If he isn't ready to play, Kelly Jennings will start' [...]
University of Washington’s cross country teams head down to Terre Haute, Indiana this weekend for the NCAA National Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship races, which take place on Monday morning. Should be interesting, it’s no big deal--the women are only [...]
Here at Field Gulls we’ve had discussions on just about every aspect of football, including having discussions about when we can or should have discussions about Fantasy. Well, this IS the place. You can, if you must, add fantasy talk in additional game threads, but be warned, someone may be [...]
Tonight Girls Rock! Seattle will host a "50 Shows in 50 States" fundraiser at The High Dive, featuring performances by Goodness, The Redwood Plan, Eighteen Individual Eyes, and Alicia Dara. The fundraiser is part of a nationwide effort to raise money and awareness [...]
But gaining' [...]
Meet Gene Tagaban, storyteller, musician, motivational speaker, life trainer, and the emcee for a wonderful event tonight presented by The Burke Museum called Tribute to the Spirit: Little Big Band. The event, which features representatives from seven different First Nations on one [...]
Rivers Cuomo is either really into infomercials or is a huge fan of Sky-Mall (and who isn’t?!). One product in particular has apparently piqued his interest. He and the rest of the Weezer gang have become the #1 advocate for Snuggies. They like the snugglie blankie so much so, Cuomo [...]
Thanks to all who stopped by our booth and helped make the NAR convention so successful for us; we appreciated getting to speak to so many agents who are using the site regularly to help grow their business. Below are a few words from agents and brokers we spoke with [...]
"Fingers" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member aaronbrethorst
BALLARD JAZZ WALK: Over the past six years, the Ballard Jazz Festival has moved from a community event into a nationally recognized festival before deciding that being a neighborhood party with international cred [...]
SIFF Cinema concludes their New Italian Cinema series with a quartet of films. Friday night see Pa-ra-da, the based-on-a-real story tale of a French street clown who heads to Bucharest to provide some comic relief to local orphanages and ends up teaching his trade to street kids, and FortĂ pasc, [...]
If you’ve been worried about H1N1 flu - a bit of good news from King County Public Health - the number of cases is on the decline. KCPH just sent a news release with the newest info - read on:
Following the relentless increase in H1N1 influenza (swine flu) illness [...]
Since there’s been some talk about comment moderation, along with proper spelling, this seems like a good opportunity to write this note. As you know, some employees of the Mariner organization have names that can be mildly difficult to spell (Zduriencik, Rizzs, etc.), but we expect that if you care [...]
The West Seattle Weekend Lineup is in the works, but first, from the WSB Events calendar (where you’ll find a long list of things happening today and beyond), three sales starting/happening today/tonight: First, day 1 of the 2-day anniversary sale at West Seattle’s independent book store Square 1 [...]
The weapon of choice of Stanwood rampagers. Whew! What a week for weird crimes. So far we've had self-styled ninjas wounding themselves, crossbow-wielding attackers, an underage drunk driver turning herself in and a miraculously harmless 8-story fall. (Okay, that' [...]
In looking at our blog posts from October, the top 5 most-viewed celebrity home blog posts on Zillow ranged from a multi-millionaire’s mansion to Whitney Houston’s circular pad.
1. “Ira Rennert’s mansion is largest home in U.S.”
See Ira Rennert’s home (photo below)
See more Sagaponack, NY [...]
When two girls, aged 11 and 10, on bicycles were struck and killed by a van driver in October 1987, the people of Davie resolved to make the small south Florida city safer for bicyclists.
By the end of the year the town council budgeted $150,000 for its first bike [...]
One more note from the Alki Community Council, following last night’s meeting (here’s our wrapup of other items): In time for holiday shopping … there’s another chance to buy bricks or a plaque at Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza, to support its maintenance fund. The announcement [...]
Google's sharing more details of its planned Chrome operating system - and the early code as well, through the Chromium open source project it announced this morning.
The company said its OS will be ready for consumers a year from now and invited developers to help finish the project.
Google's' [...]
Also note that London Cyclists care not for this “lyrca or not” debate and fashion stance. They wear what works. They’ll also laugh you out of pub if you mention shoe warmers …
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The Seattle Sounders weren’t able to convert an otherwise extremely successful season into a championship, but fans of soccer still get a chance to get in one more game as this weekend Qwest Field plays host to the MLS Cup. To celebrate this [...]
Man, is this game gonna be fun, or what? Favre. Peterson. Harvin. Rice. Shiancoe. Hutchinson. Allen. Williams. Williams. Man, are we fucked or what? The Seahawks are gonna need some fancy moves to stay in this one. Like this guy:
I'm actually going to go with
Airtight Games debut title, "Dark Void," doesn't go on sale until January but it just hit one out of the park.
Publisher Capcom just announced that movie star Brad Pitt's production company bought Dark Void's film rights and are developing it "as a sci-fi action franchise and potential starring vehicle for'" [...]
Microsoft held its annual shareholder meeting this morning at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue to a sunnier outlook overall, except for shareholder questions about the popularity of Macs and iPhones.
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer looked backward and forward in his address:
"There's no doubt that fiscal year 2009 was one of the most" [...]
I got this email from one of my readers and just had to share it with all of you:
When I was about 13 or 14, I decided I wanted to run a web hosting company out of my bedroom (I had a successful BBS back in those days and wanted [...]
That’s one alternative for 4435 35th SW (map) - the proposed 100+-unit residential/12,000-sf commercial project on the Redline-and-south site - shown for the first time at Thursday night’s Southwest Design Review Board meeting, but not in the online packet. It’s the one that won the most attention [...]
The Admiral Theater invites you to help choose a free movie for the holidays. Dinah from The Admiral sends the pitch:
We would love to host a free holiday movie for our neighbors and want your suggestions! Last year we showed, the perennial favorite, A Christmas Story. Please suggest something [...]
GAME INFO:
WHEN/WHERE: 8 p.m. today at Edmundson Pavilion.
TV/RADIO: FSN/950 AM
SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS
COACH: George Nessman (37-86 SJSU record) is in his fifth year with the Spartans.
RECORD: 1-0
LAST SEASON: 13-17 overall, 6-10 in WAC (tied 6th)
PREDICTION: Picked eighth in the WAC [...]
Photo credit: AP PHOTO - Ted S. Warren
Admit it, you've overlooked the little guy.
In our online poll earlier this week, 3,104 people responded and only 5 percent (155) picked Isaiah Thomas when asked which player surprised you the most this weekend?
While everyone's been captivated by the' [...]
We have a flashy opponent this week.
So far this year we've been a little less flashy.
Brett Favre = attention slut. But a really good one.
Hopefully AP doesn't do this to us. But he will.
Housh seems to realize that he may have made a mistake. But [...]
From tonight’s Alki Community Council meeting: Officer elections, with 3 returnees and one new: Jule Sugarman, Randie Stone and Paul Carr are returning as president, vice president and secretary, respectively; since Larry Carpenter chose to step down from the treasurer position, Terry Zerngast was elected to take over. ACC [...]
In a November 6th interview, Sky News Australia’s David Speers spent about 35 minutes with the CEO of NewsCorp, Rupert [...]
West Seattle Chamber of Commerce members and guests were at Westwood Village tonight as WSCC president/CEO Patti Mullen and WWV manager Stuart Crandall cut the ribbon for Santa’s new digs in the original Wyatt’s Jewelers [WSB sponsor] storefront across the breezeway from 24 Hour Fitness during the chamber’s [...]
From the LA Times.
Article headline: Dodgers won't be pursuing John Lackey
Article content:
[LA's team president] said that would rule out Lackey "unless there is an effective way to make that kind of deal."
In other words, the Dodgers won't try to sign John Lackey unless it makes sense for them, and [...]
Betsy reports a burglary on 26th SW in North Delridge - and says she came face-to-face with one of the burglars when she arrived at her neighboring home around 1 pm — “a slender, dark-skinned African American man between the ages of 17-24 walking out of my neighbor’s house carrying [...]
Aside from on-field accomplishments, one of the shining successes of the Sounders FC organization was its connection to fans and the community at large. Today, as part of festivities leading up to Sunday's MLS Cup at Qwest Field, a few Sounders are chipping in [...]
No Age was asked to perform with one of their heroes, Bob Mould of Husker Du, at this years ATP at Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, NY. Pitchfork TV just put up a fantastic 3 part series that encompasses their entire journey from the drive up, to meeting Jim Jarmusch [...]
The Seattle City Council just announced who’ll be in charge of which committee once its two new members, Sally Bagshaw and Mike O’Brien, are sworn in after the holidays. One change of particular note to West Seattleites - WS-residing Councilmember Tom Rasmussen is moving from the Parks Committee chair [...]
We’ve been covering this story since night before last on partner site White Center Now, when several people sent tips about the crash and resulting traffic trouble - but now investigators are casting a wider net in trying to solve the hit and run (16th/106th) that [...]
Just out of the WSB inbox, this update from West Seattle Food Bank executive director Fran Yeatts:
The West Seattle Food Bank will be changing hours during the week of Thanksgiving.
We will be distributing our holiday food on Monday, 11/23 for seniors from 9:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. and for the [...]
Help me out here. I can't decide how best to handle this part of the offseason.
Poll What do you want to read about? I want to read about as many Mariner rumors as possible! Rumors! I only want to read about' [...]This post was sponsored by LANsurveyor. We’ve worked with the folks at SolarWinds many times in the past. They have excellent products to help you keep your network running in tip-top shape (as their own community will attest).
LANsurveyor is used by network engineers worldwide to map [...]
Thank you to everyone who has shared news so far of holiday events around West Seattle - we’ve put it all together in Version 1.0 of the WSB West Seattle Holidays page. Events start with the Canape Chef Services (WSB sponsor) cooking class tonight, continue through [...]
Seahawks injury reportLIMITED IN PRACTICE: Chris Spencer (thumb).
FULL PRACTICE: CB Marcus Trufant (concussion).
Vikings injury report
Bob Condotta just posted a blog about the annual graduation rates for student-athletes and it seems as if Washington performed well.
UW student-athletes enrolling from the 1999-2000 academic year to 2002-03 graduated at a rate of 84 percent, which is second in the Pac-10 behind Stanford.
This report takes a look [...]
"The Temptation of Edward Cullen" Seems like cashing in on the Twilight craze with a "vampire inspired" drink is a popular thing to do this week. A microtrend? Sorrento has something called the "Bella Edward," which uses a balsamic vinegar reduction to [...]
Twilight New Moon fans! Are you looking to expand your Twibrary? For a shy $3.3 million you can own the on-screen family home of Twilight vampire Edward Cullen in Vancouver, BC.
For millions of fans with OCD (Obsessive Cullen Disorder — the term used [...]
First came Fauntleroy - next, Admiral and Alki are on deck for the West Seattle Trails Wayfinding and Kiosks project, which includes a $100,000 city grant. The first meeting to plan Admiral kiosks (similar to the one shown in a Feet First website photo at left, the [...]
"Not Really Sure if I Believe This Guy" by Chip Py, from our Flickr pool
If Seattle is going to make national news, it might as well be for ninjas. A lone man was found by [...]
"HE'S'" [...]
Uhmemba the Cops? That frenzied, Clash-loving, back-alley punk band? They disbanded at the end of last year. I wept (internally). Not one to sit on his laurels, scrappy guitarist/vocalist Mike Jaworski—who also owns and operates local label Mt. Fuji Records—has created a new [...]
We’re pleased to announce that Boston.com, the website of the Boston Globe, is now part of the Zillow API program and is using it to power their recent home sales functionality on their real estate landing page.
Though our recent [...]
Verlyn Klinkenborg writes for the NYTimes that
there is a deeply pleasing randomness about the campus cyclists, as though one morning university officials had assigned a bicycle to every member of the Stanford community, come as you are, without considering for a moment matters of fit — [...]
In McLean, VA, on a cul-de-sac named Capulet Court, is a home owned by former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and it’s for sale for $1,075,000, reports Big Time Listings.
According to public records, Gonzales purchased the property in [...]
It’s really been a long time since I was a mountain biker. My first “real” bike (after a hand-me-down clunker I used to get into shape in college) was a GT Avalanche. I saved and saved for that bike and the night before I went to buy it my [...]
A hungry horde of local bloggers descended upon Central Cinema, bearing offerings of canned food and five dollar bills and baying for mulled wine, caramel apples, and camaraderie. On hand were bloggers and readers from CHS, CDNews, Seattle [...]
Seattle 2.0's monthly list of Web startups has one significant change this month - 17 new companies appeared in October, compiler Marcelo Calbucci reports.
The list gets an average of six new companies a month but startup activity has picked up in the last four months, he said.
New startups [...]
Haven't found a good day to post the Pac-10 picks. I thought Wednesday would work, but we got a little crowded yesterday with the Live Chat so I thought I'd start the morning with them.
The Pac-10 can begin to rebuild it's battered image this week if a few teams can [...]
Some Things Last A Long Time by Alex Crick, from the Seattlest Flickr pool.
NEW ITALY: Few countries do art and design (and wine) better than Italy. And Italian cinema has always been among the best, which is why SIFF [...]
I’m happy to announce that Cimmaron Software has become Zillow’s latest Quote API integration provider.
The Zillow Quote API automates quotes submitted by lenders on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace through an application programming interface (API). When a loan request [...]
The Microsoft Alumni Foundation awarded its first "Integral Fellows" awards to three nonprofits started by company alumni.
Each receives a $25,000 grant "as well as access to the talents and skills of alumni to help support their ongoing efforts."
Winners include Patrick Awuah, founder of Ashesi University in Ghana; Trish [...]
The Rainer Valley Food Bank was burgled. You can go ahead and let your face fall into a rictus of unspeakable shock and anger now; this is a textbook "justifiable rage" moment.
Thieves broke the lock on the food bank's storage locker and took around [...]
In this version of “The Odyssey,” Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology, gets around not on winged sandals but rather on a Schwinn.
The Sirens could’ve sang from Cross bikes adorned in Lycra and covered with mud, but the Topeka West High School’s production kept them in togas. [...]
Squid have three hearts, while anchovies have orgies of sorts.
This was part of the message that actress, model, and author Isabella Rosselini brought to Benaroya Hall last night, where she spoke in support of Green Porno, her two-year-old short film series on the sex lives of insects for the Sundance [...]
"Snoqualmie Casino 40/365" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member dcroake
John Oliver is a funny Englishman. To his credit, he’s very upfront about it. A longtime stand-up and current correspondent for The Daily Show, Oliver has perfected a [...]
So you've been riding and repairing your own bike for years, and now you want to start your own bicycle repair business?
It can be tempting and fulfilling, especially if you find yourself unemployed or working for a real jerk.
But there are a few things you should' [...]
I will be livetweeting the Microsoft shareholders meeting at 8 a.m. today. They are meeting at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. You can follow me in the right corner of the Pri0 blog or at www.twitter.com/sharonpianchan.
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Mike and meet up at Sandy's Espresso in the town of Carnation. It's a wet and windy Monday and I've been thinking about excuses. Excuses are interesting things, they are the way we structure our arguments to make it seem as if we are rational' [...]
Less than three weeks after the Halloween night shooting that shook the city and took Officer Timothy Brenton’s life, his partner Officer Britt Sweeney is telling her story. That video clip is from Wednesday night’s Q13 FOX newscast; Sweeney talked with anchor David Rose during a taping of the [...]
The Seattle School Board has finally voted late tonight on the attendance maps that are a key component of the new Student Assignment Plan, and for West Seattle, it went along the path that local board rep Steve Sundquist had outlined at his meeting this morning (WSB coverage here) [...]
