Plastic bag fees are so rive gauche. First, Seattle instated a 20-cent fee on disposable plastic bags [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008078617_grocerybags29m.html]. Then Portland decided to consider a similar idea [http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1216
Four years after Paul Allen won the X Prize with SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic has unveiled WhiteKnightTwo, bringing space tourism closer to reality. But in terms of achievement and fundamental technologies, we're merely watching a glitzy remake of the 1960s with private funding.
Theater Schmeater's Adventures in Mating takes audience participation to the extreme, as they decide how it all turns out.
Has the last Seattleite with local pride turned out the lights? A recent trip to Safeco Field makes me wonder.
Current theory says that a city's walkability promotes health and will impact the fight against obesity. The claim is that America's weight problem can be helped by making cities more pedestrian-friendly [http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/what/communities/topic_built_environ_walkability.html]. It should
