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  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: Garlic Wings at Roxbury Lanes

    In 1982, a Dallas bowler whose son's scorecards were lousy with no-point frames shoved carpet rolls down the gutters where his kid's ball invariably landed. The fatherly solution evolved into bumper bowling, an adaptation that ensures every roll results in a pin drop, and nobody leaves the alley unh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Poquitos Helps Drinkers Make Sense of Tequila

    Here's a dangerous lesson for a blogger to learn: Rant and ye shall receive. Last week, I devoted my Reviewing the Review column to my rather strong feelings about restaurants and bars which stock esoteric liquors but don't bothering explaining them to patrons. I even enlisted our graphic designer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Phinney Market Pub & Eatery: Pacifying Kids and Adults with Good Food

    Phinney Market Pub & Eatery owners Caleb and Jaimee Papineau have crafted a bustling neighborhood joint that magically works for parents, children, and kid-free diners. Phinney Market hits the right "something for everybody" vibe: one part tasty food, one part play area, one part bar. Opened last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Hundreds of Penises Create Composite Image of Rick Santorum

    Rick Santorum, our favorite anti-gay cultural warrior, has been reduced to a pornographic spectacle, a composite image created entirely from gay porn. Look closely after the jump for the hundreds of penises and anal-sex close-ups. There are even tiny people having intercourse in the middle of his ey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Where Do Washington's Mormons Live? Check Out the Interactive Map

    Now that Mitt Romney has put the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints back on the map, let's find out where one is most likely to encounter a real live Mormon. In Washington, Adams County boasts the highest percentage of Mormons (12.73) among any of the 39 counties. Garfield, Lincoln, and Wah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Rep. Maureen Walsh's Remarkable Speech at Gay Marriage Debate; 'I Don't Miss the Sex'

    Rep. Maureen Walsh, whose daughter came out of the closet a couple of years ago, easily gave the most memorable and heartfelt speech during yesterday's House floor debate on gay marriage. The Walla Walla Republican, her voice breaking at times, offered up a poignant snapshot of her life, her family, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Dumber Than a Breadstick

    ​Mayor Mike McGinn, as we posted recently, is a veritable whirling dervish these days, working like a point guard going to the hole to return an NBA franchise to Seattle. Hizzoner, as everyone knows, has been on the outs with voters for quite some time, so landing a professional basketball tea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Gutless Gregoire

    Gov. Chris Gregoire continues to dole out painful explanations as to why she waited until the final year of her final term to board the gay-marriage bandwagon. As Seattle Weekly's Rick Anderson reported, the governor says she's sorry it took so long and that it was about her Catholic faith that caus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Hells Yeah! This Bottle of Pinetti Primitivo Is Cheaper Than a Starbucks Double Grande Caramel Soy Latte

    Hey fellow lushes! I hit the cheap wine trifecta this week. Found a bottle of Italian Primitivo that was $5! It did not suck. And it had a twist top. Score! I was on the hunt for something to pour for a crowd at my brother's birthday party. I made his childhood favorite, spaghetti and meatballs, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Average Techie In Greater Seattle Now Makes More Than $90,000

    Still want to major in anthropology? TechFlash reports today that the average tech worker in the greater Seattle area is now hauling in a cool $90,362 a year, up 5 percent from last year. On top of that, one in every three tech professionals in the city say they've pocketed a bonus, which in 2011, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Let's Head South, Where It's Warm, To Drink Herding Cats

    Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHE ARTdept.​Hey fellow lushes! Are you sick of Snowpocolypse yet? I've been holed up for days and I cannot help myself from gorging on the incessant TV coverage of Snowmaggedeon. Make it stop!! That's why The Wino's flying south -- in an armchair travel kind of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Rep. Sam Hunt Proposes Bill To Punish Costco

    Rep. Sam Hunt is none too pleased that Costo won its $22 million battle to take down Washington's liquor system, and now he's seeking revenge. The Olympia Democrat is proposing legislation to prohibit the state's Liquor Control Board from "issuing spirits retail licenses to certain membership organi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Comment of the Day: SPD Turning Itself Into 'Legal Gangbangers'

    ​On Monday Nina Shapiro shared Seattle police officer Casey Steiger's curious explanation for why he told a suspect "The badge is the only thing preventing me from skull fucking you and dragging you down the street." One reader made an apt comparison.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Seattle Burglar Learns that One Shouldn't Target the House that's Full of Vicious Pit Bulls

    Criminals: This is not your target market​Granted, my experience in the criminal business is rather limited. But from what I've heard, one of the first lessons new crooks are taught in school is that when picking a house to burglarize, they should avoid the ones SWARMING WITH PITBULLS.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Olympia's Maxines Make a Helluva Racket for Just Two People

    Sarah Cass​​​​​Band: The Maxines Release: Drugstore EP Label: K Records Release Date: Jan. 24, 2012 Four songs of super fuzzed-out garage rock from this Olympia duo comprised of Matt Murillo and Kelly Norman. For just two people, they make a helluva lot of racket, taking turns singing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    At Pearl, the World Is Your Oyster of Sexual Pleasure

    Photo by Rina Jordan​Pearl is what most any grungy or grunge-loving Seattleite would imagine an Eastside restaurant to be: a swanky, people-watching place that smacks of a nightclub. The bar scene can be boisterous, full of beautiful Bellevueites, but this happens to be a restaurant that puts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Channeling Grandma is Easy as Pecan Pie

    Eve M. TaiDecadence on your own kitchen counter​The days after Thanksgiving may be those of reckoning for some. Having gorged on turkey, cranberries and pies galore, we may call it quits on the feasting for a bit. For others, the holiday merely kick starts our appetite for more, especially hom ... More >>

  • Diversions

    November 16, 2011

    'Til Death Do Us Friend

    Eve M. TaiDecadence on your own kitchen counter​The days after Thanksgiving may be those of reckoning for some. Having gorged on turkey, cranberries and pies galore, we may call it quits on the feasting for a bit. For others, the holiday merely kick starts our appetite for more, especially hom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Occupy Portland Goes Out Swinging: Arrests, Threats, and Promises to Regroup

    ​The much anticipated face-off between Occupy Portland protestors and the small army of armor-clad police looking to evict them went down this weekend. The results were both everything and nothing like we would have expected.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    African E-mail Scammers Now Demanding Ransom for People's Missing Loved Ones

    Patti Kreiger​The African e-mail-scammer industry is not without innovation. Take this latest e-mail pitch developed out of the fraud thinktanks of Ghana.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Tuning Into KEXP to Hear Sub Pop Signees Still Corners

    Cat StevensSub Pop band Still Corners plays the Sunset tonight at 9:30 with Ganglians and Witch Gardens. ​ Still Corners are a four-piece out of London whose debut LP, Creatures of an Hour, was released by Sub Pop in early October. The record is a collection of hazy, abstract pop songs anchor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Getting a 13-Minute Refresher on the Seattle Music Scene

    Jim BennettPickwick's in-studio performance at KEXP is featured in the new PBS documentary "Something in the Water."​ "Something in the Water" is a new mini-documentary from director Ward Serrill that attempts to answer the question of why so much great music happens to originate in Seattle. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Sustainable Sushi Chain to Open in South Lake Union

    Mio Sushi​Portland-based sustainable sushi chain Mio Sushi will open its first Washington restaurant at 120 Westlake Ave. N. in South Lake Union on Monday, October 31, according to Eater Seattle. The chain also has plans to open shops in Redmond and Issaquah. Follow Voracious on Twitter and F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Comment of the Day: ' As A One-Legged Black Man. . . '

    ​On Friday we posted the list of Seattle landlords who were investigated--some now being charged criminally--for allegedly discriminating against black and disabled tenants. The list is long and, according to the city's Office of Civil Rights, it turns out that racial and disability-based disc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Michou's Sweet Little Potato Pie

    Eve M. TaiOne potato, two potato, sweet potato pie.​Sweet potato pie. The words alone charm us, much the way a nursery rhyme might have enchanted us as toddlers. Maybe your mom cooed rhymes to you even as she was spooning pureed sweet potato into your little gaping mouth. (Fortunately, the swe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Jordan Adam Criado, Oregon Dad, Charged With Murdering Wife, Four Children and Burning Down House

    ​For three weeks, 51-year-old Jordan Adam Criado sat in a hospital bed, recovering from severe smoke inhalation. Prosecutors say the smoke in Criado's lungs came from his own burning home--a home he allegedly murdered his wife and four children in before setting it ablaze.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Hitting the Crocodile for The Fading Collection's Trip-Hop

    ​If you're not already planning on witnessing the spectacle that is the Black Lips' live performance as they take down Neumos, opting for for an entirely different approach isn't a bad move. Enter local outfit The Fading Collection: Despite a five-year break at the end of the last decade, Sea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Pierce County Sheriff Eager to Research Warrantless Searches After Kentucky "Toilet Flush Raid" Supreme Court Case

    ​On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that cops have every right to break into your house and arrest you if they suspect you have drugs and then hear a toilet flush. This is because a toilet being flushed, as we all know, is a certain giveaway that you're destroying evidence an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Powdered-Duck-Fat Popcorn Seasoning

    Popcorn can be boring.  As much as I love butter and salt, and I do love butter and salt, shoveling greasy handfuls of soggy popcorn into my facehole gets old within a few bites.  Luckily, we don't have to rely on Orville and Redenbacher for the flavors we crave.  Using tapioca ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Russian Dumpling Shop Opens in Fremont; Bistro Replaces Rizzo's French Dip in Ballard

    ​A Russian dumpling shop is now open at 3516 Fremont Place N.., according to Fremont Universe. Pel'Meni serves only beef and potato dumplings (see right), along with hot sauce, sour cream, and a slice of rye bread. If it sounds familiar, it's because Pel'Meni has been a popular food-stand opti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Facebook Absorbs Mystery Seattle Startup, Rel8tion

    ​Few people know much about what secret tech startup Rel8tion has been doing for the last nine months. But Facebook knows. And whatever they're doing, it's apparently better for Zuckerburg and Co. to put the company on the FB payroll then to let them keep at it.

  • Film

    January 19, 2011

    The Social Network: A Movie About a Website That Distracts You From Watching Movies

    ​Few people know much about what secret tech startup Rel8tion has been doing for the last nine months. But Facebook knows. And whatever they're doing, it's apparently better for Zuckerburg and Co. to put the company on the FB payroll then to let them keep at it.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Scientists at Seattle Conference Say They Found a Black Hole as Big as 6.6 Billion Suns

    ​Think of the sun. It's super-big, right? You could fit like one million earths up in that bitch. So apparently scientists at the American Astronomical Society conference in Seattle just announced that they've found a black hole that can fit 6.6 billion suns inside it. That's just stupid big. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Microsoft Wants to Patent "Liking" Things

    ​If you haven't picked up on this already, life for the modern corporate giant involves a whole lot of time creating, buying, defending, and suing the pants off people over patents. In Microsoft's case, they've been on a bit of a bad streak lately, with folks successfully suing them left and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Microsoft Exec Admits They Once Tried to Buy Facebook For $15 Billion

    ​There must have been some point where Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thought "damn, $15 billion is a lot of friggin' money." That amount is apparently what Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered him to buy Facebook back in 2007. Good thing he said "no dice," because his social networking empir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Today in Sex: Does Facebook Cause Infidelity?

    ​According to one New Jersey pastor, Facebook is the root of so many marital woes, he's insisting that his married church leaders quit the social networking site or leave their positions of authority. Rev. Cedric Miller decided to throw down the e-gauntlet after he noticed that 20 different co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    If Elections Were Decided By Facebook ...

    ​ ... there'd be a lot more Republicans in office. As candidates continue to cajole voters to turn out at the polls, a different popularity contest is just winding up. With the advent of Facebook and similar social networks, campaigns have tried to tap into American's use of the Internet to s ... More >>

  • Articles

    September 22, 2010

    Yes, You're Completely Delusional

    ​ ... there'd be a lot more Republicans in office. As candidates continue to cajole voters to turn out at the polls, a different popularity contest is just winding up. With the advent of Facebook and similar social networks, campaigns have tried to tap into American's use of the Internet to s ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 22, 2010

    Yes, You're Completely Delusional

    ​ ... there'd be a lot more Republicans in office. As candidates continue to cajole voters to turn out at the polls, a different popularity contest is just winding up. With the advent of Facebook and similar social networks, campaigns have tried to tap into American's use of the Internet to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Lilith Fair's Still Coming to the Gorge, Reznor's Keeping Busy, and It's Summer In Cities Other Than Ours

    -- NY Times: Lilith Fair has now canceled a dozen dates. However, LiveNation assures us that tomorrow's Gorge stop on the summer road trip is still a go. -- Rolling Stone: NIN may be taking a respite from the road, but Trent Reznor just keeps on shelling out the goods. He just announced that he'l ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2010

    Rocket Queen: Loud Love

    Soundgarden’s “secret” reunion show was a triumphant affair.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    DragNet: FBI Tweets and Be-Friends on Social Media, But Also Tracks Down Accused Seattle Bank Defrauder in Mexico

    Maxi, whose max may be 30 years.​The FBI is Your Friend. Literally. A government document released today by a San Francisco watchdog group shows how deeply entrenched the agency is in the social media, seeking out criminal suspects on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, posing as fellow Spacers, Tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Rafael Anton Irisarri Offers Free EP... If You Become His Facebook Fan

    Erik K. Skodvin​Producer/DJ Rafael Anton Irisarri has a novel way of luring you into his Facebook web. He's offering a free download of an "EP of new material recorded during 2009 concerts," he writes in an email. "[These] were concerts I did in different places throughout Europe--specifically ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Mourners Turn to Facebook to Honor Slain Lakewood Police Officers

    A Facebook page becomes an online memorial for four Lakewood police officers​As was the case with previous public tragedies, mourners of the the Lakewood police officers murdered last weekend have turned to their online social networks for solace. A Facebook page dedicated to the four slain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Another Casualty of the Recession: Treasure Hunt Treasures

    This year, the pearls are plastic.​No doubt, things are bad: Earlier today, Boeing announced that it would lay off 500 employees. But you really know it's not fun and games when fun and games take a hit. To wit: The annual Emerald City Search contest--a city-wide treasure hunt co-sponsored by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Steinbrueck Dumps Seattle, Still Wants To Be Friends

    897 people joined the Facebook group: "Peter Steinbrueck, for the love of Seattle, RUN FOR MAYOR!" Sorry, those people. According to the Seattle Times, that's not going to happen. Instead he accepted a one-year urban design fellowship at Harvard. His current Facebook status: "Go East, Young Man!" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Facebook Fails on Facelift

    If you're one of the fellow online denizens addicted to Facebook, you're probably well aware of its new look. And are pissed off because of it. A simple Google search of the move brings up dozens of articles citing "mixed reviews" or worse. The social networking site was redesigned so that users ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Councilmember Jean Godden on Facebook's Distinguished Dames

    The fastest growing demographic on Facebook over the last two months has been women over 55. Naturally, we checked in with city councilmember/longtime avid Facebooker/woman-over-55 Jean Godden. Her thoughts on why so many of her demographic cohorts have joined the 'book:

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    London Snowpocalypse Vs. Seattle Snowpocalypse

    Photo: Jalopnik.comSo they got a foot of snow in London--or as they measure it there, one third of a meter. The city was incapacitated. But how their frigid problems rate against our snowy December paralysis? Let's compare:Transportation HeadachesLondon Stranded commuters are forced to walk home or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    Clicking Up the Charts

    Photo: Jalopnik.comSo they got a foot of snow in London--or as they measure it there, one third of a meter. The city was incapacitated. But how their frigid problems rate against our snowy December paralysis? Let's compare:Transportation HeadachesLondon Stranded commuters are forced to walk home or ... More >>

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