Email Author Jesse Froehling

Awards

• 2009 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published June 11, 2008

  "Deport of Call"

• 2009 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published June 18, 2008

  "Tailpipe Dream"

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2008 Stories by Jesse Froehling

• A Fabulous Sports Babe Who’s Actually a Babe

  published November 5, 2008

  A few months ago, in the middle of Elise Woodward's weeknight broadcast, she happened to glance down at her left hand. For nearly 10... More >>

• Mark Powell’s War on Error

  published September 17, 2008

  Mark Powell finds mistakes everywhere he looks. National monuments, scholarly texts, museums, The... More >>

• First Call: Jules Maes

  published September 3, 2008

  A weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar unannounced and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite... More >>

• Psychic’s Donation Not Accepted

  published September 3, 2008

  Last year, when Alexandra Chauran sought to teach her students at the Kent Phoenix Academy about the benefits of composting, she turned to the... More >>

• McKenna Called Out on Controversial Foreclosure Bill

  published August 20, 2008

  Since the Distressed Property Law took effect on June 12, it has facilitated zero lawsuits but much finger-pointing. The law,... More >>

• The Bright Spot in an Awful Season

  published August 13, 2008

  Last July 8, the Los Angeles Angels held a scant 2½-game lead in the American League West over a hot Mariners team in the middle of a... More >>

• Peggle Your Way to Health!

  published July 30, 2008

  You've seen them, probably played them too: So-called "casual games" are the digital age's answer to your grandmother's... More >>

• McKenna Distressed Over One of “His” Bills

  published July 23, 2008

  Last month, Attorney General Rob McKenna issued a press... More >>

• Taller For Transit

  published July 16, 2008

  In less than a year, if all goes as planned, the first of Sound Transit's light-rail lines will open connecting the airport with downtown. In... More >>

• Ferry Workers Are Hesitant to Double as Spies

  published June 25, 2008

  John Norby, a traffic attendant for Washington State Ferries in Anacortes, was walking through the terminal's parking lot one... More >>

• Like Hillary, Like Jack

  published June 18, 2008

  At the state Democratic convention in Spokane last weekend, 17-year-old Jack Laurence, the grandson of legendary Washington Sen. Henry M.... More >>

• Tailpipe Dream

  published June 18, 2008

  On Oct. 4, 1983, Richard Noble went to the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, one of the flattest places in the world,... More >>

• Kicking the Juans Out of the San Juans

  published June 11, 2008

  Jack Helsell's property, located just past West Sound on Orcas Island, looks something like a 19th-century agrarian utopia. The house was built... More >>

• Hiking the Urban Greenbelts

  published June 4, 2008

  The city of Seattle has 404 listings in its park directory. Some of these—Green Lake, Ravenna, Gas Works and the... More >>

• How to Fleece the Market

  published June 4, 2008

  People don't eat as much when it's hot out, since your body requires less energy to warm itself. Less energy = less food.... More >>

• He’ll Be Too Young to Take Shots With Hillary

  published May 28, 2008

  While quaffing a beverage among friends at the Knarr, a fabled watering hole near Cowan Park, Peter Jackson's cell phone... More >>

• The Sunday Knights

  published May 28, 2008

  On Sundays, especially nice ones, Gas Works Park is alive. There are families and there are dogs. There's green grass and water. There's beer... More >>

• SIFF News: Linas Phillips' Great Speeches From a Dying World

  published May 28, 2008

  The second documentary by local director Linas Phillips to reach SIFF, Great Speeches From a Dying... More >>

• No Green R.E.I. for Seattle

  published May 21, 2008

  Last week, the Kent-based outdoor gear retailer REI announced plans to install solar... More >>

• Barkeep’s Poison at Shea’s Lounge

  published May 21, 2008

  A weekly feature in which we show up, unannounced, and demand the bartender make us his or her favorite drink. For more First Calls, visit... More >>

• Wild Turkeys: the Cure for the Common County

  published May 14, 2008

  The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife thinks Whatcom County needs more recreational opportunities. The potential solution: the... More >>

• The Beers Are Real, the Fights Are... Dry

  published April 30, 2008

  Jackson Lowe (aka Chas Roberts) would have you believe that the SSP Arena (the club King Cobra on Capitol Hill) holds half a million people.... More >>

• The Silver Bullet of Seattle Street Food

  published April 30, 2008

  Joshua Henderson and Danny Sizemore have two things going right for them today: The sun's out, and they haven't... More >>

• Dome Stadium Tavern’s Gone Clean

  published April 23, 2008

  Apparently the Dome Stadium Tavern has cleaned itself up quite a bit. Fresh off a 180-day time-out from the State Liquor... More >>

• Sold Out

  published April 2, 2008

  In the summer of 2001, with her marriage just over and her job gone, Vila Pace-Knapp was in dire... More >>