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- Deal on Parking Refunds
  Posted May 09; 05:02 pm
  The check is not yet in the mail, but will be by October for thousands of Seattle drivers wrongly ticketed for overtime parking on legal holidays. Attorneys for a Bellevue woman who won a lawsuit in 2007, today announced the city has agreed to refund...
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- Afternoon Edition: Crazed Hitters and Slutty Mermaids
  Posted May 09; 03:01 pm
  Lock up your daughters! The original Sbux logo is back. Clay Bennett can't win for losing. The problem with Starbucks isn't that it bullied its way to coffee top dog with lattes that appeal to the lowest common denominator, it's the skanky mermaid logo. And speaking of women that totally f...
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Buzzer Beater
Seattle Sports (but mostly just Basketball).
- Supe Free Agent Target: Jose Calderon
  Posted May 09; 05:52 pm
  Raptor point guard Jose Calderon had a breakout season last year, starting in place of an injured T.J. Ford. But then Ford came back, and a quarterback controversy ensued that ended only when Calderon volunteered to come off the bench. Now Calderon, ...
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- It's Time to Fire McLaren
  Posted May 09; 04:28 pm
  The Mariners' awful 14-22 start isn't all John McLaren's fault, but it's partially his fault. The affable bench-coach-cum-skipper is a talented individual, but those talents don't include managing his pitching staff properly or inspiring his players to...
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Voracious
Sating your hunger for food news and gossip.
- Wondering what to do with that refund check?
  Posted May 09; 03:11 pm
  I just got my ridiculous stimulus check today. Woo -- uh -- whoo-hoo! Some of that money will be going to Visa (I wouldn't be surprised to hear that credit-card industry lobbyists came up with the idea, anyway), but I'm giving a big chunk of it to ...
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- First Call: Shea's Lounge
  Posted May 09; 01:42 pm
  First Call: French Caribbean Name: Jason Tibbetts Establishment: Sheaâ€™s Lounge Location: Top Floor, Corner Market Building, 94 Pike Street, Suite 34. Ok, Jason Tibbetts, whatâ€™s this slightly sunny, slightly swanky concoction we have here? Itâ€™s a Fren...
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Reverb
Murmurs, Noises, and Feedback on Seattle's Sounds.
- Last Night: Minus the Bear Redeem Themselves
  Posted May 09; 02:22 pm
  Photo by Meghan Peters Minus the Bear When: Thursday, May 8 Where: The Showbox at the Market When I saw Minus the Bear in spring 2006, they sucked. But last nightâ€™s show at the Showbox was a completely different experience. Between their chatter with the audience and t...
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- Stereolab's Coming to The Showbox
  Posted May 09; 01:43 pm
  Stereolab When: Oct. 17 Where: The Showbox (we'll update when we know which one)...
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Thread Count
Seattle's arts, people, and style blog.
- This Weekend: An Opening, and Two Talks
  Posted May 09; 05:20 pm
  Image courtesy of OKOK gallery. Dutch artist Ron van der Ende, who was born in Delft (home of the famous blue porcelain dishware), here makes his U.S. debut. â€œMotor Memoryâ€ renders manufactured machines as oversized, hand-wrought bas-relief figures....
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- Just What Has Brodeur Just Done?
  Posted May 09; 01:14 pm
  Behold this headshot of picket line-crossing Times' columnist Nicole Brodeur, which runs with her every scribble. Unlike other headshots, this one has an air of fashion to it -- a far cry from the sit and pose stylings of most daily newspaper columnists. Here, it act...
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To Do List

Sunday, May 11

Cake
On a cold rainy day, nothing perks my mood like Cake. The Sacramento alt-ro... More>>
Paramount Theatre, Sun., May 11, 7:00pm

Seattle Trumpet Consort
Without getting into a lot of acoustic arcana about how and why, the natura... More>>
Trinity Parish Church, Sun., May 11, 2:00pm

Ron van der Ende: Motor Memory
Dutch artist Ron van der Ende, who was born in Delft (home of the famous bl... More>>
OkOk Gallery, Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 10 until Tue., June 10

97 more things to do today>>