August 2021
How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany
Here’s big news for literature buffs: Gravity’s Rainbow, the masterpiece by Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and influential writer, turns out to be a savage act of vengeance against our town, inspired by our 1962 Century 21 Exhibition. “Seattle World’s Fair scenes have been exaggerated, parodied, remixed,” writes University of British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs in…
Ferries on Lake Washington? It’s Not the Worst Idea
It happened before, it could happen again
Lake Washington is a magnificent community asset, but it’s a barrier where traffic is concerned. Michael Christ has a solution. He’d like to reintroduce passenger ferries, which graced the region’s waterways from the 1850s to the 1930s. Christ, the CEO of Seco Development, who is betting heavily on Renton’s mixed-use waterfront development, Southport, pictures slow-moving,…
Some Seattle Companies May Benefit From City’s Legacy Business Program
A proposed city program could save Seattle’s legacy businesses—but should it?
West Seattle’s Jack Miller will only close the doors of his iconic 85-year-old Husky Deli if he decides to call it quits—which he has no plans to do. He’s among the lucky small-business owners who also owns the building
Kombucha, Youbetcha: Seattle’s Fermented Tea Scene Is Fizzing
Fermented tea—better known as kombucha—isn’t on the fringe anymore. In Seattle, various styles
Seattle’s craft beverage scene has some funky new players in kombucha. Some local producers are making their fermented tea beverage available in growlers
Lucinda Williams Played Bowie, Achieved Catharsis, Last Night at the Neptune
Bowie might be dead, but Williams left a ticket at will call in his name, and it didn’t go unclaimed
When you’re 64 years old and have won a mantle’s worth of trophies for your trouble, I reckon you can do whatever you damn well please. For instance, you could purchase an old International Harvester from the wealthy owner of the local bait and tackle store and drive it two hours east to a snotty…