I would say the primary areas for small shops selling all sorts of Asian trinkets can be found along Jackson or King Street in between 5th Ave and 7th Ave. Viet Wah grocery store also has a sizeable section selling random treasures. There's also a really interesting fish store if you're interested in odd shops — it's called Liem's I think, and I believe it's located in between Maynard & 6th on King Street.

Gossip Bubble Tea does some basic things, but if you walk down King Street towards the train station (West) about 200 feet, you'll find Ambrosia. If you like HK Style bakery items, Yummy House on 6th makes a variety of things (my favorite is the BBQ pork bun).

In Little Saigon (further N & E) — there is a Vietnamese sandwich shop called Seattle Deli (it's on 12th & Main, I think) that serves up one of the best BBQ pork sandwiches out there.

Good luck!

Where are some good places to just visit and browse? Restaurants are an obvious recommendation, but other little knick-knack stores would be great, too! Anyone know of a place where I might be able to pick up an old Chinese coin or two?

It is now being considered that a new "Capitol Hill Bill" hopes to be issued every month with a new prominent figure of Capitol Hill (either living or dead) featured every month to encourage ongoing interest and further the education and history of Capitol Hill as well as honoring those that have put forth service to the community. There are hundreds of persons who have contributed to the community but a List of top twelve persons for the first year of this program is requested from the community.

Suggested persons so far; (in no particular order and of course pending image permission):

Cal Anderson - Washington state's first openly gay legislator
George Baken - Founder and Editor of the Seattle Gay News for 36 years.
George Benson - Capitol Hill Community Leader who served 20 years on City Council
Bo - Who exemplifies the free spirit and diversity of Capitol Hill
Nellie Cornish - Founder of the Cornish Art Institute on Capitol Hill
Frances Farmer - Famous Counter culture film Artist who was a Capitol Hill resident
Mark Finley - Community Leader and Icon of the Gay Community
Bertha Knight Landes - Capitol Hill resident who helped found Women's Century Club (now Harvard Exit) and became Seattle's first and only woman Mayor as well as the first of any major U.S. city in 1926.
Bruce Lee - Film star who lived and trained on Capitol Hill's Broadway and fought for equal rights
Barack Obama - Resident on Capitol Hill as an infant
Peggy Plat - Community celebrity and Comedian
James Widener Ray - Capitol Hill Philanthropist and founder of the Rainer Foundation
Dan Savage - Editor of The Stranger, Community Leader and Activist
Andrew Taylor - Community Leader with Miller Park
Sister Donna Creation - Community Leader and Activist
Jimmy Woo - Owner of Capitol Hill Jade Pagoda and Community Leader

Please give us your suggestions.

The discount bill can be copied by anyone and reuse is encouraged. Only one use per visit is listed. The bill is hoped slowly will become self perpetuating by businesses that want to put out an attractive discount coupon.
Businesses can stamp their business name on the back for advertisement and to encourage consumers back as well as serving as an interesting way to track the life of the bill.

The coupon bill would be initially printed and distributed by the council to organizations, businesses, tourism and residents.

Lets hear your feedback.

A suggested example with former Capitol Hill resident Actress Frances Farmer.

Capitol Hill Times has now posted the article and photos.
Barack Obama: From Capitol Hill to Capitol Hill
http://www.capitolhilltimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=26&SubSectionID=248&ArticleID=27447

Many thanks Philip Lipson Libarian, to Leif on this forum for asking the question, Steve on the 9th floor of the Seattle Public Library, Helen and Don of Seattle Housing Authority and Midori Okazaki of Washington State Archives.

Look for more information to be posted it the future. We hope to locate the people who lived in this 10 apartment house with Ann and baby Barack. Perhaps this posting might help locate these persons.

I believe awareness and taking security steps is the best deterrent to crime in what is hopefully a hoax. Threats should be taken seriously and I am hoping bars will increase their lighting to increase detection of suspicious activity and consider doing "friendly patdowns" at the door.

There is a call out for groups and pub crawls but caution against overcrowding at bars as these are the very conditions that make it harder to detect suspicious activity.

Anyone see any plows on these streets?
Even once?

Any?

Interesting inquiry. If Stanley Ann Dunham was living on Capitol Hill that means our next President Barack Obama also lived on Capitol Hill as an infant. (Interesting he is going from Capitol Hill to Capitol Hill). If the time period was from around March 1962 to at least September 1962 then Barack Obama would have been around 7 months old.

There is a possiblity if Ann signed on with UW as a student that UW Housing may have records.

Ideas so far are:
Hiring private plow trucks to clear main streets, business and residential streets
Increase local volunteer Firefighters
Increase Neighborhood Watch program to assist seniors and families
Organize neighborhood groups to clear priority areas

"We're trying to create a hard-packed surface" - Alex Wiggins, chief of staff for the Seattle Department of Transportation.

I would like to see immediate plans for preparing for the next snow storm which will very likely happen and hopefully the impact will not be as great. Winter has just started.