Nancy Leson takes readers on a culinary tour of some long-established, old-school Chinese restaurants: Rickshaw Restaurant & Lounge, Perry Ko's South China Restaurant, Tai Tung, Louie's Cuisine of China and China Doll.
By Nancy Leson | November 7, 2008
Get away without going away. Here are real prices for a special night for two on the town -- with a sleepover -- in the International District.
October 30, 2008
The Overnight Desk
Jo Jo Stiletto is an alumna of the Rat City Rollergirls' Sockit Wenches squad and a fixture of Seattle's ever-undulating burlesque scene. When she says that "Black Eyed Burlesque," an upcoming Rat City Rollergirls fundraising event, is going to be the genuine burlesque-with-bruises article, I'm inclined to believe her.
By Geoff Carter | October 15, 2008
The Overnight Desk
Puppeteer Brian Kooser and the miscreants of Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab have conspired to present a new theory of extraterrestrial visitation, one that's every bit as plausible as those that came before it: Back in 1947, in Roswell, New Mexico, the puppets landed.
By Geoff Carter | October 8, 2008
Uwajimaya offered many Asian immigrants a taste of home back when authentic ingredients were hard to find. One Seattle Times reporter looks back at her family's relationship with the supermarket, now celebrating its 80th anniversary.
By Karen Gaudette | October 8, 2008
Uwajimaya, the Northwest's premier Asian supermarket, celebrates its 80th anniversary.
By Marc Ramirez | October 8, 2008
The Overnight Desk
The fringe theater performers and companies that make up The Mutant Theatre Caravan promise to be as different from each other as they are from their mainstream theater brethren.
By Geoff Carter | October 1, 2008
The Overnight Desk
Now in its 10th year, SketchFest Seattle is exactly what its name suggests: a four-day gathering of sketch comedy troupes, devoted to getting you to bust the proverbial gut.
By Geoff Carter | September 22, 2008
Pacific Cafe Hong Kong Kitchen dishes up crowd-pleasing versions of cha chaan teng, a type of fusion cuisine popular in Hong Kong, at its Seattle location in the Chinatown International District.
By Nicole Tsong | September 12, 2008
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It's not every day that putting cream in your morning cup involves peering down into what is probably the only fully intact pre-World War II Japanese bathhouse in the United States. And it looks like soon, Panama nights are going light up with history as well.
By Cody Ellerd | August 21, 2008
