Lauren Mang
Redfin Expands, Agrodolce Anniversary Celebration & More News
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A proposed 95 percent tax on electronic cigarettes and other vapor products has local shops that sell e-cigarettes in a tizzy. The tax hike is part of Governor Jay Inslee’s buget plan, which was announced yesterday. KING 5 reports the American Vaping Association (yes, that’s a thing) says that Inslee’s proposal would ” nearly [double]…
South Lake Union Towers Planned, New SPD Uniforms & More
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Theater renovations for everyone! Seattle’s Pacific Science Center just announced that it will close its Boeing IMAX Theater on January 4 in order to revamp it with new technology that GeekWire reports will be “the world’s most advanced digital projection system designed specifically for giant IMAX screens.” The Boeing IMAX will reopen in May. PSC…
What’s Wrong With This House: Stately Capitol Hill Home
This grand abode has been on the market for 1,286 days. Why?
Each month, we crawl through real estate listings on various websites searching for homes–in all sorts of price points and locations–that for some reason, just haven’t found the right person or family to call their own. Sad. But why haven’t these seemingly lovely dwellings sold? A few months ago we featured this one (which shockingly…
Restaurant Grading System Coming, Bertha & More News
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Of course there’s Bertha news: Digging is slated to continue on the access tunnel above the stalled Bertha boring machine. The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Seattle Tunnel Partners “will continue its plan to dig an access tunnel to the cutting face of the machine in preparation to raise the machine to the surface…
Gift-Wrapping at Sea-Tac, West Seattle Robbery & More
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Officials determined that the Orca whale found dead earlier this month died from a bacterial infection from her fetus. Sad. Helpful holiday note for anyone traveling through Sea-Tac: Volunteers for the nonprofit USO Northwest will again host a free gift-wrapping station inside the airport’s central terminal. Yay, we’ve stopped sinking! Last week, it was discovered…
Orca Death, Bertha Delayed Again & More News
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Earthquake news: Scientists are worried it’s a little too quiet out there where the Cascadia earthquake fault zone, which normally generates signs of grinding and slipping, lies. You know, typical earth-moving noises. Now, scientists are asking for more instruments that could better detect signs a giant 9.0 earthquake is headed our way. When will Bertha,…
Dropbox to Open a Seattle Engineering Office
The technology company will launch a local engineering office and it's hiring
The free cloud-based storage and file sharing service Dropbox, headquartered in San Francisco, has announced that it will open an engineering office here in Seattle in mid-2015. It’s the first West Coast office for the company outside of its South Beach (within South of Market) neighborhood digs. The Seattle space (location is still TBD) joins…
Fast-Food Workers to Strike, Lark Opens & More News
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USA Today listed the 52 coldest cities in America and thank goodness we’re not one of ’em. Here’s what’s happening around town today: New gun restrictions from the voter-approved I-594, including required background checks on all gun sales in Washington state, go into effect today. It seems no one is completely sure how much of…
New Parklet Opened in Downtown
Get out and enjoy Seattle's latest space, the Chromer Building Parklet along Second Avenue
Another parklet has officially opened in Seattle, this time downtown about a block away from Pike Place Market. Located at 1516 2nd Avenue (in front of the new Elysian Bar), the Chromer Building Parklet is one of more than 10 parklets–free public park-like spaces funded, designed, built and maintained by the applicant–that has popped up…
Prep Your Home for the Holidays
Porch.com's Maintenance Calendar lists chores essential to caring for your abode in December
Did you know that during the winter months you’re supposed to open your windows for five minutes per day to circulate fresh air throughout your home? Neither did I. This is why I’ve chosen to rely on a monthly home maintenance calendar, created courtesy of the home improvement experts at Eastlake-based Porch.com. For December, the…
Amazon Robots, Protests Continue & More Post-Holiday News
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For those of you who didn’t get all the shopping out of your system on Black Friday, today is Cyber Monday. And there are steals and deals to be had. But before your bank account dwindles even further, let’s read up on what’s going on around the city: There will be another Ferguson-related protest this…
9 Black Friday and Holiday Shopping Events
As your social calendar swells, take a little time out to relax, shop and shop some more
Trunk shows, holiday shopping parties, Black Friday specials, one benevolent book drive– there are beaucoup opportunities for you to spend your hard-earned cash over the next few days. (And who doesn’t love doing that?) Thus, I’ve curated a doable list of shopping events to make your life a bit easier. After all, Friday shall be…
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