Wind storms mostly missed Seattle, but were still felt.
It’s almost Thanksgiving, and there’s a heartening amount of goodwill out there. After thieves stole about $2,000 worth of food from the Rainier Valley food bank, the food bank has almost disappeared under a flood of food and cash donations. The Seattle Times reports about $100,000 in donations have arrived so far.
If you’re planning on traveling for the holidays, you’d better have booked your seats already. Seattle Transit Blog has the Amtrak update: even with extra service, Seattle-to-PDX trains are almost sold out. If you’re flying, you might notice a new “holiday surcharge” on your fare. Here’s a holiday travel checklist, courtesy of the Times.
A coyote has been wandering around Terminal 91, possibly hoping to take in the sights on an Alaskan cruise. (Holland America doesn’t advertise with us–…yet–but who doesn’t want to win a cruise?) Magnolia gets all the cool sightings. Cougars, coyotes, now orcas. West Seattle is still thrilled with the seasonal return of their brant geese.
Local homebuilder Quadrant Homes is being sued for “widespread, shoddy construction,” reports Seattlepi.com. On the other hand, winemaker Columbia Crest’s 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was voted the best wine in the world by Wine Spectator magazine. That’s all well and good, but for everyday drinking (not that you should drink every day), cognoscenti have been crowing about Columbia Crest’s Two Vines label. I have been trying this out, and am on board.
On The SunBreak, I dug into the city council’s proposed budget (after I started wondering how they were paying for those restored library hours) and state’s now-chronic budget deficit, with the findings only increasing my sense of unease. Seth watched basketball at KeyArena. Audrey watched people cook and sew on TV. And Jeremy profiled Manifold Motion and the Satori Group, but not in a potential-terrorist way.
