Dr. Jay Miller of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate scored 469 Washington wines 90 points or higher in a report released yesterday on eRobertParker.com, up nearly 40% from the 338 Washington wines that scored 90+ in 2009. The total number of recommended wines also increased dramatically. In 2009, Dr. Miller recommended 561 Washington wines in his report, while this year a total of 810 were recommended, a jump of almost 45%.
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Nyhus Communications LLC (http://nyhus.com), a Seattle-based strategic communications and advocacy firm, today announced that it has been named to Seattle Business magazine’s annual list of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 and the annual Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the nation.
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I think pretty much everyone in the Seattle area knows about Dicks Hamburgers – the Seattle area chain of burger shops started by a couple of UW fraternity brothers.
Not many people remember that one of their first locations was in downtown Bellevue, on Bellevue Way NE.
Dick’s has recently announced an online poll to help decide where they should build a new location: in the North end, in the South End or our beloved Eastside. C’mon Eastsiders! Vote for Dick’s to expand to the Eastside.
Firefighters from Kirkland, Redmond, and Bellevue responded to a fire aboard the historic Argosy Cruise Ship MV Kirkland which is docked at Marina Park in Kirkland.
Upon arrival, the first-in engine company saw smoke coming from the ship. After forcing their way inside by breaking a sliding glass door, they were confronted with an engine room in flames and completely full of dark smoke. Firefighters used the dock standpipe to supply water for suppression efforts, which were hampered by difficulty of working in the cramped engine room as well as poor visibility from the smoke. After ventilating the engine room and knocking down the fire, firefighters then spent a significant amount of time putting out spot fires which had spread throughout small spaces and pockets inside and surrounding the engine room.
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The Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizza team is still on cloud nine after an amazing week right out of a storybook. On the heels of a 2010 “trifecta” win, (garnering the National Restaurant Association’s “Hot Concepts” award in February, the Washington State Restaurant ...
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“People always remark that the time from infancy to toddler seems to literally fly by, and I have to say, that is exactly what has happened with John Howie Steak, says the like named chef/owner. Located within the Neiman Marcus anchored “The Shops ...
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Today I am going to put the spotlight on a few of our Featured Members at Eastside Entrpreneurs and link to their businesses.
Members can choose to be Featured Members by becoming supporting members of Eastside Entrepreneurs at any of three separate support levels, but the current Featured Members were chosen to be featured randomly.
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Tags: Christina Johnson, Dan Edwards, David Clark, HomeTask, Interiors by Decorating Den, Issaquah, Jerrod Sessler, Lasting Impression Events, Lindsay Wassell, Northstone Real Estate, PlugInCandles.com, Potsha Harris, The Healthy Lifestyle Consultant, Wendy Schnitzer, Xact Resources LLC
Bellevue College is offering a new Sustainable Business Best-Practices certificate program beginning this fall quarter, which starts Sept. 20. The coursework is designed to train employees to help businesses operate successfully in an increasingly ecologically sensitive world.
The 19-credit program consists of four classes: Introduction ...
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The 23nd annual Auction of Washington Wines, culminating August 19-21 in Woodinville, WA, at Chateau Ste. Michelle, raised $1.4 million for uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Washington Wine Education Foundation.
“We are very pleased with this year’s ...
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The Friends of Costco Guild, led by Jan Sinegal and Lynn Winters, raised $6.6M for Seattle Children’s Hospital at the eleventh annual Children’s Golf Classic August 14-16, 2010. This three-day event consistently raises the most money of any event benefitting Children’s.
“The enthusiastic support of our sponsors for the Golf Classic is an ...
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