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Food Specials and Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate Official Opening and National Chicken Month
Did you know that September is National Chicken Month? In honor of the mighty bird (and to celebrate the pop culture icon, Chicken Boy’s birthday on September 1st) The Wing Dome in Kirkland will host a special ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the [...]
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The list is out! Seattle Restaurant Week has announced its list of participating restaurants, which has grown from 106 in the spring run to 124 this Oct 17-28. There are ten restaurants on the Eastside including five in Kirkland participating this year. Last year, the program offered 3 course dinners for $25.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/seattlerestaurantweek/
The participating restaurants in [...]
Brown Bear Car Wash celebrates 53 rd anniversary with free car washes on Thursday, August 26
Over the last four years, the Seattle-based company has washed 78,760 cars during its annual “free car wash day”
Note: This event does not include Kirkland’s Brown Bear Car Wash as it is a self-serve location. The Redmond Brown Bear [...]
Spakrista is a new day spa with a relaxed social setting located on Market Street just walking distance from downtown Kirkland. A hidden treasure as you walk down the brick walkway to enter and find that the owner, Krista Warnock, has a vision of sophistication and style with an acute sense of detail and [...]
Program collects school supplies needed for teachers to assist students this fall
WHAT: Bartell Drugs and World Vision launch the 7th Annual “School Tools for Kids in Need” program to collect school supplies for students in need at all 58 Bartell Drug locations now through August 29.
Federal Way-based World Vision provides Puget Sound area teachers –whose students [...]
Kirkland resident and star of TV’s “Bachelor”-Turned-Newlywed and Travel Ambassador Offers His Take on the Wonders of Traveling to Australia, New Zealand and Africa
Australia and New Zealand vacation wholesale specialist Down Under Answers (http://www.duatravel.com) or DUA is excited to introduce the newest member of their travel team, Jason Mesnick—a name known to millions [...]
Bridle Trails ACE Hardware, and INK-O-DEM, the leader in integrated inkjet cartridge refilling and testing technology for retail and university environments, today announced an inkjet cartridge refilling service available to the public for the first time at this ACE Hardware store in Kirkland.
This store’s launch marks the second store in Washington state for INK-O-DEM’s inkjet refilling [...]
Readers of the 425 Magazine voted 25 Kirkland businesses as “The Best of the 425-Eastside.” All results from the second annual vote are published in the July/August 2010 edition of the magazine and online at www.425magazine.com. The City congratulates the following Kirkland businesses:
Best Wine Selection: Purple Café & Wine Bar (multiple locations)
Best Chef: [...]
July 31, noon to 6 p.m.; August 1, noon to 5 p.m.
Celebrate the love of dogs and wine at the “100 Hounds of Kirkland” book signing in Northwest Cellars’ Kirkland tasting room, Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1.
WHO: Northwest Cellars
WHAT: 100 Hounds of Kirkland Book Signing
Book signing with Catharine G. Handfelt, [...]
What: Words @ The Woodmark
When: Thursday, July 15 – 5:30-7:00pm
The Woodmark Hotel will continue its author series “Words @TheWoodmark” this Thursday, July 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. with Seattle-based food writer and cookbook author Cynthia Nims, who will discuss her book Gourmet Game Night: Bite-Sized, Mess-Free Eating for Board-Game Parties, Bridge Clubs, Poker Nights, Book Groups, and [...]
Innovative test-drive event yields much-needed money for extracurricular activities
Ford Motor Company and Ford of Kirkland partnered to help raise money in support of Redmond High School as part of Ford’s Drive One 4 UR School program. Eastside community members put pedals to the metal and helped raise up to $3,180 for Redmond High School by [...]
Buy a series and get 15 percent off all spa services during training!
The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland and its Penterra Spa introduces its Summer Shape-Up Boot Camp series. S.S.U.B.C. aligns with Penterra Spa’s dedication to whole body wellness. The series will be led by certified in-house Personal Trainer, Jen Ray. Classes mix traditional callisthenic and body weight exercises [...]
The Kirkland Downtown Association (KDA) would like to update downtown businesses and residents on some significant developments.
We are pleased to announce that Bill Vadino has assumed the role of acting executive director of the KDA in addition to his normal duties with the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce. Please note that discussions continue on [...]
Nine Kirkland businesses have been recognized by King County’s annual “Recycle More. It’s Easy to Do.” campaign as “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction.” Seventy-five businesses, including restaurants, manufacturers, city governments and a wide variety of others demonstrated fulfillment of the criteria and provided individual “profiles” about how successes were achieved. The 2010 Kirkland honorees are:
Allyis
Chameleon [...]
King County’s Solid Waste Division has named Simplicity Decor as one of 75 local companies to its 2010 “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction” list.
At Simplicity Decor, we tried our best to be environmentally conscious and responsible to both the public and internally. Simplicity Décor offers a wide range of products that are either made [...]
BARKZ THE DOG STOP
DOGA: Yoga With Your Dog
With Brenda Bryan
Sundays: June 6 and June 27
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
$20 per Owner/Dog
Call now to reserve a spot.
Brenda Bryan discovered a way to combine her love of dogs, yoga, massage therapy and the desire to assist people and their canine companions along their chosen life paths through teaching [...]
On June 3, Metropolitan Market will open the doors to its first Eastside store in Kirkland’s recently remodeled Houghton Center, located at 10611 NE 68th Street at 108th Ave NE. The 27,500-square-foot store has been completely remodeled to the caliber of its other five, full-service supermarkets throughout Seattle and Tacoma. The store will be open 24 hours.
“Eastsiders have been clamoring for many years to have [...]
Celebrating 38 years in business and 20 years in Kirkland
For Dan and Pat Howard the art business has been a long-term venture that stretches back 38 years. Starting with a small frame shop in Seattle, their art gallery business has expanded to a 4,000 square-foot space in Kirkland, Washington with a full-time roster of over [...]
Ashley Winslow Newbury has opened her fabulous new hair salon at 609 Market St., just 2 1/2 blocks from the Kirkland Marina.
Ashley and five other Designer Stylists are available 6 days a week to serve you. It is a hair styling salon featuring professionals in a fun and lively atmosphere. The Salon features top of [...]
20th Annual Gala & Auction “Building Kirkland…Building Community”
Friday, May 7, 2010, 5:30pm-11pm, Carillon Point Executive Office Suite
The Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce is hosting their 20th Annual Gala & Auction on Friday, May 7th. The theme is “Building Kirkland…Building Community” and will include a silent and short live auction with a fund-a-need to support program to help Kirkland businesses.
Each [...]
“RADAR” initiative would develop strategies to track violent offenders
The King County Sheriff’s Office today received the unanimous support of the Metropolitan King County in its efforts to establish a task force to investigate threats against police and elected officials. The Council approved a motion calling for the creation of a Risk Assessment, Deterrence and Referral [...]
The Woodmark Hotel will continue its author series “Words @TheWoodmark” on Thursday, May 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. Author and Managing Editor of Real Simple, Kristin van Ogtrop will discuss her book Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom. This will be a Mother’s Day inspired installment of The Woodmark’s author chats, offering attendees [...]
Kirkland Transit Center
Construction Update - April 21, 2010
Temporary closure of sidewalk and crosswalk near 3rd St. and Central Way on Friday, April 23, 2010
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Beginning this Friday, April 23, construction work will expand to the north end of 3rd Street, where it intersects with Central Way.
This work requires the closure of the east-west crosswalk on the south side [...]
