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We've used Seattle Tree Preservation in the past. They have a great service and price well against other bidders for the same services. I think they have two locations--one north and one south. I...
We've used Seattle Tree Preservation in the past. They have a great service and price well against other bidders for the same services. I think they have two locations--one north and one south. I have used the south location. The guy's name is Lynn Aldrich (yes, male). He has a cute dog too.
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I had the greatest time playing whirly ball in the summer of 1993. That is, until a guy came from across the court at top speed and rear-ended me. I was in a neck-brace for 6 weeks and my spine has...
I had the greatest time playing whirly ball in the summer of 1993. That is, until a guy came from across the court at top speed and rear-ended me. I was in a neck-brace for 6 weeks and my spine has never been the same. Super-fun, but solemnly agree with your teammates to avoid this type of hit.
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The folks at this clinic were nice enough, but they were not helpful with planning for the cost of their recommendations. For instance, they prescribed special food for our overweight (big-boned!)...
The folks at this clinic were nice enough, but they were not helpful with planning for the cost of their recommendations. For instance, they prescribed special food for our overweight (big-boned!) cats. They sold us this food and it was costly. They didn't present us with choices, such as a different feeding schedule or a range of food options. We eventually quit that and let the cat outside. She lost weight. When one cat got sick, they did a lot of expensive blood/urine work without warning us of the cost, then just shrugged their shoulders about what was wrong or what we should do to help. They visit the ills of the expensive and ineffective human medical care system upon helpless kitties!
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Dr. Smutka's office, near Children's Hospital, is great. They do all kids, all the time, so they are wonderful at it. If anything, they cater a little too much and take a little too long. My kids...
Dr. Smutka's office, near Children's Hospital, is great. They do all kids, all the time, so they are wonderful at it. If anything, they cater a little too much and take a little too long. My kids could probably handle a more straightforward visit, but I bet there are more anxious little ones out there who benefit.
The doc is very low-key. We've never needed any treatment, though, so I don't know how he is w/ a drill.
Only downside is that he isn't a preferred provider on our health plan. Goes to show how much we like him that we pay a bit extra to go there.
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These folks have everything you need when you are craving Mexican food. All the ingredients if you are into cooking, plus prepared stuff in the deli if you aren't. Especially good are the...
These folks have everything you need when you are craving Mexican food. All the ingredients if you are into cooking, plus prepared stuff in the deli if you aren't. Especially good are the tamales--beef, chicken, pork, or chili/cheese. Great salsas and cotija cheese, plus mini corn tortillas and pintos so the kids can make mini-tostadas. A Judy's book reviewer reminded me they have pan de muertos, and I just bought some today for my daughter's preschool class and my book club, since tonight is Mexican Day of the Dead. But now that I've visited again, I'm reminded that I should schedule a regular Mexican feast and use it as an excuse to take the city bus down to the market. Even on a rainy day like today, it's wonderful, especially in the morn.
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Had my first baby at Swedish. The otherwise extremely competent nurse's idea of labor support was asking me when I wanted my epidural. She just didn't seem to know how to help someone birth without...
Had my first baby at Swedish. The otherwise extremely competent nurse's idea of labor support was asking me when I wanted my epidural. She just didn't seem to know how to help someone birth without drugs. Had my second baby at Community Birth & Family Center. Hurt worse. Felt better overall. My skeptical husband and I did the research: in low-risk pregnancies, outcomes are the same (and some studies say better) with midwife-assisted births with no drugs. It feels MUCH better afterward than when you are post-drugs and in the hospital. Your baby and you figured it out together. Breastfeeding hurt just as much the second time as it did the first, but this time I didn't quit because I had more confidence in myself. Neither experience was perfect--birth is too complex, scary and personal a process for it to go perfectly. But if you compare the hospital environment to a midwife-assisted birth, you might decide as I did to go with the latter. Community Birth & Family Center was a sweet environment in which to give birth.
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"The mission of the Pike Market Medical Clinic is to provide comprehensive, primary health care to people without adequate access to care in our community." There was a time when I had no medical...
"The mission of the Pike Market Medical Clinic is to provide comprehensive, primary health care to people without adequate access to care in our community." There was a time when I had no medical insurance and no money and a bad bladder infection. These folks were warm, listened, treated me, and let me pay what I could, which wasn't much. Please, figure out a sustainable approach to affording medical care for yourself and your family, but until then know that there are sliding scale clinics in Seattle. The one on Capitol Hill is called The Country Doctor, and it's on 19th Ave E. If you need a place to put your dollars to work in your community, please donate.
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In our house, we have a rule. Only fruits and vegetables in the hour or two before dinner. Trouble is, Mom's a last-minute-Charlie and doesn't always have a fruit or veggie handy. Luckily, every two...
In our house, we have a rule. Only fruits and vegetables in the hour or two before dinner. Trouble is, Mom's a last-minute-Charlie and doesn't always have a fruit or veggie handy. Luckily, every two weeks we get a box of produce delivered to keep the health systems in this household from grinding to a halt. It's something I do for my family without actually having to *do* anything. The reason I started it was that I quit work for a while to have a couple of kids, but had never cooked before, much less planned menus 7 days a week, 365 freaking days a year. PLUS there are all those horrible things I read about chemicals in food. How could I feed my family nutritious organic food on only one income AND actually continue to enjoy the concept of food? Pioneerorganics.com, that's how. They have a variety of configurations for what/how often. They have a natural foods grocery store online, from which you can choose additional things to add to your delivery--and soon you'll be able to schedule regular delivery of many of those items. Ingenious recycled storage boxes. Cooking-oil-fueled delivery vans. Eat your greens! Keep a pretty fruit bowl! Get Pioneer Organics!
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Look no further. This is your jewelry partner for life. My then-fiance and I lived near Pike Place Market and were wandering around looking for engagement/wedding rings. We saw some neat things in...
Look no further. This is your jewelry partner for life. My then-fiance and I lived near Pike Place Market and were wandering around looking for engagement/wedding rings. We saw some neat things in the window of Gold Mine and walked into the tiniest store ever, with a geeky dude in a magnifying helmet and his equally geeky looking female partner. The cool jewelry didn't match the mineral geeks behind the counter...or did it? We aren't jewelry people, and we got the most BRILLIANT education into gems and metalurgy imaginable. These people have inherent style. They took our wedding band ideas--stripes of white and yellow gold--and made matching, but slightly different custom ring designs. They made the molds and scheduled a "casting party" where we helped cast our own rings from molten metal. They even served us champagne afterward to celebrate. The rings turned out beautifully and guard our marriage today. Every bit of jewelry we've bought since has come from them and I would never go to another place. And we have never been overwhelmed by the pricing--there is truly something for everyone.
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As previous reviewers have said, Top Ten Toys is a fabulous place to buy gifts. Everything is quality. The staff is great at recommending gifts based on age of the child and personality traits, or...
As previous reviewers have said, Top Ten Toys is a fabulous place to buy gifts. Everything is quality. The staff is great at recommending gifts based on age of the child and personality traits, or your preferences. They have a great range of prices in every toy area too, so you don't have to be depressed if you don't have a lot of cash to spend on a particular gift. My daughters spent their Christmas money in a jiff, and I knew I would feel good about what they chose. You just can't go wrong. Lots of vintage-y toys too. Few if any media-infused toys, most are open-ended to help young imaginations wander and discover for themselves. YYYYYYummy store.
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