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Could this be a jailbird?Loose lips sink ships, they said in World War II. Today a KOMO article is arguing that loose tweets might sink home security, or something like that. Twitter, of course, is all the rage, used to chronicle everything from bank robberies to basketball games, and even to organi ... More >>
Where's the rainbow?It's a question you've probably been asking yourself for a long time, and wishing you had a scientific way to find out. Well, wish no longer. During Pride week, we at SW took it upon ourselves to quantify the gayness of everything from Michael Jackson songs to architecture; con ... More >>
Urbanspoon announced on its blog today that the Seattle-based online restaurant guide has added Twitter feeds to its restaurant listings. For example, if you search for Monsoon East, you'll see the restaurant's latest Tweet ("I will tell you about it tomorrow. We'll catch up!") as well as a l ... More >>
According to its Twitter page, local hip-hop duo Fresh Espresso's video for the MJ-style dance jam "Big or Small" will be airing on MTV2, mtvU, MTVJamz and VH1. Check it here:
A controversial Tweet has given 107.7 The End reason to apologize to their followers.UPDATE: The End's program director responds. Details after the jump. Yesterday, at 3:43 PM, someone logged on to alternative radio station 107.7 The End's Twitter account and posted this:"Not all Muslims are ... More >>
"No opening presents 'til you update your LinkedIn accounts, kids."Reader and social media blogger Kristy Bolsinger responds to 107.7 The End's Religious Profiling Twitter Post. "Fine. It was hacked. Now the problem is that someone there doesn't understand social media. You are not allowed ... More >>
Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what's circulating through his iPod.When I logged onto Twitter yesterday, I discovered U2's Bono going down in Tweeted flames. Turns out the singer/philanthropist wrote a for ... More >>
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Michael LevineKrist Novoselic's writes every Tuesday & Friday . Follow him on Twitter @KristNovoselic.The political polarization of America seems to be the topic of the day. Right wing, left wing,--it's more like broken wing. We're in an era of charged partisanship, and that might be fine for ... More >>
You have to love America. Just 20 minutes after two scrambled F-15s caused a sonic boom during President Obama's visit to Seattle, some enterprising capitalist had created a t-shirt commemorating the (non-event) event by using the preferred Twitter hashtag of "Obooma." If you want them, they' ... More >>
Hoping to drive/bus/walk/pogo anywhere near downtown Seattle this afternoon? Well I'm sorry to be the one to deliver this news, but an old Georgetown factory that used to make delicious, nutricious peanut butter has thrown a chunky dollop all over those plans. The two-story, vacant building t ... More >>
Twitter, people keep telling me, has become a vitally important tool for restaurants to keep in touch with their fans, their friends and their regulars. I follow maybe 50 different local restaurants on Twitter. 50 or 60, plus some of the bigger out-of-state operations, a few from back in Denv ... More >>
Last week, we discussed what I felt was one of the BEST uses of Twitter by a restaurant: the Canlis hidden menu scavenger hunt, wherein the Canlis brothers hide 1950's-era menus all around town, post Twitter clues as to their whereabouts, and then, if you find one of the menus, will serve you ... More >>
Note to potential jurors: want to get out of jury duty? Just start Tweeting about the trial right before it starts and wait for the judge to blow a gasket. One juror did that to King County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ramsdell on Wednesday. And while it didn't quite get him booted (after the ... More >>
There's probably no downside to the Seattle police department's new Twitter feed, @getyourcarback, that sends out an alert every time a car is reported stolen. At most it takes only a few seconds for a dispatcher to type out the make, model and license number. And an extra set of eyes (or, at ... More >>
Credit: @wineexpeditionLast week, a map of Twitter usage around the country made the rounds on...well, Twitter. Washington neared the top of the list with a 64% growth rate per capita. That won't come as a surprise to the hordes of people in Seattle and the surrounding areas who are addicted ... More >>
Julia Mullen GordonWish you were here?For those of us unlucky enough to be missing Journalists' Spring Break 2K11, aka South by Southwest, turning on the computer can be pretty depressing this week. The pain started yesterday, with multiple postings of Austin's sunny-and-80 forecast on Twitte ... More >>
In a span of four hours last night, translucent coke vacuum County Love (and possibly an enslaved staff of 12-fingered eunuchs) sent out 60 Tweets on Love's brand new Twitter account. The topics ranged from a boyfriend-stealing bitch who is "leathery" and "stupid" to how she wants "jello sho ... More >>
Dine for a cause! On Wednesday, March 30, from 5 p.m. to close, Coastal Kitchen--see right--on Capitol Hill will donate 25 percent of all their proceeds to Mercy Corps and Peace Winds. The funds will benefit the children and families affected by Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami. Follow ... More >>
So I was trollin' at HuffPo yesterday, telling some libtard about how if Obama wasn't a Muslim Marxist Kenyanazi that he would just show his birth certificate where it would say so. Then something caught my eye. It was a job ad that read "Writers Needed To Post Right-Wing Comments (Vancouver, ... More >>
In some heavily postered Idaho State University dorm room, a group of drunk college kids are likely still laughing hysterically at the ridiculous burger trophy they just stole from the T.G.I. Friday's in Ammon.
On Monday the Washington House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 5073, a massive piece of medical-marijuana legislation that essentially rewrites the state's policy toward the prescribed use of pot. There are all kind of fun nuggets packed into the bill--some good, others not. One part th ... More >>
Follow these people! A certain segment of the Seattle-area food community lives out loud on Twitter, and I can't get enough. I laugh my fucking ass off at many of the 140-character observations/rants/exchanges between food-savvy folks, and often jump in the fray. Why, just the other day, a ... More >>
Unconfirmed photo of bin Laden's corpse.Osama bin Laden is dead. Fuck yeah. And while some Americans have taken to the streets to ring in the news by waving flags and doing the Bin Laden is Dead Dance, a much larger swath are celebrating in a more socially-accepted way: via Twitter.
The second installment of Pike Place Market-based cheesecake shop The Confectional, at 618 Broadway Ave. E., is scheduled to open on Saturday, June 4. Unlike the original, the new store will feature in-store seating and a large window so passersby can check out the baking process. Mark your c ... More >>
You shouldn't steal tip jars, period. It's a dick move, and one that will likely only net you $10 to $20. But if you're determined to be that guy, you really should look both ways before you run into the street with the stolen prize.
It couldn't have been more perfect. Outspoken liberal Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was "caught" Tweeting a photo of his engorged and underwear-smothered manhood to a 21-year-old WWU student in Seattle. In effect, the politician with the most hilarious name in Washington had done the most ... More >>
After eating my way through Allyn's inaugural Geoduck Festival this weekend, I'm sure I like geoduck. I'm also quite sure I don't like it in my ice cream. Relatively few of the 2000 geoduck fans who showed up for the event sampled the Olympic Mountain Ice Cream geoduck concoctions, although ... More >>
The Vancouver Canucks didn't just lose to the Boston Bruins in last night's final game of the Stanley Cup Finals--they got blown out, 4-0. Enraged fans responded in the only way they felt was appropriate, by burning and trashing everything in sight.
After Japan's devastating earthquake, charity fund-raisers were abundant, and the food community contributed to the outpouring of support. There have been benefit dinners, auctions, and fund-raising drives. And now there is a cookbook. Bloggers from coast to coast dropped their clothes and pi ... More >>
It's been a while since I cooked a meal for the blog, so when a leg of lamb arrived at my doorstep (care of the lovely folks at the American Lamb board), I took that as a sign that I should get my ass in the kitchen. I've been on a carrot kick all spring, and I've made several variations of t ... More >>
Pie from the Facebook "Pie Party" event, contributed by Michelle Dunkerton.Let it be known that the only reason I am awake right now is because I knew there was a pie waiting for me in the fridge when my alarm rang at 6:00 this morning. After a string of overwhelming days, there is another fu ... More >>
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The Beastie Boys were encountered by a team of assassins while performing at an undisclosed snowy location early this morning. Mike D, MCA, and Ad-Rock thwarted numerous attempts at their life, enlisting the help of a giant yeti and a team of "helping hands." Footage (directed by Spike Jonze ... More >>
For most of the day on Tuesday, anyone following @seattlepd on Twitter had their feeds dominated by hundreds of Tweets ranging from "Assault with a weapon in the 4700 block of 9 Ave NE" to "Fireworks in the 1900 block of E Yesler Way." The Seattle Police Department's plan was to use Twitter ... More >>
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of wedding season, so chances are you're going to attend a ceremony this summer if you haven't already. (I've attended three so far; next month would've made four, had it not been unexpectedly called off . . . but that's another story.) Sure, it's great t ... More >>
Dante's Inferno DogsWant free lunch every day this work week? Mobile food trucks are giving away free goods in the Denny Triangle neighborhood from noon to 1 p.m. daily until this Friday, August 19. (Yesterday's vendor: Dante's Inferno Dogs.) To score grub, all you have to do is be one of the ... More >>
Note to Starbucks baristas: If Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock, aka the next Senator from New York, comes into your store and orders a latte, make damn sure it's a good one and also that you're not an asshole while you make it.
Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHEARTdept.Hey, fellow lushes! I don't know about you, but I've been laser-focused on the beautiful acts of civil disobedience in New York and across the country for the past couple of weeks, glued to #OccupyWallStreet Twitter updates. Power to the people! (And t ... More >>
Photo by Rina JordanPearl is what most any grungy or grunge-loving Seattleite would imagine an Eastside restaurant to be: a swanky, people-watching place that smacks of a nightclub. The bar scene can be boisterous, full of beautiful Bellevueites, but this happens to be a restaurant that puts ... More >>
Via lizadaly on FlickrYesterday, Wendy Miller told us what she likes to drink. Today she's telling us what she likes to serve. Wendy and her husband always have a bowl of punch at the ready when hosting a holiday gathering. "It gives people the ability to help themselves," she points out, whi ... More >>
Dish: Mi Vit Tiem (braised duck noodle soup with Chinese herbs and spices) Place: Hue Ky Mi Gia, Little Saigon Price: $7.00 In the bowl: Free-range chicken broth with a leg-thigh section of braised duck, noodles, shiitake mushrooms, baby bok choy, green onions, Chinese red dates (hong zao, ... More >>
Yesterday, A la Mode Pies' Chris Porter told us that if he was picking pie for his holiday table, he'd be picking apple pie. So, of course, we asked him for a recipe. French Apple is similar to a Dutch Apple and is very popular with holiday hosts, judging by the pre-orders they've had rolling ... More >>
Dish: Ayutthaya Noodles Place: Ayutthaya Thai Cuisine, Capitol Hill Price: $8.50 On the plate: From the menu: "Seasoned stir-fried wide noodles with chicken, egg & garlic. Served over green lettuce. Garnish with ground peanuts & green onions." Julienned carrots add color and crunch. Suppor ... More >>
Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.Sometimes, if you are lucky enough, you are in a place where you can learn from a particular event in your life. Sometimes those lessons are hard-won, or learned at a high expense to yo ... More >>
Yesterday, Carmelita sous chef and avid mountain biker Kim Sturts told us that one of the most important skills he learned as an omnivore in a vegetarian kitchen was how to make fresh pasta and roll gnocchi. Today he shares with us his recipe for smoked ricotta gnocchi with spinach and apples ... More >>
It's best to belly up to the sushi bar at Mashiko, not solely for the traditional benefit of a little face time with your favorite sushi chef, but also to make sure you're getting the special stuff. So close to your fellow fish fiends, you are able to ogle their order, like the spiny shells o ... More >>
Seattle's burger boom continues. With the opening of 8 Oz. Burger Bar in Capitol Hill, we now have a burger joint boasting about size as a differentiator. The namesake burger, "The 8 Oz.," is pretty straightforward, featuring a half-pound blend of sirloin, tri-tip, short rib, and chuck, along ... More >>
What happens on a home tour does not always stay on a home tour. Just ask the agents at Redfin, the local real estate agency that is letting the world in on some of its agents' strangest and bizarre encounters with buyers and sellers. They've just launched a Twitter account @REConfidential -- ... More >>
Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHE ARTdept.Hey fellow lushes! Do you ever get fed up paying 10 bucks and up for a glass of wine? I think it's high time restaurants and bars and cafes and cute little bistros start offering an affordable alternative. Let me climb up on my soapbox to sound the ... More >>
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