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Celebrating Seattle, New Year’s Parties

If these three words strike your heart like lightening as they did mine (underwater dance floor) you’ll want to be at the Bonza Bash at the Seattle Aquarium. This New Year’s Eve 2010 party is a first, as they say on the website, the inaugural bash, billed as A Diamond Night in the Emerald City.  At $75 per ticket or $230 for the VIP package, it’s about equivalent to the other AMAZING parties out there this year.  This one features the Mach One Jazz Orchestra.  Oh, and did I mention the underwater dance floor?  It’s for a good cause, too, supporting conservation work done by the Seattle Aquarium.  It’s black tie or cocktail attire (hey, go with the black tie!) and the mood is diamond bright!  And don’t forget the underwater dance floor. Giving the Bash some serious competition are two major parties, one is DList Magazine’s “New Year’s Eve 2010″ being held at Fremont Film Studios (9 p.m. to 2 a.m.).  If you haven’t at least been in the neighborhood when the Studios are lit up with a celebrity event, noticed the strings of limos and party-goers approaching (the friendly smiles of the Valet guys tell us it’s... 

Seattle Parks Provide WiFi Hot Spots

That’s what I love about Seattle, technology seamlessly integrated into life.  It’s no surprise with our city being billed “The most Educated City in America” because we have the highest rate of PhDsand higher degrees  per capita, and “The Smartest City in America” because we not only have more bookstores and independent bookstores per capita, but a truly impressive number of entrepreneurs making strides to change the world in positive ways.  Just as important, they are challenging the idea some people have that “green” living means more expensive and loss of profits.  Committed innovators are making sure that “green” living can still create profit so that a majority of companies can join the movement toward making our future safe from environmental change. Of course this should be no surprise with high profile leaders like Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, and other futuristic companies being located here and drawing talent from all across the country and all over the world.  Even the medical services and hospitals here are at an impressivly high level compared with perfectly adequate services in other locations. As far as... 

Happy Hour in Queen Anne

Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is one of the nicest places to take a walk (it’s no secret that if you want to live in a wonderful walkable neighborhood this is one of the best choices in the city…if you don’t believe me just plug the address of any home you’re looking at into the Walkscore.com site and you’ll see a high rating!), do some shopping, meet a friend for coffee or lunch, or plan a romantic dinner at one of the small restaurants that abound.  But let’s not forget the lively pub scene that is justly said to be, especially in Lower Queen Anne which blends into Westlake near Seattle Center, one of the best hangouts in the city to drink, gab and get together.  Some of my FAVORITE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE, the Seattle Weekly crowd, has issued a great little guide in this week’s free Weekly, their Happy Hour Guide.  Be sure to grab one at your favorite coffee house, or if you are out of town drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail to you, as I have a stack in the office. The Seattle Weekly Happy Hour Guide has five picks for Queen Anne, which are The Spectator, Genki Sushi, McMenamins Pub, Paragon, and Ozzie’s Restaurant...