Posted Sun, Apr 18, 8:15 a.m.

"No problem" is right out of New York, where I lived long enough to reflexively say I was "on line" for bagels, or the ticket window, instead of standing "in line". ("In the queue", gets pulled out when visiting the U.K. or parts of Asia formerly under British rule, and ...

Posted Sat, May 16, 6:07 a.m.

fredf says: "Go in it any time of the day and it's almost empty. Why does it need to be bigger?" I don't know what horse fred is riding in this controversy but that statement is simply false, as anyone looking for a little computer time or sometimes even a ...

Posted Sat, Apr 25, 10:42 a.m.

Without effective hard bargaining by architect Minoru Yamasaki in the early stages of the Century City site design, no one today would be agonizing over the fate of the Century Plaza hotel. Welton Beckett’s master plan placed the hotel on the perimeter of the 176-acre development. In a meeting with ...

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 9:39 a.m.

Vashon Island probably won't see much of Dow during the campaign. He already has enormous support here thanks to his effective, non-showboating approach to the problems of his constituents. Now he needs to sell that record and approach to new parts of King County. Dow's smart, has a pragmatic approach ...

Posted Tue, Feb 24, 9:55 a.m.

"It's time to quit beating yourself up and enjoy the house." Sage advice from your wife. Wasn't that the takeaway lesson you gave us in The Year of the Boat? The message wasn't lost on me, having struggled all my life with the issue of when to stop working on ...

Posted Tue, Feb 17, 3:52 p.m.

Sue -- If this is about "defining" Canada, where's The Black Fly Song? And where's the Celtic music of Cape Breton. Yes, the Rankin Family's on the list but their song, the lovely Rise Again, isn't traditional. Something by Buddy MacMaster would be a welcome addition. Maybe Farewell to the ...

Posted Tue, Dec 16, 12:40 p.m.

Mikerol -- I don't know if insult therapy will bring peace to the Bush and Lakeside campuses but I'm happy to have discovered this strange man Handke. Thanks for sharing, you, you, you....postmodernist Merovingian dark-ager.

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 9:22 p.m.

Lakeside is a terrific school. Beyond its noted academic excellence, Lakeside is committed to a diverse student body and provides scholarship aid to a significant portion of each class. It’s a robust commitment of long standing. Diversity is practiced, not merely promoted. It’s one of the hallmarks of the institution. ...

Posted Tue, Oct 21, 11:45 a.m.

Think how many action movies include car chases under viaducts, or elevated subway tracks. Gene Hackman's insane drive under the elevated BMT line in Brooklyn continues to thrill after many watchings. (Amazing fact: Director William Friedkin filmed the chase without permission from the city.) The Fugitive has another great taxi ...

Posted Fri, Jan 4, 9:06 a.m.

The virtues of jaywalking: Well said, Dan. Any beat cop in New York who issued a jaywalking ticket would be laughed out of the precinct. It's one thing to wait for a green light on Aurora Ave. at rush hour -- undoubtedly prudent behavior -- and quite another to stand ...

Posted Sun, Dec 23, 2:51 p.m.

Accepting the Vashon-Seattle foot ferry took time.: My fellow Vashon Islander Peter Murray asked me to post his reaction to Dan Chasen's story. Here it is: "I remember some of those community council meetings where there was a lot of heavy breathing about creating a commuter bedroom community on Vashon ...

Posted Thu, Nov 8, 12:34 a.m.

Edward Hopper set a precedent: Perhaps it's the obligation of every trademark holder to show that they're vigorously defending their brand identification, even if it's obvious fair use. I'm no lawyer. But if I were the Magnolia gas station owner, I'd remind the Chevron lawyers that Edward Hopper used Mobil's ...

Posted Wed, Oct 31, 9:39 a.m.

Name the passengers: This is Seattle. Bjorns are welcome aboard, too.

Posted Mon, Oct 15, 11:13 a.m.

Sound & Light: A few years back, architect-artist Iole Allesandrini commandeered a demolished building site smack in downtown Tacoma for a memorable installation of pooled water and colored lights set against a crumbling brick wall. Unlike Seattle, Tacoma's central core isn't exactly razing buildings and erecting new ones at a ...