store that I could frequent...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Just dropping by.
Since Erick was so kind to introduce me, I thought I would stop in quickly and say hello.
So...hello!
I haven't lived in Renton as long as Erick has, so I am still discovering pieces of it that I didn't know existed. I was driving home the other day and noticed that the Renton Civic Theatre has a production of Forever Plaid starting on Sept. 4! This thrilled me beyond belief, since it is one of my favorite musicals (I have already seen it 3 times, but that's ok). I'm excited that my first visit to the theater will be for this show. Y'all should see it. It's a fun, high-energy, fantastic show!
Now if only Erick hadn't just mentioned Naan ~n~ Curry to me. I haven't been ever, and now I'm craving Palak Paneer at 11:30 PM!
So...hello!
I haven't lived in Renton as long as Erick has, so I am still discovering pieces of it that I didn't know existed. I was driving home the other day and noticed that the Renton Civic Theatre has a production of Forever Plaid starting on Sept. 4! This thrilled me beyond belief, since it is one of my favorite musicals (I have already seen it 3 times, but that's ok). I'm excited that my first visit to the theater will be for this show. Y'all should see it. It's a fun, high-energy, fantastic show!
Now if only Erick hadn't just mentioned Naan ~n~ Curry to me. I haven't been ever, and now I'm craving Palak Paneer at 11:30 PM!
Back from grave
It's been a while, but I've decided to revive this blog. I still live in Renton, but I now live on Renton Hill, which is an awesome little community just across the freeway from downtown. If you don't know about it, it would be hard to find... whenever someone comes to visit, I have to give *very* specific directions. :-)
In order to keep this blog alive and kicking, I introduce Kris, who will be helping me maintain this blog. She is an awesome girl, and is coming to love our home at the south end of the lake as much as I do. She will be posting here, as will I. With all the exciting new things happening downtown, we shouldn't lack for material!
We just saw District 9 down at the Landing. To be honest, I was a little iffy about the Landing when it was under construction. I was afraid that it was going to be a horrid strip mall type of place (a la most of the area around South Center), which would have been a waste of some of the best land in the area. We are lucky that it was developed much better than that, and includes a nice new theatre which seems to be doing quite well. And if you like Sci-Fi, or just a good movie, go see District 9! I just wished that they showed some independent movies as well. Perhaps someday....
Erick
In order to keep this blog alive and kicking, I introduce Kris, who will be helping me maintain this blog. She is an awesome girl, and is coming to love our home at the south end of the lake as much as I do. She will be posting here, as will I. With all the exciting new things happening downtown, we shouldn't lack for material!
We just saw District 9 down at the Landing. To be honest, I was a little iffy about the Landing when it was under construction. I was afraid that it was going to be a horrid strip mall type of place (a la most of the area around South Center), which would have been a waste of some of the best land in the area. We are lucky that it was developed much better than that, and includes a nice new theatre which seems to be doing quite well. And if you like Sci-Fi, or just a good movie, go see District 9! I just wished that they showed some independent movies as well. Perhaps someday....
Erick
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Canuck's, cars and growth
As you may know, the Canadian dollar is currently worth more than the Greenback. Aside from having various macro-economic consequences such as depressing the nature resource sector and hurting Canadian exporters, it has a number of less obvious effects. Inventories are bought and paid for when the transaction is performed, which is usually well before the goods are sold. This is especially true for cars dealership, who rarely practice anything like just-in-time methods.
So now there is a situation where cars in Canada are vastly more expensive then they are in the US. And with NAFTA, you can fairly easily move them from one country to another. All of which leads me a call from my brother-in-law, who is looking for a new toy, a previous loved BMW Z3. With the currencies where they are, it makes a lot of sense for him to look down here, so he gives me a call to get my zip code (to find local cars).
What does all this have to do with Renton? Well, it got me thinking about Zip codes and cities, and how they don't always coincide. And it brought to mind a fact that I recently learned, which is that if your mailing address says Seattle, that doesn't mean you're actually in Seattle! It turns out that Renton is annexing a number of local areas, including a location called West Hill. My grandmother recently moved to that area, and has always thought it was in Seattle. Her mailing address didn't conflict with that, but it turns out that she is actually in unincorporated King County!
To sum up, Renton is likely growing quite a bit in the next little bit, and if you have a good condition Z3, fire me an email. And don't believe what an address tells you....
Erick
(really in Renton)
So now there is a situation where cars in Canada are vastly more expensive then they are in the US. And with NAFTA, you can fairly easily move them from one country to another. All of which leads me a call from my brother-in-law, who is looking for a new toy, a previous loved BMW Z3. With the currencies where they are, it makes a lot of sense for him to look down here, so he gives me a call to get my zip code (to find local cars).
What does all this have to do with Renton? Well, it got me thinking about Zip codes and cities, and how they don't always coincide. And it brought to mind a fact that I recently learned, which is that if your mailing address says Seattle, that doesn't mean you're actually in Seattle! It turns out that Renton is annexing a number of local areas, including a location called West Hill. My grandmother recently moved to that area, and has always thought it was in Seattle. Her mailing address didn't conflict with that, but it turns out that she is actually in unincorporated King County!
To sum up, Renton is likely growing quite a bit in the next little bit, and if you have a good condition Z3, fire me an email. And don't believe what an address tells you....
Erick
(really in Renton)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Fishes in the river
One of nice things about living in Renton is being able to afford to live near the river. What river, why the Cedar river!
A little known fact... Seattle is one of the only major metro areas that doesn't need to treat it's water heavily. Read more Why is this? Because the city owns the watershed for a river, thus controlling the entire water cycle, from rain to sea (or sink). This river is none other than the Cedar, which is about 200 feet from my front door.
One of my hobbies is fishing, so when we moved in, I checked the Cedar to see what kind of fish I could catch. It turns out to be almost none, as the river is fished out. However, there is a reintroduction program....
So a few nights ago, I'm walking the dogs, and decide to walk over the river. Something caught my eye, and looking down, I saw half a dozen shapes in the water... salmon! It was a mystical night, with a nearly full moon, seeing the cycle of life working just below me... a few brave fishes, swimming upstream to spawn and die, and bring the river back to life.
And of course, allow me to catch them in the future. :)
A little known fact... Seattle is one of the only major metro areas that doesn't need to treat it's water heavily. Read more Why is this? Because the city owns the watershed for a river, thus controlling the entire water cycle, from rain to sea (or sink). This river is none other than the Cedar, which is about 200 feet from my front door.
One of my hobbies is fishing, so when we moved in, I checked the Cedar to see what kind of fish I could catch. It turns out to be almost none, as the river is fished out. However, there is a reintroduction program....
So a few nights ago, I'm walking the dogs, and decide to walk over the river. Something caught my eye, and looking down, I saw half a dozen shapes in the water... salmon! It was a mystical night, with a nearly full moon, seeing the cycle of life working just below me... a few brave fishes, swimming upstream to spawn and die, and bring the river back to life.
And of course, allow me to catch them in the future. :)
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