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The case of the doomed diner
Seattle's Landmarks Board greenlights the demolition of Ballard's Googie landmark. The decision leaves a lot of wreckage in its wake.
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The newcomer name game
The Chinese have a saying: "One move is like two house fires." It's very disorienting to be in a new place, even if you moved within the U.S. and can therefore depend on the cultural differences between your previous burg and Seattle to be, relatively speaking, minimal. I've lived in the Northwest f
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From Starbucks to 'Slutbucks'
Is the Starbucks mermaid the new Paris Hilton? As mentioned on Crosscut, the quality of Starbucks' new everyday Pike Place blend [/blog/starbucks/14303/] is the subject of discussion, but so too is the company's "new" iconic, retro logo. In use for at least a few more weeks as part of Starbucks' eff
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Memo to our sinking ferries: Think bold!
Over the weekend, The Seattle Times published a good overview [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004422060_ferry18m.html] of what ails our ferry system. Tim Eyman, by cutting the motor-vehicle tax, launched the first harpoon. Out of money, the ferry captains deferred maintenance and j
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Rich Jerk Watch
I was scanning the pages of the May issue of Seattle Business Monthly [http://seattlebusinessmag.com/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=3A61B545F48D40C69C5E95B42EA2710D], a sister publication of Seattle [http://www.seattlemag.com/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=42BFF54AF0444B8F92E1C3E1A324650E] magazin