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The nominees for the 2011 James Beard Awards have been, um, nominated, and here they be (or, if that's not working due to "a higher than normal volume of traffic," you can look over here).

The nominees were announced in Portland, and Portland has a nominee for the Rising Star Chef of the Year Award (Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon) while Seattle fails to appear, and Portland has three nominees to Seattle's two in the Best Chef Northwest category (with its sister city Portland, Maine, also appearing for

If you missed its “Fashion Roulette” fashion show on the 10th, the Art Institute of Seattle is presenting yet another fashion event, it’s Graduate Portfolio Show.

Thursday, March 24th, celebrate your completion of yet another quarter at Seattle U with those who’ve just completed their education at the Art Institute of Seattle. From 1:00-3:00pm in the Benaroya Hall on 3rd Avenue, discover what students of Photography, Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing, Graphic Design, Web Design and Interactive Media, Game Art and Design, and various other areas of study have created for the world of tomorrow. (more)

The Spokane Spokesman-Review’s Spin Control blog reports today on the debate over state Rep. Jamie Pedersen’s (D-43) proposal (which we’ve written about here and here) to allow people in Washington State to pay women to bear children for them. The bill would also change a provision in current law that presumes that a birth mother has parental rights to her birth child so that lesbian and gay couples no longer have to go through the lengthy adoption process to gain parental rights.

On one side of

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to dig into the data around transit-oriented-development. I first looked at the demand for housing near transit how that affected homes prices. After that I took a look at whether supply for housing near transit was keeping up with demand – the answer is ‘no’, by the way - and whether the excess demand could be used to create new transit lines.

This time I’m looking at what might happen if not enough housing is built

In the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to dig into the data around transit-oriented-development. I first looked at the demand for housing near transit how that affected homes prices. After that I took a look at whether supply for housing near transit was keeping up with demand – the answer is ‘no’, by the way - and whether the excess demand could be used to create new transit lines.

This time I’m looking at what might happen if not enough housing is built

There's a lot of things that I love about this photo, but the publishing dork in me swoons for that classic mid-century Futura sans serif font used on the card. It's gorgeous and brings up so many memories. It reminds me of being a college student and devouring used copies of post-war literature I picked up at Powell's in Portland or Smith Family in Eugene. So text like that always reminds me of the back cover copy on all the old Grove Press novels and plays I read, with Roy Kuhlman's famous covers<

Portlandia is a hip show about hipsters in Portland (and subsequently the rest of the big hip cities, San Fran, Seattle, Brooklyn, etc.). It’s played on the IFC channel, the hippest hipster channel on television. They recently showed this sketch about hipsters sharing their knowledge to one another: (more)

On my way home from work the other day I caught this Marketplace program about the increased demand for housing near transit. As may seem obvious to the audience of this blog, but there’s a massive sea-change afoot in consumer demand for housing near transit, but this is likely news to the typical Marketplace listener.

I got to thinking about the numbers. Exactly, how much does transit availability specifically effect real estate prices?

On my way home from work the other day I caught this Marketplace program about the increased demand for housing near transit. As may seem obvious to the audience of this blog, but there’s a massive sea-change afoot in consumer demand for housing near transit, but this is likely news to the typical Marketplace listener.

I got to thinking about the numbers. Exactly, how much does transit availability specifically effect real estate prices?

Remember last May, when everyone got all mad about these photos?

Dear the Stranger,

Why do you assume that Seattle wants to look at someone stabbing the face off of a pig?

I am fully aware that pigs (with their attending faces) are where meat comes from. This is why I choose not to eat other animals. It isn't easy a lot of the time, and I'm not one of those sanctimonious assholes who pretends that enlightenment (or whatevs) comes naturally to me. I miss bacon,

Whatever you think of the system itself, it is obvious Portland has had huge success building light rail. In 25 years, they’ve manage to build 84 stations and lay 52 miles of track with a relatively small tax base. What may be a fairly under appreciated fact is that Portland residents have paid a small fraction of the cost of their light rail system. All told, Portland has spent just under $600 million on the six completed projects

Whatever you think of the system itself, it is obvious Portland has had huge success building light rail. In 25 years, they’ve manage to build 84 stations and lay 52 miles of track with a relatively small tax base. What may be a fairly under appreciated fact is that Portland residents have paid a small fraction of the cost of their light rail system. All told, Portland has spent just under $600 million on the six completed projects

AmyO/tinyrage's The Lowdown at the Moore Theatre (Friday, Feb. 11; tickets $24). Choreographer Amy O'Neal takes it to the next level with The Lowdow: An Unexpected Night of Seattle Dance

Stone Dance Collective, this weekend at ChopShop.