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seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
It’s summertime, and you’re hosting visitors. They have questions. On June 12, on Tripadvisor, was this query from someone whose parents were planning a visit here: “Advice pls: Situation in Seattle right now? Is the riot bad?”What? Our Seattle?
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1 week ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
WHEN MUSICIANS WANT to connect with other musicians, other than by word-of-mouth or a random meeting, there are plenty of places within reach of a laptop. Four decades ago, Kurt Cobain had only one place locally to reach other musicians. He placed an ad in the classifieds of the May 1, 1988, issue of The Rocket, the influential Seattle music newspaper that lasted from 1979 to 2000. Those were the days when print still ruled. “DRUMMER WANTED: Hard, heavy, to hell with your looks and hair a must.
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1 month ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
This Memorial Day weekend brought permanent, shortened summer hours at Alki Beach, Golden Gardens and a host of other Seattle Parks and Recreation sites. Drag racing, shootings, assaults and general melee in warm weather over the years were the cause, according to the parks department.
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1 month ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
Are you or are you not a true Seattleite? If you are, long ago, you accepted this kind of weather news. Memorial Day forecast, according to the National Weather Service: “A 50 percent chance of rain between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.”Just put a lid on the barbecue. You’ll be fine. As for the rest of the week? “You could describe it as a rollercoaster,” said Dev McMillian, meteorologist with the weather service in Seattle. He meant the forecast for Wednesday, when compared to the previous and following days.
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1 month ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
It turned out that you — yes, you — forgot about buying hamburger makings for that Memorial Day barbecue. Luckily, the free enterprise system in this country will save you. Retailers open on Memorial Day, with the caveat that hours may vary by location:Walmart, Fred Meyer and most Kroger stores such as QFC, Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s. Costco is not open, so you’ll have to postpone lugging home that 65-inch TV. Here is what you’ll need to know about what’s open and closed.
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