Results tagged “fourseasons”

As Seattlest reported last month, Kress IGA was expected to open in June, and that day has arrived. Downtown Seattle now has a supermarket!

Chefs William Belickis of Mistral, Scott Carsberg of Lampreia, Kerry Sear of Cascadia

Jersey Boys, more than anything, feels like the Tony Award-winning "Behind the Music" musical. This one happens to be about The Four Seasons. When four blue-collar kids dodge prison to form a white doo wop band, meet up with producer Bob Crewe, and sell 175 million records worldwide before they're 30, the announcer in your head automatically intones: "But things were about to go terribly, terribly wrong." It's undeniably satisfying.

"On October 1, when tickets went on sale for the Seattle premiere of Jersey Boys," the press release solemnly informs us, "all 5th Avenue Theatre box office records were broken."

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.

Seattlest expects another round of the ever-fascinating debate on Seattle identity: Greater Seattle vs. Lesser Seattle, mossback vs. booster, REI vs. Macy's, McQ vs. Singles. Lusty Lady vs. Four Seasons (oh wait -- they struck a balance). Pick your thesis and antithesis.

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend...