Celebrate 5 de Mayo with Seattle's Black Tie Bingo

Saturday, May 5, 2007
W Seattle
1112 4th Ave, Downtown Seattle
Cocktails at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner & Entertainment at 7:30 p.m.

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Going into its third year, Lifelong’s Black Tie Bingo has quickly become one of Seattle’s hottest fundraising affairs.

Black Tie BingoPlay bingo in style at downtown’s W Seattle and win travel packages to great W Hotel destinations around the country. With celebrity callers, unexpected surprises and, of course, Gay Bingo star GLAMAZONIA, it’s an evening you surely won’t want to miss!

Host Committee Table - $2000 (seats ten)
Includes priority seating, a fabulous dinner, a special gift for all table guests, six bingo games, an essential bingo kit, pre- and post-publicity, recognition from the podium, invitation to VIP after-party and gift bags chock full of luxurious Seattle goodies!

First Class Tickets - $200 each
Includes priority seating, a fabulous dinner, six bingo games, an essential bingo kit, invitation to VIP after-party and gift bags chock full of luxurious Seattle goodies!

Coach Class Tickets - $175 each
Includes a fabulous dinner, six bingo games, an essential bingo kit and gift bags chock full of luxurious Seattle goodies!

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Bingo ball raffles for exciting prize packages!
Each of our five raffle pulls is designated by different colored bingo balls and there are only 75 balls in each set, so buy your balls now before they're gone! Bingo balls can be purchased online $50 each until May 1. After May 1 and during the event, bingo balls may be purchased for $75 each (if there are any left!).

Sonics unveil proposed arena for Renton

From the SeattleTimes

Any thoughts on the design?
I feel like its going to stick out like a sore thumb in Renton

Vote "No" on Measure 2

Vote No on Measure 2

From http://noelevated.org/


Measure 2 on Seattle's March 13 special election ballot presents a disastrously flawed option for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Its new elevated viaduct option would be:

* Bigger — up to 226% larger than the current one
* Noisier — louder traffic noise on our waterfront
* Uglier — 50% more of our downtown in shadow

Don't let this plan even get off the ground
For more than 50 years, the Alaskan Way Viaduct has put a wall between the city and the waterfront.

That used to be a good thing. At the time, the waterfront was a dirty and dangerous place, and it made sense for Seattleites to drive above it.

Since the 1950s, however, most of the shipping terminals have moved south and opened up space and views that had never been appreciated before. Parks and museums are growing where there was once only industrial activity, and people come from all over the world to enjoy our city, the Sound, and the mountains.

And right in the heart of that experience is a noisy, dirty, crumbling freeway

Bring back Seattle's waterfront
Taking the viaduct off the waterfront and returning the City's waterfront to public use is a great gift to future generations.

It will also help our economy and environment. Today Seattle's waterfront businesses are shops, restaurants and tourism, and an inviting waterfront will help bring people and jobs to Seattle and surrounding areas. More downtown green space will also encourage residents to live downtown and reduce sprawl.

We're not the first city to face this challenge. Port cities all over the globe, including San Francisco, Baltimore and Barcelona, are tearing down their elevated freeways, rediscovering their waterfronts and finding new sources of revenue and jobs.

Bigger. Noisier. Uglier. And more of downtown in permanent shadow.
There's no hope of building a better viaduct. Because of earthquake and other safety requirements, a new elevated highway will be much bigger and much wider than the existing viaduct— at least fifty percent wider with shoulders and walls that will even take away the stunning view enjoyed by motorists. This huge new double-decker highway will permanently place even more of the downtown waterfront in shadow.

We know how urgent problems can force hasty solutions. There is no doubt that the Alaskan Way Viaduct must be torn down, and soon. But if we rebuild the elevated structure, we lose so much: priceless open space, the opportunity to improve the environment of Elliott Bay and Puget Sound, and the economic benefits of a world-class waterfront.

Vote NO on Measure 2
There are alternative ways to handle our transportation needs without building a bigger, noisier viaduct on our waterfront. For economic, environmental, and quality of life reasons, vote NO on Advisory Ballot Measure Number 2, say NO to another elevated viaduct.

Capitol Hill's Espresso Vivace made it into Business Week

David Schomer had spent 16 years working toward this moment. It was February, 2001, and Schomer, owner of Espresso Vivace Roasteria in Seattle, was demonstrating an espresso machine he had fitted with a device that solved one of the biggest problems in espresso-making: water temperature fluctuations that can make coffee taste burned or sour. A half-dozen industry veterans waited eagerly as Schomer pulled the first shots from the rejiggered machine.The espresso flowed smooth and thick as honey. "I had tears in my eyes," recalls the wiry, blunt-speaking 50-year-old. "I just could not believe it."

Conquering the temperature problem was the coup de grâce in Schomer's long struggle to create the perfect cup of espresso. The former Boeing engineer and musician had rethought every aspect of brewing espresso, from the freshness of the beans to the patterns baristas make in the espresso's crema, the foam topping created during brewing. Along the way, Schomer documented his discoveries in trade journals and eventually a book and videos that were the first to promulgate standards for espresso making.

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Seattle becomes Safeway's first test market for biodiesel

From Seattle Business Journal

The Safeway grocery on Admiral Way in West Seattle has started selling biodiesel as the national grocer uses the city as its first test market for the cleaner-burning fuel.

Safeway's biodiesel station is located at 4115 S.W. Admiral Way. The biodiesel fuel comes from soy grown in Iowa and distributed by SC Fuels of Tacoma.

Officials at Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) said biodiesel might be sold at two additional Seattle locations in the future.

Housing sales decline in 40 states; but not in Northwest

WASHINGTON — The slump in housing deepened in the final three months of last year, with sales of existing homes falling in 40 states and median prices dropping in nearly half the metropolitan areas surveyed.

Although Washington state's sales of houses and condominiums declined 16 percent, prices continued to climb, thanks to a generally strong economy.

In the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area, prices rose 11.3 percent in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday. Spokane prices were up 12.2 percent, and Portland up 11.2 percent.

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No Gay Pride

Looks like there might not be a Gay Pride this year
Apparently they owe alot of money from last year.
Read About It Here