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Roslyn (New York)

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Why Is the Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part I Soundtrack So Terrible?

    We all know the Twilight movies are terrible--they're either just flat-out terrible, or, if you're like me, they're so terrible they're amazing. I spent last night at the Big Picture drinking beers and watching the latest installment, Breaking Dawn: Part I, while a pack of feral cougars behind me sc ... More >>

  • Food

    April 6, 2011

    Eat Lou Kohl

    Meet King County's most dogmatic, bloodthirsty restaurateur.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Jimmy Smith, Ax Men Logger, Charged With Theft of Disability Payments for Working on TV Show

    ​James "Jimmy" Frank Smith is no stranger to bad luck. Fans of the A&E show Ax Men are typically treated to a smorgasbord of gator-attacks and ill-fated attempts to drive an old dualie pickup truck, along with bickering with his son and occasional logging work whenever the Roslyn resident turn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Four Loko (Minus the Loko) and Chocolate Milk for Alcoholics

    Chocolate milk and vodka: Because there's no bad idea out there that someone won't charge you good money for.​It is said that true success in sales--mastery of the art of suctioning cash from suckers--comes from convincing people to trade good money for something they don't need and never real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Four Loko Bans Represent Government at Its Worst

    Modern Drunkard MagazineWould you eat Hubba Bubba out of this juicer's mouth?​Last Friday, at a prestigious institution in New England, a chemical engineering student named Bob completed a big mid-term and headed straight for his favorite bar, Groucho's Whistlestop on State Street. There, he e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Bacon, Dumplings, Liquor and Porn

    ​ "If you haven't been paying attention this month, you might be thinking that a few dudes in town fell head over heels for their Tom Selleck Halloween costumes. That's right, Seattle: November has been rebranded Movember and its path of destruction has caused some perfectly upstanding citize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    The Four Loko Chronicles: First Statewide Ban

    ​And so it begins... Yesterday, Michigan's state liquor control commission handed down the first (though certainly not the last) statewide ban on the retail sale of all caffeinated alcoholic energy drinks--everything from the recently demonized Four Loko to the less-recently-demonized Sparks ... More >>

  • Food

    November 3, 2010

    Food News & Notes

    A whole lot of Four Loko. We don't remember much else.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Four Loko's Claims That It Avoided "Social Media Marketing" Don't Hold Up

    ​After this past weekend's incident out in Roslyn, where a bunch of Central Washington University students downed a few too many Four Lokos (among other drinks), and were hospitalized, the company behind the embattled beverage issued a statement. Phusion Projects painted itself as unfairly sin ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2010

    Four Loko: A Sweet Texas Speedball

    It's cheap, it's potent, and it's lame to drink it.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Company Behind 'Four Loko' Engages PR Giant, Still Can't Get Its Talking Points Straight

    ​We all know what companies do in a crisis--they get an outside PR firm to help manage the situation. So it was no surprise to us at the Weekly when an email came in yesterday from the biggest independent PR firm in the world, New York-based Edelman.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    "Blackout In A Can": Four Loko by the Numbers

    ​Everyone right now is going nuts over Four Loko--the caffeinated and chemically-juiced alcoholic malt beverage that was at least one of the causes for all the barfing, blackouts and ambulance rides that marked the end of the October 8 party in Roslyn at which several Central Washington Univer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Four Loko Blamed for Overdose of Central Washington Students, AG Calls for Ban

    ​When nine Central Washington University students overdosed at a house party earlier this month in Roslyn, police feared the worst. Was it drugs? Poison? Some combination of the two? The DEA even offered to help test the blood and urine of the 50 or so freshman drinking at the off-campus rager ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    A Fridge Full of Beer, Condiments, Leftover Salsa, Cat Food and Cake

    Big ScoopA case of beer can sure fill up a fridge.​Name of food writer: Mike Seely Position: Managing Editor/Bottomfeeder columnist Shame factor: Low. However, if the freezer were visible, the half-gallon of tequila and frozen bananas stored for future chocolatization--coupled with the beer ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    The City Spends $1,075 a Head on a Weekend Conference

    Some departing City Hall staffers chill at a Roslyn resort on your dime.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    City Decides Answer to Money Problems Is Spending

    Need to feel better about the terrible city budget? Pound a pint with Corbett.​Thanks to a $72 million deficit facing city government, Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed eliminating 310 positions, draining most of the city's rainy day fund, and cutting back on library hours. But that's not stoppi ... More >>

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Where to Catch a Great Show, Even When You're Miles From the Croc

    Need to feel better about the terrible city budget? Pound a pint with Corbett.​Thanks to a $72 million deficit facing city government, Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed eliminating 310 positions, draining most of the city's rainy day fund, and cutting back on library hours. But that's not stoppi ... More >>

  • Food

    April 11, 2007

    Village Pizza Puts the Crust in Its Place

    Need to feel better about the terrible city budget? Pound a pint with Corbett.​Thanks to a $72 million deficit facing city government, Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed eliminating 310 positions, draining most of the city's rainy day fund, and cutting back on library hours. But that's not stoppi ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Political Capital

    The conservative Building Industry Association of Washington uses insurance revenue from municipalities to help finance political activity.

  • Film

    August 18, 2004

    We Don't Live Here Anymore

    Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Burn the Forest for the Trees

    It's time for Smokey Bear to retire, for the good of the woods. But Forest Service momentum and Bush timber policy stand in the way.

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    Label Maker

    Barbara Mitchells Roslyn Recordings launches with a pair of platters from Seattle songsmiths Marc Olsen and Steve Turner.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Owl's Not Well Up North

    The northern spotted owl is disappearing from B.C., as well as Washington.

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    The northern spotted owl is disappearing from B.C., as well as Washington.

  • News

    October 18, 2000

    Carlson's head trip

    Where's all the "hot talk" now? As he races after Locke, the former right-winger takes a slow ride to the middle.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Seattle: a leader in world trade

    Instant Nostalgia issue

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