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Pacific Ocean

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Congolese Cocoa Headed to Theo Chocolate

    ​A ship loaded with Congolese cocoa beans bound for Theo Chocolate is now sailing east across the Pacific Ocean. Theo Chocolate has been working closely with the Eastern Congo Initiative since 2010 to develop a cocoa crop quality improvement plan to aid the troubled region's economic developm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Japan Tsunami Debris May Not Be Giant Floating Field of Doom After All

    Scientists and government officials initially believed that the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last year sent millions of tons of trash on a collision course with Hawaii and the West Coast. But nine months later, the flotsam is still lost at sea somewhere and perhaps not nearly as enor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Chocolate Donut Hole in Paradise

    ​The Place: Hotel del Coronado's decadent Sunday brunch buffet, 1500 Orange Ave., Coronado, CA. The Hole: A chocolate donut hole, complimented by a variety of other sweet delicacies, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Shit: Jimmy Buffett had this to say about the food he made famous: "Not to ... More >>

  • News

    July 27, 2011

    Nowhere-Near-the-Border Patrol in Forks

    How a flush government agency found trouble in the coastal home of Twilight.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Japanese Nuclear-Meltdown Fears Spark Iodine Shortage in Seattle

    ​As Japan's Fukushima Daiichi reactor toes the edge of a full-scale meltdown, Seattleites 6,000 miles away are taking no chances in girding their bodies against a radioactive onslaught. Folks here aren't yet retreating to fallout shelters--that's too heartland-conservative. Rather, they're com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    The Garbage We Eat: Pacific Fish Ingesting Our Plastic Before We Ingest Them, Says New Study

    Curt, shoe​It's no surprise to scientists that humans are unknowingly eating their garbage. As former University of Washington oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer, tracker of floating shoes and body parts, told SW in 2008, floating oceanic garbage patches that include refrigerators, TVs, computer s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Here Are Some History Books That Won't Put You to Sleep, I Promise

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His ESPN.com column runs on Wednesday.​It may strike some as odd that I am not this week writing about my beloved Seahawks' huge playoff win last Saturday. If I didn't now also have an actual column solely dedicated to sports on ESPN.com, th ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2010

    Shock the Junkie: Ibogaine is the Anti-Drug of the Moment

    An obscure hallucinogen has helped addicts kick heroin, meth, and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Imagine That, Cabin at Washaway Beach About to Wash Away

    ​Note to home buyers: if you're about to purchase vacation property at a place called "Washaway Beach" it may behoove you to ask how the destination got its name. It's a lesson Justin Grant's family learned the hard way when their cabin near North Cove finally collapsed early on Sunday after t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Walter Ackerson Disappeared 20 Years Ago, But Mom Only Found Out Why This Week

    ​Walter Ackerson was only 16 years old when he disappeared. It was 1990, and the Puyallup boy wasn't a big fan of high school. So his mom, Karen Hull, agreed to send Walter to a Job Corps facility on the Oregon coast where he could study trades like cooking and welding. Two weeks later he went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    India Outsourcing Its Storms to Seattle

    Why couldn't she be what gets sent to us?​Seattle may get half of all of its expected June rainfaill by the end of the week thanks to a storm with origins in India. According to KOMO weatherman Scott Sistek, the squall set to soak our city tonight began as Cyclone Laila in the almost-coastal t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Gray Whale Spotted in Israel (Video)

    For about 300 years, the Pacific Ocean has been the only hood the gray whale has called home. Until now. Conservationists in Israel are going whale-shit over the sighting of a 40-foot long, 200-ton mammal swimming in the Mediterranean. Care to explain, flabbergasted scientist?"This is sensational ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Should the City's Other Museums Take a Tip From the Wing Luke and Give Themselves New Nicknames?

    The late city council member Wing Luke (1925-1965) knew much less about branding than today's cultural institutions.​Hey, let's meet at The Wing tonight! Haven't heard of the place? Some new Belltown cocktail bar or small-plates eatery, you ask? No, it's the new, self-designated nickname for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    As California Goes, So Goes ...

    ​ Jim Wunderman, Steven Hill & Krist Novoselic When John Phillips wrote about "California Dreaming" with the Mamas & the Papas, he was talking about opportunities in the Golden State. Chris Cornell wrote "I'm looking California, but feeling Minnesota" in Soundgarden's "Outshined." For all its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Welcome Back, El Nino

    NASA satellite image of El Nino in 2006. It looks kinda like a hypercolor Death StarFriend of lowland-dwellers and enemy of skiers and water supplies, El Nino appears to be on its way back. So says local weather expert Cliff Mass on his local weather blog. El Nino conditions occur when the surface t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    A Radio Babe for the NPR Crowd

    NASA satellite image of El Nino in 2006. It looks kinda like a hypercolor Death StarFriend of lowland-dwellers and enemy of skiers and water supplies, El Nino appears to be on its way back. So says local weather expert Cliff Mass on his local weather blog. El Nino conditions occur when the surface t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Go Listen to Some Music Tonight

    NASA satellite image of El Nino in 2006. It looks kinda like a hypercolor Death StarFriend of lowland-dwellers and enemy of skiers and water supplies, El Nino appears to be on its way back. So says local weather expert Cliff Mass on his local weather blog. El Nino conditions occur when the surface t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2008

    The Ruby Suns, Karl Blau, the Final Spins

    Wednesday, September 24

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    Hipsters, Love Your Beach Boys

    You already love their copycats.

  • News

    August 27, 2008

    An Ill-Fated, Dragon-Headed, Slow Boat to China

    How an eccentric entrepreneur with novel technology, big talk, and the backing of Gary Locke managed to fall short of the Games.

  • Arts

    June 4, 2008

    Got the Bends

    Vacation’s essence, starring Harry S. Truman and the Oyster Capital of the World.

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    I Heard This: The Blood Brothers forming new bonds

    Vacation’s essence, starring Harry S. Truman and the Oyster Capital of the World.

  • Music

    January 10, 2007

    Green Days

    Humboldt County has a lot more to offer than just killer weed, according to Jensen Rufe's Hype!-like documentary.

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Natural Rhythms

    With sprawling riffs and lysergic jams, Whalebones are an anomaly in the Seattle scene.

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Packing It In

    A great Northwest pastime—backpacking—is getting a little too gray.

  • Arts

    September 27, 2006

    Shadow Play

    Western Bridge explores the border between light and dark.

  • News

    August 30, 2006

    Smells Like Frank Chopp

    Nirvana's bassist and a female trucker have wonky TVW on the broadcast vanguard.

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    On the Beach, in the Sky

    Nirvana's bassist and a female trucker have wonky TVW on the broadcast vanguard.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Tons of Trouble

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Strongman of the North

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    The Super Flood

    Forget an eruption. The real threat of Mount Rainier is a surging wall of mud that could bury the suburbs and splash Seattle.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Black and White in Grays Harbor County

    In an otherwise-colorful timber town, Angela Walker and her family are taking a stand against racism.

  • Arts

    January 26, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Jared Diamond, David Laskin, Susan Gilman, and Douglas Coupland.

  • Music

    September 22, 2004

    Taking Sides

    Breaking down the new Heart album.

  • Diversions

    November 12, 2003

    Singletons in Seattle

    Why don't Seattle demographic trends and zoning policies add up? Maybe because the city can't count to one.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Over Our Heads

    Should Seattle worry about rogue missile attacks, or the multibillion-dollar program being deployed to stop them?

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Find Yourself

    Mapping out gifts at Metsker.

  • Diversions

    June 26, 2002

    Outdoors

    Hero of the Columbia

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    This winter's forecast

    Experts say, "Don't ask us."

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Sam Jayne = gone

    The Love as Laughter frontman explains his exodus.

  • Film

    October 31, 2001

    Homesick

    Sometimes a house is just a house.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    25 Memorable Seattle Weekly Stories

    Sometimes a house is just a house.

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Everything you learned about earthquakes last time we had one but forgot by the time this one came along . . .

    Sometimes a house is just a house.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    Here in Geoduck Junction

    Finding a home among the migrants, mavericks, and mutants of the Pacific Northwest.

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    Pal Shazar

    Finding a home among the migrants, mavericks, and mutants of the Pacific Northwest.

  • Arts

    December 15, 1999

    Picture This

    Mapping the history of the Pacific Northwest—and other visual offerings.

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