On Monday afternoon (Aug. 30), Jim Spady of Dick’s Drive-In announced that they’ll be expanding their line of fast food restaurants by one, with the final location to be determined by votes from the public on the restaurant’s website.

There are three areas under consideration:

1. South End, which includes SeaTac, Tukwila, Renton, Burien, South Seattle and West Seattle.
2. North includes Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, Edmonds and South Everett.
3. East includes Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Sammamish.

As of 11pm Monday night, the vote tallies are showing us South Enders trailing in third place, with just 29% (1,748 votes) – could this be a sign that we already have a sufficient supply of red meat and tater-based food product?

Leading the pack is the obviously burger-starved East Side, at 37% (2,260 votes).

Second place goes to the North End with 33% (1,982 votes).

So Burien – do YOU want a Dick’s Drive-In ’round these parts? Or are you already happy with your local joints?

Click here to vote, but be very patient – last time we checked, their website was moving about as fast as Heinz ketchup on a cool crisp rainy late-summer day.

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a round up of events happening around the area:

• Saturday – Saturday Morning Jazz Set at Dubsea Coffee
• Saturday – Fantastic Fruits & Vegetables At This Week’s Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market!
• Sunday – Mark Your Calendar For This Sunday’s B-Patch Garden Day!
• Sunday – Advertiser E.B. Foote Winery Hosting Jazz Night On Sunday, August 29
• Sunday – El Tianguis Latino Market at Burien Town Square
• Sunday – Free Music at Marvista Park Featuring Blue Ringer

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a round up of events happening around the area:

• Saturday/Sunday – City of Tukwila Community Garage Sale is Aug 14-15
• Saturday – 5th Annual Trash To Treasure Parking Lot Sale Is Saturday, Aug. 14th
• Saturday – Health & Fitness Day at Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
• Saturday – Brent Rice Memorial Swim Is Aug. 14th; Here’s How You Can Join In/Help
• Sunday – FREE Ice Cream With Ciscoe Morris At Highline/SeaTac Gardens Aug. 15th
• Sunday – Experience Live Mexican Dance At El Tianguis Latino Market
• Sunday – Free Music at Marvista Park Featuring The Starlings

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!

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Here’s this week’s round-up of FREE concerts being offered in the surrounding area. This is the final week for concerts in Burien and Des Moines, so enjoy the music before it’s too late!

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a round up of events happening around the area:

• Friday/Saturday – “Cruisin4TheCure” Fighting Cancer With A Car Wash Friday & Saturday
• Friday/Saturday – Big Al Brewing’s Second Birthday Celebration August 7 and 8
• Friday – Guy Harper and Pamela Harper, Authors of Three Tree Point at Burien Books From 4-6PM
• Saturday – Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market Celebrates Shark Week… Puget Sound Style!
• Saturday – White Center CDA Member Mixer Is Saturday, Aug. 7th
• Saturday – Burien’s Sizzling Saturday Night Car Show
• Saturday – Greg Wright, Author of West of the Gospel at Burien Books From 1-3PM
• Saturday – WestSide Baby Challenges Burien To “Stuff The Bus” Saturday Night
• Sunday – Sustainable Burien Meeting At Community Gardens, 437 SW 144th Street
• Sunday – Burien’s “El Tianguis” Latino Market
• Sunday – Pink Party For The Cure Is This Sunday At All-Star Sports Bar
• Sunday – Des Moines United Methodist Church Hosting Blues Concert Featuring “Sister Wives”
• Sunday – Free Music at Marvista Park Featuring Woodrush

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!

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Here’s this week’s round-up of FREE concerts being offered in the surrounding area. There’s sure to be something here to please just about anyone!

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a round up of events happening around the area:

• Friday/Saturday/Sunday – “Withering Heights” at the E.B. Foote Winery
• Friday/Saturday – Advertiser Lavina Mays To Host Grand Opening Event This Weekend
• Saturday – Normandy Park Hoop Fest Basketball Tournament Is Saturday, July 31st
• Saturday – Coffee “Cupping” at Dubsea Coffee in White Center
• Saturday – Elder Care & Safety Day at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
• Saturday – Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in Des Moines Beach Park
• Sunday – “El Tianguis Mercado Latino” street market in Burien Town Square
• Sunday – Normandy Park’s Free Concert at Marvista Park Featuring Recess Monkey & the Normandy Park Youth Orchestra

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!

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Summer is finally in full swing and with the warm weather and blue skies comes a plethora of free concert series offered by local cities. Why not take advantage of the weather and get outside for fresh air and FREE music?

Here’s this week’s upcoming concerts:

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Our friends at the Highline Historical Society (we’re members, are you? Join here) are looking for people who worked at Sea-Tac Airport or for an airline or airport vendor between 1930 and 2000.

If you have a story to tell about your time spent at the airport, or if you have personal mementos such as photos, uniforms, ephemera (contracts, tickets, advertisements, schedules, etc.), or even home movies taken at the airport, the Historical Society would like to hear from you.

The Society can make careful copies of photos and documents and return the originals to the owner in pristine, museum-quality conditions.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of preserving the history of Sea-Tac Airport, and of documenting its impact on the communities of Highline. Donors of memories and memorabilia will be entered in a drawing to win a dinner for two at Mick Kelley’s Irish Pub in Burien.

If you can help out, please contact the Society today by calling 206-246-6354, or by e-mailing editor@highlinehistory.org.

Here’s a great photo courtesy the historical society, of Opening Day of Sea-Tac International Airport, taken in July, 1949 (more great photos here):

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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a round up of events happening around the area:

• Friday/Saturday/Sunday – Olde Burien Sidewalk Sale
• Friday/Saturday/Sunday – “Withering Heights” at the E.B. Foote Winery
• Friday/Saturday – Local Kids Perform in “Robinson Crusoe” at Des Moines Field House
• Saturday – Business Showcase and Cooking Demonstrations at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
• Saturday – Mount Rainier High School’s Class of 1980 Reunion Cruise
• Saturday – White Center Fall and Winter Gardening Class
• Sunday – “El Tianguis Mercado Latino” street market in Burien Town Square
• Sunday – Breakfast/fund-raiser and diaper collection for WestSide Baby at White Center Eagles
• Sunday – Dinner/fund-raiser for Orphan Relief and Rescue at 909 Coffee and Wine Bistro
• Sunday – Fundraiser Carwash for the Highline Blue Sox
• Sunday – Wine Dinner featuring Waterbrook Winery at Advertiser Archery Bistro (Call for reservations)
• Sunday – Normandy Park’s Free Concert at Marvista Park Featuring Contemporary Celtic Music by “Craicmore”

Know about an event we missed? Feel free to share the details in a comment!

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