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Another Kid on the Block
(By Wallyhood) Back in November, we mentioned that Next Door Media, the Ballard-based company that controls a host of “hyperlocal” blogs such as My Ballard, Phinneywood, Fremont Universe, Queen Anne Review and Magnolia Voice, was recruiting someone to write a Wallingford blog for them. At the time, we invited you all to come join us on these pages, and the ... read more →
16 min 42 sec agoMayor McGinn: Looming Budget Issues "Serious" Not "Dire"
As Dominic mentioned earlier, Mayor Mike McGinn held a press conference this afternoon to formally announce a deficit in the city's general fund of at least $10 million for 2010, and a deficit of at least $50 million for 2011 (not including the $70-million-dollar shortfall Seattle City Light is projecting for 2010). \'We don't have the revenues we had in the ... read more →
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earcandyblog: @allthatssacred FYI, your link isn't working →
2 hours 44 min agoTraffic alert: Avoid the “low bridge” – it’s closed
ORIGINAL 5:51 PM REPORT: No official reports on this so far but we’ve received multiple reports over the past 20 minutes of possible trouble with the “low bridge” – traffic not moving. 6:12 PM UPDATE: Via comments and Facebook, we’re hearing that there’s definitely a malfunction and the low bridge may not be back in working order for at least an hour. We’re ... read more →
2 hours 49 min agoDown and Out in the Magic Kingdom eBook Club, Day Three
(Here's Day One and here's Day Two.) There are parts of books I will always remember. Usually, those parts of books don't have much to do with the plot or the characters. They're just kind of sticky ideas that grab a hold of some part of my brain and won't let go. I think I've encountered one of those ideas in DaOiTMK: The anti-gravity spheres in which ... read more →
3 hours 16 min agoI Am Bringing Books to Slog Happy
I'm bringing a ton of advance reader copies to Slog Happy for you to take home and read and love. Some of the books are fun science fiction titles—some would say \'trash\'—like Black Magic Sanction and Night's Cold Kiss. I'm excited about Justin Allan's wild west fantasy novel Year of the Horse, too. I'm bringing some literary fiction like Momus's The Book of ... read more →
3 hours 16 min agoBreast Milk Cheese: It's What's for Dinner!
... at least it was once for dinner at Chef Daniel Angerer's NYC restaurant Klee Brasserie. After blogging about his efforts with the human cheese, customers started demanding a sample, he said. \'The phone was ringing off the hook, so I prepared a little canapé of breast-milk cheese with figs and Hungarian pepper.\' I don't think I could eat it. All because ... read more →
3 hours 16 min agoDiscrimination is Distracting
The story also made the BBC, where it is currently the most-read story on the BBC's website. Google says there are 1,219 stories about this. There are now 20,000 members of the Facebook group \'Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend to Prom.\' There were less than 2000 when I first posted the link to Slog earlier this afternoon. I'm not taking the credit for those ... read more →
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SeattleMet: Starting tomorrow Post Restaurant and Lounge will serve lunch http://bit.ly/bCqqlu →
3 hours 34 min ago earcandyblog: I 110 percent cosign this RT @lar206: congrats to the whole Sportn Life family on 7 years of the finest in townbiz! good show last night! →
3 hours 45 min agoThere's Just No End to the Hate
ThinkProgress: Glaad reports that sponsors have “refused to allow” American figure skater Johnny Weir to join the Stars on Ice Tour because they deemed him “not family friendly.” While Weir — a three-time national champion — has never “officially announced his sexual orientation, he has garnered a significant amount of LGBT fans” and is also known for his ... read more →
4 hours 16 min agoRemember How Your Old Airport Parking Spot Would Never Give You a Blowjob?
But then if it did, all of a sudden it was all callin' you all the time? All needy? All cryin' and stuff? All, \'Don't park in any other spots but me!\' and \'Buy me jewelry!\' and \'I'm pregnant with your car-baby because I was only pretending to be on birth control so that you would never leave me!!!\' Not WallyPark. Wallypark will handle your bag and ... read more →
4 hours 16 min agoConsumerism Today: The Real Juan Valdez Was at Westlake
He himself was in town yesterday, at the Westlake Center. Did anyone see him? This Valdez and his animal? What does he feel about WTO? Who knows? [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] read more →
4 hours 16 min agoMission Accomplished: Lesbian Student Blamed, Ostracized By Other Students for School Board's Decision to Cancel Prom
They knew this would happen: Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some ... read more →
4 hours 16 min agoEveryone Still Loves Bacon, Right?
mmmmmmm baaaacon.... John McCain has wisely decided to re-brand with his new re-election campaign. But, John, you're so cynical! First you tried to use Palin to get you elected, and now Bacon? There's a lipstick-on-a-pig joke in here too, but one of you will have to make it. Who knows, maybe it'll work. The best logo designs won the last two presidential ... read more →
4 hours 16 min agoMore Music @ The Moore
I’m a sucker for musicians I’ve never seen or heard on KEXP before. So I’m jumping at the chance to attend this event on Friday at The Moore. With 30 Northwest young musicians, from hip hop to ska to bluegrass to world to pop, the list goes on and on to ensure that everyone will sway to something. For the fifth year, Daniel Bernard Roumain, who apparently ... read more →
4 hours 16 min agoPreview: Jigsaw Records Grand Opening
Written by: Katy McCourt-Basham Category: Previews Math And Physics Club, David Crane (of BOAT) @ Jigsaw Records | 3/13 | 7-9pm | FREE This Saturday marks the opening of Jigsaw Records, Ballard’s newest record store. Jigsaw will be specializing in indiepop, power pop, indie rock, lo-fi pop, twee, and pretty much any other kind of fun pop music [...] read more →
4 hours 30 min ago SeattleMet: Been to Avila? What'd you think of it? http://bit.ly/dh1n9H →
4 hours 36 min ago151-year-old shillelagh goes missing in Queen Anne just before Saint Patrick’s Day
A 151-year-old shillelagh brought to Seattle from Ireland in 1859 went missing sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning–only a few days before it is expected to make its annual appearance in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday, according to reports by KOMO4 News. The president of the Society of the Friends of St. Patrick, Mike McQuaid, said he ... read more →
4 hours 42 min agoQA’s newest taco spot: Barracuda Taqueria
Barracuda Taqueria, located at 159 Denny Way (#109), opened exactly two weeks ago today, bringing “real, south of the border, street food” to Lower Queen Anne. The new Mexican food spot has a lengthy and inexpensive menu, that boasts “freshly prepared, locally sourced ingredients.” Barracuda is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to ... read more →
4 hours 42 min agoWest Seattle Chamber of Commerce award winners announced: Nancy Woodland, Colin Slingsby, and WSB (which means *you*)
On April 7, bright and early in the morning, the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce will gather to honor this year’s award winners. They’ve just been announced: Nancy Woodland of WestSide Baby is the Community Hero of the Year, Chief Sealth High School boys’ basketball coach Colin Slingsby is Westsider of the Year … and we are extremely honored and humbled to ... read more →
4 hours 49 min agoThe Return of the Hard Rock Cafe
www.hardrock.com On the readerboard: \'HELLO SEATTLE WE ARE READY TO ROCK\' If you call the new Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Seattle, you might get this answer: \'Hard Rock Cafe, this is Pete—how can I rock you?\' Each and every Hard Rocker—this is what employees are called, according to a sign in the bathroom directing them to wash their hands—is so upbeat, ... read more →
5 hours 16 min agoMcNeece Family Values
Teresa McNeece Ms. McNeece, After reading this morning's news of your decision to cancel Senior Prom to exclude a female student from bringing her girlfriend, I felt compelled to write you not just as another human being but as a McNeece. I am a McNeece with familial ties to Itawamba County and Fulton. My Grandfather grew up there and many extended family ... read more →
5 hours 16 min agoRe: The Tim Burton at MoMA Site
Now, I do love Tim Burton, but this video is so spot-on I think both lovers and haters will enjoy it. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] read more →
5 hours 16 min agoAttention Radiohead Fans
I have some questions for you on Line Out. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] read more →
5 hours 16 min agoLast Night For A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
For our more high-minded and worldly Seattle cinephiles, there are several fine documentaries playing in town tonight. Prodigal Sons closes at SIFF Cinema while Northwest Film Forum hosts one more evening of of American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein complete with a follow up Q&A session with playwright, performer, and activist Edward Mast. But ... read more →
5 hours 16 min agoMetro: New bus stop approved to fix 43/8 dead zone
King County Metro tells CHS that a new bus stop for routes 43 and 8 will be in place by the weekend: SDOT has approved Metro's request for a new bus stop eastbound on Olive Way on the far side of Harvard Ave E. It replaces the bus stop that was closed eastbound at John & Broadway. The new stop should be in service beginning this Saturday morning, March ... read more →
5 hours 42 min agoWest Seattle (and beyond) traffic alerts: What’s ahead
Just got the new edition of the most thorough traffic-alert bulletin around, the “Seattle-Area Construction Look Ahead” from SDOT. You can see the whole thing here – including SODO, Spokane Street Viaduct and West Seattle alerts. You’ll note that there’s a lane closure on the SSV coming up all weekend this weekend, plus lane closures in West Seattle in the ... read more →
5 hours 50 min agoMore on Chainsaw Thursday
caskstrength.wordpress.com Chain. Saw. Thurs. Day. YES. Tonight is Chainsaw Thursday at fancy new Mistral Kitchen, in which ace bartender Andrew Bohrer uses a chainsaw to carve ice for your drink. You may find out more over on Mr. Bohrer's highly entertaining blog (also look for his recent insane-Lego-obsession entry): Once a week, Zane and I get a 300lb ... read more →
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