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• Attention Gertrude Stein Fans: Alice B. Toklas's Ghost Will Be at the Sorrento Tomorrow

  24-03-2015 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  That's Alice B. Toklas on the left, and Gertrude Stein on the right. Getty Images
  In this essay about Gertrude Stein two years ago, Rebecca Brown wrote, "I follow along when people talk and do my job and do not wander into traffic or get lost. But even when I'm paying attention to what's going on outside of me, part of me is somewhere else."
  What part of Brown's mind is occupied with fantasies and daydreams about Gertrude Stein and Stein's longtime steady, Alice B. Toklas? Unkn
  
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• Not Your Hotwife

  24-03-2015 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Hotwifing came up in yesterday's SLLOTD...
  After my own affair I became a prostitute—with his befuddled blessing—but all of that is over. Now he wants me to be a hotwife. I want to be his sub. He has issues with being a Dom and I have issues fucking strangers.
  ...but at least one reader has issues with the term:
  I've been with my husband 16 years, married for eight, open the whole time (starting as an idealistic long distance college kid relationship,
  
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• Dave Montoure Drops Out of West Seattle Council Race

  24-03-2015 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Dave Montoure: The first candidate to drop out of the crowded race for a West Seattle council seat. Courtesy of Dave Montoure
  And now there are 10. Dave Montoure, who owns West 5 and last month joined the race for a city council seat representing West Seattle, dropped out today saying he's a "better advocate as a private citizen than as a politician."
  Montoure is the guy who donated $1,000 to a group fighting Seattle's minimum wage increase and then didn't want to talk about it
  
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• Newcomers arriving in record numbers, but from where?

  24-03-2015 22:48
  
  According to Department of Licensing numbers, 2014 saw the biggest migration to the area ever.
  
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• Former SPD assistant chiefs get new assignments

  24-03-2015 22:31
  After a recent shake-up in the Seattle Police Department’s top command, four recently demoted assistant chiefs have been reassigned to new jobs.
  
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• More spinach recalled for listeria fears, including Wash.

  24-03-2015 22:30
  Twin City Foods of Stanwood has recalled more frozen spinach that may be contaminated with listeria after the Snohomish County firm received the product from a California supplier.
  
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• Police arrest suspect in attack, robbery at Rainier Beach doughnut shop

  24-03-2015 21:38
  
  Police, U.S. Marshals surround I-District building in fugitive search
  
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• Statewide Environmental Group Denounces Port Commissioner Bill Bryant's Comments on the Shell Deal

  24-03-2015 20:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Bill Bryant speaking at a tunnel project groundbreaking ceremony in 2012, after the Washington Conservation Voters endorsed his 2011 campaign. Washington State Department of Transportation
  Washington Conservation Voters endorsed port commissioner Bill Bryant for his 2011 election campaign. But after hearing Bryant's comments on the environmental protests against the port's decision to host Shell's Arctic drilling fleet, made to a roomful of Republicans last Thursday, the presid
  
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• Pike Place Market: Seattle OKs $34M for more stalls, parking

  24-03-2015 20:31
  
  The Seattle City Council will provide $34 million for a $73 million Pike Place Market expansion project, it was decided Monday.
  
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• Alison Stevenson Won't Suck Your Dick

  24-03-2015 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Alison Stevenson writes at Vice:
  I don't suck dick. That's the deal, plain and simple. I know this statement is sure to enrage heaps of men, and even women, who consider blowjobs a mandatory part of anyone's sexual repertoire. I totally get that. Here's the thing, though: I fucking hate it. I've never enjoyed cramming a penis in my mouth. Now, before you go and report me to the MRA, I want to clarify that this does not at all mean I hate penises. I don't think they are ugly, or
  
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• Stolen Japanese sword brought back by WWII Marine returned to family

  24-03-2015 19:59
  
  Stolen Japanese sword brought back by WWII Marine returned to family
  
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• Chastity Belt Get Serious on Time to Go Home, Their Brilliant, Slow Second Album

  24-03-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  I mean, not that serious, but still… it’s a great album. ANGEL CEBALLOS
  Second records are tricky. Depending on the band, and the level of success generated by their debut, the fabled "sophomore effort" can call for a wide variety of approaches, from inspired evolution to full-blown identity crisis. This week's two most notable new releases reveal two very different approaches to the eternal dilemma.
  When Chastity Belt released their debut, No Regerts, last year, th
  
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• Man in fatal shooting outside Tacoma casino claims self-defense

  24-03-2015 19:29
  
  Man in fatal shooting outside Tacoma casino claims self-defense
  
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• Tacoma home converted to duplex burns in fire

  24-03-2015 19:08
  
  Tacoma home converted to duplex burns in fire
  
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• Major weekend road closures on SR 99, I-90

  24-03-2015 18:08
  
  Major weekend road closures on SR 99, I-90
  
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• Seattle Chefs, Restaurants, and Writers Named Finalists for James Beard Awards

  24-03-2015 18:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Willows Inn chef Blaine Wetzel is a finalist for Best Chef Northwest. The Stranger
  This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for its 2015 awards. Of the five finalists (well, technically seven, as two of the nominees are pairs of chefs) for Best Chef: Northwest, four are from Washington state, and three of those are from Seattle, including Renee Erickson of the Whale Wins, Blaine Wetzel of Willows Inn on Lummi Island, and Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi of J
  
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• Ted Cruz Only Listens to Country Music Because 9/11

  24-03-2015 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  As if spending a Saturday night with Ted Cruz wasn't an awful enough prospect—you're going to spend that night listening to country music with Ted Cruz. Because 9/11. To paraphrase Quentin Crisp: "A lifetime of listening to country music is a high price to pay for a terrorist attack." (Via JoeMyGod.)
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• 2 accused of rustling bronze cowboy statue from Seattle store nabbed at border

  24-03-2015 16:45
  
  2 accused of rustling bronze cowboy statue from Seattle store nabbed at border
  
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• The Morning News: The Seattle Times Editorial Board Reacts to Shell, Fremont Restaurant Owner Reacts to Black Brunch

  24-03-2015 16:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Highly inappropriate. (This is an image of the Kulluk, Shell's problem-plagued Arctic drilling rig that ran aground in 2012, grounded on a butt.) LOGINOVA ELENA/SHUTTERSTOCK; US COAST GUARD
  The Seattle Times Editorial Board Thinks Hosting an Arctic Drilling Fleet in Seattle is "Appropriate": And they use exactly the same argument port commissioner Bill Bryant does to justify "appropriate." 
  The Seattle Times Also Brings Up the Arctic Drilling Regulations Recently Proposed by O
  
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• The Morning News: The Seattle Times Editorial Board Backs Shell, Fremont Restaurant Owner Reacts to Black Brunch

  24-03-2015 16:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Highly inappropriate. (This is an image of the Kulluk, Shell's problem-plagued Arctic drilling rig that ran aground in 2012, grounded on a butt.) LOGINOVA ELENA/SHUTTERSTOCK; US COAST GUARD
  The Seattle Times Editorial Board Thinks Hosting an Arctic Drilling Fleet in Seattle Is "Appropriate": And they use exactly the same argument port commissioner Bill Bryant does to justify "appropriate." 
  The Seattle Times Also Brings Up the Arctic Drilling Regulations Recently Proposed by t
  
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• Seattle Has the Fastest Growing Rich in the US

  24-03-2015 16:04 via thestranger.com
  
  A view of Seattle's one percent. Charles Mudede
  A post by the Brookings Institution makes the important and easily overlooked point that one of the leading social problems of our day, the problem of inequality, and a problem which was launched into the mainstream by, of all things, the spectacular success of a very thick book by a young French economist, Thomas Piketty, is most acute in big cities.
  We like to imagine our cities as centers of progressive politic
  
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• Western Congress members seek full quake-warning funding

  24-03-2015 15:11
  Three dozen members of Congress from California, Oregon and Washington are urging full funding of a West Coast earthquake early-warning system.
  
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• Snow on pass may give brief hope to skiers

  24-03-2015 14:51
  
  Snow on pass may give brief hope to skiers
  
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• Snow in mountains may give brief hope to skiers

  24-03-2015 14:51
  
  Snow on pass may give brief hope to skiers
  
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• Pike Place Market expansion: more vendors, more parking

  24-03-2015 14:51
  The Seattle City Council will provide $34 million for a $73 million Pike Place Market expansion project, it was decided Monday.
  
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• Bill to raise smoking age to 21 has support of state attorney general

  24-03-2015 14:22
  
  Bill to raise smoking age to 21 has support of state attorney general
  
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• The Fate of Light Rail in Seattle Hinges on a Hearing This Week in Olympia

  24-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Imagine all the people... actually able to get around and get their shit done. Sound Transit
  Imagine a light rail network connecting Ballard, West Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma to the heart of Seattle. Imagine hopping a train to any of those places, instead of trying to plan around hours of traffic-choked roadways. (The average Puget Sound resident spends about 33 hours stuck in traffic every year.)
  Imagine a faster, less congested, more connected city.
  You're in luck. See thos
  
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• Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot began descent 'intentionally,' prosecutor says

  24-03-2015 11:55
  
  A French prosecutor said the co-pilot, alone at the controls, was conscious until impact and began the descent "intentionally."
  
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• ‘Transformation’ ahead, says Seattle lawyer chosen for ACLU national leadership

  24-03-2015 08:01
  
  Jeffery Robinson, one of Seattle’s most prominent criminal-defense lawyers, is giving up a cherished 34-year career to take on national role for the American Civil Liberties Union.
  
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• State Auditor Kelley ‘puzzled’ by probe, avoids questions

  24-03-2015 08:01
  
  State Auditor Troy Kelley returned to the office Monday and issued a statement saying all his actions have been lawful. It was his first public statement since it was revealed that his home had been searched by federal agents and a subpoena issued to his office.
  
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• Mortgage mess drags on over destroyed Oso homes

  24-03-2015 07:31
  
  Many survivors are still in mortgage debt a year after the deadly Oso landslide turned the Steelhead Haven neighborhood into a burial ground.
  
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• Madeleine Albright talks about her pins of power, on display at BAM

  24-03-2015 07:16
  
  The former secretary of state stops by the Bellevue Arts Museum for a visit to an exhibition of her storied jewelry.
  
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• Amanda Knox tried by social media as well as courts

  24-03-2015 07:01
  
  The raging online sparring over the Amanda Knox case has no bearing on the real court case, but it does have a role in shaping public opinion. And public opinion could have some bearing, if there’s a new guilty verdict and Italy seeks to extradite Knox.
  
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• Port Townsend celebrates Victorian era

  24-03-2015 06:16
  
  Celebrate the history and maritime traditions of Port Townsend at the Victorian Festival.
  
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• Seattle council OKs $34M for Pike Place Market expansion

  24-03-2015 02:27
  The Seattle City Council voted to provide $34 million to a Pike Place Market expansion project.
  
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• This Salt-N-Peppa/Stooges Mashup Has Got Me Fucking Grinning

  24-03-2015 01:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Well, paint me with peanut butter and stab my chest with a broken drum stick! This mid-oughties 2 Many DJ's mashup of Salt-N-Pepa's pop classic "Push It" and the Stooges anti-pop classic "No Fun" has got me fucking grinning! Had I heard a mix like this in 1987, my opinion of Salt-N-Pepa—while always high—would have been to the moon.
  
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• I-405 carpoolers can get free transponders for new toll lanes

  24-03-2015 01:28
  The state has offered to make future Interstate 405 tolls a bit less painful by waiving the $15 cost of a transponder that carpoolers must stick on their windshields.
  
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• Bartender Crush: Adam at Rabbit Hole

  24-03-2015 01:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Brooklyn Benjestorf
  Name: Adam
  Where: Rabbit Hole
  Buy Him A Shot Of: "Tequila—hands down," Adam says.
  Ask Him to Make You A: Manhattan. "I make a pretty kickass variation on a Manhattan with cardamom bitters, a Scotch rinse, Carpano Antica, and a toasted orange peel. It's my favorite thing to do."
  What He's Doing When He's Not at the Bar: "Going to a different bar. Or I like catching up on my Netflix queue. I just finished up what they have of Walking Dead and started B
  
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• Prosecutor: “Today is the day Joe McEnroe gets held accountable”

  24-03-2015 00:46
  
  Prosecutor: “Today is the day Joe McEnroe gets held accountable”
  
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• Let the State Know How You Feel About Toxic Chemicals in the Water (By Midnight Tonight!)

  24-03-2015 00:35 via thestranger.com
  
  A leader of the Seattle Human Rights Commission wants you to tell the state how you feel about water pollution regulations, ASAP. Levi Hastings
  Back in July, I wrote:
  Washington State has two choices: a 10-times-higher rate of cancer among its population, particularly those who eat a lot of fish, or a bedraggled economy. That is, assuming you believe big business in the long-running and little-noticed debate over our "fish consumption rate," a debate that Governor Jay Inslee i
  
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• Vera Project Appoints Tim Lennon as New Executive Director

  24-03-2015 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Tim Lennon hopes to expand on Vera Project's arts and music legacy.
  The Vera Project has appointed Tim Lennon as executive director. He will start in that role in April. "I am honored and excited to be on board," Lennon said in an email interview. "Vera has been at the foundation of so much that is right and good with the Town's arts and music scenes for as long as I've called Seattle home, and I'm really looking forward to helping continue and expand that legacy. Vera is a mem
  
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• Spinach from Stanwood recalled for listeria risk

  24-03-2015 00:16
  Frozen organic spinach sold in six Eastern states and said to have come from a Stanwood company has been recalled as possibly contaminated with listeria bacteria.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Irreconcilable Differences

  24-03-2015 00:10 via thestranger.com
  
  So my hubby and I have been together 20 years. The messages have been mixed. He's attracted to women much older than myself and much closer in age to him—we have a 20 year age difference—and he's also attracted to men. He had a terrible time trying to come to grips with his own sexuality and his inability to reconcile who he was with who he "was supposed to be" got mixed up into shame, guilt, infidelity, and addiction. Fine. Wherever. His sexuality did nothing but t
  
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