It began as the Orrapin Noodle Experience. Last year it switched to Orrapin, and this July 1 it officially became O Lounge, commonly referred to as O.As the name got shorter, the scene has gotten spicier.O Lounge, atop the Hill across from Barbacoa on Queen Anne Avenue, is the Ave.'s official new hot spot. It features live music from week to week, and with the name change came an expanded menu and a happy hour that stretches from 4 to 7 p.m. menu and a happy hour that stretches from 4 to 7 p.m."Before the name change, people got confused about what we were doing, especially since there were two Orrapin restaurants on the block," said Josh Westfall, bar manager and music booker for O. "Now, the O kind of jumps out at you."
ince most of you have no desire to visit my house, and since I have no desire to invite some of YOU FOLKS, specifically those of you who capitalize all the IMPORTANT words when you write to disagree with ME about our PINHEAD president, or our FAT mayor, I'll tell you about the way I decorate my kitchen cabinets. I cover the space above my sink with strange and wondrous news items gleaned from dailies, weeklies and monthly magazines. These items tend to focus on the outrageousness of our species, because we humans are, make no mistake about it, the kings and queens of strange. As Nelson Algren said once, when discussing viciousness with an interviewer who for some reason wanted to talk about the big cats, "Forget about tigers, sonny. Tigers ain't even in it with human beings."
here was a beautiful moment on television last week. It happened on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," on the Comedy Central cable channel, and it was a reaction to another recent TV moment. Several days earlier, on the CNN public affairs program "Inside Politics," veteran right-tilting columnist Robert Novak had broken off from the badinage typical of such shows, snarled "I hate this bull----," removed his neck mic and stalked off the set. Maybe he'd had his fill of his fellow guest, Democratic-activist adversary James Carville. Or maybe knew where the discussion was about to turn: toward his own increasingly embattled situation as simultane-ously shadowy and glaringly public participant in "Plamegate," the ongoing scandal born of the outing of a CIA agent by friends and operatives of the Bush administration.
By Frank Shiers
In the Big Stress Test of Life, you're asked questions about whether or not your spouse has died, if you've moved, changed jobs or changed your eating habits. Adding up all these things gives you a num-ber that tells you how much stress you're under and how likely it is that you will start foaming at the mouth or eating your neighbors petunias and worshipping The Great God Tupperware. Something huge has been left off this test. The consequences of this particular stressor is evident to every mother in the nation who has experienced a child going back to school.
never understood why someone would join the military. Personally, I have an aversion to guns and cannot imagine being allowed to paint my nails in on-ly neutral shades. However, for millions of men and women, the armed forces give them the chance to be all they can be. And now some angry parents and students want to remove this option from consideration for Seattle high-school students.
Since the beginning of time women have been dying to be thin. Around one in 100 female adolescents has anorexia, a disorder characterized by a dangerously low body weight achieved by extreme dieting. Half of these young women will also develop bulimia, a disorder where one vomits to lose weight. Young women in their teens and 20s (and in 10 per-cent of the cases, young men) are most affected by anorexia.
Shovels and pitchforks littered the ground as gardeners gather around for a Saturday of "full-contact landscaping" on Aug. 13. Woodland Park Zoo horticulturist David Selk enthusiastically explained the projects the participants were undertaking in the zoo's butterfly garden, then set the teams to work. "OK, everybody, time to get dirty!" he said. This was the first Backyard Habitat Workshop that the zoo has offered. Its goal: to help participants provide food, shelter, water and nesting sites, all components of habitat, for wildlife in their own gardens.
While most people create plaques and statues as memorials for loved ones who have passed away, something more playful was befitting Seattle Police Officer Jackson Lone."We just recognized a playfield being more of a representation of who Jack was - someone who loved life. We really want to make it a lasting memorial," said childhood friend Mike Fletcher. "We saw an opportunity to bring this field alive and keep Jack's name on it."
Did you ever stop and think about all the ways we avoid talking to each other and yet never shut up?Oh, we all seem pretty good at stating our opinion. But things are often not what they seem. For more than 20 years, a good friend of mine has counseled folks considering divorce. She can't go into specifics with me, but in general, she said, one of the biggest problems couples in trouble have is saying what they really mean. Or saying it so that the other person truly hears them.Even in our more mundane, daily lives, the problem of communication looms large.
In all official polls taken within the last 10 centuries, it's been noted that the males of our species continue to believe - against scientific evidence to the contrary - that they do not need to visit a licensed medical professional even if they have nearly severed a limb. If, by chance the limb is anywhere in the vicinity of where it has originally resided, the male will pooh-pooh efforts to pack it in ice and take him to the nearest hospital. "It's only a flesh wound!" The first known instance of this occurred when caveman Oog lost a digit due to the use of undue force from his club-wielding companions congratulating him on bringing down the mastodon for dinner.
Omar Napier works to keep up with the hungry crowd during a community barbecue at Northgate's Idris Mosque on Sunday, Aug. 14, while Margaret Sansted (in striped shirt) and Helen Pulisin wait for their burgers. About 200 people came for Boca Burgers, hamburgers, corn on the cob, watermelon and potato salad.
Upcoming concert to help raise funds for bereaved-parents support groupWhen parents lose a child, they may feel lost themselves. But in Seattle, they should no longer feel alone. Twice a month, mourning parents gather at local churches to remember their children and help each other grieve. The meetings are put on by The Compassionate Friends, an international nonprofit that provides peer-support groups for bereaved parents. The organization's Seattle City chapter was founded only last year. It meets on the second Thursday of each month near Denny Park, and the first Thursdays of the month at the Olympic View Community Church, 425 N.E. 95th St.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development, 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98104. Written comments on projects should be mailed to P.O. Box 34019, Seattle, WA 98124-4019, or sent via fax to 233-7901.Appeals are made to the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Municipal Tower, 40th Floor (SMT-40-00), 700 Fifth Ave., Suite 4000, Seattle, WA 98104. Appeals must be accompanied by a $50 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.The project number is in parentheses. For more information, call 684-8467.
In the Big Stress Test of Life, you're asked questions about whether your spouse has died, if you've moved, changed jobs or changed your eating habits. Adding up all these things gives you a number that tells you how much stress you're under and tells you how likely it is that you will start foaming at the mouth or eating your neighbors petunias and worshipping The Great God Tupperware.Something huge has been left off this test, though. The consequences of this particular stressor is evident to every mother in the nation who has experienced a child going back to school.It's The List. The List is all-comprehensive. The List must be obeyed.