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  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    2011's Top Six Developments for Seattle's Lazy

    James Lee, 2010.​ It's most definitely still December. That means two things for certain when it comes to pop culture: there isn't a whole lot to watch on television, and you've probably been reading a lot of yawn-worthy, boilerplate "Best of 2011" lists lately. After this week's dramatic fina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Happy Hour Pizza at Not Via Tribunali

    The pizza is authentic. The sign? Not so much. ​The Place: Pizzeria 22, 4213 S.W. College St., 687-7701, WEST SEATTLE. The Hours: Monday-Friday 4-6 p.m.; Power Hour 4-5 p.m.. The Deal: There's no happy hour menu at Seattle's newest Neopolitan-style pizzeria (and West Seattle's only one), but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    European Foods Offers a Taste of Mother Russia

    Mmm . . . Cured meats at European Foods. ​I wish I could take credit for finding the generically named but amazingly curated Russian grocery store European Foods at 13520 Aurora Ave. N. up in Haller Lake. Sadly, that credit goes to my brother, a Russian-history major and aficionado of all thin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Why Blockbuster's Bankruptcy Could Be Bad for Redbox

    ​UPDATE: Want to see a guy who actually knows what he's talking about blow a hole in my theory? Read on. You'd think the news that Blockbuster -- that relic from a bygone era when you actually had to talk to people in order to rent a movie -- is likely filing for bankruptcy in September would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    More People Rent DVDs From Library Than Netflix, Redbox

    ​Libraries have doubled the size of their movie collections in recent years and the results are impressive: "According to the survey released by the Online Computer Library Center, public libraries in the U.S. lend an average 2.1 million videos/day, which edges out the 2 million discs shipped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    New Tin Theater Offers Acrobats, Scheduled Cocktails, and Perfectly Grilled Meatloaf

    Burien's answer to Belltown's Big Picture.​The Dinner: An entree of grilled meatloaf, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and tomatoes; a smoked salmon, crostini and horseradish cream cheese appetizer; three pints of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale; three Reese's Peanut Butter Cups; and a box of popcorn at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    T-Mobile One of 10 Brands That May Disappear

    ​Remember when Joe Mallahan ran for mayor on the strength of being T-Mobile's "ideas man"? Well T-Mobile could really use a couple good ideas right about now. Because according to a post on 24/7 Wall Street, the Bellevue-headquartered company is at the top of a list of businesses that may be g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Get Me to the Mecca

    Prepare yourself for nearly two hours of this, in montage form.​ The Dinner: French Dip and Fries at Mecca Cafe with a couple pints of Stella Artois. The Movie: Get Him To The Greek at AMC Uptown 3. The Screenplate: At first, Get Him to the Greek seems like your ordinary Rock n' Roll comedy ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 10, 2010

    A Hug? Not When Anger's All She's Got

    Prepare yourself for nearly two hours of this, in montage form.​ The Dinner: French Dip and Fries at Mecca Cafe with a couple pints of Stella Artois. The Movie: Get Him To The Greek at AMC Uptown 3. The Screenplate: At first, Get Him to the Greek seems like your ordinary Rock n' Roll comedy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Your Weekend Art-Geek Advisory

    Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 15, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Seattle Public Library Spring Book Sale

    Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Sadness at the Video Store

    A colleague asked me the other day if I knew of any good indie video stores in West Seattle. "Other than Scarecrow," she added, since she didn't want to drive that far. Still, that's the first place that comes to mind in Seattle, though it's a holdout in a declining industry. (I was surprised the ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Delicious Japanese Candy, Sad Japanese Movie

    While in line at Daiso this afternoon (the Japanese dollar store in Westlake Center), my heart both jumped and sank as I spied rows of the little tin at right. Sakuma's Fruit Drops are a popular Japanese hard candy I first spied in the opening scenes of a Japanese film named Grave Of The Fireflies t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Another Seattle Flick at Sundance

    The list grows to three. Shot in Seattle this summer by comic-turned-director Bobcat Goldthwait, World's Greatest Dad stars none other than Robin Williams, whose recent show at the Paramount drew raves from our Erika Hobart. As we wrote earlier, when the film crew was in the alley behind our buildin ... More >>

  • Food

    November 12, 2008

    A Fancy Dinner With Your Movie (and No Popcorn!)

    But you can chow down—and booze it up—at this posh new cinema.

  • Film

    September 3, 2008

    Import/Export

    Whatever happened to Outsourced?

  • Film

    April 30, 2008

    Graduation: Bank Robbery for Dummies

    Whatever happened to Outsourced?

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2007

    Outsourced: Alone and Without Matt Dillon

    Whatever happened to Outsourced?

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    It's Time for Server Reboot Wednesday!

    Whatever happened to Outsourced?

  • Diversions

    July 18, 2007

    The Week in Rock

    Work e-mail's not about communicating.

  • Film

    June 6, 2007

    SIFF News: Local Filmmakers Try to Crack Hollywood

    Work e-mail's not about communicating.

  • Film

    July 26, 2006

    Coastlines

    Showing at Grand Illusion, Fri., July 28– Thurs., Aug. 3. Rated R. 119 minutes.

  • Arts

    January 11, 2006

    Under Fire, on Deadline

    A soldier turns Iraq War blogger. Having his cover blown is as much a danger as getting blown up by an IED.

  • Film

    October 5, 2005

    Waiting . . . 

    Opens Fri., Oct. 7, at Pacific Place and others.

  • Arts

    September 8, 2004

    Boring But Smart

    SAM's expansion plan lacks pizzazz, but it succeeds where it counts: tripling the museum's space for art.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004

    Readers' Picks

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Food

    April 21, 2004

    Downtown Kirkland

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Film

    February 18, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Film

    September 3, 2003

    Bowling for Columbine

    MGM Home Entertainment, $26.98

  • Film

    July 30, 2003

    This Week's Attractions

    The Housekeeper, Love the Hard Way, Masked and Anonymous, and Scorched.

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Big Brother's Bitch

    The Housekeeper, Love the Hard Way, Masked and Anonymous, and Scorched.

  • Arts

    September 4, 2002

    The Conjurer

    Matt Richter opens his third greenhouse for the arts.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Matt Richter opens his third greenhouse for the arts.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Indieville— Readers' Picks

    Matt Richter opens his third greenhouse for the arts.

  • Music

    April 17, 2002

    Days of our nights

    Matt Richter opens his third greenhouse for the arts.

  • Film

    September 19, 2001

    "It was like a movie."

    In a universal phrase, a common effort to comprehend.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    The Browser

    Kozmo.com, R.I.P.

  • Arts

    October 4, 2000

    Ceci n'est pas un fall TV preview

    I've got my couch and my pills and my remote control.

  • Film

    May 10, 2000

    Reel change

    What's in the future for our old-school film fest?

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    The worst plug

    "What?" "I said, 'Real rockers don't wear earplugs!'"

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Six degrees of David Sylvian

    "What?" "I said, 'Real rockers don't wear earplugs!'"

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Gunning amok

    "What?" "I said, 'Real rockers don't wear earplugs!'"

  • News

    June 2, 1999

    Blockbusted

    "What?" "I said, 'Real rockers don't wear earplugs!'"

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    SIFFting

    Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Seattle Blockbuster International Film Festival?

    Assessing in advance the biggest and best SIFF to date

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    IPeekaboo

    Is your personal privacy worth the price of a new computer? Most people hold out for a lot less.

  • Arts

    December 30, 1998

    Peeping Toms

    Many of us just like to look. Museums can do that to you.

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Submerging channels

    Many of us just like to look. Museums can do that to you.

  • Arts

    February 18, 1998

    Flaccosus nervosus

    Many of us just like to look. Museums can do that to you.

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