It’s Christmas Eve! Misty and within the 50s right now, wet and within the 40s (with an atmospheric river, as a deal with) tomorrow. To anybody who didn’t develop up right here it would really feel woefully un-festive, however that is Seattle Christmas, damnit.
Who needs information on the vacations? Nobody, so we’ll maintain it temporary, provide you with some vacation recs, after which you possibly can fake your cellphone is only for Wordle for the remainder of the day. (However in case you want an excuse to dip out from a dialog with That One Household Member, you possibly can at all times come again and browse it once more.)
“That is what a reckoning appears like.” That was a part of the assertion launched by Dr. Ben Danielson’s attorneys after the jury got here again yesterday, awarding him $21 million for racial discrimination from Seattle Youngsters’s Hospital. Danielson sued them final 12 months after resigning within the wake of the George Floyd protests, accusing Seattle Youngsters’s of permitting institutional racism to permeate the hospital, and retaliating in opposition to him when he drew consideration to it. His resignation led the Youngsters’s to launch an impartial investigation.
Drone conflict: The Seattle Occasions reported this morning that the State is utilizing aerial drones to cowl graffiti alongside the highways. The drone is an $86,000 battery-powered plane that’s tethered to pump paint from the bottom. Up to now, the state has spent $22,000 to scrub graffiti utilizing drones, and plans to spend as much as $60,000 by the top of June 2025. Cool cool cool.
Starbucks staff nonetheless on strike: It is expanded to 300 shops in 45 states. (Wanna get your thoughts blown? That is solely 3 % of their places). Employees are out on the picket line on Christmas Eve, so get your little whipped-cream-topped deal with some place else right now (and produce a deal with to the picket line when you’re at it).
ICYMI: Yesterday, Ashley gave us a rundown of what we will take away from the King County Metro stabbing and arrest; I shared some native historical past about Kristen Waggoner, our fellow Washingtonian, CEO of the Alliance Defending Freedom, and an important participant within the anti-LGBTQ push within the Supreme Courtroom; Hannah explored why there’s no clear challenger in opposition to Mayor Harrell but; and the 2024 Cookie Countdown continues.
Talking of cookies: For those who haven’t adopted the cookie countdown these days, let me suggest a couple of latest gems: Marcus Harrison Inexperienced’s treatise on Hood Well-known’s Ube cookie (during which he calls all different cookies “a lie besieged by sugar”); Vivian McCall’s Ode to the Grocery Retailer Clam Shell Cookie; and Megan Seling’s ongoing argument that “Not all cookies are for you, child.”
I hate to Trump Christmas, but it surely’s price conserving this from getting misplaced within the vacation information fog. Yesterday, Trump named Mauricio Claver-Carone to be his particular envoy to Latin America. Claver-Carone is infamous for his hard-line positions on Cuba. He was a part of the primary Trump administration, however left for what ought to have been a prestigious five-year put up working the Inter-American Improvement Financial institution. As a substitute, he was fired after simply two years amidst allegations that he was in a romantic relationship with a subordinate, whose wage he’d elevated by $133,000 in lower than a 12 months, in keeping with The Related Press. All of that is notable, certain, however what stood out to me most within the NYT’s announcement was that “blogger” was the second phrase used to establish him.
Okay let’s do some vacation stuff.
Tomorrow is the primary evening of Hannukah, and if I wasn’t bouncing between relations’ houses in several elements of the state all day, I’d be going to SIFF’s Fiddler on the Roof Sing Alongside. Largely as a result of I’ve very robust emotions about how that one a part of “If I Have been a Wealthy Man” ought to be pronounced, and you may’t persuade me in any other case.
Are you a dumplings and fried rice kinda gal on Christmas? We bought you. The EverOut staff broke it down by their favourite Cantonese, Sichuan, Dim Sum, and Chinese language American spots. And when you’ve got resolution paralysis, simply go for Chengdu Style.
Excessive Quantity: Searching for a batch cocktail to your vacation celebration? We have now that too! Megan Russell from Bar Miriam shared the recipe for her Golden Spice Martini. All the work is within the infusion: add your saffron and your spices to twenty oz of gin, let it sit for 2 hours, after which it’s all in regards to the garnishes. It’s lovely, it’s a crowd pleaser, and also you received’t spend the entire celebration behind the bar.
Greater than sugar plum fairies: All of us take into consideration the Pacific Northwest Ballet throughout Nutcracker season, however don’t miss the present that comes subsequent. We bought to go behind the scenes with their costume division whereas they ready for the most important manufacturing the corporate has ever taken on: a model new tackle Sleeping Magnificence.
Someone despatched you one thing gigantic! As a deal with, right here’s the gayest factor to ever occur on a kids’s Christmas present (a excessive bar).
