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  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Matt's in the Market's Benjamin Artaiz Left His Heart in Spain

    If you spend enough time at Pike Place Market, Benjamin Artaiz would be a familiar face. Two years ago, fresh out of culinary school, Artaiz went between a server job at Steelhead Diner at night to a cook by day at Matt's in the Market. Now a full time line cook at Matt's, Artaiz is spearheading the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 23, 2011

    Duff McKagan: Southern Comfort

    Playing Latin America has evolved considerably, but the fans are still incredible.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Airport X-Ray Scanners Might Ruin Your Kindle

    It's been a while since Americans have had new reasons to fear and/or hate airport X-ray and scanning technology. Let's rectify that, shall we?

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Touring South America Has Evolved Considerably, But the Fans Are Still Incredible

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​When I left you all last week, I was just boarding a plane that would become a series of flights that would eventually land me in Santiago, Chile from London, England. I actually found ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2011

    The Last Circus

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​When I left you all last week, I was just boarding a plane that would become a series of flights that would eventually land me in Santiago, Chile from London, England. I actually found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Top 6 Songs About Mother Nature's Worst Hits

    ​These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Pi Kappa Phi Bros Nab Serial Frat Burglar In The Act

    ​The bros at Pi Kapp House had been on tenterhooks for months. Someone kept sneaking into their dorm and stealing their shit. Lots of people had caught glimpses of him. No one knew who he was. That's until Pi Kappa Phi President Bryce Bennett and a couple of his frat brothers waited up all nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Happy Hour: Novelties at The Bookstore Cafe

    The Place: The Bookstore Bar & Cafe, 92 Madison St., 206-624-3646 The Hours: Daily, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. It's cheesy. And classy.​The Digs: Located in the front lobby of the Alexis Hotel, The Bookstore is one of those places that literally feels like it jumped from the pages of a book. You can r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    The Jane's Addiction Ride Continues: Two More Live Shows and Maybe a Few New Recordings

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Man! Am I ever lucky to be doing what I do! My tenure in Jane's Addiction recently took me to Europe for two shows with Rage Against the Machine in Arnhem, Holland, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Bear In Heaven Makes a New Music Video With a Little Help From Eyjafjallajökull

    A nice moment during the dust cloud from Bear In Heaven on Vimeo. A lot of bands got their schedules fucked up by that damned Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland - Coachella was missing a few acts last weekend, and we had to last-minute pull a preview of The Mary Onettes' show at the Sunset. But h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Update: El Bulli to Close in 2012

    ​Two weeks back, all forward-thinking foodies just about lost their shit when Ferran Adria announced that he would be putting his framed restaurant, El Bulli, on "hiatus" starting in 2012. Part of the reason for the panic? El Bulli wasn't just some kind of little local hot-spot for those livin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    If it Ain't One Thing, It's Another: Grant Achatz to F*@& with Your Whiskey

    No, that's not Grant. That's his assistant, Nerdly the Magnificent.​A few days ago, I discussed the distressing news coming out of the Madrid Fusion conference in Spain: that Super Genius Ferran Adria was going to be closing his groundbreaking restaurant, El Bulli. But you know what they say a ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2009

    Broken Embraces: Labyrinth of Celluloid

    Pedro Almodóvar’s latest comedy delves ever deeper into movies.

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

    SIFF Week 1: Picks & Pans

    Pedro Almodóvar’s latest comedy delves ever deeper into movies.

  • Film

    May 13, 2009

    Little Ashes: That Twilight Dude Goes Totally Gay

    Pedro Almodóvar’s latest comedy delves ever deeper into movies.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Happy Hour: Tidbit Bistro

    They bill themselves as "Napoli meets Madrid," but I'll just call it Mediterranean. Tidbit is working happy hour on North Capitol Hill like nobody's business: an intense 5-6pm 1/2 off the bar menu Tuesday through Friday. The mushroom crostini and fried risotto balls for nearly a buck washed down wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Can I Google My Bus?

    Here's a new feature on Google Maps that sounds awesome, but maybe isn't so much? You can now add a transit overlay to your map of choice. According to Gizmodo, Seattle is one of 50 cities worldwide to have this information added. Who's not on the list? Those snobs in New York. Suck it, Big Apple!Na ... More >>

  • Diversions

    November 19, 2008

    Mexicans Claim Hendrix?

    Here's a new feature on Google Maps that sounds awesome, but maybe isn't so much? You can now add a transit overlay to your map of choice. According to Gizmodo, Seattle is one of 50 cities worldwide to have this information added. Who's not on the list? Those snobs in New York. Suck it, Big Apple!Na ... More >>

  • Food

    October 29, 2008

    No Ordinary Fry

    Exploring the city’s multicultural offerings of fries, frites, and chips.

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2008

    Still Life Redux: Vik Muniz at SAM

    Exploring the city’s multicultural offerings of fries, frites, and chips.

  • Arts

    August 6, 2008

    Still Life Redux

    Vik Muniz at SAM.

  • Arts

    July 30, 2008

    Your Receipt?

    Carlos Vega at James Harris Gallery.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    SIFF Pick of the Day: Boystown

    Carlos Vega at James Harris Gallery.

  • Food

    April 23, 2008

    Circus

    Elephantine decor, culinary feats of daring

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2008

    A Life in Her Day

    Elephantine decor, culinary feats of daring

  • Food

    March 26, 2008

    How Do You Take Your Tapas?

    Cheap and Americanized with an authentic vibe, or pretty and pricey with a dollhouse fork? Either way works at two great new bars.

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    Big Mister Sunshine

    Behind the scenes at a beauty (-redefining) pageant

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    The Long Winters are Scared of the Cat in the Hat

    Behind the scenes at a beauty (-redefining) pageant

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    Long Winters Tour Diary

    Behind the scenes at a beauty (-redefining) pageant

  • Diversions

    December 6, 2006

    Help, Chapulin!

    Never forget his astuteness.

  • Arts

    November 15, 2006
  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Queens

    Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., Sept. 29. Rated R. 107 minutes.

  • Music

    November 9, 2005

    A Day in the Life

    What goes on in Seattle's musical life over a 24-hour span? Seattle Weekly's music writers spent Friday, Oct. 21, roaming around the city to find out.

  • Arts

    October 12, 2005

    The Worst-Case Best Seller

    How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    How to End the Cycle

    How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    We Are Coup-Less

    How disaster lit became a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.

  • Music

    August 18, 2004

    Thrift Store Finds

    Seattle reissue label Light in the Attic unearths the city's hidden funk treasures.

  • Food

    July 21, 2004

    Hot Dish

    Seattle reissue label Light in the Attic unearths the city's hidden funk treasures.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Politics

    Seattle reissue label Light in the Attic unearths the city's hidden funk treasures.

  • Food

    February 25, 2004

    Casa-Style Cooking

    Madrid 522 brings tourist Spain to Belltown.

  • Food

    November 19, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    Madrid 522 brings tourist Spain to Belltown.

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    TIFF Picks for SIFF

    With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    The Animation Show, Girl Wrestler, and More

    With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year's festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

  • Arts

    December 12, 2001

    Go West (or East), Young Woman

    Two new collections offer incredible travel stories.

  • Music

    June 20, 2001

    CD Reviews

    Two new collections offer incredible travel stories.

  • Diversions

    November 22, 2000

    Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

    Two new collections offer incredible travel stories.

  • Music

    November 22, 2000

    You are here

    Two new collections offer incredible travel stories.

  • Film

    December 15, 1999

    All About My Mother

    The portrait of a lady.

  • Food

    October 6, 1999

    Thesaurus alert!

    The futile search for synonyms for "bliss."

  • News

    March 4, 1998

    A shake to the system

    Not worried about a Puget Sound megaquake? Get ready to pay anyway—your insurance company is very worried.

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