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"Making" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member ChrisB in SEA

Seattle Opera must have been on a high note on Friday, when they were awarded a $500,000 grant to debut the new American opera Amelia in May 2010.
We welcome the handmade chocolates (hellooo, raspberry-wasabi dark chocolate truffle!), traditional German treats, and delicious ganache-filled confections from Madison Valley's Suess Chocolates & Pastries, the newest chocolate shop on the block. If one truffle isn't enough for you, there are truffle-making classes too.
The Seattle Art Museum did a good deed. They voluntarily handed over a small 1-meter-long sacred carved piece of stone used in central Australian Aboriginal ceremonies to the National Museum of Australia. SAM acquired the secret ceremonial piece--an object intended never to be seen by women, children, or uninitiated men--in 1971.
There's nothing better than ordering "market research" err.. a summertime brew on a beautiful Seattle day. Over at Seattle Beer News they want to know what's your favorite Washington IPA on tap? Tough job, huh?
Justice has been served for at least 16 people and foundations in Washington State hurt by the wide-reaching Bernard Madoff investment scandal. Today, the 71-year-old Ponzi schemer was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

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