May 15, 2008
Can't Miss It: Thursday
HOT! SHORTS! SUNBURN! SPRING!: Or should we say "SUMMER!"? It's going to be hot and sunny and clear today. You can do something with that, or you can sit under a tree and do nothing. Just put on some shorts and a tank top while you do whatever it is you do to revel under father sky. We wanna see some skin in Cal Anderson Park today. Also, skin will likely be visible at every other park in town.
Afternoon // Everywhere // Free
FREE ICED COFFEE: At press time, it is not so splendid outside. Overcast, a little misty, and chilly enough to call for a hoodie on our way to coffee. Later on, though, as we said, it's supposed to get beautiful, sunny, and HOT. So, get thee to a Dunkin' Donuts for Free Iced Coffee Day, and get your one free 16 oz. iced coffee per person today. Granted, you might have to drive to the 'burbs to get it. Or, you can put the money you'd spend on gas to the 'burbs toward an iced coffee at Vivace, and call it even.
10 a.m.-10 p.m. // Dunkin' Donuts // Free!
SWEDISH INDIE POP: Bouncy, ethereal El Perro del Mar and SXSW buzz-maker Lykke Li bring their preternaturally winsome and charming selves to the Triple Door tonight. Talk about dynamic range. Here's a Lykke Li lyric: "And for you I keep my legs apart / And forget about my tainted heart." Whereas El Perro's Sarah Assbring says of her new album: "Theme-wise, I was after a spiritual search for meaning and hope." We can't think of a better venue than the Triple Door—we've never seen anyone start dancing on the tables, but there's always a first.
7:30 p.m. // the Triple Door, 216 Union Street // Tickets: $17 dos
THIS ONE'S FOR THE LADIES: Girl Power Hour is a monthly networking event for women, and this month's get-together is a benefit for the American Heart Association. Don your cutest red dress, red heels, red lipstick, nailpolish, whatever you can manage to make red, and head out with the girls.
6:30-8:30 p.m. // See Sound Lounge // Free: RSVP
Today, Together from the Seattlest Flickr Pool, courtesy Alt-Ctrl-Tom. Thanks!
|
Umm, I believe that Dunkin Donuts (aka Drunk & Stoned nuts) closed their last store in Washington state about 10 years ago. If you want that taste, Aurora Donuts at 135th & Aurora, which used to be DD, seems to have kept all the same recipes. I doubt they'll give you any free coffee, though.
today will be my first lunch of the year at cal anderson! yay sun and warmth!
Seattlest, you cruel tease! The happiest Sundays of my childhood were spent picking out chocolate donuts at the Dunkin by the Staten Island Ferry. I moved here from Massachusetts, where Dunkin' is ubiquitous. It never occurred to me that I should research the donut situation in Seattle before I moved here. After all, doesn't America Run On Dunkin' Donuts? I saw your post and hope welled up-- could a tasty chocolate glazed be in my future? Off to the Dunkin' site I went only to have my joy smacked down. "No locations found". Oh sad day...
There are two other ex-Dunkins in the south end. One is in Renton (Mrs. Johnson's), the other is on International Blvd. and serves gyros / donuts. You shall know them by their architecture, which is early 80s DD. Imagine the buildings painted pink, orange and brown and you'll know them right away.
In the meantime, I may just have to leave work early to deal with my grief...
have you tried top pot?
Family Donut on Northgate way just west of I-5 makes really good donuts. Just looks like an ordinary stripmall joint, but the donuts are better than just about anywhere in town.
I still prefer Krispy Kreme to any of that. They're different from Dunkin (which, as a 15 year old native Seattleite, I ever tasted until a Boston visit last summer.)
This girl is headed out to the hell that will be Eastern Washington this weekend. I burn easily, and I'm more than a little scared. It'll be mid 90s at the least (!).