I was saddened to discover today that India Express now only has a buffet Saturday and Sunday. Apparently too few people and too much wasted food on M-F.

Now I don’t want to risk getting into trouble in the treacherous waters of restaurant reviewing, so I’ll just say that I love India Express. It’s the first place I want to go when I return from out of town, and my favorite lunch place on the Hill. So any bad news for them is bad news for me . . .

Fortunately, they do now have a reduced-price lunch menu, which includes things like vegetable korma with rice and salad (pictured) for $5. And naan (plain and garlic) for only $1! So at least there’s some good news. Too bad about that buffet, but still a great lunch.

(Oh, and please someone tell me if this is over that too micro line.)

I heard this piece on KUOW the other day (mp3 audio here) about dodgeball in Cal Anderson.

capitol hill dodgeball
Originally uploaded by pdgibson

Should there be dodgeball on those tennis courts? The answer is no, according to this follow-up story in the Seattle Times.

I myself haven’t taken part, but I was wondering how the chs readers feel about it all. The KUOW bit was pretty pro-dodgeball (and really, it seems tough to be opposed to that, doesn’t it?) . . . but what about those tennis players? Who will speak up for them? (Besides the parks department, that is.) Will you? Or should our local ball dodgers have been allowed to play on?

Finally, if any of you play, any plans to find another outdoor venue?

I’ve got some shoes that I don’t wear much, and a winter coat I brought from Illinois that didn’t get much use here–should I just leave them on a sidewalk somewhere?

Is Value Village really that far, or that picky? Are the Salvation Army and the Goodwill really that much trouble?

Sorry if it seems like I’m fishing for comments here; I swear I’m not just trying to juke my stats. I’m just confused, and not really all that into walking past a pile of someone’s unwanted stuff on my way home.

Was on a run (okay fine, I was walking by then) through Volunteer Park when I ran across rehearsals of the Theater Schmeater production of Wind in the Willows.

Here’s a bit from their site:
World Premiere Adaptation
by Kenneth Grahame
adapted by J.D. Lloyd

Directed by
J.D. Lloyd
Performances
All shows in Volunteer Park at the Amphitheater
July 12 – August 10, 2008
Saturdays and Sundays, afternoons at 5:00 p.m.
Ticket Prices
It’s Free!

Does anyone know much about this group? It looks like fun, and the cast at today’s rehearsal was nothing if not enthusiastic. . . .

So I’ve only been in Seattle for a year, give or take, and I admit there are things I still need to learn.

The biggest question I have right now is this: what’s up with people hanging out in their cars on Capitol Hill (and no, I don’t mean in Volunteer Park). On any given day, on any given side street, I’ll see people eating, talking, sleeping, reading books even–in their cars. Sometimes for hours.

But why?

Won’t someone please help me understand why?

Adam noted the other day that Dilettante Chocolate is closed and will soon be reopening in the Brix building.

Looks like Vivace will be headed there soon as well. At least I’ll only have to go five days without it.

Too bad that there will be no more lovely views of Cal Anderson Park out the window, but I agree that public transit is worth the trouble.

If only the new location wasn’t in a building with such a silly name . . .

PS, thanks for putting this together, CHS-ers! Looks great!