By the time you read this, I will be gone. Yes, I'm afraid it's true --
this is the last posting from NWsource.com's Overnight Desk, and by the
time you read it, I will have gone. To a bar, most likely.
By Geoff Carter | December 12, 2008
The first annual 12 Bars of Christmas Pub Crawl, a boozy holiday flotilla borne upon an ocean of cheap well drinks and microbrews, shoves off from Tini Bigs this Saturday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m.
By Geoff Carter | December 9, 2008
Greenwood's Gainsbourg is a walk-in homage not to a man, but to a feeling. Bar owners Scott Kannberg, JJ Wandler and Hannah Levin have endeavored to create a place whose vibe approximates how Gainsbourg's music makes you feel -- an atmosphere of hunger, thirst, creativity, amorousness and craving.
By Geoff Carter | December 4, 2008
Here's what precious little I've been able to learn about The Pajama Men in advance of their upcoming show, "Versus vs. Versus," which opens at Annex Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 4. It ain't much, but it is mighty interesting.
By Geoff Carter | December 2, 2008
This week, One Reel is offering a $60, three-day pass to Bumbershoot 2009. That's a mere $20 a day -- very close to 1990s pricing.
By Geoff Carter | December 2, 2008
In meeting an often-voiced wish for a cocktail menu, Cafe Flora has made booze almost healthy. Beginning in December, Flora will serve up cocktails that are made with top-shelf liquor, infused with locally grown produce, and mixed into tonics that are almost too wonderful to pour down your gullet. Hey, nothing goes better with healthy vegetarian meals than healthy vegetarian booze.
By Geoff Carter | November 26, 2008
There's no reason to spend the entirety of this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend watching Rankin-Bass cartoons in a tryptophan stupor. There's nothing wrong with doing that, but if you'd like to get out of the house and listen to some great stuff, this post-turkey/Tofurkey weekend is a feast of tasty musical options.
By Geoff Carter | November 20, 2008
Pike Place Market provides us with fruit, vegetables, artisan cheese and local wine. Now, through the good graces of two of its best restaurant/lounges -- the Pink Door and the Can-Can -- the Market gives us something to do with our otherwise pointless Monday and Thursday nights.
By Geoff Carter | November 19, 2008
Though the two bands are based hundreds of miles apart as the semi rolls -- Drive By Truckers are from Athens, Georgia and The Hold Steady from Brooklyn by way of Minneapolis -- you wouldn't know it to listen to them. Musically,The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers could be parked two feet apart.
By Geoff Carter | November 14, 2008
"Edward Hopper's Women," a winning exhibition of the American realist's work, is a gift. Many of these paintings are visiting Seattle for the first time, and some haven't been seen by the public in years.
By Geoff Carter | November 12, 2008
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