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Georgetown Carnival, Hydroplane Races and Other Kid-Friendly To-Dos This Weekend
With summer just around the corner, we’ve got a host of fun things to do, see, and hear around the city to get you in the mood. On our radar: a show with hundreds of games, a carnival with all kinds of entertainment, a celebration along the waterfront, an adventure in the wetlands, a hydroplane…
Queen Anne Farmers Market Debuts With Loads Of New Food Vendors
OK, so it’s not the most brilliant day for the debut of the Queen Anne Farmers Market. But come on, we’re used to buckets of rain in June, right? Slip on your Wellies, grab an umbrella and let’s go. Why? Because this market – open from 3pm to 7pm every Thursday until October – features…
Matt’s In The Market Diners Score On Sonics Thursdays
So, some team that used to be known as the Seattle Supersonics is playing a big game tonight somewhere besides Key Arena. Are we bitter? Just a smidge. Still, there is some sweet relief in sight because Thursdays are Sonics night at Matt’s in the Market. Chef Chet Gerl and his crack crew get their…
Knute Berger Looks at the Monkey Business Behind the Space Needle
Tonight in Seattle, editor at large Knute Berger offers the first in a series of Century 21-related lectures sponsored by Historic Seattle. The talk is titled “From Bobo to the Bubbleator: Seattle Social and Cultural Context in ’62.” Hear Berger’s humorous and insightful take on the historic cultural context that made both the World’s Fair…
Wallingford Retailer Offers a New World for Local and Imported Spirits
As mentioned in numerous news stories, articles, Tweets, placards, and even an earlier blog post, the booze-selling landscape changes that were voted in WA have actually taken place, taking the selling of spirits and such out of the hands of the state. This is, for any imbibers, a big event. My guess is that things…
Giddyup To Puyallup For Some Dang Fine Pie
Went to the Mother Earth News Fair at the Puyallup Fairgrounds yesterday to hear the “high priest of the pasture” Joel Salatin and, please don’t string me up, I was underwhelmed. Oh, he’s an entertaining speaker and the enthusiastic shouts of “Amen!” proved he was preaching to the choir. Maybe I was expecting too much,…
Art Zone Remembers Circus Contraption Performers Killed in Cafe Racer Shooting
Via Nancy Guppy from Seattle Channel’s Art Zone: Two of the people that died in the tragic shootings on May 30th were musicians Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese who performed with Circus Contraption. As we collectively grieve this devastating loss, Art Zone host Nancy Guppy shares a wonderful musical moment with Circus Contraption performing in…
The Misunderstanding of Scott Carsberg
A local culinary mastermind reflects on nearly two decades of sensational food.
Chef Scott Carsberg doesn’t breathe fire. But that’s not to say the capricious, James Beard Award–winning chef, whose eclectic Belltown restaurant Lampreia was on many food critics’ top-five lists for the better part of two decades, isn’t capable of magic. Carsberg has the skill of an alchemist, taking fresh ingredients and combining them into something…
Bridges for Dummies: Baby Raptors, Toll Hikes and Weekend Closures
A funny thing happened while I was going to my place of grudging acceptance this morning: I found this WSDOT photo of a baby peregrine falcon that lives with two siblings under the Ship Canal Bridge. A WSDOT biologist (yes! They have those!) and a professional falcon bander tagged the 3-week-old babes this week so…
8 Ways to Celebrate Tom Douglas Day
The head honcho of restaurants in this town is, without a doubt, Tom Douglas. Take it from us, this guy is good. Hence his regular appearances in our pages, most notably on our Most Influential People of 2011 list, not to mention his claiming the number one spot on our inaugural Food Establishmentt list. Oh…
Dale Chihuly’s Cool Collections Take Center Stage At New Cafe
There are some showstoppers at the new Collections Cafe, where Crush chef Jason Wilson collaborated on the menu with Space Needle executive chef Jeff Maxfield and resident chef Ivan Szilak. A tart salad tossed with watermelon rind pickles, the pressed pork sandwich wearing a crown of crunchy slaw and prawns bathed in salsa verde top…
Women’s Soccer, SIFF, Strawberries and More Weekend Musts
MUST CHEERSounders Women Home OpenerThursday (5/31) – There’s another Sounders team in town that deserves your “scarves-up!” attention: the Sounders Women. After generating off-season buzz by signing national team player (and former Husky star) Hope Solo, the women kick off the home opener against the Colorado Rush tonight. Say it with us: Gooooal! p.s. If…