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Silverdale Red Lobster among locations being shuttered by national seafood chain
SILVERDALE, Wash. — One western Washington location was among the dozens of Red Lobster restaurants that closed abruptly on Monday. More than 80 Red Lobster locations in at least 27 states were listed as "temporarily closed" on the restaurant's website. That includes one on Northwest Randall Way in Silverdale, out in Kitsap County.
A Man With a Guide Dog Was Denied Entry to a Seattle Restaurant—Now His Story Is Going Viral
Last week, Paul Castle, an author and illustrator who has amassed a huge following for his entertaining and informative Instagram videos and TikToks, took to social media to share a distressing story about an underdiscussed — and disturbingly common — form of discrimination. Castle is legally blind — he has lost ninety percent of his eyesight due to the eye disease retinitis pigmentosa — and he’s often accompanied by his guide dog, Mr. Maple. But when he recently tried to enter a restaurant in his town of Seattle, he was stopped by a waiter who insisted that there were no pets allowed, he explained in a video that instantly went viral.
Robert L. Scott
For Seattle rap legend Nasty Nes, meeting DJ Robert L. Scott felt monumental. As a young teenager in the early 1970s, Nes first discovered Scott when he stumbled onto his KJR-AM show while Scott was spinning the R&B classic “Oh Girl” by the Chi-Lites. (The song’s lyrics spoke to Nes, who was crushing hard on a girl.) From then on, Nes tuned in to Scott’s Seattle-based show all the time. “I just loved his gift of gab,” Nes remembers. “His voice, the way he spoke was so smooth and ladies loved that.”
Day Trip Seattle Unveils Lineup For 2024 Return
Day Trip Seattle is back with a hot house lineup for 2024. The single-day event from Insomniac’s sunny house music brand will return to the Pacific Northwest for a third year running on Sunday, July 28, 2024. As it has in each previous edition, Day Trip Seattle will change...
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