Halloween = Dress Up

We added a poll on the left to find out what you'll be wearing!

Email us at gossip@ballardgossipgirl.com if your costume's not on the list.

Jeff wrote in to suggest Leif Bearickson (is that a naked Viking?) and the Discovery Park Cougar. We're not technically old enough to be considered a Cougar, but we like how you're thinking!

Holy Sheet, It's Almost Halloween!

Ballardites - where are you going to party on Halloween? We want to know! Mostly because we haven't been invited to any good parties. Actually we haven't been invited to any at all and haven't heard of any huge events happening in our hood.

Let us know what are you dressing up as this Saturday and tell us where you're going. We're trying to decide if we're just old and lame or if Ballard is wimping out on this spectacular dress up holiday.

Happy Fourth Birthday Hazlewood!

Has it really been four years? Today is Hazlewood's 4th Anniversary.

To celebrate, it's Happy Hour all day today. They'll have DJ's spinning til close so get your arse down there celebrate Sunday Funday the right way.

Cheers to the Wood!

Encanto in Ballard

We were intrigued to see that the lovely Encanto Barcelona is opening up shop in Ballard. We adore their store on First Avenue downtown! This weekend we were able to take a sneak peak in the store to see what they're setting up. It looks great people.

The shop owner said they'll be opening in a few weeks. And he mentioned a discount code but we're not giving it up! Go talk to him to get it. The new store is on Old Ballard Ave where Kavu was located. (Kavu moved next door.)

Ballard Barkeep Stabbed

The Seattle Times is reporting that the manager of a bar on the 2200 block of Market Street was stabbed after he and a patron got into an argument last night. Shocking! The manager was treated and released from Harborview.

What bar is it? Anyone know? I'm thinking it's either Lombardi's or Matador. We'll have to chalk up another stabby bar - you know, like Goofy's and Golden City. If it was Matador, we were there hours before. Freaky. I thought the manager was a woman as well. That sucks.

Sunday is Funday!

Perhaps inspired a Pho shop opening RIGHT NEXT DOOR to Anne's Teriyaki, which also happens to serve Pho, we were so pleasantly surprised to learn that Anne's is now open on Sunday. People, this is God's day and we can't think of a better way to celebrate Him than with a nice plate of affordable food from Anne. We ate there on Sunday and were so Happy It Was Open! Probably because we are firm believers in their Tofu Sate as a miracle cure for hangovers. We highly recommend it. Now go get some.

Market Street = The New University Ave?

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Have you noticed that Market Street is starting to look a lot like the Ave? The recent addition of another Pho Restaurant, Buffalo Exchange and an upcoming Head Shop made us think so. Vote in our Poll (at left) and let us know which new business will make it more like the Ave!

The Votes Are In

Great job voting folks! Thanks for participating. As you can see in our poll to the left, most people think that a head shop will tip the scales on Market making it more like the Ave. We agree! So go welcome the owners of Market Street's newest "smoke" shop once it's open. It's located next to the liquor store (how convenient) and is called something like Best Smoke Shop.