Our April Newsletter quizzed you on the following question:
Who invented Daylight Savings Time and why?
The Answer is: George Vernon Hudson, so that the afternoon would have more daylight.
Daylight Savings Time (DST) was first proposed in 1895 by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, who valued after-work daylight hours for collecting insects. He presented a paper to a local governing body proposing a two-hour daylight shift.
By 1918, the Unites States, Russia, and most of Europe had adopted DST. Adding daylight to afternoons benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, and studies have shown a reduction in traffic fatalities during DST.
An early goal of DST was to save energy by reducing evening usage of incandescent lighting. Modern electricity usage differs tremendously from that of the early 1900’s, however, and research about how DST currently affects energy usage is contradictory.
[Learn more about Daylight Savings Time on Wikipedia.org]
Email or call us (206.418.6260) with this answer and the secret passcode (”Spring forward”), and we’ll enter you into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate!
The pint-sized Carleton Avenue Grocery, on the corner of Corson and Warsaw streets in Georgetown, is one of my favorite local secrets, and a saving grace for the neighborhood’s typically under-serviced residents. Owners LaDele Sines and Allan Phillips have stocked their store with a mix of health-conscious items, fancy snacks, and a good supply of the basics. [read more]
And you’ll find more than sundries at the Carleton. Sines, a founding member of the Georgetown Historical Society and frequent “shopkeeper” on site, can tell many a tale of her building’s — and the neighborhood’s — tawdry past.
Carleton Avenue Market
6601 Carleton Ave. S.
(between Warsaw St & Willow St)
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 763-3708
Jennifer Kakutani is a client of mine and founder of the Seattle-based outdoor program Itty Bitty Camps, which helps parents and toddlers connect with nature together.
Pond Day at Itty Bitty Camps
Also check out Petals and Moss for Jennifer’s arty inspirations on bringing nature into our homes.
While Jennifer is out exploring with her pint-sized pals, you can find her husband Taho and his famous crew at the legendary Pike Place Fish Market throwing fish and having fun with customers!
I have known Patricia Cameron for years – including being a past client. Her gallery, Patricia Cameron Gallery, is impressive and among the many in South Lake Union celebrating First Thursday Artwalk tonight. Hope you have a chance to stop by!
Dr. Bernice Kegel is a friend and client of mine, and a specialist in the field of amputee rehabilitation. She recently went to Haiti with Children of the Nations to provide care for children who lost limbs as a result of injuries sustained during last January’s quake. Bernice recently spoke about her experience with Q13 Fox News.
Bernice is also a board member of Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, an organization that is collecting funds to provide assistance to individuals and families in Haiti and around SE Asia and the world.
On March 4, I attended a very inspiring luncheon, hosted by the University of Washington Women’s Center, with womens’ rights activist Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight against pay discrimination culminated in the eponymous Fair Pay Act signed into law by President Obama in 2009.
My family and me with Lilly Ledbetter
Lilly had worked for nearly 20 years at a Goodyear Tire plant, when she discovered, through an anonymous note, that her salary all those years was as much as 30% lower than that of males doing the same work! In 1998, Lilly brought suit against Goodyear and won back pay and damages. However, the Supreme Court reversed the decision because she hadn’t brought suit within 180 days of when the discrimination started.
Ledbetter with moderator Kathi Goertzen (Komo 4 News)
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a direct response to Lilly’s case, stating that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit resets with each new discriminatory paycheck. Now, at 70, Lilly is a mother and grandmother in Jacksonville, Alabama, where she continues to fight for pay equity.
As a Advisory Board Member with the UW Women’s Center had several opportunities to spend one-on-one time with Lilly. As someone who deals with people’s homes every day, her story really touched me. Everyone has to live somewhere and fair pay affects every aspect of life. For me it talks about where folks can afford to live, the schools they can enroll their children in, and the general quality of their life. Glass ceilings like the one Lilly encountered can have a huge impact on families and the homes we live in.
UW Women's Center Advisory Board and Staff w/Lilly Ledbetter
Vijya & Associates hopes you will join us in a volunteer opportunity we’ve been participating in for several years now- Operation Nightwatch.
The 4th Tuesday of every other month, we make a trip to Costco, buy enough food to feed dinner to 100+ people and then we go to Operation Nightwatch – in the central district of Seattle. Once there, we chop, dice, slice, boil, and cook until the first people arrive. (Soup, spaghetti, and sandwiches have been our specialties so far!)
Once we start serving the food to those waiting to hear if they will be fortunate enough to get into a shelter for the evening – the time flies and we are cleaning up and heading home before you know it. Each time is a humbling experience, and we are newly reminded of how fortunate we are to have food and shelter and the support of friends and family around us.
Operation Nightwatch is a Christian ministry seeking to meet the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of Seattle’s night community. They are dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor by caring for the homeless men, women and children late at night. They provide emergency dispatch to shelter, hotel vouchers for families, meals, blankets, and pastoral care for those in need. The services they offer are free of charge and are all funded principally by contributions from individual donors. They are staffed by hundreds of volunteers. They do not require any religious activity for access.
We share this with you because we would like to invite you to take part with us the feeling of community and sharing. Giving back to our community is one way we show that we truly care! Let us know if you can join us – vijya@vijya.com or 206.418.2620
I wanted to share this photo and story of one of my friends – Dr. Darin Collins is a veterinarian at Woodland Park Zoo.
I met Darin last year at the Prosthetics Outreach Foundation auction when he and his partner bought my Mom’s Gujarati Thali dinner last year. We threw an amazing party for them and their friends with not only authentic food, but Indian decorations and garb for folks to adorn themselves in. I wonder who is the lucky recipient this year?!
For several years now, the members of Emerald City Business & Professional Women (ECBPW) stuff 300 Christmas stockings for the homeless women served by Angeline House – a women’s day shelter in the Belltown neighborhood. This year is no different.
The stockings are filled with toiletries, socks, gloves, and goodies. Their goal is to give these women a little something special at this wonderful time of year. “We want them to know that they are not forgotten,” says a ECBPW representative. “For so many of these women, this is their holiday.”
The ECBPW members have donated many of the items necessary. Due to the large number that they are filling, they are asking members of our community for help. If you would like to donate goods, time, or funds to this rewarding project, they would appreciate your help!
Goods they need include: socks and scarves, individually packaged goodies…candy, chips, cookies, nuts, hot chocolate or specialty teas, paperback books, individual beauty and hygiene items, and, of course, jewelry! Contact me to coordinate your donation at vijya@vijya.com or 206-418-6260.
Want to feel like Santa? Volunteers are needed on Monday, December 14th to help fill the stockings. They’ll be meeting at the Best Western Executive Inn in Seattle at 5:45pm. I’ll be there and hope you can join me!
To make a cash donation, checks may be made out to ECBPW Foundation (a non-profit 501(c)3; #37-1423219) and sent to ECBPW Foundation, c/o Dolores Gohndrone, 1511 3rd Ave #520, Seattle WA 98101.
This classic 4 bedroom (3 on main level!) Wallingford Craftsman offers timeless style in one of Seattle’s most popular neighborhoods. Front sitting porch with architectural details leads into handsome formal living and dining rooms with matching distressed painted wood mantle and built-ins. Beautiful refinished hardwoods, traditional millwork, high ceilings, fireplace and large picture windows. The spacious layout provides an open kitchen & built-in dining nook. A sweet deck off back sits pretty in a fully fenced yard with garden space, shade tree and outbuilding. Finished lower level offers a 4th bedroom, utility room and storage, a large 3/4 bath, plus flex spaces (media and family rooms or workout room and office) bathed in natural light and featuring French doors.
Surrounding area offers:
Walk to cafes, shopping, services and entertainment!
Across from Wallingford Playfield
Award-winning John Stanford International close by
Walk Score: 85 out of 100—Very Walkable!
Located at the address:
4110 Wallingford Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
For more information, please visit my website or download the flyer.
