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By Beth Berube Drones, workers, guards and queens. These words evoke images from a Dungeon and Dragons game. They are, in fact, names given to classify a being of the Apoidea family - having a hairy body, feeding on sweets; whoa…so far, Wikipedia is describing my...
by RaNae Vodder There are approximately 400 National Parks (inclusive of parks, monuments, forests, sites, etc) in the United States according to the website howmanyarethere. Did you know that one of those parks is in our own neighborhood!? I have to admit, that I did...
by Courtney Crockett [caption id="attachment_5726" align="alignright" width="224"] Images Courtesy of Art of the City Fest[/caption] The Tashiro Kaplan Building (TK Artist Lofts) is busy programming its second annual Art of the City Street Fest slated for Saturday 1 August. The event is an entire day of indoor...
By Beth Berube I visited the gift shop at the Klondike Museum once, to admire their collection of cute, little stuffed mammals and to buy a National Forest Recreation Day Pass to hike up at the pass. The gallery is, after all, part of our National...
by Courtney Crockett With the waterfront redevelopment and the tunnel project, all of the rude construction makes it easy to neglect our neighborhood offerings on Alaskan Way South. That is one reason to go to the OK Hotel Gallery on 4 June First Thursday Art Walk. Another...
by RaNae Vodder Last week I posted a survey link on Nextdoor asking Pioneer Square residents to share their favorite local eateries for breakfast, lunch, dinner and happy hour. As I review the responses of my "not exactly scientific or statistically significant" survey, I can't help but...
By Beth Berube “Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing.” A Macbeth witch seeking essentials for a potion might find at least some of these ingredients arranged methodically on armoire shelves inside this...
By Sarah Norton It's spring and there's music in the air -- your neighbors are singing this coming Monday, May 11th, at Café Paloma, just across from the Pergola. The program will begin at 7:00 pm with two young pianists, and then moves to a menu...
Velouria First Thursday Art Walk Event on 7 May from 6-9 pm by Courtney Crockett One of our lovely neighborhood retail stores, Velouria is having an event this First Thursday Art Walk as part of an ongoing curatory collaboration with Shawn Parks, Founder of QMNIQBL (pronounced communicable). The occasion features large-scale architectural mobiles by...
By Beth Berube My lifelong fascination with Pioneer Square began when I was around ten. Mom crammed my sisters and me into the back seat of our green Studebaker and we were off on an adventure, leaving sleepy Issaquah in the rear view mirror, bound...