Madrid AirportAs we left Portland for our first trip to Spain we had travelitis from the start to boarding the plane. Our flight was a huge bargain when I booked a Travelzoo Top Twenty Alert, $536rt from Seattle to Madrid ...
"GREENWOOD SPACE TRAVEL SUPPLY CO" by BH88KEYS from our Flickr pool ... Local non-profit 826 Seattle is celebrating its fifth birthday. What better way to commemorate the occasion than hosting its first annual Dance Your Cash Off dance marathon. Hundreds of supporters will shimmy, shake and electric slide into Nectar Lounge tonight at 7 p.m. Learn some new moves as the event kicks off with a group “Single Ladies” dance (black leotard optional) and salsa lesson. DJ Anjali with her Bollywood
Is there anyone in Seattle who has room in their brain for more films? Heck yeah, there is. Ours is a city that loves our movies, from the slick Hollywood productions to international grit at SIFF to lower budget independent films at STIFF, we just can’t seem to get enough. And thankfully, the community keeps cranking them out for our viewing pleasure ... For those who are interested in amateur filmmaking, (let’s not get all upset about the use of the word amateur, it’s not meant to be a
Stephin Merritt at Town Hall, March 2008 (courtesy of houseoftomorrow.com) If you’ve spent any time in the presence of Stephin Merritt, you’ve most likely learned that the man behind cult-favorite The Magnetic Fields is about as warm (and conversational) as a giant squid ... For fans of Merritt’s musical stylings and/or epic tales about giant squids, tonight’s your dream come true as the curmudgeonly mastermind will be performing the score to the 1916 silent classic 20,000 Leagues
The Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans (PSARA) will have a monthly discussion group at the Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th St., starting this Thursday.PSARA is a chapter of the national Alliance for Retired Americans, working toward progressive change in the areas of health care, social security, housing, transportation, immigration, and many more. To [ ... ] ...
STORM WINS: WNBA prez wants everyone to play outdoors, brushing off any problems Seattle would have due to rain. Storm CEO Karen Bryant attended and loved the venue, but was slow to say it would happen in the Emerald City any time soon. It has been discussed, but the Storm would have to wait until after July 4, when Seattle typically doesn't get rain, and then find a venue to hold the game. The area doesn't have many outdoor tennis courts and there isn't a soccer/tennis complex like the LA
Arizona State released it's 2010-11 men's basketball schedule and the Sun Devils start the season at New Mexico State and host Alabama-Birhimgham before traveling to the Great Alaska Shootout ... Washington hosts ASU on Jan. 22 and travel to Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. 17 ... It appears the Huskies will also host Arizona on Jan. 20 and visit the Wildcats on Feb. 19 ... Arizona State is the first Pac-10 school to release its schedule ... During a Seattle Times Live Chat last week, coach Lorenzo Romar
Well, this isn't exactly how this was supposed to go. The all-powerful UW softball team was supposed to go to Oklahoma City, tear up some other teams, and come back to Seattle with the national championship trophy for a second straight year because that shit is ours ... Not so fast ... Thursday, the Huskies lost to Georgia 6-3 in their first game of the Women's College World Series. Now, for the second time in a week, the number-one ranked team for the whole season finds itself on the verge of
"Georgetown Brewery - B&W" by rgeorgi from the Seattlest Flickr pool. Nearly eight years ago, the Brewery which has given us Manny's Pale Ale, Roger's Pilsner, Choppers Red, and Nine Pound Porter, was born. Reared in the former Malting House of the Ranier Brewery in the Georgetown neighborhood, Georgetown Brewing has become synonymous with consistency and familiarity. To those of us that live around the Puget Sound, Manny's will always be our Pale Ale ... But as their beers became popular,
The Pac-10 office released the dates for next season's Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Classic ... Washington hosts Texas Tech on Saturday, Dec. 4. The Huskies travel to Texas A&M on Saturday, Dec. 11 ... Washington also plays Seattle University and is working securing a deal with Nevada. The Huskies schedule should be released within a week or so ... Here's the rest of the games in the Big 12/Pac-10 series: ... Saturday, November 27 ... USC at Nebraska ... Thursday, December 2 ... Missouri at Oregon ...