Saturday, May 19, 2012
Their admiration for the music of Miles Davis, such as the album The Birth of the Cool, brought Marty Taucher and Chris Peterson together in business and led to the birth of winery Avennia.
Chris Peterson worships the music of The Grateful Dead. Marty Taucher is a Dave Matthews Band fan. Peterson and Taucher met at DeLille Cellars, where Peterson rose to winemaker and Taucher volunteered during the 2009 harvest. Despite their diverging musical tastes, Peterson and Taucher struck a chord and have gone into business together. Taucher founded Woodinville-based Avennia Winery in 2010. Peterson consulted during the 2010 harvest before leaving DeLille in May 2011 to become the full-time winemaker at Avennia. They are currently selling their first wines (a Sauvignon Blanc, two Syrahs and two Bordeaux-style blends) to be released next fall and winter. Peterson and Taucher eventually agreed on Miles Davis to bridge their musical gap…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Area restaurants are getting in on the Bellevue Jazz Festival, which kicks off at the end of the month.
Local restaurants and venues will be hosting concerts during the 5th Annual Bellevue Jazz Festival from May 30 through June 3. El Gaucho Bellevue, 520 Bar & Grill, Cypress Wine Bar, Z’Tejas, Rock Bottom Brewery and Restaurant, Black Bottle Postern, Grand Cru Mixologie Lounge and Lot No. 3 will be hosting free concerts throughout the festivities. Lincoln Square and Bellevue Square will host additional free concerts. The Clayton Brothers Quintet (May 31), Booker T. Jones (June 1) and the Hubert Laws Quintet (June 2) will be the featured artists during the festival. They will perform paid concerts at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center. General admission tickets are $34, $17 for students. Passes to all three concerts are $78. Bake’s Place, …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Whatever you call it, Post it on Patch. It's simple, easy and best of all, it's FREE!
Has the spring cleaning bug hit you? Has the recent nice weather inspired you? Don't waste precious gas driving around town to hang signs advertising your sale or spend some of your profits on placing an ad. Warm weather makes for some hot bargains, so why not let Sammamish-Issaquah Patch advertise your sale for free? Help us help you get rid of your unwanted items and save money on gas by posting your Garage Sale on Patch. It's never been easier to announce your Garage Sale: it's totally FREE and reaches a large audience. (Did I mention, it's free? And, reaches a lot of people?) All you need to do is enter your address, dates and times and a short summary of what you're selling in the comments section below (to make things easier we've …
The Issaquah shop with 14,000 "cubic" feet of showroom will be the subject of a money mob on Wednesday, May 23.
The Issaquah Chamber of Commerce's Young Issaquah Professionals (YIPpies) group announced that Sisters Antiques will be the location of its next Cash Mob event, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, May 23, from 4-7 p.m. The event is planned to coincide with National Small Business Week. The group will have door prizes and invites the community to come out and support Sisters with a cash infusion. The eclectic store is filled to the rafters with unique antiques, and the store says it strives to "keep the shop fresh and interesting and is always searching for unique, one-of-a-kind items." You can get a feel for some of what can be found at Sisters by looking at its online showroom, but it might change by the time the Mob hits! A Cash Mob is a …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Issaquah Chamber plans a special Moms event Wednesday, May 16, and Sammamish City Manager Ben Yazici will talk about the state of the city at the Sammamish Chamber's luncheon Thursday, May 17.
This week's local chamber events promise to be interesting. Check them out: Issaquah Chamber Tomorrow's a big day for Moms in Issaquah. The Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce is holding a special celebration for Moms at Pickering Barn from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow, May 16—and Moms get in free. Julianne Pierson of Extraodinary Mama will be the keynote speaker at the event, which is hosted by the chamber and sponsored by Banic Chiropractic & Massage. Other features at the event include chair massages, prizes and giveaways, and participants can get discounted childcare at Adventure Kids for the event. Sammamish Chamber The Sammamish Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly luncheon on Thursday, May 17, at the Plateau Club, with featured speaker…
Monday, May 14, 2012
This coming Wednesday (May 16) the group will announce the next Cash Mob, scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, from 4-7 p.m.
On the heels of a very successful inaugural Cash Mob in April, The Issaquah Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a second Mob, planned during National Small Business Week. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, at 4 p.m. The lucky business being mobbed will be revealed on the group’s Facebook page on May 16. A recently formed group of Chamber Members, known as Young Issaquah Professionals - or YIPpies - has been the mastermind behind orchestrating this extreme version of local shopping. So what is a “Cash Mob?” Simply put, a Cash Mob is a group of people who congregate at a locally-owned business and infuse their collective cash into the local merchant’s register. The day, time and location of the mob are conveyed via social media …
The audition will take place for four hours only on June 9 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Applications are available online, or at any shop or restaurant at The Landing.
Move over, Hollywood and step aside, Seattle. The Landing in Renton is the place to be on June 9 for all eligible, star-struck bachelors and bachelorettes. Why? ABC Producers for the television shows “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” will host an audition event on June 9 from noon to 4 p.m. at 828 N. 10th Place, Renton, WA 98057. “We are very excited to be hosting the casting call,” said Sallye Soltner, marketing director for The Landing. “'The Bachelor' producers are in love with the Seattle area, and several of the Bachelorettes from previous years have been from here,” she said. “The producers are hoping to find eligible ladies and men to compete on upcoming shows of ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Bachelorette’.” The producers have held …
The City Council will hold public hearings on the 2012 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space plan as well as on proposed home business regulations.
At its regular council meeting tonight, the city of Sammamish will hold a public hearing on the 2012 Park Recreation & Open Space (Pro) Plan at its meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. You can read the PRO plan ahead of time here. If adopted, the PRO plan would guide the Parks and Recreation Department for the next six years. Though the plan covers goals for planning for Sammamish Parks and Rec facilities for the next six years, residents have attended recent Parks and City Counicil meetings to express concern over the designs for new parkland recently donated to the city. Neighbors of the new Southeast Eighth Park, as well as members of the Sammamish Historical Society, are expected to be in attendance at the meeting to voice their opinions about…
Joan Probala says rising rental costs and high demand here could cost you more in the long run.
Should you purchase? Are you thinking about renting? What is it going to take for you to make that big decision? Prices are low, interest rates are the lowest in history making this a great time to buy. If you plan on staying in a home for several years or using a property for long term investment, waiting for even a few months may increase the amount of money that a property will cost. Still considering renting? There are many reasons to rent, but rising rental costs could cost you more in the long run. Looking at statistics does not always indicate what the best decision is, but it is a place to start. According to Zillow, rents have increased 3 percent over the last year. That may not seem like such a large increase, but couple that …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Wild caught Copper River King Salmon is highly anticipated by consumers, driving the price of the fish, in some cases, upwards of $50 per pound.
Seafood consultant Jon Rowley is the king of Copper River King Salmon. It was Rowley who, in 1983, transformed how Copper River King Salmon was treated, raising it from frozen and canned salmon for export to a delicacy anticipated every spring like school children anticipate the end of the school year. “(In 1983) the quality was horrible,” Rowley said. Today, Rowley puts it simply, “Copper River King Salmon is the best fish in the world.” He refers to the fish as fat-bellied thoroughbreds. A fisherman by trade, Rowley consulted for Ray’s Boathouse, Restaurants Unlimited, McCormick & Schmick’s and Rosellini’s 410 during the Copper River King season in 1983. He devised an efficient process of bleeding and icing the fish before it reached …
