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Rachel Belle & Producer Libby float the night away on a Hut Tub Boat on Seattle’s Lake Un...
Rachel Belle

Hot Tub Boat: It’s a Real Thing & It’s Only in Seattle

A Seattle boat builder has created the Hot Tub Boat, and you can take one out for a spin on Lake Union, rain or shine. Note: It's the best thing. Ever.
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Alyssa Kleven

How you can have lunch with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Starbucks founder and CEO Howard Schultz is up for auction. Rather, a lunch with the former SuperSonics owner is up for auction.
14 years ago
Career Coach Bob Rosner promised that he would get one Ross and Burbank listener a job in under 60 ...
Jamie Griswold

Lessons from the job hunt

Career Coach Bob Rosner promised that he would get one Ross and Burbank listener a job in under 60 days. Now several weeks in, Barb, the listener selected to receive Bob's help, called in to give us an update on her progress.
14 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says a move to eliminate a hygiene requirement for taxi drivers is approp...
Jamie Griswold

Seattle mayor supports removal of taxi driver hygiene requirement

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says a move to eliminate a hygiene requirement for taxi drivers is appropriate.
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Alyssa Kleven

They may be the best (or worst) parents ever

They might be the best parents ever. Unless you are their middle-school aged daughter, then they are definitely the worst.
14 years ago
Darigold’s Butter Dome...
Rachel Belle

The Butter Dome: Seattle’s New Sports Arena in Butter

Now that a new basketball and hockey arena has been approved for Seattle, Darigold took a crack at what they'd like the arena to look like. They hired a 40 year butter sculpting veteran to carve their arena design out of a huge block of butter. Also, learn about the long, quirky career of this butter sculptor.
14 years ago
Michael Henrichsen posing in his bedroom. Photo credit: AP...
Rachel Belle

A Seattle Man Finally Convinces Billy Idol To Play his Birthday Party

After two years of creative begging and pleading, a 26 year old Seattle man has convinced Billy Idol to play his birthday party. My colleagues and I also share who we'd most like to play at our birthday parties.
14 years ago
Luke Burbank says rating girls is something teenage boys have been doing forever. (AP Photo)...
Jamie Griswold

Luke Burbank: Fantasy slut league nothing new for teenage boys

Word of a fantasy slut league at a California high school is making headlines, but Ross and Burbank host Luke Burbank says this is essentially something guys have been doing forever, and teenage boys aren't likely to change anytime soon.
14 years ago
Michael Henrichsen poses for a photo in his bedroom at his home in Seattle next to a poster of rock...
Jamie Griswold

Seattle man hopes to leverage Billy Idol birthday success into PR job

Having Billy Idol agree to play your birthday isn't just a guarantee of a fun time. Seattle 26-year-old Michael Henrichsen also hopes his two-year long Play My Birthday Billy Idol campaign will help him launch a career.
14 years ago
The first ever Ms. Veteran America, Denyse Gordon....
Rachel Belle

Ms. Veteran America: When soldiers wear sashes and tiaras

This year was the first ever Ms Veteran America pageant, where female soldiers and veterans competed for the tiara by answering questions about military history, displaying a talent and wearing an evening gown. The event benefits Final Salute, an organization that helps homeless female veterans.
14 years ago
What’s the point of the U.S. Electoral College when we have a seemingly educated populace cas...
Stephanie Klein

Mo Rocca: The Electoral College is obsolete

Not everyone is a fan of the Electoral College and its process. What's the point when we have a seemingly educated populace casting ballots?
14 years ago
Studies show both boys and girls are hitting puberty earlier these days. How do we handle this? (AP...
Jamie Griswold

Kids hitting puberty earlier; how do we handle this?

A new study covered by CNN says boys have joined girls in hitting puberty earlier. In a discussion on KIRO Radio's Ross and Burbank Show, hosts Dave and Luke both remember kids in their class that hit puberty early, and they say the outcome wasn't always beneficial.
14 years ago
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna has picked up a surprising vote, KIRO Radio’s lifelon...
Josh Kerns

October Surprise: Luke votes Republican

Every election, it seems there's talk of a potential "October surprise." And this year KIRO Radio co-host Luke Burbank has one of the biggest. The self-avowed bleeding heart liberal actually voted for not one but two Republicans.
14 years ago
Marshawn Lynch Rutledge Corn Maze in Tumwater...

Rachel Belle’s Halloween/Autumn Fun Times Round Up!

From zombie paintball to a Marshawn Lynch shaped corn maze to a pumpkin beer festival, listen in for a list of fun Autumn/Halloween activities!
14 years ago
While Krispy Kreme is one of the most well known doughnut shops, Seattle has many local handmade do...
Jillian Raftery

Seattle’s best doughnuts

From Top Pot to Mighty-O and Krispy Kreme, The Seattle Kitchen Show staff are bringing you the best of Seattle's doughnuts.
14 years ago
Cardamom Cranberry Pear Crisp is just one of the ways to enjoy pears this fall. (AP Photo/Matthew M...
Jillian Raftery

Ingredient of the week: Pears

The Seattle Kitchen Show staff have been enjoying the wide variety of red Bartlett, Bosc, Anjou, and Asian pears that have been making their way to grocery stores in recent weeks.
14 years ago
In honor of guest contestant Dori Monson, and his famous radio segment “one-on-one against th...
MyNorthwest.com

Weekly knowledge-off quiz: Nuns

In honor of this week's special guest Dori Monson, and his well-known Friday segment one-on-one against the nuns, we get quizzed on our nun knowledge.
14 years ago
The effects of Flaming Hot Cheetos and schools’ disapproval of them is nothing new. Luke Burb...
Jamie Griswold

Luke Burbank scooped everyone by six years on Hot Cheetos

Controversy over a number of schools' move to ban Flaming Hot Cheetos has been all over the talk shows this week.
14 years ago
Dominick Cura was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in the 4th grade. (Dominick Cura)...
Rachel Belle

A Seattle 8th grader catches the gluten free baking bug

Seattle Hamilton International Middle School 8th grader Dominick Cura never had the desire to bake. But in 4th grade he was diagnosed with Celiac Disease and a life without cookies and cakes just wasn't working for him.
14 years ago
Your car is making funny noises. Again. So you take it down to the repair shop and wait to hear how...
Rachel Belle

Car Talk: Who To Call When You Think you’re Being Ripped Off

Your car is making funny noises. Again. So you take it down to the repair shop and wait to hear how much it's going to cost you. Problem is, you don't really know much about cars.
14 years ago
A Gawker writer defends his article outing a prolific Internet troll on Reddit. (Reddit image)...
Josh Kerns

Prolific Internet troll is outed

The Internet is full of trolls, people who hide behind assumed identities to post outrageous and inflammatory comments from the racist to the profane. And now a guy considered one of the worst has been outed. But was it right?
14 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Microsoft exec raps with Too Short

What do some Microsoft execs do to blow off steam? Michael Angiulo's rapped with Too Short at his 40th birthday bash where he drops too many F-bombs and N-words to count.
14 years ago
A federal appeals court panel has rejected Seattle’s fees and restrictions on delivery of yel...
Stephanie Klein

The fight over phone books

A federal appeals court panel has rejected Seattle's fees and restrictions on delivery of yellow pages phone books to local residents.
14 years ago
If you encourage kids to sit at a different table than their friends for one day, will it make a la...
Jamie Griswold

Mix It Up or not; school lunch campaign will do little to break cliques

Most people are familiar with the nerves associated with the school cafeteria. Ross and Burbank host Dave Ross says he'd do anything to avoid being the kid left with the only open seat at a table of unfamiliar students.
14 years ago