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You can bet your gumboots or galoshes that tickets to the 2007 WSCFF Burn Foundation Fundraiser will be sold out quickly.

Visit the Foundation's web site to see the pics on the 2007 calendar order 2005 All Star and 2006 Calendars.
Find out where you can go to get your calendars autographed!

When: Thursday August 9, 8 p.m.
Where: Hotel Deca 4507 ...

Only in Seattle?

Are you visiting Seattle with your best friend, or do you live in the city and own a water loving pooch?
Your favorite furry friend is in for an aquatic experience you're unlikely to forget.

Dunkin' Doggies: Dog Swim
Saturday August 11, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Helene Madison Pool, 13401 Madison Avenue N.

After the pooches' puddling, the pool is going to be closed through August 19 for preventive maintenance.

Guidelines:

$10 ...

I envy Portland.  No sales tax to pay, prettier ocean beaches, light rail and even a TRAM!  They removed a freeway to create RiverFront Park and they have a local blues music scene we just can't get enough of.  Witness, Duffy Bishop and her band knocking the socks off the ecclectic, all age crowd at the Ballard Sea Food Fest last July 28.  Duffy ...

Discover, experience and participate in next weekend's, Saturday July 28 and Sunday July 29, Sea Food Fest in Ballard.  Visit:  www.seafoodfest.org for a complete menu and program for this ethnic meets urban chic Skandinavian festival.  Duffy Bishop will be playing.

Heres a FREE entertainment lineup:

Main Stage:
Saturday:

Noon:  Smilin' Scandinavians

1:30PM:  Sonando

3:15PM:  Brave Combo

5:15PM:  The Squirrels

6:45PM:  The Duffy Bishop Band (Portland blues legend and boy can she belt out ...

No doubt anyone with a stomach who is going to be in Seattle this weekend is looking forward to the 26th year of The Bite. However, if you're like me and don't adore the inevitable throngs of people and lines associated with the event then look no further than "The Alley." For $8.50, you get a plate to hold tastes from six top-notch local restaurants (we're talking Crush, Volterra ...

Two years ago on my birthday, I was lucky enough to have a front row seat to see the legendary, iconic, one of a kind, Eartha Kitt at Jazz Alley.  As we entered, the maitre'd said Ms. Kitt preferred having men close to the stage.  I'll never forget her in her long flowing form fitting gown, heels and the dips she made.  Not bad for a septagenarian.  One of her numbers ...

Your Guide to Summer Fun in Downtown Seattle

From live music when you're Out to Lunch (sorry that's what it's called) to a visit to one of Seattle Center City Parks, there's something special to do or be had downtown Seattle this summer.

Starting in August you can expect all kinds of inspiring events around the Sculpture Exhibition

First Thursdays bring music to Occidental ...

Head for West Seattle for a vibrant Summerfest street event. Last night Beau and I worked up an appetite at Pegasus, one of our favorite second hand book stores. Fred, the owner had lowered the price of the front-of-the-store-stacks to 50 cents a book, for the benefit of the Summerfest visitors. Pegasus is smack next door to Easy Street Records Cafe (where ...

Tide Mud Run

You've got to add this event to your 'must-do-summer-2007 list', it looks like people were having a lot of fun previous years. Just take a look at the photos posted on the website of Taylor Shellfish Farms.

Not that I plan to run the race, I might go to watch the contestants slip and slide, and perhaps I will take a ...

Bat Lovers Unite

Join the folks of BatsNorthwest for a rendez-vous under the stars.

Scientists and educators connected with Bats Northwest hope to make the role of bats in our environment understood. You may expect to hear new things and learn a lot.

When: Tomorrow, July 10 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Greenlake Park, meet at the north shore near the Bathhouse Theater 7312 W. ...