Results tagged “run”

SDOT has just sent us a freaking packed list of weekend events that will result in traffic jams, parking space jams, and closed-street jams. Capitol Hill is basically closed to cars starting tonight, and that's not counting the Greenwood Car Show, Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, Children's Ride, or the Sounders game.

Seattlest is getting in her invisible jet and touching down at Seward Park at 10 a.m. tomorrow for the Wondergirl 5K, which benefits an awesome afterschool program for girls 8-11 called Girls On the Run.

Brother Ali is here to share The Undisputed Truth in person! From the Twin Cities, this man has a powerful story and a powerful vision for what hiphop can be. He's challenging, personal, and fresh. Witness:

Welsh five-piece Super Furry Animals are known for crafting catchy orchestral psychedelic pop-rock -- hence the terribly "trippy" cover art for their latest album Hey Venus. The band's been together since '94, and while most UK groups of that time period have split up or gone on permanent hiatus, SFA are still going strong. For that, you can credit the drugs. Seriously though, the Furries make songs with sunny melodies and melancholy, nearly doo-wop arrangements that come off effortlessly. Check out the above track "Run-Away," which begins with the simple yet heartbreaking (and difficult to discern, at least in the live version) declaration: "This song is based on a true story, which would be fine if it wasn't autobiographical." Ouch.

We haven't read a ton of military history, but we've read enough to know that the most grievous mistakes by battle commanders aren't those that lead to defeat, but those that are made in the wake of victory. The biggest mistakes are by commanders who, having driven their opposition into full retreat, fail to press the advantage, chase the retreaters down, and destroy them. To cite just one example, had Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard ordered...

In 1987, the British illustrator Martin Handford creates a cartoon character named Wally for a series of children's books. Renamed Waldo for the American edition, he becomes an icon of pop culture.

After enjoying last weekend's Washington Brewer's Oktoberfest, we are now preparing ourselves for this weekend's Fremont Oktoberfest.

Mariner big leaguers are feeling good with the team at 13 games over .500, but if they belonged to an M's farm team, they'd be expecting a pink slip.

The Porter family will think twice before they stroll the beach beneath Kenny G's Malibu bluff estate again, after a Power Bar chucked from there popped nine-year-old Brooke on her thinkin' box, opening a wound that took four stitches to close.

This is the kind of rescue we like at Seattlest. There's no ambiguity about it--the guy falls, he gets hurt, and a Coast Guard helicopter goes up to 7,000 feet to fetch him.

Last year we lamented a less-than-stellar meal at a forgettable Japanese restaurant, wishing we’d instead gone to ol’ reliable: Takohachi. Especially after an active day, we crave the salty goodness of the grilled mackerel dish known as saba shioyaki, or saba-shio for short.

Seriously, some of you are going to have to pick up the slack, because Seattlest only runs for frisbees and buses, and often not even for the latter. There will be another in ten minutes, right? We don't know much about the running world, except that people tend to develop favorite routes. Maybe you share them with friends or fellow runners, but it goes kinda like "OK, so after a couple blocks you'll see this big-ass tree--it's pink in April but by now probably just sort of green--and turn right there. Then go left after that VW bus that has been parked on the corner for the past two years..."

Saturday night, a cool fifty degrees downtown. Parked on Western. Climbed the stairs to the market. Crossed the street at 1st & Pike. Something special in the air -- we could feel it.

OK, perhaps there weren't a million people at Neumo's on Saturday night, but the turnout for the Buttrock Suites was downright impressive. Replete with live band, the Suites was a smörgåsbord of guilty-pleasure rock, sexy swagger, and manic modern dance madness that threw the first punch and kept swinging all night long. The energy was a bit low when we arrived towards the end of the readings, but it did not stay down once the band took the stage. There were mullet wigs and torn jeans and bandannas and pleather pants, and did we know that Rhett Miller had nice pipes? Yes, he does. However, the prolific singer was in fact Rick Miller, and apparently the mistake we just made happens far to often to good old Rick (thanks for dropping us a line, Rick, and for John Galt's comment). The important point is: Rick Miller had buttrock-worthy pipes that could easily handle a range from Steve Perry to Klaus Meine, and he had Seattlest wrapped around his pinky (current Rick info, including his bluegrass predilections, is on the Buttrock Suites MySpace page).

This is a gift for our would-be Portlandist readers. Upper Playground earlier this year teamed up with gallery Fifty24SF to compile a DVD introducing the world to a variety of urban contemporary artists. The Run Up profiles 27 of today's hottest artists, with heavy leanings on traditional street art (think graffiti), but incorporating other disciplines as well. We realize that we mention our love for Seattle's home for urban contemporary art BLVD on a pretty regular basis, and this DVD is a good primer to that particular segment of the art world. Hell, even the trailers are awesome.

-Soriano is out for the year after taking a line drive to the temple last week. He's still experiencing headaches.

Because Friday night had been a late one, it was nearly noon before Seattlest awoke on Saturday. Dazed we were and wondering, Had we really been rocked by pirates last night?

Much to the shock of the safety-first set, we run at night, without one of those hi-viz vests. Once, when we were running past the Comet Tavern, a frat boy emerged and accompanied us a couple of blocks, 'til he fell down, laughing.

DO NOT PARK IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE WATERWHEEL LOUNGE!! There, we warned you. If only someone had passed that same information along to us, our evening at the Waterwheel would have been more nearly perfect. The slope which leads from 15th Avenue to the parking lot nearly took out our transmission.

If you ever move to Spokane, meet the right people, say the right things, and end up becoming mayor of that town, it may be not be a good idea to spend your free time soliciting young men in gay chat rooms and offering them civic jobs. Stick to ribbon cuttings at the zoo and having people let you win the Bloomsday Run.

Second only to December 21st, when we can finally stop crying in our coffee every morning because the days will actually start getting longer, this is our favorite time of year. Yes, paradoxically it does mean that days are now getting shorter, and soon to become downright gloomy at times, but Seattlest is complex and human like that. Regardless, the combination of perfect crisp air, autumnal colors, and you'll-soon-be-wearing-boots-and-sweaters temps makes us a bit giddy. Here's a few ways to ease into fall this weekend:

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NAMBLA, is the oversight body for college sports. Run by college presidents, it tries to ensure the integrity of the student/athlete experience. Towards this end, it has instituted many stupid rules.

Earlier this week, Seattlest found ourselves taking part in an activity we hadn't done in a while: sorting through the wares of thrift stores on The Ave. Lately, we've been kinda feening for some end-of-summer sunglasses and shoes (always shoes), so we focused our efforts in those areas. Here's a quick review of our experiences at two local thrift faves---

Animal lovers, start your engines: the Furry 5K Run/Walk kicks off this Sunday at 10am in Seward Park. As an owner of two large healthy dogs plucked from rescue shelters, we have a soft spot for this perennial rite of spring. The sheer number of participants with varying types of dogs in tow is the highlight of this event benefiting local Seattle animal shelters.

Matthew Baldwin went out for a run recently on what appears to be a fantastic spring day and brought along a friend and a camera. Oh, and since he's Matthew Baldwin he also packed his sense of humor (as seen on your favorite web sites like www.defectiveyet.com and www.themorningnews.org). The result is the "A Run Around Lake Union" photo series.

The intensity of the "Basketball Apple Cup" never matches that of its gridiron counterpart, but Washington State's excruciating offensive style made Sunday's version unbearable.