by Scott Schaefer
Last week, we found this rather interesting, potential recession indicator – a Burien business listed “For Sale” posting on Craigslist:

We’ve known of Burien’s Olympic Coffee & Roasting for a while, are aware it’s been in biz since the early ’90s, have bought coffee from them, even used their free wi-fi a few times, [...]

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[ August 16, 2008; 12:00 pm; ]

Good ol’ B-Town is definitely a party place, or so it seems every summer when SW 152nd gets closed down for not one, but at least two block par-tays, one of which is coming up Sat. Aug. 16th, from Noon-10pm.
That’s right – it’s time for Burien’s annual “Hot August Nite” which will feature:

Classic Cars (from [...]

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We’re back from our annual family vacation, fully rested yet still slightly sore from too much beach volleyball, but our fingers and brains still seem to be working.
And today’s Thursday, which can only mean one thing:
We’ll be Blogging Live from today’s Farmer’s Market, which runs from 11am-6pm (although we’ll only be here until around 2/3pm). [...]

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The B-Town Blog welcomes its latest Advertiser, Fun Time Tanning, located at 13260 First Avenue South in Burien.
The new owners are sisters Laura and Alyssa Stegin.
“We were customers here for about five years,” said Laura. “Then we heard the owners were selling and my sister and I said ‘Let’s look into it.’”
They checked with their [...]

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B-Town Blog Advertiser and longtime Burien winery E.B. Foote Winery has just announced that they are now selling wines online.
From their press release:
Gas prices getting you down?
Want to enjoy E. B. Foote wines but can’t get to the winery? 
You can now order E. B. Foote wines online! 
The Current Releases page of our website [...]

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[ July 25, 2008; 1:00 pm; ] James Park, Dan Tamburelli and Janel Stoneback of Burien’s Emerald City Smoothie are opening their second store this Friday, at the remodeled Southcenter in Tukwila.

From Janel’s press release:
Please come join us this Friday for the grand opening of Emerald City Smoothie Westfield Southcenter.
James Park, Dan Tamburelli and myself have worked very hard and it has [...]

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[ July 26, 2008; 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] B-Town’s own specialty wine bar (and BTB Advertiser) Vino Bello will be celebrating its second anniversary this Saturday, July 26th, starting at Noon and going until 8pm. From their press release:Join us in celebrating our 2 year anniversary this Saturday, July 26th. Winemakers Tim Sorenson of Fall Line Winery and Alex Manoni of Stomani Cellars [...]

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Okay, so the patented B-Town Blog Weather Rock® appears to be either very very sad, or just plain frozen, but we will not let that stop today’s Farmers Market, which will be open until 6pm.
Sure, we’re a bit chilly sitting outside, blogging live at our booth, but that’s nuthin’ – my Dad used to just [...]

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[ July 12, 2008; 12:00 pm; ] Olde Burien is holding its annual FREE Street Party this Saturday, July 12th, from Noon to Midnight, complete with everything you need to beat the B-Town heat:

No cover charge!
A dunk tank
Beer/Wine Garden
Live music
Magicians
Jugglers
Fortune tellers
Face painters
Karaoke
Eating contests
Discounts
An entire two blocks closed to traffic and open to pedestrian funsters

The party grows more interactive each year, with event-goers [...]

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[ July 1, 2008; July 8, 2008; July 15, 2008; July 22, 2008; July 29, 2008; ] Like to eat?

Like the arts?

Then be sure to “Eat For The Arts” every Tuesday through July at one of the eight Burien restaurants listed below, where each merchant will donate 5% of its sales to the Burien Arts Association:

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