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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Snout and Co. Is a Cuban Thunderdome

    The Truck: Snout and Co., with various stops on the West side. Locations listed on their website. The Fare: Cuban with a South Carolina flare. The Stop: You will most likely see a long queue as you approach Scott Lee's prominent black truck with a red insignia, Snout and Co. Cruising in severa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Voracious Contributors' Unmet Cravings

    With so much incredible food to be had in Seattle, it doesn't seem sporting to complain about the one measly food item not available here. But once an eater's smitten with a particular dish, it's impossible to persuade him there are other boiled whitefish with new potatoes in the sea. Call it hara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Sent By Ravens Whip Up The Perfect Post-Hardcore Recipe Using Energy And Hope

    Sent By Ravens Mean What You Say Tooth & Nail Feb. 28 A lot of records start with a slow, stereotypical crescendo that frills and fancies about while the guitars and drums build until it all breaks in one momentous climax. Not Sent By Ravens. No, from the first note of "Prudence," there's enough e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Emery Staves Off Retirement With a Greatest-Hits Album, But Is It Worth It? Not Likely

    ​Emery 10 Years October 18 Tooth & Nail Emery is multifaceted: the South Carolina band, which relocated to Seattle in the early 2000s to sign with Tooth & Nail records, has experimented with tender harmonies, up-beat, dancelike grooves, and even the occasional breakdown by way of Josh Head's ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 19, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    ​Emery 10 Years October 18 Tooth & Nail Emery is multifaceted: the South Carolina band, which relocated to Seattle in the early 2000s to sign with Tooth & Nail records, has experimented with tender harmonies, up-beat, dancelike grooves, and even the occasional breakdown by way of Josh Head's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Read Machinist Union's 'Smoking Gun' in Case Against Boeing's South Carolina Dreamliner Plant

    ​OK, so whoever first coined the term "smoking gun" as a euphemism probably didn't have a few mildly suggestive e-mails in mind. Regardless, that's what we have--three short documents that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers calls the "smoking gun" in the labor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    GOP Looks to Punish NLRB for Boeing Case by Stripping It Of Power

    ​House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2011

    Band of Horses

    ​House GOP members are not satisfied to simply oppose the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing and its possibly-illegal decision to build a plant in South Carolina. They want to to strip the NLRB of its power for all labor cases.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Washington Ranks #2 In the Nation for Entrepreneurs

    ​OK, so our plaid shirts are lame. But at least Washington State residents know to how start a business.

  • Arts

    August 3, 2011

    Living, Breathing, Bleeding

    Seattle Opera fills the stage with Gershwin's unforgettable characters.

  • News

    June 29, 2011

    Boeing, NLRB, and Obama's Proxy

    The labor fight no one wants to be left out of.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Boeing-NLRB Fight Provides Grand Forum for Useless Political Saber-Rattling

    ​It seems that every politician in Washington these days wants to wade into the fight between the National Labor Relations Board and Boeing over the aircraft maker's decision to build a non-union plant in South Carolina. Funny how a looming presidential election suddenly makes everyone an ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Obama Sends Cabinet-Pick Lackey to Take Sides in Boeing/NLRB Fight

    ​With the 2012 Republican field taking shape and an electorate polling to the right, President Obama is hedging his bets along with it. The bitter battle over the National Labor Relations Board's complaint against Boeing and the company's decision to build a new non-union factory in South Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Newt Gingrich: Kill National Labor Relations Board for Boeing Complaint

    ​In last night's Mitt-Romney-makeout of a Republican primary debate, Newt Gingrich attempted everything possible to try and reanimate the corpse of his candidacy. And packed within his talk of space stations on the moon and the "Obama depression," he threw some bloody meat to his party's raven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    New York Times vs. Seattle Times on Boeing NLRB Complaint

    ​Depending on which state's version of The Times you read on Sunday, the complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board against Boeing over its plans to move a chunk of its Dreamliner production to South Carolina is either a "welcome effort to defend workers' right[s]," or the move to S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Timely Porking at 5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen

    ​5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen recently moved into Lombardi's old location in Ballard. I stopped in for some bites, and they served quite the meaty meal. Courses included pheasant raviolo and chasseur broth (aka "hunter's" broth), oxtail with shaved foie gras torchon and pommes Robuchon, and S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    Slither

    ​5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen recently moved into Lombardi's old location in Ballard. I stopped in for some bites, and they served quite the meaty meal. Courses included pheasant raviolo and chasseur broth (aka "hunter's" broth), oxtail with shaved foie gras torchon and pommes Robuchon, and S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Orangette, Gluten-Free Girl Among 25 Top Food Blogs, As Chosen by The Daily Meal

    ​I guess things are getting more than a little bit meta when I'm using my space on this food blog to write about a list of the best food blogs as chosen by another food blog. But who cares, right? Because this Top 25, as put together by the folks over at The Daily Meal, used Google page ranki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Washington Politics Too Dull for National Media Coverage

    ​A couple weeks ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post about how Washington politicians are too boring. I say this tongue-in-cheek because if you're not boring, it means you're probably doing something crazy, like claiming Obama was really born in Kenya. (Boring = sane = probably good for the stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Attention Washington: Your Politicians Are Boring

    ​Hey, Washington voters: you're getting screwed! Not because your politicians (or the people who want to be your politicians) are pissing away money or dedicating post offices when they should be passing laws. No, you're getting screwed because your politicians are boring. And since politics, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Buying a Dreamliner in South Carolina Is Like Buying a John Deere in Washington

    Better gas mileage and handling, not quite the same wingspan.​There's only one place in the country where you can buy a Boeing off the lot: Paine Field in Everett. But in two years that will change. Soon, air carriers will be able to fly off with a new Dreamliner in Charleston, South Carolina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Tonight: Think About Life at the Crocodile (Win Free Tickets!), Black Tusk at the Funhouse

    Yannick Grandmont​Think About Life, with U.S.F., Darwin. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $12. "Havin' My Baby" - the best track this Quebec four-piece's second full-length, Family - effervescently incorporates a sped-up, chipmunk-style clip of Wham!'s "Everything She wants" over ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Black Tusk

    Yannick Grandmont​Think About Life, with U.S.F., Darwin. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $12. "Havin' My Baby" - the best track this Quebec four-piece's second full-length, Family - effervescently incorporates a sped-up, chipmunk-style clip of Wham!'s "Everything She wants" over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Is Boeing Responsible for the End of the Filibuster?

    Does any image better typify "filibuster" than the unhinged cartoon politician in front of an old-school mic?​Excuse me for missing this when it first came out. But in November, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein interviewed filibuster expert Greg Kroger on what he thought contributed to the dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    We're No. 36! Washington Narrowly Beats DC in National Happiness Ranking

    What's the matter, Washington? Still bummed about the election results?​Of course you are familiar with the Oswalt/Wu index of life satisfaction. The two scientists have published a paper in Science magazine (see abstract), based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Holiday Shopping: New Cookbooks from Local Restaurants

    ​This week, I posted a list of Seattle food writers who released holiday-present-worthy books in 2009. Three local restaurants came out with cookbooks this year, too:

  • News

    December 9, 2009

    Bellingham's Gotcha on Oregon

    The battle to snag an NOAA base heats up.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Terrified South Carolinians Will Be Ruled by Boeing Overlords Now Equipped With Lasers!

    ​You want Boeing? You want those low-paying, non-union jobs building the new 787 Dreamliner? Well guess what else you get, South Carolina? Drone-killing lasers, that's what! Bow down to your new corporate rulers, give them more tax breaks, or they will incinerate you with a device so fearsome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Olympia Legislators: Screwed No Matter What They Do on Labor Issues

    Being a donkey has its challenges.​Managing the conflicting agendas of labor and business--both of them critical campaign contributors--is always a contortionist exercise in the state legislature. But it's likely to be even more uncomfortable in the state house this coming session. As today's ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Boeing's Race to the Bottom

    Washington state still has an unfortunate habit of paying workers a decent wage.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Did Boeing Just Save Mark Sanford's Job?

    America's most-fireable man may have just been saved by a bunch of machinists from Washington.​The saga of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been the political-theater hit of the year. Were it to qualify for nomination, it'd sweep the Tonys. As you may recall, Sanford skipped town for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Boeing, South Carolina, and the Race to the Bottom

    Buh-Bye​Boeing's announcement that it will locate its 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina has led to predictable condemnation of Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. It seems she just didn't do enough to kowtow to the aerospace giant. Republicans, who portray themselves as stout protecto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Seattle Blogs: Boeing Follows Apple to China?

    The Lazy B's future head of security.​Today's bloggy bits brought to you by the letter "B." - Is Boeing's possible shift to South Carolina the most Doomsday of all Doomsday scenarios? HorsesAss bets $1 million yuan that it's not. - Bleacher Report says nuts to this year, let's make a Seahawk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Bad News for Boeing, Vol. XIV

    ​Last week Boeing filed for building permits in South Carolina, with Gov. Chris Gregoire seemingly resigned to the fact that Dreamliner production may eventually fly east. Now today comes a one-two punch of more bad news. Just as demand is decreasing for its 747, so too is the cost to make it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Slaw: The Backbone of Every Cookout

    According to Ben Friedman of Homegrown Sandwiches in Fremont the secret to good slaw starts with the best ingredients. He says, "Slaws break down so much over their one to three day curing that if you don't start with the freshest cabbage, carrots, fennel, etc., you'll end up with something soggy. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Child Rapists are not Eligble for Capital Punishment, High Court Rules

    According to Ben Friedman of Homegrown Sandwiches in Fremont the secret to good slaw starts with the best ingredients. He says, "Slaws break down so much over their one to three day curing that if you don't start with the freshest cabbage, carrots, fennel, etc., you'll end up with something soggy. T ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Tyler Ramsey

    Tuesday, April 29

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    The Obama Speech

    Tuesday, April 29

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    January 14, 2008
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    December 14, 2007
  • Food

    March 24, 2004

    Oystermania

    Consumption of those clammy, slippery bivalves is booming. By Roger Downey

  • Music

    August 14, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Consumption of those clammy, slippery bivalves is booming. By Roger Downey

  • Food

    September 26, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Film

    August 29, 2001

    The pivot man

    Hoops star is turned against his one true love.

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Bigotry as law

    Hoops star is turned against his one true love.

  • Film

    June 28, 2000

    The Patriot

    Mel saves the Republic to protect his family.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    The privacy shell game

    What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    A private gathering

    What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    Latest developments in the privacy wars

    What one branch of government giveth, another taketh away.

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