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There’s no doubt that several generations of Seattle-area residents owe a portion
Published 7:00am Friday, August 19, 2011There’s no doubt that several generations of Seattle-area residents owe a portion of their upbringing to an oddly dressed man named Chris Wedes, better known ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2011The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Wednesday, August 17 Kids today! Bah! They think Jack and Meg White singlehandedly invented deconstructed, ballsy blues. When it comes to ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2011WEDNESDAY 8/17 Books/Visual Arts: Wife Swap Traveling by rail, trail, horseback, and steamship, New York painter Albert Bierstadt first visited the Pacific Northwest in 1863 ... Read more
?You have to understand something: Normally, “raw vegan superfood” isn’t a phrase
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 11, 2011?You have to understand something: Normally, “raw vegan superfood” isn’t a phrase that rings my bell. I’m all about the guilty pleasures and the bad ... Read more
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 9, 2011From Adele and Arctic Monkeys to the Go-Go's and Calexico. Read more
Russell Ivanovic runs a small mobile-app company called Shifty Jelly, which makes
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 4, 2011Russell Ivanovic runs a small mobile-app company called Shifty Jelly, which makes a pod-casting program called Pocket Casts. The app enjoys favorable reviews on the ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 2, 2011From KMFDM and Pizzafest to Phish and Lucas Nelson. Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 2, 2011WEDNESDAY 8/3 Film: Ghost Story Alfred Hitchcock‘s first American film, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca, was a de facto collaboration with strong-willed ... Read more
For most of the day on Tuesday, anyone following @seattlepd on Twitter
Published 7:00am Wednesday, July 27, 2011For most of the day on Tuesday, anyone following @seattlepd on Twitter had their feeds dominated by hundreds of Tweets ranging from “Assault with a ... Read more
The re-election campaign of Redmond Mayor John Marchione began with his kickoff
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011The re-election campaign of Redmond Mayor John Marchione began with his kickoff breakfast on May 11 and ended one month later when the Elections Department ... Read more
You want good food; you just don’t want to be seen eating
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011You want good food; you just don’t want to be seen eating it. That’s the conundrum faced by the solo diner, and the problem solved ... Read more
Emerald City Patient Group, a private, members-only patient-to-patient group, has everything: an
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Emerald City Patient Group, a private, members-only patient-to-patient group, has everything: an informative and up-to-date website, a friendly delivery person, prompt service, and, most important ... Read more
It’s not all wicker patio furniture, remaindered housewares, and framed posters of
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011It’s not all wicker patio furniture, remaindered housewares, and framed posters of wine bottles at Belltown’s Cost Plus World Market. Taking up a sizable corner ... Read more
The Golden City Lounge, a dismal dive attached to a Chinese restaurant
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011The Golden City Lounge, a dismal dive attached to a Chinese restaurant in Ballard, is affectionately referred to by locals as The Golden Shitty. Completely ... Read more
Half of the blue Victorian-style Capitol Hill house that houses Bischofberger Violins
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Half of the blue Victorian-style Capitol Hill house that houses Bischofberger Violins is given over to a repair workshop; the other half, a large, airy, ... Read more
For the vast majority of Americans, “Mexican food” means a bowl of
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011For the vast majority of Americans, “Mexican food” means a bowl of tortilla chips with salsa, some sort of meat wrapped in a cheese-slathered tortilla, ... Read more
Jeremy Kaufman was supposed to be a minister. Then he broke his
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Jeremy Kaufman was supposed to be a minister. Then he broke his neck while snowboarding, and his world changed instantly. Kaufman tried pharmaceutical painkillers, but ... Read more
Generally speaking, buying something from a dollar store is akin to setting
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Generally speaking, buying something from a dollar store is akin to setting your cash on fire. Most of the crap is closeout merchandise that is ... Read more
Yes, there are fine ice-cream parlors in Seattle proper, offering premium ingredients
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Yes, there are fine ice-cream parlors in Seattle proper, offering premium ingredients and exotic flavors. So why go all the way to Bainbridge Island? For ... Read more
Fistfights break out over the topic, but truth is the best beer
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 26, 2011Fistfights break out over the topic, but truth is the best beer in Seattle is Manny’s by the growler, straight from the source at the ... Read more