Food, Crafts, Music This glorious weekend will mean a return of the Capital Hill Food Festival that debuted last year alongside Cal Anderson Park on 11th Aves hours will offer a nighttime experience with the festival running from 5 to 10 PM. Saturday will get going at 11 AM and run until 11 PM,[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
July 22nd, 2014 - 7:58 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
An email from my friend Jim McDermott, inviting me for a $25 drink!
Join Me on Primary Day From: Congressman Jim McDermott <[email protected]> Add To: stevesxxxxxx Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:01:05 -0400 Dear friend, I hope you will join me on August 5th from 5:30-7pm at the Brave Horse Tavern (310 Terry Ave N) for a Primary Election Day Happy H[...]
July 22nd, 2014 - 10:19 am § in Environment, The Ave Scene
SEATTLE: Hydroponic Gardening Event!
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July 21st, 2014 - 3:47 am § in The Ave Scene
The Microsoft Layoffs
In 1995 Bill Gates wrote, “The Internet is a tidal wave. It changes the rules.” That memo was all too correct. The consequences of Steve Balmer’s failure to rise to the challenge are now in the hopefully agile hands of CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella was expected to lay off five or six t[...]
June 26th, 2014 - 12:55 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
IKEA: Nationalizes (USA) effort at fair minimal wage!
Ikea is raising the minimum wage in all of its U.S. stores by basing the wage floor on the MIT Living Wage Calculator, The MIT tool estimates the salary needed in a particular geographic area. According to Ikea, the move will boost the average store minimum wage to $10.76, a 17 percent incre[...]
June 10th, 2014 - 10:38 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Funding the Schools: Liberal Hypocrisy
PUBLICOLA reports that the much demeaned democrat, Rep. Ross Hunter (D-48, Medina), is coming out at an Association of Washington Business forum for a levy swap, The swap would replace the local K-12 property tax levies with a state property tax increase. Last year, Hunter, who earned the[...]
June 8th, 2014 - 4:00 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
When Will The Seattle Get Great Southern Food?
Seattle has never had much southern food. The great Hills Brothers barbecue closed decades ago to be survived by the good but not great Willies and Jones’ brothers. Until it closed a few months ago, Les Bon Ton was pretty good at imitating a N’awlins road house. Of course there is [...]
June 6th, 2014 - 12:53 pm § in The Ave Scene
How Balmer’s Ego Screwed Microsoft
Balmer sees Clippers as ‘America’s team’ Steve Balmer is bizarre. He has just invested 20% of his 20 billion dollars in wealth. That money is likely a tax dodge. He is never going to make a profit but gets to have a toy to please his ego at the expense of a public who gets […][...]
June 3rd, 2014 - 3:07 pm § in The Ave Scene
Advice to Sawant
Yesterday Kshama Sawant’s $15 minimum wage proposal, passed the council amended and adapted for reality by the Mayor. Now the question is whether she can build something more meaningful? David Goldstein live blogged at Horsesass: Okay, the council meeting hasn’t even started yet, but its a f[...]
MS Cuts off “Bridge,” stranding its Finnish Employees
Nokia workers Lose Finnish Style Benefits, Being Laid Off Before the takeover by Microsoft, Nokia employees had the benefit of Nokia’s generous Bridge programme. Bridge helped some of Nokia’s laid off 40,000 workers to develop skills or launch their own startup. No such luck if you[...]