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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Gregory's Bar & Grill Turns Karaoke Korrespondent Into a Sentimental Lady

    Situated between the Red Lion and Radisson hotels just across the street from Sea-Tac Airport (on International Blvd.) is Gregory's Bar & Grill, a Wednesday to Saturday karaoke venue that's been hosting crooners for over 20 years. A couple Saturdays ago, after stopping in and moving on from a couple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    What's that Smell? It's a Duffle Bag Full of Stinky Yak Skulls at Sea-Tac Airport!

    Stop me if you've heard this one already: So, a traveler innocently returning from Tibet is making his way through customs at Sea-Tac Airport when Woody, the sniffing Customs and Border Protection beagle, catches a waft of something peculiar.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    SeaTac Airport Officially Returns to the Ice Age

    God's speed trying to get out of SeaTac Airport. It remains one frozen, ice-pelleted, misty mess. As Tim, who runs local real estate blog Seattle Bubble, tweets: "Friend who works at Seatac airport says the deicing equipment is 'completely encased in snow.'"

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    This Snow Deal Could Be Real; Major Storm Moving In

    All scoffing aside, the Daily Weekly is now ready to face up to the realization that a major snow storm could smack us like a hard, cold fist on Wednesday and might even break records at Sea-Tac Airport. Sunday's feather dusting, which yielded to this morning's icy roads could seem like a day at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Cliff Mass: The Worst of Winter Is Over

    Congratulations, Seattle! Winter (even though it hasn't technically started yet) is already over!

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Sea-Tac TSA Agents: You Are Free to Bring Medical Marijuana Aboard

    ​With all the hate typically directed at airport TSA agents, it's nice to feature some good news about our local breed over at Sea-Tac Airport.

  • News

    October 12, 2011

    Hertz's Muslim Problem

    Why is the rent-a-car chain suspending its drivers?

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Seahawks Themed Bar Opens in Sea-Tac Airport, Portuguese Goods Shop Debuts in White Center, & More

    Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea-Tac Airport.​Firstly, Seahawks fans now have a place to booze and nosh pre-flight. Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea-Tac Airport. The establishment serves typical sports bar fare like nachos and chicken wings. In White Center, Luso Food an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Seahawks Themed Restaurant Opens in Sea- Tac Airport

    ​Seahawks fans now have a place to booze and nosh pre-flight. Seattle Seahawks 12 Club is now open in Sea- Tac Airport, according to Eater Seattle. The establishment serves typical sports bar fare like nachos and chicken wings.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    The Holey Shit Airport Delay Solution: Starbucks

    ​The Place: Starbucks, Main Terminal, SeaTac Airport. The Hole: One cinnamon twist the size of a child's femur and a bagel with a spattering of asiago cheese and a cup of Philadelphia cream cheese. The Shit: There are few things more frustrating than arriving at the airport just in time to d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Ryan Robertson, Arnold Sharkey, Christopher Goldner: Jail Inmates 'Slumped' to Their Deaths

    Sharkey.​Despite the oversight of the Justice Department and a new emphasis on preventing suicides in the King County Jail, it seems there is no way to stop inmates determined to take their own lives, judging by newly released records on the death of three prisoners who killed themselves in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    The Best Place To Drink While Waiting To Pick Your Friends Up at the Airport

    You don't need a TSA groping to drink here!​The Stop: Sea-Tac Airport. The Vibe: Who doesn't love an airport during the holidays? Harried parents drag over-sugared children to baggage claim only to discover that the giant box of toys they had to check in St. Louis ended up in Tampa. Exhausted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Eating With Sasquatch at the Sea-Tac N Gates

    Apparently sasquatch loves this salmon burger. ​The Stop: Sea-Tac International Airport The Vibe: Airports are a strange mix of elation and fatigue. Thrilled lovers wait to greet their partners after long absences. Frustrated parents try (and fail) to not yell at their ADHD whelps pitching th ... More >>

  • Food

    September 15, 2010

    Versus: A Salad and a Burger Engage in a Fare War at the Airport

    Apparently sasquatch loves this salmon burger. ​The Stop: Sea-Tac International Airport The Vibe: Airports are a strange mix of elation and fatigue. Thrilled lovers wait to greet their partners after long absences. Frustrated parents try (and fail) to not yell at their ADHD whelps pitching th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Coming Up Short at the Airport

    The Place: Alaska Lodge, Sea-Tac Airport, Terminal C, SEATAC. Alaska Lodge is in the main terminal of Sea-Tac Airport and lures people inside with neon beer signs and antler chandeliers. In all honesty, we really just wanted to get drunk and pass out immediately after boarding our flight. But when o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Café Car: Teriyaki With a Side of Classic Cars and Christian Rock at Jet Motel

    Photos by Matthew Piel​The Stop: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Vibe: Getting off the train you have two choices: walk through the enormous parking structure into the terminal or exit the station into the lots of a dozen hotels and park 'n rides. We took the latter route, assuming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    SEA: Has Your Coffee Left Your Possession at Any Time?

    ​This morning found me standing in line -- a regrettably long line -- in the quest for an americano at Sea-Tac Airport's N-terminal Starbucks. Airport coffee, if you don't know, is an experience all its own; a separate coffee subculture, consisting of epic lines, rushed people, and crazed bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Washington's Top Bar Booze Buyer? It's Peso's

    You spend so they can​Dan Olsby, general manager of Peso's Kitchen and Lounge for the past six years, knows his liquor orders are pretty substantial. It's his job to track every financial detail of the popular Lower Queen Anne bar and Mexican restaurant. But Olsby didn't know this: Peso's sp ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Sea-Tac's Jet Ghettos

    Residents are tired of waiting for the Port to develop vacant properties around the airport.

  • Music

    April 22, 2009

    A Shot in the Dark: Stars and Bars

    Residents are tired of waiting for the Port to develop vacant properties around the airport.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Hope Floats

    We've all read about the sucky state of the current real estate market, with median sale prices down 12 percent versus January '07 according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Which made me study this Lake Union houseboat featured in The New York Times' "What You Get For..." column with inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Have You Ever Ridden the Sound Transit Lunch Bus?

    As a subscriber to Sound Transit's e-mail information services ("provided to you at no charge by Sound Transit"!), I get the occasional notice about the agency's Lunch Bus. It sounds essentially like an adult field trip, and is described in alternately dryly informative and breathless, travel brochu ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Rating the Local Stops by Presidential Hopefuls

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2007

    $13 at Waji's, and not a bite of sushi

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2006

    Bill Clinton on Reality

    We're not Iowa, but candidates filled rock clubs and union halls for our cash and votes this year.

  • Arts

    June 14, 2006

    Muralist Michael Fajans Dies

    The Northwest loses a visionary, an activist, and a motorcycle buff. Plus other arts news.

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Election 2005, Public Health

    The Northwest loses a visionary, an activist, and a motorcycle buff. Plus other arts news.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Airport in a Storm

    The Northwest loses a visionary, an activist, and a motorcycle buff. Plus other arts news.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    The Port and the Pot Granny

    Don't expect the tolerance of Hempfest to extend to Sea-Tac Airport.

  • Food

    August 10, 2005

    Food to Fly

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • Food

    May 4, 2005

    Southern Belles and Whistles

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • Arts

    June 9, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Buzz

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • Diversions

    October 15, 2003

    People & Politics: Rick Steves' Picks

    Best-Traveled Celeb

  • News

    July 2, 2003

    Tough Rail Road

    Does Sound Transit Executive Director Joni Earl have the agency on track?

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    TRUTH OR DEATH

    In seeking to execute the man accused of being the Green River Killer, authorities might never completely solve the worst serial-murder case in American history.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Not So Fast

    The monorail is a grassroots idea that would help solve Seattle's acute traffic problem with cool technology. So what's not to like? Get out your calculator.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Buzz

    The monorail is a grassroots idea that would help solve Seattle's acute traffic problem with cool technology. So what's not to like? Get out your calculator.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Fatcat City— Readers' Picks

    The monorail is a grassroots idea that would help solve Seattle's acute traffic problem with cool technology. So what's not to like? Get out your calculator.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Ballot congestion

    Politicians may ask the voters for $20 billion in new taxes.

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Are the Lost Boys still lost?

    A year after their well-publicized resettlement in America, some local Sudanese young men aren't finding the land of opportunity.

  • Arts

    February 20, 2002

    Writing Contest Winners

    Fiction

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    Flight jitters

    Fiction

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    News Clips— Movers/Shakers

    Fiction

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Risky Runway

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • Diversions

    December 15, 1999

    WTO wish list

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best Wonks

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Noise or not?

    Podlodowski sends mixed messages on clubs.

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    Moving mountains

    Podlodowski sends mixed messages on clubs.

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Four-star financing

    Ron Sims wants to help build a Westin hotel at Sea-Tac. Is it a suite deal for developers or a boon for the south county's poor?

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