Beth's Cafe, famous for their gut busting 12-egg omelets (the Southwestern is filled with two bowls of chili!), is celebrating 60 years of around-the-clock greasy spoon dining.
Twelve floors up, on the roof of downtown Seattle's Fairmont Olympic Hotel, are five beehives maintained by Gavin Stephenson, the hotel's executive chef and beekeeper. Gavin says the Fairmont was the first place in the city to do rooftop beekeeping and the incentive was purely environmental."Doing the right thing. They're very delicate. You know, the Colony Collapse Disorder and just bee health and pollination is so important to people that I kind of feel responsible. I have five hives here now. I've got seven or eight at home."
A trip to Radio Shack and $30 is all you need to build your own TDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) device that is said to help improve memory, enhance creativity and stave off depression. Wearing the (completely painless) brain zapping device for 20 minutes a day might be your ticket to improving your quality of life.
Summer evenings were made for grilling, but don't be limited to what you can find in the meat and veggie aisles. Seattle Kitchen host Tom Douglas says the old grill can cook a mean pizza, too.
Jimi Hendrix's ex-girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, sets the record straight about a new Hendrix biopic by Oscar winning screenwriter John Ridley. She says Hendrix never physically abused her and she finds the film appalling. Also, hear her story about the origin of the song "The Wind Cries Mary."
Podcasting seems like a generic medium, like TV or radio, but a company called Personal Audio claims it patented the podcast and know it's suing podcaster Adam Carolla, and several networks who run popular podcasts. Carolla plans to fight, and this legal battle could predict the future for podcasters everywhere.
On opening night of the Seattle International Film Festival, a new Jimi Hendrix biopic titled "Jimi: All is By My Side" was screened. In the film, Jimi violently beats his girlfriend with a telephone, and another time in an alley. But Seattle's Charles R Cross, author of a Jimi Hendrix biography, says the movie is pure lies and we should all be offended by the way the rock star was portrayed.
After years of stereotypes that drummers are dumb dumbs who just bang sticks around, new research shows that drummers are often smarter than the rest of their bandmates. In fact, rumor has it that Microsoft prefers to hire drummers to work on their operating systems.
Copper River salmon is here, it's expensive & there's not much to go around
Salmon lovers look forward to this day all year, the day the coveted Copper River salmon is flown into Seattle from Alaska. But poor fishing conditions yesterday made for a small catch, so many Seattle restaurants are going without today. What's the appeal of a $28/lb salmon? We'll fill you in.
MOHAI, the Museum of History and Industry, is currently featuring an exhibit called Revealing Queer. So they're leading two different walking tours, so that history can come to life on the streets of Seattle. Here's a look at the Capitol Hill tour which is happening May 17th and June 21st, 2014.
"This is the time of the year when everyone should be getting their peas in the ground," says chef Tom Douglas, and if you have gotten them in early enough you can harvest pea vines.
The P-Patch program now has 90 community gardens, shared by people living all over the city. Many of these gardeners are immigrants, who use their patches to grow vegetables native to their home countries. And even when they're growing carrots or kale, they're cooking their native food. Also, learn the history behind the P in P-Patch.
18 year old Nathan Hale High School seniors Liam and August Easton-Calabria have been Boy Scouts since they were 11 years old, and they do everything together. But now, only August can go on to become a camp counselor or troop leader.
At the end of September, 500 bikes will be scattered around six different Seattle neighborhoods, available for you to borrow. The program is called Pronto! Emerald City Cycle Share and memberships will be up for grabs starting August 25th.
A Slumber Party For Your Pooch When You're Out of Town
Through companies like Sleepover Rover, dog lovers are hosting dogs, whose owners are out of town. And dogs are getting personalized care that a kennel just can't give.
Tennessee is now the first state in the nation to criminalize mothers who used drugs while pregnant. But critics in the medical and psychological fields say this will only create problems. They fear mothers-to-be might leave their babies in Dumpsters, out of fear of being arrested.
Woodinville's Thomas Edward created Healing Broken Men to help male, sexual abuse victims who have been denied counsel and support from their churches. He is believed to be the only one in north America who does this kind of work.
When Seattle band, Queensryche, split in two nearly two years ago, both parties wanted to keep the name. In court, a judge temporarily allowed two Queensryches to tour and make albums. But finally a decision has been made. And now there can only be one Queensryche.
"There's only two consortia who produce balsamic vinegar," says chef Tom Douglas. "One in Mordova and in neighboring Reggio Emilia. True balsamic vinegar is made from a reduction of pressed Trebbiano and Lambrusco grapes."
The $15 minimum wage discussion usually involves restaurants, but many non-profits and human services also pay minimum wage. Although they do want to pay employees a living wage, they think it must be done very carefully so they don't have to shut down important services and, in the end, let their employees go.
IRun4 matches runners and athletes with disabled children and adults. The runner sends photos and messages to the person they're running for, motivating themselves to work harder and making their buddy feel special in the process.
Stories have been circulating for years about how the King County Public Library System allows patrons to watch pornography at any of its branches. But, fed up with what she considers to be an unsafe place, a local tutor is warning parents about the nefarious behavior she's seen at the Redmond Library, and hopes they won't leave their children unsupervised.
Mangos are the ultimate summer fruit, so prep for the sunshine with some of chefs Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau's favorite ways to eat these delicious fruits.
