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| Week of April 22 to May 6, 2007 |
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Bridal: Design your Bridal Fitness Trousseau, April 28th, free, how to get healthy, get in shape, and look smashing on your big princess day. Experts will be available to advise how to lose weight, or how to bundle it in otherwise. You don't want to feel like a stuffed sausage in your wedding dress, now do you? Theater: Addy, An American Girl Story by Seattle Children's Theater, until June 10th, $20+, a story of a 9-year-old girl's tribulations as a slave. Given its children focus, this theater company sometimes gets overlooked, which is a shame, since their works appeal to both children and adults, and the talent is on a par with any theater company in Seattle. * Also, Edward Scissorhands, April 26 - May 13th, $22+. This one is a real mind flip - it's a musical without lyrics. They're going to tell the story without words, using costume, acting, and pantomime. Think of the ballet. * Also, The Skin of Our Teeth, starting April 28th, $10+, a comedy about a typical American family in a not-so-typical American family drama. Exhibition: Just a quick note that the Bodies Project is concluding at the end of this month, $27. This is a fascinating one-time opportunity, as intriguing as interesting. Do this if you haven't already. Plants: UW Botanical Gardens Open House, April 25th, free. More talks, demonstrations, tours, and information than blossoms on a cherry tree. * Also, Native Plant Appreciation Week, starting April 29th, with many events throughout the state. Celebrate and help foster 3000 native plant species that inhabit deserts, rain forests, high alpine environments, river valleys, and even backyard landscapes. The sooner we can get rid of those invasive blackberry bushes, the better. * Also, FlorAbundance plant sale, April 28-29th. If all of these plants have you in a buying sort of mood, then they've got you covered here. This is the largest plant sale in the Puget Sound. Business: Product Roadmap Challenges, April 25th, $55. Sure, you've got a great product, but what are you going to do for your next million dollars in sales. Learn how to lay out a product roadmap strategy at this session. * Also, Looking for Pain in All the Right Places, April 25th, $54. The old business adage is you're either selling vitamins or aspirin. Here's how to find customer's pain points and create opportunity from them. Architecture: History of Seattle Architecture, April 28th and May 12th, free. There's an impression that Seattle's skyline came together by A level architects who did B level work. Think of the Ban Roll-On building, or the Box-the-Space-Needle-Came-In building. Anyway, learn how our city's buildings came to be. Fashion: Spring Fashion Show, April 26th, $40+. Seattle's boutiques come together in a show and fundraiser for breast cancer. Both women's and men's fashion will stroll down the runway. This is a chance to find and wear something that's not mass-produced and sold at Nordstrom. Outdoor: Sea Kayak Spring Seminar, April 28th, $35. You can hardly find a better upper-body workout than paddling in a kayak. Plus, kayaks are a pretty affordable way to get out on the water. Experts and vendors on hand to help newbies and pros start their next water adventure. * Also, Walk to Work day, April 25th, free. Wear your tennis shoes to work or go out for a walking break. * Also, U-District street scramble, April 29th, $15. This is a mini great-race episode, a contest to cover 35 spots within 90 minutes. Environmental: Living With Beavers, May 2nd, free. [Mustn't make a puerile joke...] Learn all about our tree-chomping friends from the experts. Touch a beaver pelt, feel those productive buck teeth, and learn how to keep your own trees from becoming their housing material. * Also, Killer Whale Tales, April 25th, $7. Be the whale. Participants learn about whales and their habitat through experimental science and storytelling. Fundraisers: Ton-o-fundraisers coming up. Sipping, Singing & Serendipity, April 28th, $75, for Bellevue Chamber Chorus, of dinner, wine, dancing, plus righteous music. * Also, Seattle Men's and Women's Chorus, April 28th, $145, themed on Saturday Night Live. These folks always throw a fabulous bash. * Also, Shower to the People, April 28th, $50, raising funds to help the homeless with dinner, cabaret theater, and all-night dancing. Organizations: Ladies Musical Club, founded way back in 1891, fostering musical development, participation, and education among Seattle ladies. If you don't participate, then you can at least go to one of their concerts. |
Dueling
Publications:
Battle for the Brides: It wasn't enough that Seattle Met Magazine took on Seattle Magazine and jolted them out of their complacency for the claim to Seattle's affluent crowd. Now, Seattle Met is also going after Seattle brides just itching for an excuse to spend money with a new publication, taking on Seattle Bride (another Seattle Mag publication). If you ever want a good giggle, call up the ad departments of one of these magazines. Tell them you're thinking about running an ad in their magazine, but are also considering advertising in the other magazine. Then, listen to them rant and badmouth their competitor as to why you shouldn't advertise in that magazine. Battle for the Urban Chic: Now it's Daily Candy vs. Seattle Picks. This is for the spend-spend-20-something-year-old gal trying to live the Sex in the City fantasy. Both do a good job turning you on to new restaurants, boutiques, entertainment options, and overlooked shops, all to give you a new excuse to run a balance on your credit card. Daily Candy lives up to its name, of an email per day. It's mostly interesting, but after a while, it's feels like you're trying to make a meal out of whipped cream with its schmaltzy and formulaic descriptions. Seattle Picks is a new weekly publication. It's too soon to find anything we can use to poke a stick in their eye with, but we're sure we'll come up with something later on. Battling Newspaper Websites: You've got the seattletimes.com vs. seattlepi.com, but hey, screw 'em both. The new website is Crosscut, amalgamating the best articles from both sites, and others, for complete Northwest coverage. Plus, for all of the work the PI put into its new website redesign, Crosscut still beats them on layout format and readability. Battling Social Divas: The Seattle Times and the Seattle PI have dueling socialites, both of which really burned up the imagination by labeling their columns Girl About Town. You get the pleasure of reading about how much fun someone else had at a party that you didn't go to. Both of these are guilty-pleasure fluff reads, entertaining diversions, from girls who seem like they're not as much concerned about reporting about the event, but more about using their column for finding an occasion to wear a fancy dress. The Seattle Times version is a little more celebrity-oriented (as far as we have celebrities in Seattle) and is doing a snazzy job picking up the tiara of gossip queen abandoned by Jean Godden. The PI version is a little more down-to-earth. Big Fat Hairy Note: There will be no issue next week Cool YouTube Video: Seattle Opera's Bravo Club throwing a little bash for members and guests at the Museum of Flight
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