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  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Where to Eat Cheese in Vancouver

    ​Among the happy overlaps between French and British cultures, which have historically sparred in Canada, is an abiding love of cheese. In the 19th century, the Quebecois fondness for soft, ripened cheeses and the British affection for hard, sharp cheddar inspired the opening of hundreds of ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Road Trip! Branford Marsalis Joey Calderazzo at the Portland Jazz Festival

    Last year, Branford Marsalis told Seattle Weekly about "The Problem With Jazz": why old records sound better than new ones, why the genre feels too much like an exclusive club, and how there's so little good jazz these days that when he hears something good, "it shocks me." The interview went viral, ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2011

    Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey: The Hand Beneath the Muppet's Butt

    Last year, Branford Marsalis told Seattle Weekly about "The Problem With Jazz": why old records sound better than new ones, why the genre feels too much like an exclusive club, and how there's so little good jazz these days that when he hears something good, "it shocks me." The interview went viral, ... More >>

  • Food

    October 26, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Amtrak's Fork in the Railroad

    Tom Douglas helps the embattled train system improve its meals.

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Amtrak Dining Overhaul Includes Vegan Noodles and Tom Douglas' Salmon

    ​The menus, china, and other dining memorabilia showcased aboard Amtrak's exhibit train, which rolled into town this weekend, are easy fodder for romantics who glamorize earlier generations of dining on the rails. But Amtrak executives and frequent riders say the current decade may represent t ... More >>

  • Food

    January 12, 2011

    First Call: What About Tiki Bob's?

    The Pioneer Square hotspot mellows out midweek.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Tiki Bob's Calms Down

    ​The Watering Hole: Tiki Bob's Cantina, 166 South King Street, PIONEER SQUARE The Atmosphere: Tiki Bob's, which bills itself as "the number one night club beach party in Seattle," is like what island-themed dances in teen TV dramas look like, only with approximately five bajillion pieces of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Espresso Nights: One Thousand and One Links

    ​It was brought to my attention the other day that the Seattle PI posted a list of "10 Great Coffee Shops" in their city Visitors Guide: 10 places to check out to get a feel for Seattle's coffee culture. While I may or may not be decisive enough to come up with my own counter-list, I am incapa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Most of Us Just Take the Train

    ​If you don't feel like driving from Seattle to Vancouver, the train's always a pretty good option, especially now that Amtrak's running two a day in anticipation of the Winter Olympics. Still, it can be done by bus and foot, as Seattle Transit Blog's Oran Viriyincy proved this March, going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Local Artists in the National News

    Seattle talent gets some props over the long weekend. First, film director Lynn Shelton has a nice profile in The New York Times. Her film Humpday, seen at SIFF, opens this Friday at the Harvard Exit. We'll review it Wednesday, and add an interview online. (The NYT profile was written by Michelle Or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Mass Transit Doesn't Have to Kill Our Love Affair With Cars

    Maglev Train. Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on The Daily Weekly.It's hard to overstate the fact that 20th-century America was the age of the automobile. We had a romance with our cars, with a near-custom set of accessories to match every individual and lifestyle. But behind the lust th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    "The American Promise"

    Maglev Train. Krist Novoselic's column runs every Tuesday on The Daily Weekly.It's hard to overstate the fact that 20th-century America was the age of the automobile. We had a romance with our cars, with a near-custom set of accessories to match every individual and lifestyle. But behind the lust th ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2008

    The Suits This Week

    A new weekly roundup of local litigious activity.

  • Music

    April 9, 2008

    Music Biz’s Latest Villain: the Price of Gas

    Bands are scaling down their crews and itineraries.

  • News

    March 5, 2008

    How Puget Sound's Last Pirate Gave Us a Creaking, Sinking Ferry System

    The curse of Capt. Peabody.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Time to Put a Fork in Amtrak?

    The curse of Capt. Peabody.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2007

    Cody Walker for Poet Populist

    The curse of Capt. Peabody.

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Summer Road Trips, Sans the Car

    The curse of Capt. Peabody.

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Putting the Dog Down

    The luxury seats wait outside Greyhound's decrepit Seattle station at Eighth and Stewart.

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    The Dangerous Lives of Train-Hoppin' Hobos

    For some people, seeing the country from a boxcar is the ultimate freedom. But as an October fatality indicates, it can come with a price. By Nina Shapiro

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2006

    Mercury Dropping

    For some people, seeing the country from a boxcar is the ultimate freedom. But as an October fatality indicates, it can come with a price. By Nina Shapiro

  • News

    March 1, 2006

    The I-5 SuperBlazers

    Let's merge the Seattle and Portland NBA teams and play home games in Centralia or Chehalis.

  • Film

    December 14, 2005

    Dec. 14, 2005

    Let's merge the Seattle and Portland NBA teams and play home games in Centralia or Chehalis.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    'Queen Christine' and the Tax Revolt

    The governor must defend a huge transportation plan she helped pass. But business, labor, and environmental groups aren't sure there should even be a campaign against anti-gas-tax Initiative 912.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Sea Sacked

    The governor must defend a huge transportation plan she helped pass. But business, labor, and environmental groups aren't sure there should even be a campaign against anti-gas-tax Initiative 912.

  • News

    July 2, 2003

    Tough Rail Road

    Does Sound Transit Executive Director Joni Earl have the agency on track?

  • Food

    July 2, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    Does Sound Transit Executive Director Joni Earl have the agency on track?

  • Arts

    May 21, 2003

    Everett, Take Me Away!

    You think: fading industrial relic. We think: affordable, overlooked tourist destination.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pass/Fail

    You think: fading industrial relic. We think: affordable, overlooked tourist destination.

  • Film

    September 27, 2000

    Survivors

    Real life, real hardship, bared for the camera.

  • Diversions

    June 7, 2000

    Yo, dategirl!

    Real life, real hardship, bared for the camera.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    The little engine that can't

    Seattle's most neglected landmark, King Street Station, sits crumbling in the middle of downtown's boom.

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Visitors' guide to the Emerald City

    Seattle's most neglected landmark, King Street Station, sits crumbling in the middle of downtown's boom.

  • Film

    November 10, 1999

    Dogma

    Kevin Smith's cinema profanity.

  • Arts

    October 20, 1999

    Notes on my misadventures

    Stories from the streets of the West Coast.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best spots

    Stories from the streets of the West Coast.

  • Arts

    May 26, 1999

    Bach for more

    Oregon's premier classical festival turns 30.

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Hostel intentions

    The art of slacking in Seattle, as practiced by twentysomething foreign visitors

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    The sky's the limit

    The city that supposedly hates skybridges is building one for Paul Allen, and letting other big shots bridge at will.

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