December 31st, 2007
When we’re young it seems that time passes ever so slowly, but as adults it seems that we’ve barely turned around and another year has passed.
As we watch the dwindling hours of the year, here’s the list of my personal favorites from this past year. Some are making repeat appearances, and some are […]
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December 30th, 2007
Drinking and New Year’s Eve just see to go hand in hand, but that doesn’t mean you should get behind the wheel of a car!
There are several options – get a hotel room and walk to your events (that’s what I’m doing), select a reliable designated driver, book a limo for the evening, or […]
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December 30th, 2007
A final look at the Macy’s star before it leaves us for another year.
Photo credit: flickr
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December 29th, 2007
Fans of political humor and should recognize cartoonist David Horsey’s name. After all, he’s twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, first in 1999 with his focus on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the second time in 2003 with his focus on the Bush administration. His cartoons appear in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and are syndicated nationwide.
Horsey […]
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December 28th, 2007
I’m a beer snob! It’s not that I don’t like the taste of most beers — it’s just that I think most beers have no taste.
My palate was ripe for microbrews when they finally came along.
Now I’ve found an opportunity to both discover and create ultimate microbrew — my own “house brew” if […]
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December 27th, 2007
If you hung up your bike for the winter, get it out and enjoy some winter biking at the I-5 Colonnade Mountain Bike Park.
Opened earlier in the fall, the former stomping grounds for drug use, homeless camps, and a veritable repository of trash, the under the freeway location has been turned into the first-ever […]
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December 26th, 2007
If you’re looking for a respite from the holiday crazies, wander through A Forest for the Trees is in its final week at the Henry Art Gallery.
The exhibit of photographs, from the gallery’s permanent collection, focuses on one single subject matter — trees — and our city’s relationship with them. It was amazing how […]
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December 25th, 2007
Merry Christmas from The Seattle Traveler! May the holidays bring you peace, joy and love.
Photo credit: morgueFile
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December 24th, 2007
Do you know where you’ll be one week from today — on New Year’s Eve?
Hopefully you’ve got your plans and reservations all taken care of, but it you’re still left wondering about what to do and where to go, here are some suggestions. Each day you wait to make plans your options decrease and your […]
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December 23rd, 2007
Details: The downtown Seattle streets are made festive with white twinkle lights on the trees and lamp posts. I found myself humming a few Christmas carols and I was walking around looking at all the decorations. Maybe it will get you in the holiday spirit as well.
Photo credit: personal collection
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