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SteamCon is a success so far. The Con is SOLD OUT, the Abney Park concert is SOLD OUT, the dealer's room is packed, and the hotel is full. The eye-candy factor is high. Some of the costumes I've seen have been really outstanding. There's this one fellow who did a really impressive Vash the Steampeed costume. Good thing I can watch the passing ( Read more... )

'Speak-easies' are the hot new bar trend
With the resurgence in classic-cocktail culture comes another vestige of days gone by: the "speak-easy" bar, one that's open to those in the know. These days they're hip, and legal.

By Tan Vinh
Seattle Times staff reporterThanks to the resurgence of classic cocktails, we now have a new species of cocktail ( Read more... )

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Just getting ready to head over to Thanh Vi for the first Phoriday in almost a year. Hopefully there will be a better crowd then the comments to the post in phoriday would lead me to expect.

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I found happiness in death yesterday. Death in the afternoon, that is. I had noticed this new little bar in Greenwood shortly after getting laid off, so I have not rushed in to try it. It had caught my eye, as they posted the menu on the window, and one of the featured cocktails was death in the afternoon. Papa Hemingway's creation, named after ( Read more... )

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