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WA Ranks 42nd for Love of Green Bean Casserole & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
According to a study conducted by DelMonte, Washington state ranks 42nd in the U.S. for our love of green bean casserole. DelMonte surveyed 3,000 Americans and asked them to divulge whether or not they would serve this time-honored classic at their Thanksgiving feast this year. Ranking just ahead of West Virginia, the survey showed that 21 percent of Washingtonians will enjoy this dish for the holiday. Louisiana stacked up as the green bean champion this year with 60 percent, while the casserole will only grace the tables of 17 percent of Hawaiian residents.
Seattle City Council swore in Lorena Gonzalez, its first Latina council member, on Tuesday. According to KING 5, this marks the first female majority council since 1998. Gonzalez explained that the new female majority is “going to be a huge step forward in making sure we pass things like paid parental leave and pay data transparency and other family-friendly, women-friendly policies.” Other priorities for Gonzalez moving forward, include improving policing strategies and social inequities.
A study of GPS data confirms that Seattle’s I-5 bottleneck between Madison Street and Lakeview Boulevard is the 17th worst in the nation. We’ve all been there. Staring at the miles of red brake lights ahead of us as we agonizingly inch slowly to our destination. According The Seattle Times, a study conducted by the American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) found that people waste 1.6 million hours each year on this stretch of highway, costing approximately $45 million. But don’t despair Seattleites. The study found nine bottlenecks that ranked worse than Seattle in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
COOKING WITH ASTER PANTRY A few leaves turn, my inbox fills with fall festival pitches and cozy brunch menus, and suddenly I want to stay home with a glass of wine and cook. I love this nesting season, though I’m not ready to give up summer produce. Earlier this year, I wrote about Seattle chefs…
WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show
In its second year, the free festival brings 200-plus artists to a 20-block route September 19, with a secret garden and a former 7-Eleven stocked with art.
Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for this year’s WALKDONTRUN. The free, all-ages art walk stretches across more than 20 blocks. From 11…
At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community
For nearly 20 years, the Seattle artist and her husband have welcomed artists, writers, and musicians to a historic Montana schoolhouse. Now they’re searching for its next stewards.
At her solo exhibition last year at The Vestibule, Seattle artist Ruth Marie Tomlinson presented a new series of work inspired by her close readings of British nature writer J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine and Icelandic author Sjón’s The Blue Fox. As if on sheets torn from a sketchbook, her pages included excerpts and outtakes of…
Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
HOOKED ON KNOCKS Admittedly, I am late to this one. The Seahawks’ first season of Hard Knocks, the HBO series that follows NFL teams through training camp, premiered in August, but until last week, I had never heard of it. To be honest, my football knowledge starts with knowing what a touchdown is and doesn’t…