A NIGHT OF POETS: The Blue Moon Tavern will be hosting Poetry Northwest's Fall Social and release party tonight, featuring Ed Skoog, Rebecca Hoogs and our fantastic friend Kate Lebo. Founded in 1959, Poetry Northwest is known for being one of the oldest American poetry journals--and not to mention for the fact that they publish many amazing local poets. The three will read from poems in the new journal and from poems by Theodore Roethke, who was known to be a regular at the Blue Moon back in the day. If you are a fan of poetry--and especially local poetry at that--do not miss this one. more ›

Stand at the corner of First and Pike, and you almost hear the thunder of Seattle's hotel wars, the howitzers of the future as they battle for attention in the trades, the travel mags, the lifestyle glossies. more ›

Of course there are both upsides and downsides to eating at Veil. But since there's no question there are more upsides than down, we’ll start with the downs: Veil is too loud. Every gorgeous surface is hard, and even on a half-empty Tuesday night, we had to lean our heads together to hear our conversation over everyone else's. But that's it. That’s the only real downside. So the question is whether we can live with the noise. It makes us sad, though, because the food and the service are fabulous, and we'd like to be able to just suggest Veil whenever the occasion arises, but if the party is too big (ie more than 4) we can't, and if the plan is for a Friday or Saturday night, we can’t. more ›

Food Lust: a catchy name for a zesty cause: closer connections between farmers and chefs. more ›