Spring at Elliott’s Oyster House means one thing: the arrival of halibut fresh from the San Juan Islands. The fish are hook-and-line caught by native treaty tribes, who are permitted to harvest these fish sustainably. At Elliott’s, the halibut appears in two forms on Executive Chef Robert Spaulding’s dinner menu. Continue reading Elliott’s Oyster House Welcomes Spring, Just for the Halibut
The view above is of the near term–so long, SoDo!–but it gets very exciting around around 2100, when Lake Washington joins once again with Puget Sound. That requires a rise of about nine feet. Hard to credit? Their summary notes that: “Global warming has raised sea level about eight inches since 1880, and the rate of rise is accelerating.” Continue reading Hey, Seattle! Time to Play “Who Drowns First?”
Sometimes the question is phrased as, What would it take to get people out of their cars? I like to ask, What’s keeping people off the bus? That means taking up a passenger-first perspective (which doesn’t supplant Metro’s systems management, but does rejigger some of its guiding parameters). Continue reading Op-Ed: Coaxing Metro into Putting Passengers First
The quintessential Seattle money shot provides a reminder, amidst this early spring weather, that nights like this are possible. Thanks to sea turtle for dropping this evidence of the Emerald City’s westward facing beauty into our flickr pool. We’ll look forward to seeing more from the rest of you as the nights get longer and the sky clearer. Continue reading Glimpses: “I Love Seattle!”
“Anglo-Saxon fairy tales end with marriage and living happily ever after. Italian comedy begins there, and the woman outfoxes the man every step of the way.” So says Peter Kazaras, stage director for Seattle Opera Young Artists Program (YAP) production of Donizetti’s comedy Don Pasquale, which opens Saturday for two weekends at the University of Washington’s Meany Theater. Continue reading Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Sing a “Dolce Vita” Don Pasquale
A month ago, we asked if Washington State was losing the war on whooping cough. We just made national news yesterday, with ABC reporting that we have been “hit hard by whooping cough.” Last year this time, Washington had seen 88 cases of pertussis. This year, it’s 549, and officials believe we’ll likely surpass last year’s total, breaking 1,000. Continue reading Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Cases Vault Past Epidemic Threshold in Washington State
Seattle duo Pony Time is playing an awesome evening of hard rock at the Annex Theatre this weekend. There will be dancing. Stacy Peck will loom at you over her drum kit and make sure of it. Also, Luke Beetham’s guitars are things of beauty and deserve concentrated admiration while his fey vocals and agile finger work make for hipster happiness. However their sets are interspersed with theatrical scenes, and the less said about those scenes the better. Continue reading Hard Rock and Paper Houses at The Annex: Scissors, Please
