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So you want to have a picnic in a Seattle Park. Depending
Published 7:00am Thursday, June 14, 2007So you want to have a picnic in a Seattle Park. Depending on the “when” and the “which,” you’ll have to plan ahead–maybe a day ... Read more
New Parking Kiosks Are Swallowing Free Parking Spots, Unless You Live in the Mayor’s Neighborhood
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 12, 2007From Alkis heavily cruised beachfront to Fauntleroys ferry lineup, the most restrictive zones are gratis two-hour on-street spots in busy commercial districts. Read more
I’m Becoming a Big Fan of High-School Musicals
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 12, 2007These soon-to-be-former "theater geeks" are going to save the business. Read more
The Pipettes: Brit Revisionists Seek to Overcome the Hegemony of Cock Rock.
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 12, 2007Bananarama, the B-52's, and Phil Spector haunt the band's full-length debut, We Are the Pipettes. Read more
Mayor Greg Nickels Continues to Blow Off His Own Gas-Saving Advice
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 12, 2007The city's already looking into replacing the mayor's $45,000 hybrid. Read more
Make Your Own Vitamin Water!
Published 7:00am Thursday, June 7, 2007Vitamin waters have recently appeared in every drug store and natural-foods market around town, their pastel-colored liquids promising flavor, their labels promising potency and/or wisdom ... Read more
Summer Road Trips, Sans the Car
Published 7:00am Wednesday, June 6, 2007Hop a Groovy Bus to P-Town Itching to get south of the border? Go green on the new biodiesel-powered shuttle. Started last fall by former ... Read more
SIFF 2007: Week Three: Picks and Pans
Published 7:00am Wednesday, June 6, 2007Alive Russia’s been producing some interesting movies about its disastrous military intervention in Chechnya (as we’ll soon be doing about Iraq), but this isn’t one ... Read more
Where to Catch a Great Show, Even When You’re Miles From the Croc
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007THERE’S SOMETHING about simply driving past the city-limit sign that’s reinvigorating—an excitement that builds as urban density fades and clumps of brightly lit signs spring ... Read more
Idling With Blake Lewis, Loving Georgetown, and Checking In With City Hall
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007Plus plenty of other reasons Seattle nightlife should be spared the chair. Read more
Our Favorite Outdoor Dining
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007Campagne Campagne’s patio doesn’t provide the same glamorous view as the dining room, but it lets you enjoy the elevated temperatures while you enjoy the ... Read more
Sun-Phobic’s Summer
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007Make new friends, find new hobbies, and hide from the that awful, hot orb. Read more
Soaring Over the City on Wings of Our Pedestrian Bridges
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007Yes, we all know Seattle is totally “metronatural” and you’re automatically more “outdoorsy” than your friends in other cities, just by virtue of living here. ... Read more
Our Favorite Outdoor Drinking
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007CYCLOPS Sidewalk seating provides a great view of Belltown’s foot traffic, a good beer selection, and succulent ahi tuna tacos. 2421 First Ave., 441-1677. BELLTOWN ... Read more
A Stay at Some of Seattle’s Most Unsavory-Looking Lodgings
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007Green Lake Motel (8900 Aurora Ave. N., 527-5000) More than two-dozen dirty mattresses are beached in the parking lot. The office manager takes $44.65 and ... Read more
Redemption Song Is the Definitive Joe Strummer Biography
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007And it's perfect summer reading for punk rockers. Read more
What’s Playing: Summer’s Outdoor Cinemas
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007June 23 Fiend Without a Face A “Twisted Flick” from 1958, with Jet City Improv providing the (surely) horrifying dialogue. Fremont Outdoor Cinema. 29 Breakfast ... Read more
Summer’s Events & Escapes
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007A fairly subjective clip-‘n’-save selection of the season’s major or curiosity-provoking happenings (excluding pop music and outdoor movies). Free except as noted. 8–June 17 NORTHWEST ... Read more
Searching for Seattle’s Snobbiest Ice Cream
Published 7:00am Tuesday, June 5, 2007It’s summer, when a girl’s mind (or this girl’s mind, anyway) turns to ice cream. But not just any ice cream. I set out to ... Read more
Joy in the Cannes Bubble
Published 7:00am Thursday, May 31, 2007Last weekend, as Jerry Bruckheimer’s pirates were once again storming the international box office, the Cannes Film Festival (May 16–27) bestowed its two top prizes ... Read more