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ASININE Yo-ho-ho and a BUI: Seafair boasts 71 people arrested for boating under the influence—an increase from last year’s 62 drunken sailors but down from 2008’s impressive 84. Bad dog! Local pop singer Lisa Dank falls in love with found pooch, refuses to return to rightful owner. Take it to go! Marie Callendar’s in Northgate…

The beloved, long lived Marco’s Supperclub, where I first tasted fried sage leaves (remember when those babies were all the rage?), has now been reborn as The Innkeeper. The chef Chris Linker gets credit for the name, which is inspired by his favorite book, Don Quixote: “If, sir cabellero, you’re looking for somewhere to stay the night,…

Got questions about the massive deep-bore tunnel project? Do you like your tranpo info delivered in the form of cool animation, touch-screen simulations, and adorable soundbites with children? WSDOT’s ambitious new “project info center” opened today in Pioneer Square with all that and more, clearly the labor of love of a handful of dedicated WSDOT…

Be sure to put this one on your must-do list of kid-friendly holiday events. Beloved by natives and newbies alike, the Christmas Ship Festival is a tried and true Northwest family tradition dating back to 1949. Running through December 23, the ship parade route covers over 45 different waterfront communities around Lake Washington and Puget…

MUST WATCHDouble Dance Jeopardy: Zoe|Juniper and Mark Morris Dance Group We couldn’t choose! We want you to see both of the new works being presented this weekend at separate presentations. First, there’s A Crack in Everything, a physical exploration of Greek tragedy, by local choreographer Zoe Scofield (Seattle mag Spotlight Award Winner). Then the influential…

Lord knows we like to talk about our food here—and the well-educated and literate city we are, we sure can talk about it well. I think the gentle folks at KCTS might find themselves with their hands awfully full starting, oh—today. That’s when they begin accepting applications to appear on the PBS series Check, Please!,…

An excellent contribution today to the city-wide ponder over the future of Seattle’s waterfront: Knute Berger’s “Mossback” blog today on Crosscut. Our editor at large—who is also a regular Crosscut contributor and the writer-in-residence at the tippy top of the Space Needle—is hoping our city will resist the urge to tidy things up too much…

For thirty years, Brian Skerry has explored the planet’s oceans, publishing his findings frequently in National Geographic. He’s captured some of the most fascinating creatures under water, including whales the size of metro buses, Leatherback sea turtles and Tiger sharks. But his work has also led him to witness devastating problems like overfishing and marine…

Visiting the Space Needle was not on the top of my “must list” when I moved to Seattle six years ago. To be honest, it seemed like one of the city’s miscalculated impulses—like getting a lower back tattoo or a car phone. Maybe that’s because my vision of future worlds is more fired up by…

Our offices are right next to Phase 1 of the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition, so we’ve had a front row seat to all the machines pick-pick-picking away at the doomed highway. In a surge of nostalgia for the concrete disaster-waiting-to-happen, I wrote a little song about the Viaduct. My husband Daniel Spils, a music producer,…

In our November issue, we named restaurateurs and nightlife empresarios (Po Dog, Grim’s, The Social) Laura Olson and Chris Pardo to our list of Most Influential Seattleites. And they seem determined to prove us right on that call: Not only are they opening Manhattan Drugs on Capitol Hill’s already restaurantific 12th Avenue in the next…

Ballard mom and publishing consultant Kerry Colburn has a knack for dispensing the kind of useful, no-nonsense advice that every parent wants and needs. Her newest book, Mama’s Big Book of Little Lifesavers: 398 Ways to Save Your Time, Money, and Sanity (Chronicle Books, $14.95), published this past April, is an easy stocking stuffer for…

MUST SHRED…MAYBE?Ski Season Kicks Off at Mt. BakerGood news, snow bunnies. Mt. Baker opened last week! Healthy snow fall and freezing temps are predicted in the next few days, which means regular holiday operations from Mt. Baker’s White Salmon Base Ski Area. Of course, we can’t guarantee what the weather will be (we’re smart, not…

Remember that the turkey can sit, cooked, under foil on the counter for 45 minutes and be perfectly fine (actually better!) than if you’re rushing it to the table and cutting into it right away. Meat that is allowed to rest is juicier, so err on the side of having the turkey done early: just tent…

In case you haven’t heard, pies are the new cupcakes. And with all the sweet shops dotting our landscape, most of them with tasty enough pies, picking the best one comes down to a couple of things for me: experience and proximity. Check and check, ever since Chris Porter (below) opened A La Mode Pies…

Ebb+Flow Vodka$32 A big, full-bodied vodka whose 100-percent malted barley construction doesn’t keep it from leaving a little sweetness and vanilla on the tongue. Sound Spirits, Interbay, 1630 15th Ave. W; drinksoundspirits.com Headlong White Dog Whiskey$34.95 An unaged whiskey, this dog cuddles up close with its bright combination of butter cream, grain and smooth spiciness.Woodinville…