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Seattle video stores...
Rachel Belle

Be kind, rewind: 3 remaining Seattle video stores need your business

Yes, Seattle video stores still exist and their owners argue that the convenience of watching movies and shows online does not trump the quality of the in-store experience.
8 years ago
Oso...
Hanna Scott

Remembering Oso family’s private paradise

A family's private paradise was destroyed when
8 years ago
phone etiquette...
Rachel Belle

Phone etiquette: Should smartphones be banned at the office?

When Florida CEO Jason Brown looked up from a presentation, he saw all of his employees looking down at their cell phones -- he lost it. That began a plan for phone etiquette.
8 years ago
Oso...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

About Help Oso

Join KIRO Radio in helping Snohomish County raise over $6 million needed to help build a memorial for Oso on the fifth anniversary of the nation's deadliest mudslide.
8 years ago
Foxy lady coffee...
Rachel Belle

Lives of Washington bikini baristas in Amazon’s new show

Local bikini barista chain, Foxy Lady Coffee, is the subject of a new Amazon reality show called "Foxy Ladies." Rachel Belle visited the Tacoma shop to chat with baristas working in the controversial industry.
8 years ago
Jennifer Pharr Davis...
Rachel Belle

Record breaker Jennifer Pharr Davis on hiking while pregnant

Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the speed record on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. She says when it comes to long distance hiking, men and women are equally strong.
8 years ago
siblings...
Rachel Belle

Four states, 12 siblings, one sperm donor and a special bond

Every year, eight families meet up in California with their collective 12 siblings for a vacation. They all used the same sperm donor to get pregnant and found each other on a donor sibling registry.
8 years ago
Ranger Julie Fonseca de Borges with visitors at Klondike Hist. Park, Seattle, WA (J.Chao 6-3-16)...
Rachel Belle

Did you know there is a national park in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood?

Of the country's 417 national parks, only 69 of them are traditional parks with mountains, trees and streams. Pioneer Square boasts its own national park staffed with uniformed park rangers.
8 years ago
seattle board game...
Rachel Belle

Seattle board game company taps into pop culture

Seattle board game company Forrest-Pruzan recently came out with a very popular Bob Ross game and a Choose your Own Adventure game is on the way.
8 years ago
Follow @https://twitter.com/imrachelbelle...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s own Kenny G talks music and food with Rachel Belle. Oh, and he says he didn’t invent the Frappuccino!

Saxophone player Kenny G went to Seattle's Franklin High School, where he played in the jazz band. He chatted with Rachel Belle for her podcast, Your Last Meal.
8 years ago
king street station...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s King Street Station could host an immigrant-run market

Non-profit MarketShare wants to turn the top floor of Seattle's King Street Station into a food hall run by immigrant cooks. It just launched a fundraising campaign to get 100,000 people to raise $100,000.
8 years ago
off the grid...
Rachel Belle

A travel company for people who truly want to go off the grid

Off The Grid travel takes your phone away on the first day of your trip. In exchange you get a watch, a camera, a journal and an adventure with other like-minded unplugged travelers.
8 years ago
Linda Perry (Photo courtesy of Linda Perry)...
Rachel Belle

Singer/Songwriter Linda Perry’s last meal + how sound can affect taste

4 Non Blondes frontwoman and Songwriter Hall of Famer, Linda Perry, doesn't care about food. She's all about music. So Rachel Belle interviews an Oxford professor who has studied how sound and music can influence the taste of food.
8 years ago
Edith Macefield's house, dwarfed by Ballard Blocks (Photo by Sean_Marshall, CC Images)...
Rachel Belle

A decade after her death, Edith Macefield’s Ballard house will be restored

Edith Macefield made international headlines when she turned down a million dollar offer from developers to bulldoze her house so they could build a new shopping center in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
8 years ago
A popular destination in the Olympic National Park has been closed with no timeline for reopening....
Rachel Belle

The quietest place in the lower 48 is in Western Washington

It's near impossible to find a silent place in the United States. But there's one spot in Washington that is free of man-made sounds, and heavy on the natural ones.
8 years ago
parallel play...
Rachel Belle

Parallel play: Get over the ‘awkward’ and socialize in silence

The idea is parallel play -- hanging out with other people, yet without socializing and talking to fill in awkward silences. It's existing together to bond while doing different activities.
8 years ago
Salmon on sticks, being cooked in the traditional Tulalip tribe method (Photo courtesy of Tulalip C...
Rachel Belle

Native American cuisine and ancestral traditions in the kitchen at Tulalip Casino

At Blackfish, a seafood restaurant in Tulalip Casino, cooks prepare salmon the traditional, old as time, tribal way. They also train staff to understand traditional tribal beliefs and believe an angry chef will transfer anger into the food.
8 years ago
smorkage...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s Larsen’s bakery has been making smorkage for 44 years

Seattle author Lindy West discusses her love of smorkage from Ballard's Larsen's Bakery -- a Danish pastry rarely found in the United States.
8 years ago
Jenny Durkan congestion pricing plan, head tax...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

KIRO Radio hosts react to congestion pricing in Seattle

On Wednesday, Mayor Durkan announced she wants to implement congestion pricing of some sort by the end of her term in 2021. This is how KIRO Radio hosts reacted.
8 years ago
mariners...
Rachel Belle

What the voices of Mariners baseball eat on the road

Mariners baseball voices Rick Rizzs, Shannon Drayer and producer Kevin Cremin travel to 80 cities a year. They've discovered some of the country's best restaurants.
8 years ago
forest bathing...
Rachel Belle

Forest Bathing: a hiking alternative that connects you with nature

Cascadia Forest Therapy's Michael Stein-Ross takes groups of people into the woods for three hour forest bathing sessions.
8 years ago
recycling...
Rachel Belle

Keep recycling: Rumor that King County doesn’t recycle plastic is false

Recycling is alive and well in the Northwest despite China refusing to accept US recycling waste. So keep using your blue bin.
9 years ago
Oso...
Hanna Scott

Oso community is raising money for a memorial at the slide site

Survivors, first responders, and other affected by the tragic 2014 Oso mudslide are raising money to erect a memorial at the slide site.
9 years ago
Safeco Field...
Rachel Belle

New Mariners menu includes Din Tai Fung, lobster rolls, Frito Pie

The new additions to the Safeco Field menu have been announced. There is one place guaranteed to have a line. But that's not where I found the best bite.
9 years ago