DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS DISTRICT COUNCIL: Reps from community councils and organizations in eastern West Seattle gather monthly to talk about what’s new and what’s ahead, and you’re invited to join them. When they meet tonight at 7 in the theater at Youngstown Arts Center, the agenda also includes an update on Camp Long’s renovation project and [ ... ] ...
This is about as wild as it gets on Fat Tuesday in West Seattle – at least, before the sun goes down. For the second year in a row, Metropolitan Market (WSB sponsor) stores from around the area sent reps to the Admiral store for a celebration of paczki – filled-donut-type pastries that are Fat [ ... ] ...
On the docket this morning, some posturing regarding the future of Deion Branch in Seattle and a potential landing spot for Tim Ruskell in Chicago. Those two facts are not related though Branch is one of the single most identifying personnel decisions Ruskell made in his five years as Seahawks general manager and president ... Branch's future is coming into question. He is signed for two more years in Seattle, and is scheduled to make $5.47 million next season according to the NFL Players
The voice on the other end of the phone crackled ... "I'm taking a little catnap. I went out last night, so I'm paying for it, but I had to," said Storm C Ashley Robinson. A Dallas native, the NBA All-Star game is in her backyard and Robinson has been working since Wednesday to promote the men and women's pro leagues ... She was originally going to blog for us each night, but Robinson has been jammed with events -- commuting about 20-minutes from her home in Grand Prairie. Then there are the
Mike Sweeney has signed a minor league deal with the Mariners and will be invited to spring training. Was just discussing this with Larry Stone over lunch yesterday, wondering why Sweeney had not been invited back. He had a very strong finish to last season once his back woes were worked out ... The Mariners are not likely to add Sweeney to their major league roster by Opening Day, given their stated desire to have players who can still play a position. Ken Griffey Jr. is already there as
Here are the leads, you schmucks. Names and numbers of deadbeats and crazies who might, just might, buy that piece of Florida swampland you're peddling. "Put a closer on the job," you say? "Always Be Closing," you say? Bullshit. The way you get through this, you fuckin losers, is to act each day without fear ... It's fear that motivates the polished cast of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross at Seattle Rep, which premiered last night, fear of losing their jobs, fear of losing what self-respect
Friend of the blog and all-around content distributor Tim Dierkes ... of MLB Trade Rumors emailed me the other day. Dierkes is putting together a list of players on all teams who are out of minor league options and wanted to know who the Seattle candidates were. Should be an interesting read, given how there are always some last minute waiver claims made on these guys by the end of spring training. The way it works is, when a guy is out of options, you have to "outright" him to the minors by
The doors are open at Seattle's brand new Hard Rock Cafe. Today's "soft-opening" doesn't come with the pomp and rock that the Grand Opening celebration will bring in the future, but for anyone who has been interested in seeing what the company has done with the place and which Seattle relics they've managed to lay their hands on, a full menu and service staff await ... We're told a rooftop terrace with couches and firepits offers good views and the building itself is Silver LEED certified.
The brand-new Hard Rock Cafe Seattle (116 Pike St) opened its doors downtown today and they’re looking for local musicians who embody Seattle’s live music scene.(Photo courtesy of Hard Rock Cafe Seattle)The Cafe’s second-floor venue has a 400-person capacity, video screens, and a state-of-the-art concert sound and lighting system. There are three opportunities for local talent - both established or emerging - to be seen and [ ... ] ...
This Friday’s monthly Art Up Art Walk will have a twist. Six local businesses will use 25 percent of their profits from that day for their energy retrofit projects, as part of the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce’s Agent Green program.Agent Green is an organized culture mob that works to bring Seattle residents into the neighborhood [ ... ] ...