Keep On Truckin': Upscale Restaurants Are Getting In On the Food Truck Game
Food trucks are moving on up, from burgers and sandwiches to fancier fair prepared by restaurants like Woodinville's The Barking Frog. Rachel chats with Renee Erickson, chef owner of The Walrus and the Carpenter, about her soon-to-be-opened food truck, Narwhal.
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Ring My Belle: The Issaquah Dancer Who Lost Her Foot in the Boston Blast
1. A Boston dancer, originally from Issaquah, lost her foot in the Boston blast last Monday. She says she doesn't plan to stop dancing. 2. Thousands of Youtube videos are dedicated to The Cinnamon Challenge. Now doctors are saying it's extremely bad for your health. 3. There are only two people left in the world who speak a particular language in Mexico, and they refuse to speak to each other. 4. Reese Witherspoon and her husband were arrested, after he was pulled over for drunk driving. Reese pulled a "Do you know what my name is?" on the cop.
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Ring My Belle Weekends: Culinary musings with Seattle personal chef Becky Selengut
Rachel chats everything culinary with a particularly hilarious Seattle personal chef, Becky Selengut. All of the uniforms in the new Jackie Robinson movie, "42" were custom made by a Seattle company.
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In the New Movie "42," Jackie Robinson's Uniform Is Made Right Here In Seattle
Ebbets Field Flannel, a Seattle company that recreates defunct baseball team uniforms, was asked to make all the uniforms for the new Jackie Robinson movie, "42."
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Ring My Belle: The Cat Who Was Addicted To McDonald's
1. A couple of cool stories out of Boston, where victims and a heroes have been reunite after the explosion. 2. Anne Frank's step sister is now responding to Justin Beiber's visit to the Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. 3. A stray cat who lived on nothing but McDonald's for a year, was rescued and determined to be addicted to the fast food.
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Ring My Belle: A Seattle Mom is Trying To Raise $25,000 For Boston Marathon Victims
1. A photo posted by the New York Daily News edited out a woman's wounds, caused by the explosions in Boston on Monday. It brings up the question: when is editing okay in journalism? 2. KING 5 reports, a Seattle mom, running the Vancouver marathon on May 5th, wants to raise $25,000 to help victims pay for their medical bills. 3. Reddit readers are trying to super sleuth, and figure out how caused the explosions. 4. An old episode of "Family Guy" has been pulled from the web because it depicted a character running over runners at the Boston Marathon. Meanwhile, someone has edited the episode to make it look even worse. That's still circulating on the web.
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Ring My Belle: Boston College Students Are Planning a Run On Friday
1. A couple of Boston College students are planning a running event on Friday, and more than 12 thousand people have already signed up. 2. FBI and Boston Police are requesting anyone with photos or video of the marathon to send them to them. 3. A couple who finished the marathon, got married just blocks from the finish line, only a few hours after the explosions. 4. A lot of cell phones weren't working after the explosions, and it's a reminder to write down important numbers since we don't have them memorized anymore.
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The Counter-Terrorism Efforts Taken By Police Before a Marathon
The president of a New York private investigation, risk management and security consultation firm talks about the counter-terrorism precautions cities take before a marathon. He also talks about who could have done this.
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Ring My Belle Weekends: Sweet Talk with Autumn Martin, author of "Malts and Milkshakes"
Rachel presents her three part series, Women in Prison, based on a trip she took to the Washington Correction Center For Women. She interviews inmates and describes The If Project. On a sweeter note, Rachel invites the owner of Seattle's Hot Cakes, Autumn Martin, into the studio to chat about her new cookbook, "Malts and Milkshakes."
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Ring My Belle: Seattle Makes a Top Ten List...For Sugar Daddies!
1. A college student dies while texting his friend an insignificant message, and his parents released the text to national media to make a point. 2. An actress sued IMDB for $1 million for posting her true age on the site. The case was just heard in a Seattle court. 3. Seattle made the cut for the Top 10 Sugar Daddies Cities in the US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We rule!
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Suicide is the 2nd Highest Cause of Death Amongst College Students: Join a Suicide Prevention Walk on the UW Campus
On Saturday, April 13th 2013, students at UW are organizing a walk to raise money for suicide prevention and to break the taboo associated with the topic. In this story, two students who have personal associations with suicide tell their stories.
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Women's Prison & The If Project: Part III : Reentering Society
On the third, and last, installment of my Women In Prison series, we explore what these women face when they leave prison. 70% of them will return within a year. Many of them are going home to children they have only seen for two hour a month, all the years they've been behind bars.
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Ring My Belle: Dealbreaker: Women With Mustaches
1. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a new politic group that focuses on immigration reform. Does he have politics in his future? 2. An Indiana man goes to the dentist to get three teeth pulled, and when he wakes up he has ZERO TEETH LEFT! 3. A new survey says the vast majority of people will date someone outside of their religion or race, but there are still some deal breakers. IE: ladies with mustaches. 4. Scientists may have uncovered a gene that makes some people lazy.
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Women's Prison & The If Project: Part II : Keeping Kids Out of Prison
In part two of my three part series on my trip to the Washington Correction Center For Women, we explore how the If Project is helping teenagers. Inmates who have been released from prison, and reformed, go to schools and detention centers to tell their stories and connect with the kids, hoping the teens won't make the same mistakes that they did.
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Ring My Belle: Twinkies Will Be Back By Summer!
1. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, famous for his sexy Tweets with women he's never met, is considering running for mayor of New York City. 2. There will be a prom held this weekend, to help raise money for an 8 year old Suquamish girl fighting a rare form of cancer. Oh, and one of the dudes who sings on Macklemore's Thrift Shop will be there. 3. Hostess has been purchased by the same company that owns Pabst Blue Ribbon, and they hope to have Twinkies back on the shelves by summer. 4. In Colorado, pot tourism has already begun, just in time for 420, bros.
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