Josh Fiet at Publicola blogs: I got to South Lake Union about 9:30 on Sunday morning for breakfast and 1) We had to circle around to find parking and 2) There was a line out the door at the restaurant, Portage Bay Café. I guess I wasn’t the only one who wanted to be in/see/test […][...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
September 27th, 2011 - 7:29 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Paul Allen a No Show at $1.2 billion dollar SLU party, but Josh is still impressed
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
The AVE Challenge: Who is going to win the Nobel Sunday Night?
About 9 AM Stockholm time Monday, the Karolinska is going to wake up one to three biologists and announce they have won the Nobel Prize. Thompson Reuters has their list based on citation, I call this hokey. Here is Thompsons’s list with my thumb added in an appropriate direction where[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 8:27 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW: The Early Entrance Program Begets a Great Pianist
from PANDORA: Pianist Aaron Parks is a forward-thinking jazz musician who came to the public’s attention during his time with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Born in Seattle, WA, Parks began playing piano at a young age and by the time he was 14 had enrolled in an early entrance degree program at[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 3:25 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW: 29 yo UW Professor wins 2011 MacArthur Award
Shwetak Patel: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering Professor Patel is among the latest 22 recipients of the no-strings-attached MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.” Shwetak Patel is a computer scientist who has invented a series of sensor technol[...]
September 16th, 2011 - 8:49 am § in The Ave Scene
The Seattle Waterfront Project
Last month the New York Times (August 21, 2011, By JOHN HARWOOD) summarized the views of business economists about how to stimulate the stalled economy: “While waiting for education investments to pay off, however, Mr. Gross says the government should finance immediate job creation to shore up[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 8:45 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Henry Gallery Exhibits Mt. Rainier Made of Seattle Junque
Image 2: David Herbert. Holy Mountain. 2011. Digital collage. Courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, New York. Seattle native David Herbert utilizes everyday materials, including Styrofoam, PVC pipes, and Scotch Tape, to create eccentric sculptural installations of iconic subjects. During a[...]
September 14th, 2011 - 7:32 am § in Uncategorized
The AVE Challenge: What local firm has $200 million to build a ghost town in New Mexico?
What company located in Cle Elum is is planning to spend $200,000,000 o to build a 4.5 ,X 4.5 mile model metropolis in the desert of New Mexico? the ghost town will be big enough to house 350,000 people! The replica city would be capable of supporting a population of 350,000, but would be the [...]
September 14th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in America, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Trouble, serious trouble, at Fort Lewis
At an Army base near Seattle, soldiers are committing suicide, murdering their families—and in one case, waterboarding their own kids. Winston Ross reports from a base on the brink. excerpts from The Daily Beast. Jonathan Gilbert had no idea what he was getting into—that he’d wind up in Iraq, [...]
September 12th, 2011 - 8:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Will Amazon Applesauce Be The BIG Winner?
What future for books in the digital age? As iPads make an appearance in classrooms in France, the question is being asked – are we getting closer to an era of only having electronic and digitised books? In Correze, France the… If this story IS the future, the company that will benefit is Amazon[...]
September 2nd, 2011 - 11:14 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
The AVE: a vision for Seattle’s new waterfront.
Any successful effort to create a marvelous waterfront park for Seattle should include turning Elliot Avenue into a grand entrance into the city. Once you cross the Ballard Bridge, there are fields, a very underused shopping center, warehouses, and amazing access to three great attraction … [...]