Smoke-Free Sunday
By kate on May 12th, 2005
I found this blurb in today’s Times:
Smoke-free day
Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub in the Pike Place Market neighborhood is going permanently smoke-free June 1. For the rest of this month, though, smoking at Kells is restricted to a back bar area, except for Sunday.
On Sunday, Kells will be among a number of local establishments participating in the state Department of Health’s first designated Smoke-Free Sunday. The health department is urging public establishments, such as restaurants, pubs and bowling alleys, to go smoke-free for at least that day. The department also is encouraging patrons to show support for the smoke-free movement by dining at smoke-free places.
The state health department’s tobacco prevention-and-control program has initiated a public campaign to make it easier for the public to identify eateries that are smoke-free. The department is providing establishments that ban smoking with a “100% Smoke-Free” decal for display on front doors or windows.
A health department Web site lists establishments, which include some bars and taverns, that are permanently smoke-free, and those observing Smoke-Free Sunday. A map - on http://www.SecondhandSmokesYou.com - lists more than 5,800 smoke-free eating places in this state.
At first, I was planning to write this entry to encourage everyone to go out on Sunday to the restaurants/bars that were temporarily going smoke-free. The smoke-free website has a long list of participating restaurants in Seattle alone.
However, the more I looked into it, I realized that only a tiny handful in that long list are not ALREADY smoke-free restaurants. The only one I could pick out (aside from Kell’s) was Maguire’s Irish Bistro. Ultimately, I’m forced to conclude that Smoke Free Sunday is a sham.
That doesn’t mean I don’t support going smoke-free. Here’s a list of permanently smoke-free restaurants in Seattle that you can patronize. (I wish they had a separate list for bars, which would be extra-useful.)
A funny irony is that on the Smoke-Free website, they have a really beautiful picture of rising smoke. Way to make smoking look bad, folks…
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Restaurant Menus
By kate on May 9th, 2005
I found a new reference: Amazon has a section with restaurant menus for certain cities, including Seattle [link no longer available].
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SIFF!
By kate on May 8th, 2005
It’s SIFF season! I had such a good time last year that I’m very excited it’s that time again. Schedules came out on Thursday, and that day I sat down with pens and highlighters to try to choose what films to see.
The process is very instinctive (and random). I’m basing my choices solely on the paragraph-long blurbs in the festival program, which is pleasantly limiting and challenging. It’s a lot like a puzzle, to try to figure out the most optimal viewing schedule based on the movies you REALLY want to see, and the movies you “kinda” want to see.
Here’s the schedule I’ve come up with. I’ll be buying my tickets tomorrow. If you’re interested in joining me for any of these, let me know.
Also, I’m thinking about trying the Secret Festival this year. Any advice? Is it worth it?
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Name dropping… er, “sharing”
By kate on May 4th, 2005
Thanks to my job at a software startup in the “folksonomy” and social networking arena, I’ve been paying more attention to the interesting new websites out there. Suddenly, I find myself mentioning my new finds to people on a pretty much daily basis. I thought it might be worthwhile to make a list of all the cool new sites I’ve been using to share stuff (tangible and intangible). If you haven’t seen them, they’re worth checking out:
NEW AND EXCITING
PERSONAL CONNECTION
(I use these because of a personal connection as well as how good they are)
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
(These have been around for a few years but still deserve a mention)
NEXT UP
(These are sharing sites I’d like to check out but haven’t yet)
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Birthdate Personality thing
By kate on April 29th, 2005
I don’t usually get around to doing those online quizzes, personality tests, etc. (Generally I’m too busy at work.) But I happened to click on this one from cerebralcrunch and found it startlingly accurate:
| Your Birthdate: September XX |
| With a birthday on the XXth of the month (X energy) you are inclined to work well with people and enjoy them. You are talented and versatile, very good at presenting ideas, and you are also very good at organization and systematizing. You may have a tendency to get itchy feet at times and need change and travel. You tend to be very progressive, imaginative and adaptable. Your mind is quick, clever and analytical. A restlessness in your nature may make you a bit impatient and easily bored with routine, and rebel against it. You have a tendency to shirk responsibility. |
Creepily good, huh? So, I ran Steve’s birthday:
| Your Birthdate: November XX |
| With a birthday on the XXth of any month, you are apt to have really strong attachments to home, family and domestic scene. The X and X equaling X, provide the sort of energy that makes you an excellent parent or teacher. You are very responsible and capable. This is an attractive and an attracting influence. You like harmony in your environment and strive to maintain it. You tend to learn by observation rather than study and research. You may like to cook, but you probably don’t follow recipes. This number shows artistic leanings and would certainly support an talents that may be otherwise in your makeup. You’re a very generous and giving person, but perhaps a bit stubborn in ways. What Does Your Birth Date Mean? |
Also pretty close! I don’t believe in astrology, but it’s fun nonetheless…
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Free ice cream!
By kate on April 19th, 2005
It’s Free Scoop Day at Ben and Jerry’s!
Here’s a list of locally participating shops.
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