Ode to the stoplight on 23rd and Republican
First time stopping at the light, I hope you understand my plight.
View ArticlePoppy Restaurant - On Top in Capitol Hill
Jerry Traunfeld does it again but this time for human rights
View ArticleHuiyona mixes the best of East and West
Intimate and interesting, casual but classy, Huiyona is an adventure just down the block. This North Capitol Hill restaurant, less than a year old, has already won the City Search 2009 award for Best...
View ArticleOpen Mic Night Lives On at the Bluebird
Ballard's Mr. Spot's Chai House has shut down, but the spirit of its popular open mic night continues on and artists can still take the stage.
View ArticleShe broke up with me in front of my new favorite bar, Sun Liquor
Sun Liquor, the best Tiki themed bar in Seattle
View ArticleSeattle Prep: History in plain and not-so-plain sight
The Seattle Prep campus sports five buildings and nearly 700 students these days. Evenings and weekends, its green lawn welcomes neighbors, their kids and their dogs. But few of the school's neighbors...
View ArticleA Water Tower of Power
On an introspective day on Capitol Hill, the Volunteer Park Water Tower is a peaceful destination.
View ArticleFive reasons to take your mom to Volunteer Park Conservatory for an early...
When you're a kid, Mother's Day is a piece of cake. Take some Elmer's glue, what seems to be a good idea at the time, and you're bound to have mother dearest's mascara running down her cheeks--no...
View ArticleMy SR 520: It could be worse
Yesterday, I came across a drawing I'd made in an old journal. In it, my dream house, with wide windows and deck, nestles on a hill amidst the trees above a babbling brook. I made the drawing years...
View ArticleA Young Artist Presents His First Ever Show
Jesse Fritz enters the Seattle art scene with gusto with his alternative view of what art is.
View ArticleAn evening in Capitol Hill, with possibly, the next Miss America
Will McKinley Smith win the crown of Miss Washington?
View ArticleCatch "Fleeting Beauty" now through July 4
Before SAM downtown, there was SAM on Capitol Hill. The first home of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), now the Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, is a jewel in our midst. And a visit before July 4 will...
View ArticleSensible Washington Takes on the Hill
Marijuana reformers are gathering signatures to legalize marijuana.
View ArticleSR 520: What's the deal?
Think the plan for SR 520 is a done deal? Not exactly. The state and the city have agreed to haggle over the details until this fall. And details are where--we all know--you often find the devil.
View ArticleFive things to do in Capitol Hill this Memorial Day weekend
In Seattle this Memorial Day Weekend? Try these Capitol Hill Activities.
View ArticleWhat about that "W"?
It stands on the horizon, at attention, square-shouldered, stolid and unyielding. The aggressive, "W" on its forehead never flinches.
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