The first Magnolia rental house we lived in had a full basement. Besides having the washing machine and dryer down there, I once even set up a darkroom in the basement and we used to process and print black and white film.
The boat veered starboard into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Four bourgeois, white guys dreamed up the scheme. They smuggled a ton of marijuana into Washington state and made enough to buy property and build houses.
Fighting cancer is difficult enough without being blindsided by the Washington state Legislature. And when an insurance company and pharmaceutical company pile on, too, it’s enough to make a person sick.
Last month, a day before a meeting between city officials and the federal Department of Justice (DOJ), Mayor Mike McGinn — with much fanfare — tried to preempt federal intervention by releasing a series of reforms ostensibly intended to fix all that is very wrong with the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
How much should we like dogs? How about foreign dogs, meaning those not from Magnolia? What if you have three of them? Or eight of them? What if they bark a lot, and ruin the grass?
Being an African American is like being on a perpetual rollercoaster where you are not sure about the brakes.
The increasing cost of higher education recalls the housing bubble before it burst. In the meantime, our higher-education factories crank out an updated variation of indentured servitude.
Queen Anne Community Center will close Friday, May 11, for maintenance upgrades related to the heating and electrical systems and will open with the regular operating hours on Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m.
“The Dictator”(the latest creation from the mind of British character actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and directed by Larry Charles) is one of those movies you probably shouldn’t enjoy or laugh at but then, there comes a point where you just can’t control yourself.
The Magnolia Farmers Market opens Saturday, June 9, at 10 a.m., with more than 20 farmers and local food artisans offering a varying selection of fresh-picked spring greens and early spring vegetables, cut flowers, hard ciders, baked goods, gourmet ice cream, sweet and savory crepes, chocolates and more.
There’s no lack of things to fret about these days, including the city’s insulting “20/20” plan to address the Justice Department’s harsh judgment on the Seattle Police Department’s use of excessive force; or, maybe, the prospects of another shipwrecked Mariners season.
Later this week, we’ll find out whether Dennis Kucinich, the former progressive presidential candidate and professional gadfly recently districted out of his long-term Congressional seat in Ohio, intends to follow through on his threats to run for a seat in Washington state instead.