October 2012
Indecision 2012 for Kids
A local author translates election drama and rhetoric into entertaining children's literature.
As the political fur flies this month, insert a little levity into the conversation with Mount Baker author Ben Clanton’s book, Vote for Me!, in which a donkey and an elephant duke it out in a familiar blue and red rivalry. The rhetoric accelerates to a mudslinging climax of self-promotion (“How can you NOT vote…
Give Little Kids a Lift with Luv Chicken Cushions
This stylish kid's booster seat outsources phone books once and for all.
Too big for a highchair, too little to reach the table? In the old days, sitting on a phone book would do the trick, but now, we reach for a Luv Chicken booster cushion. Created by Renton mom and graphic designer Ann Hurley, these lightweight, 4-inch-tall square wonders are covered in vinyl-coated cotton and come…
Swoop Bags: The Ultimate Small Toy Wrangler
A local mom invents a tool to help keep those little toys in order.
Ever step on a Lego barefoot? Then you understand why View Ridge graphic designer and mom Sarah Kirk felt the need to create the ultimate brick wrangler, the Swoop bag. Inspired by a storage bag that her grandmother made 30 years ago for her brother’s Lego collection, Kirk makes her bags from durable cotton canvas…
Questions for Seattle Playwright Cheryl West
The award-winning playwright discusses Pullman Porter Blues, premiering at Seattle Rep.
BD: How did you come up with the idea/storyline for Pullman Porter Blues?CW: First, the history of the Pullman porters is a great American story, a story of this country’s first organized black labor union. This accomplishment was no small feat and one that cost many lives and even more jobs. Considered some of the…
Forage for Mushrooms at Lake Quinault
WHERE: Lake Quinault Lodge in Olympic National Park. WHY: For the 11th annual Quinault Rain Forest Mushroom Festival (10/19–10/21. $25–$30. Lake Quinault Lodge; 360.288.2900; olympicnationalparks.com) where fungi fanatics and beginner foragers can join in lectures and forest forays with mycology giants like UW’s Dr. Steven Trudell, or enjoy a ’shroom-centric menu and cooking demonstrations by…
Where to Shop for Locally Crafted Liquor
A few neighborhood stores that stock a good selection of local craft distillery fare.
If recent changes to our state’s liquor landscape have left you feeling a little…dispirited, we’re here to help. We’ve scouted out a few neighborhood options that stock a good selection of local craft distillery fare. The U District’s Wine World and Spirits carries the most brands—with nearly three-dozen local distilleries in stock—but you’ll also find…
See Flipping Fantastic Acrobaticalism in Nanda’s “The Jacket”
Acrobatics group Nanda juggles humor, martial arts and amazing athleticism.
Combine the zany comedy and mad juggling talent of the Flying Karamazov Brothers with the slo-mo martial arts moves of The Matrix, and the result is local acrobatics group Nanda. Its show, The Jacket, blends slapstick, pop culture satire, ninja moves (known as “kung faux”), circus arts and a dancing robot to achieve a thoroughly…
Roger Nyhus & Rod Hearne: Plus One
Local couples share their thoughts on the historic Referendum 74 vote, and on the nature of love.
When Roger Nyhus called Rod Hearne to ask him out on their first date, he was rebuffed. “I told him I was making a pie,” Hearne explains somewhat apologetically. Nyhus, not one to have his amorous instincts thwarted by pastry, persisted. Couldn’t the pie wait? “I was new to the dating game,” Hearne says. The…
David Robison & Donald Kane: Twin Tartans
Local couples share their thoughts on the historic Referendum 74 vote, and on the nature of love.
David Robison and Donald Kane met in 2002 on a dating website. Kane is a programmer at Amazon.com, and Robison is a partner in a software company that creates computer-based training materials for surgeons. He also sits on the board of Rainbow Families of Puget Sound, a social organization comprising about 400 families with LGBT…
Valerie Curtis-Newton & Kim Powell: Braver in the World
Local couples share their thoughts on the historic Referendum 74 vote, and on the nature of love.
Columbia City’s Valerie Curtis-Newton and Kim Powell had a good laugh when they showed up for their first date in 1997 dressed identically in what they call “Yankee comfort clothing”—loafers with no socks, khakis, an oversized white oxford shirt over a black tank top. They soon figured out that they had grown up a mere…
Kurt B. Reighley & Mark Mitchell: Still Evolving
Local couples share their thoughts on the historic Referendum 74 vote, and on the nature of love.
“We’re not suited to each other at all,” Mark Mitchell announces by way of introducing himself and his partner of 10 years, Kurt Reighley. “I am loud and vulgar, and Kurt is nice and sweet.” But this brashness has played out very well for him over the course of their relationship. The two met in…
Joseph Skillings & Michael Dickneite: A New Life
Local couples share their thoughts on the historic Referendum 74 vote, and on the nature of love.
The last thing Joseph Skillings remembers before his head hit the pavement was that he had stepped in to protect a woman who was being attacked by a man at a bus stop. It was January 2008, and Skillings was on his way home from planning a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for his…
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