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| Week of May 7 to May 13, 2007 |
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Spoken Word : For the Healing of Nations: An Antidote to Armageddon, May 8th, free. When God comes back, He's gonna be ticked, so here's how we can get our collective act together beforehand. * Also, Poetry Reading, May 9th, free. Two professors of Korean literature read from their latest translated works. * Also, Empower Yourself, Empower Our Daughters workshop, May 9th, $50, this is one of those mother/daughter things, on how to raise an empowered daughter, while still getting her to respectfully unload the dishwasher. * Also, Campaign Training for Women, May 12th, $100. Women generally want greater local leadership roles in politics, but it's difficult to balance other duties against the great time suck active political participation requires. Learn from other women how to balance family needs with leading the community. Restaurants: Il Fornaio, the steady anchor at Pacific Place. They're rightfully known for their Italian dishes and bread, but their salads are an unsung gem. This is also a good pre-theater spot. * Also, Marazul, creating flavorful Caribbean dishes. This place has the vibe of Wild Ginger at an affordable price. - no $10 martinis here. This is a good place to make an impression. Opera: La Bohème, starting May 5th, $51+. This is the big whoop-de-do event of the week. This is a great opera for newbies, which is why half the shows are already sold out. * Along with the opera is a Mother's Day Tea before opening curtain, May 13th, $40. Should you be taking your mom to both the opera and this pre-performance tea, you could possibly make up for something valuable you broke as a kid. * Also, the Bravo group is having their end-of-season soiree, $10, the usual swanky group sipping martinis. Fashion: Diffa Glam, May 10th, $25. Instead of clothing, there are designer boxes on display here. The stylish side of Seattle converges on this event, with a wine bar, martinis, a DJ spinning tunes, and more eye candy (objects, not people) per square foot than any place in Seattle. Film: Silent Movie Mondays, $12. This is great-grandpa type of stuff. Paramount Theater puts a silent movie up on the big screen along with an organ accompaniment. See film when the captions were actually part of the story. As far as film goes, this is old-old school. Music: Layerpaloza, May 10th, $20. Lawyers shed the suits and take to the stage in this musical fundraiser. This is a hoot, lawyers being as cool as they can manage. On the scale of things, lawyers are cooler than CPAs, but not as cool as doctors. These are ususally decent acts, but the lawyers not going to be giving up their day jobs. Singles: Event: Bachelor & Bachelorette Auction, May 12th, $30. Get your date the old-fashioned way - buy it. Seattle's hotties come on the auction block with great date packages at this party. If you last date was a dud (or your dating life is nonexistent), the remedy is here. It's all for charity, so bid high. Recycling: Computer Recycle Event, May 12th, cost varies, disposing used computers and all of their accessories, because you just can't put this stuff into the trash can. What a mind flip this is. Twenty years ago, computers were valuable; now, they're somebody's unwanted castoffs. Astronomy: Ever-Changing Sky at a digital planetarium, May 12th, $2. The stars are adrift, so go forward and backward in time on a journey through the Milky Way to see what the universe will look like. At the end, you get blasted through a wormhole, and you'll be wishing your chair came with a seatbelt. Physical Activity: Human-Powered Craft, activity varies. All sorts of boats and methods of motion take to the water. This is certainly one way to earn those calluses. * Also, if you'd rather enjoy the water in a more personal way, then May is National Aquatics Month. Seattle pools have special events and pricing all month. * Also, Senior Walk at Safeco Field, May 7th, free. The cool thing is, they get to walk the bases, so Grandma can take a slider into third. Organizations: Puget Sound Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. When they're ready to start implanting chips in the brain, this group will have already had that discussion on the pros and cons. |
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Americans: Harley Davidson Owners: These guys value freedom, and that value translates into love of American freedoms as well. Also, most Harley owners are very conscious of the old biker-gang stereotypes and actively work to dispel them. So, mostly what you have here are a bunch of middle age executive who could afford $30K on a toy, going on teddy-bear runs. Immigrants. This group became Americans by choice, work, and patience, instead of by birthright, so being American is a lot more valued. This group also tends to know a lot more about American history and who's running the place. Whereas typical Americans can name all five Simpsons but not the chief justice of the Supreme Court, this group knows the people in power and how they got there. Veterans: Helping to defend America, especially those in combat, how can they not value America and what it stands for? As long as you stay away from discussing Veterans benefits, this is a great group of people to get-to-know. Cool YouTube Video: Seattle Flash Mob Pillow Fight. Turns out, it's those little kids who are smacking the hell out of everyone else. (If you can't see the video, click here to see it.)
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