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Whidbey Island

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    10 Essential Summer Road Trips (With Stops For Sports Fans, Socialists, and Punks)

    Ah, yes. The weather is getting good out there, just in time for one of America's favorite pastimes: the good ol' road trip. Right, the gasoline is inexplicably more expensive in the West right now than just about anywhere else in the country. But that shouldn't stop you. Instead, make the best of ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2012

    Cumulus' Cloud Rock

    Alexandra Niedzialkowski on Lilith Fair, riot grrl, and the world's most comfortable pillows.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Seattle's Top 5 Things to Eat Right Now

    Though we are only 10 weeks into the new year, 2011 seems like the distant past. So why wait until 2013 is knocking to mention the best things we've eaten this year? Here are five local items you need to try immediately: The #2 -Caramelized Onions @ Uneeda Burger 4302 Fremont Ave N If you've spent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Pilot Survival Training Course at Whidbey Island Naval Station: 'I Hate It With a Passion'

    Every four years a sense of dread envelops the Naval Air Station at Whidbey Island. Even the most hardened Navy pilots can't stand it, though they admit a grudging respect for a required two-day course that will test their mettle in escaping a downed aircraft, surviving an ejection, or making a para ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Opposition Building For Gov. Chris Gregoire's Gay-Marriage Bill

    As expected, it will not be smooth sailing for Gov. Chris Gregoire's bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Yesterday, an Everett attorney filed an initiative that would reaffirm the state's commitment to preserving the Defense of Marriage Act. Passed here in 1998, it defines marriage as between one ma ... More >>

  • Food

    January 4, 2012

    Momiji's Mayo Mania

    Don't let the white stuff scare you at this innovative sushi joint.

  • News

    November 16, 2011

    Peggy Sue Thomas: Drop-Dead Gorgeous

    An ex-beauty queen who once wed the owner of a Kentucky Derby champ stands accused of murder.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    5 Restaurants Ideal for a Sexual Encounter

    Week after week, Sexy Feast explores the connections between sex and food. After all, they're both hedonistic pleasures. Much to my surprise, I just learned that September is Pleasure Your Mate Month. My sex-educating colleague Yvonne Fulbright offers some ideas to celebrate the month, suggesting t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Surly Gourmand Eats at the Inn at Langley, Forgets How to Use Quotation Marks

    This is what a baked potato looks like on Whidbey Island.​About a month ago, the Seattle Food Geek delighted Voracious readers with the tale of a 10-course meal at the Inn at Langley's restaurant. It turns out they take all kinds there, as our old buddy and erstwhile Voracious columnist, the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    'Tea Party for Idiots': Terresa Hobbs Explains Who the A**es Are (Surley Not the B***ers!)

    ​The Code of Conduct for the Whidbey Island Tea Party Patriots cautions its members not to start fights with opponents, although "If you choose to get close to them physically, do so in friendship as fellow Americans only." Likewise, "Do not offer lewd gestures, call people names, tell them to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Ten Courses Of Surprise and Delight At The Inn at Langley

    Chef Matt Costello is cooking hyper-local, avant garde and insanely delicious food out of a small kitchen in a 30-seat restaurant, and it's the next place you must go for a weekend away.  The Inn at Langley is hardly a secret - even though the owners don't advertise, the Whidbey Island destinat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Note to Island Residents: Don't Keep the Human Skulls You Find on the Beach

    ​We know how it is. You're skipping around in the sand on one of Washington's many glorious beaches in November, soaking up the balmy 40-degree weather, when you spot something round, gray, and showing signs of foul play: a human skull! It's your lucky day. Time to get this bad boy home to the ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2010

    Grethe Cammermeyer: Mission Unaccomplished

    Repealing DADT is just a start, says the decorated lesbian colonel.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Human Foot No. 10 Washes Ashore in Tacoma

    ​Curtis Cartier here, filling in for Rick Anderson on the morning human foot desk. The latest body-free foot to wash ashore was just discovered in Tacoma yesterday. That pushes the Washington and B.C area officially into double digits in terms of beachside foot findings since 2007.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    "Get Schooled" Campaign to Help Kids Graduate Doesn't End With Tour Stop at Franklin High

    You've all heard the ominous statistics: Every 26 seconds a kid drops out of high school, 70% of eighth graders don't read at grade level, one-third of all U.S. students fail to graduate high school, most low-income college students never finish. So to combat the issue, artists like Ludacris, Keri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Brian Wood, Heroic Video Game Developer, Sacrifices Himself so Family Can Live

    ​Like a lot of young couples, Brian Wood and his pregnant wife Erin were using Labor Day weekend as an excuse to get away for a little bit. Married for five years, the pair from Vancouver, Canada, were expecting their first child in November. Then, on Friday night, while driving to a family ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    You Learn Something New Every Day (PIC)

    ​Thanks to photographer Cliff Despeaux's Twitter feed, I now know something I didn't: falling off of a cliff might suck! Despeaux was hiking in Fort Ebey state park on Whidbey Island yesterday when he snapped a shot of a helpful sign, which you can see after the jump. Think of it as the trail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Weeklong Vacation Review: Island Eats

    ​Thanks to photographer Cliff Despeaux's Twitter feed, I now know something I didn't: falling off of a cliff might suck! Despeaux was hiking in Fort Ebey state park on Whidbey Island yesterday when he snapped a shot of a helpful sign, which you can see after the jump. Think of it as the trail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Socialism: Yes or No?

    ​Thanks to photographer Cliff Despeaux's Twitter feed, I now know something I didn't: falling off of a cliff might suck! Despeaux was hiking in Fort Ebey state park on Whidbey Island yesterday when he snapped a shot of a helpful sign, which you can see after the jump. Think of it as the trail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    The Ice Cream Gods are Listening

    ​Thanks to photographer Cliff Despeaux's Twitter feed, I now know something I didn't: falling off of a cliff might suck! Despeaux was hiking in Fort Ebey state park on Whidbey Island yesterday when he snapped a shot of a helpful sign, which you can see after the jump. Think of it as the trail ... More >>

  • Food

    February 20, 2008

    No Cabaret, Merlot, or Riesling Here

    These local pours are of the “odd” variety.

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2008

    The Maldives

    Saturday, January 12

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    The Wine Hopper's Companion

    Saturday, January 12

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2007

    WSF Adds Ferry Run Between Downtown Seattle and Port Townsend

    Saturday, January 12

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    Cap'n Crunch Coming to Third Avenue!

    Saturday, January 12

  • News

    September 5, 2007

    Proposed Navy Expansion Could Bring More Undersea Explosions to Washington Waters

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2007

    3 Whidbey Sailors KIA

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2007

    Mussel-Eating Contest

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • Food

    February 28, 2007

    Local Happenings in the Food and Beverage Community

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2006

    Cammermeyer to Olympia?

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • Food

    May 24, 2006

    Food Files

    Environmentalists—some already mulling a lawsuit for underwater tests—say the Navy's new plan poses a broader risk to the Sound and its marine life.

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

    Wind, speed, and the abyss: the shrunken world of hard-core yacht racing.

  • Food

    August 3, 2005

    Organic Meat, Wild Fish

    Wind, speed, and the abyss: the shrunken world of hard-core yacht racing.

  • Arts

    May 4, 2005

    Unveiling the Middle East

    Underrepresented writers reclaim the language of their homelands, even if some of them no longer live on their home soil.

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Wrongheaded Murder?

    What the Chief Leschi case could teach us about the war on terror.

  • Diversions

    May 26, 2004

    Boarding, Boating, and the Bite of REI

    What to do outdoors this summer.

  • Food

    April 14, 2004

    Food Files

    What to do outdoors this summer.

  • Food

    March 3, 2004

    Food Files

    What to do outdoors this summer.

  • Food

    January 14, 2004

    Food and/or Beverage News

    What to do outdoors this summer.

  • Food

    July 23, 2003

    Food Events Around Town

    What to do outdoors this summer.

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    War or Peace?

    Local notables take their stands.

  • Food

    November 20, 2002

    The Night the Music Died

    Honest, Prince, this isn't how oysters are s'posed to taste.

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Adventure Deluxe

    How to enjoy the great outdoors with a warm bed, nice meals, and a dry roof over your head. (The aromatherapy will run you a little extra.)

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    The Sound's war

    A primer on the Seattle area's military bases.

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Election in a vacuum

    A primer on the Seattle area's military bases.

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    Holiday Happenings

    This year's crop of seasonal selections

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Kitsap County: The war goes on

    This year's crop of seasonal selections

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Inside out

    The nation's eyes—and the nation's dollars—are on the race between Cammermeyer and Metcalf.

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Cosmopolitan bluegrass

    From chamber music to jamming with Jerry Garcia, Seattle transplant Buell Neidlinger has done it all.

  • News

    April 15, 1998

    Million-dollar mayor

    Paul Schell tries to disentangle himself and his city from the complex web of his financial interests.

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