Rain Makes Art in Seattle

Sidewalk art can be seen all over the United States. Everyone has witnessed the 3D sidewalk art that makes you think you are falling. However, there is a new kind of sidewalk art that can be seen in Seattle.  Seattle's rainy weather is perfect for the artist Peregrine Church to try his new Rainworks. You can learn more here.

Famous for its notoriously rainy weather, Seattle is the perfect home for this new series of water-activated interactive artworks, illustrations, and hidden messages that only appear when wet. Titled Rainworks, the invisible pieces by Seattle-based artist Peregrine Church started popping up last year. Each installation is made from an environmentally safe, water-repellant coating that lasts anywhere from 4 months to a year. You can see more here. (via Vandalog, Metafilter)

March Madness Seattle Moments

Do you have any luck with the NCAA Bracket? March Madness has many great memories in Seattle. These games changed the course of many brackets throughout the years. Learn about the top ten moments below and at the Seattle Times.



#10: 1987 region final
In the West Region final at the Kingdome, top-seeded UNLV rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Iowa, 84-81, and advance to its first Final Four in 10 years. "It was a miracle the way we came back," UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian said. "I thought we were living on borrowed time. You just don't come back against a team like that."


#9: 1999 first round
An unheralded team from Ogden, Utah, pulled off a major upset at KeyArena, as Harold "The Show" Arceneaux led No. 14 seed Weber State to a 76-74 victory over No. 3 North Carolina in the West Region. It was the first time in 23 years that the Tar Heels had lost in the first round. "Ever since I got here, people have been asking me: 'Where is Weber State?'" Wildcat guard Eddie Gill said. "If you watch basketball, you're not going to ask where is Weber State anymore." Arceneaux scored 36 points on 14-of-26 shooting. "We probably messed up a lot of people's office pools, but so what?" Arceneaux said.

#8: 1956 first round
Seattle University, making its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, defeats Idaho State, 68-66, at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in the first round. (Tickets for the game were $1.) It was the final victory at Seattle U for coach Al Brightman, who in eight seasons compiled a 180-68 record for Seattle. He remains the winningest coach in program history. (Two years later, Elgin Baylor would lead Seattle U to the NCAA championship game against Kentucky.)


#7: 1989 NCAA title game
In an overtime thriller at the Kingdome, Michigan beat Seton Hall 80-79 to win the national title. Michigan sharpshooter Glen Rice had 31 points in the final and broke a handful of scoring records en route to being named the tournament's most outstanding player. "Almost indescribable," Michigan interim coach Steve Fisher said about Rice. "He has been as good as there is." Rumeal Robinson sank the winning free throws with three seconds left. Seton Hall, after two timeouts, got one last look after a full-court pass, but Daryll Walker's three-point attempt bounced off the backboard, then off the rim and into Rice's hands as time expired.
#6: 1949 NCAA title game
In the first NCAA championship game held in Seattle, Adolph Rupp coached Kentucky to its second consecutive title with a 46-36 victory over Oklahoma A&M at Hec Ed. Kentucky's 6-foot-7 All-American Alex Groza, "big, hulking bear of a man," as described by the Associated Press, scored 25 points, despite fouling out with five minutes left, and was named the tournament's most outstanding player for the second year in a row. "It was a tough game all the way," Rupp said afterward. "We had to play this one the hard way, almost to the finish. We beat a good team and we're mighty happy about it."


#5: 1952 NCAA title game
This was the first time the NCAA tournament had a true Final Four at the championship site, and it was held at Hec Ed on the UW campus. Kansas, led by 6-9 All-American Clyde Lovellette and coach Phog Allen, won its first NCAA title, knocking off St. John's 80-63 in the championship game. "I was the biggest baby ever born in Pike County (Indiana), and the record still stands," Lovellette told The Seattle Times' Georg N. Meyers on a walk in the University District the morning of the title game. "When visitors leaned over my crib, they didn't say, 'Oooh.' They said, 'Oh, no!'" Wrote Meyers: "More recently, the cries of 'Oh, no!' have been uttered by anguished opponents of the Kansas basketball team." Lovellette set a championship-game record with 33 points. Fun fact: The Jayhawks had a 5-foot-10 reserve guard named Dean Smith, who would go on to win two more national titles as the head coach at North Carolina.


#4: 2004 second round
For a day, Seattle was Upset City. On the same court where its magical march had started five years earlier, Midwest Region second seed Gonzaga was blown out in the second round by 10th-seeded Nevada, 91-72, at KeyArena. It was a shocking end for a Zags team many had pegged as a Final Four contender. "There's a cruelness to this tournament," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "You're never ready for a season to end and then, poof, it's over." Gonzaga star Blake Stepp, one of the Bulldogs' five seniors, shot just 5 of 29 in the two subregional games. "If I make it to the NBA, I'm not going to be looking forward to coming to KeyArena." Following Gonzaga's exit, Stanford, the top seed in the West, again bounced early from the tournament in a 70-67 loss to No. 8 Alabama. For the fifth time in six years, the Cardinal was ousted in the second round. Stanford had a 30-1 record entering the game, its only regular-season loss coming two weeks earlier just a few miles away on the UW campus.


#4: 2004 second round
For a day, Seattle was Upset City. On the same court where its magical march had started five years earlier, Midwest Region second seed Gonzaga was blown out in the second round by 10th-seeded Nevada, 91-72, at KeyArena. It was a shocking end for a Zags team many had pegged as a Final Four contender. "There's a cruelness to this tournament," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "You're never ready for a season to end and then, poof, it's over." Gonzaga star Blake Stepp, one of the Bulldogs' five seniors, shot just 5 of 29 in the two subregional games. "If I make it to the NBA, I'm not going to be looking forward to coming to KeyArena." Following Gonzaga's exit, Stanford, the top seed in the West, again bounced early from the tournament in a 70-67 loss to No. 8 Alabama. For the fifth time in six years, the Cardinal was ousted in the second round. Stanford had a 30-1 record entering the game, its only regular-season loss coming two weeks earlier just a few miles away on the UW campus.


#3: 1995 NCAA title game
With star Tyus Edney limited by a wrist injury, UCLA's backup point guard, Cameron Dollar, was thrust into the most important position on the floor in the national title game against defending national champion Arkansas and its relentless full-court press. Before a crowd of 38,504 at the Kingdome, Dollar filled in capably to help the Bruins to an 89-78 victory. "If we were going to win," Dollar said, "it was going to be with me at the helm. Tonight it was my night." Dollar and the Bruins weren't fazed by the Arkansas trap. All-American Ed O'Bannon had 30 points and 17 rebounds, and freshman guard Toby Bailey had 26 points and nine rebounds as UCLA won its first title in 20 years. As for Dollar, he played 36 minutes — 16 more than his season average — and had six points, eight assists and four steals. Dollar, recruited to UCLA by Lorenzo Romar, is now in his sixth season as the coach at Seattle U.


#2: 1999 first and second rounds
Gonzaga, in its introduction as a mid-major power, enthralled the country while Richie Frahm, Casey Calvary and Matt Santangelo became household names. The Bulldogs' first steps toward national consciousness came at KeyArena, where they toppled seventh-seeded Minnesota and second-seeded Stanford to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time. "The Slipper Fits!" read the headline in The Seattle Times after the 10th-seeded Zags upset Stanford, a Final Four team a year earlier. The Bulldogs would advance to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual champion UConn. Two weeks later, Gonzaga coach Dan Monson and athletic director Mike Roth wrote a letter to the editor, published by The Times. "It all started in KeyArena," they wrote, "and the support the Bulldogs received made it the next best thing to a home game."



#1: 1984 NCAA title game
Ewing vs. Olajuwon. Georgetown vs. Houston. A historic night in the Kingdome. In the premier matchup of big men in NCAA tournament history, and in the first of three Final Fours held at the Kingdome, Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas topped Akeem Olajuwon's "Phi Slama Jama" Cougars, 84-75, before a crowd of 38,471. Two years after losing to Michael Jordan and North Carolina in the 1982 title game, Georgetown finished the job and made John Thompson the first African-American coach to win the national championship. The battle of the 7-foot stars didn't quite live up to the billing — Ewing (10 points, nine rebounds) and Olajuwon (15 points, nine rebounds) were both limited by foul trouble — but the difference for the Hoyas was their bench, which outscored the Cougars 43-13.

Celebrate The Irish This Friday

Everyone can be a little Irish on St. Patrick's Day.  What is your favorite event when you are dressed in green?  Seattle has some amazing parties for all ages this weekend. St. Patrick's Day may be a week away, but the celebrations will be starting this Friday.  You can learn more here.


2015 Seattle St Patrick’s Events:

All Weekend: Get Lucky Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend on Urban Adventure Quest’s Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure! | Discover Seattle’s Hidden Mysteries

February 21: Irish Soda Bread Baking Class @ St Patrick’s Parish Hall | Bake Off, Learn About Delicious & Nutritional Traditional Treat

March 7: Irish Soda Bread Contest @ T.S. McHugh’s Irish Pub & Restaurant | Free, Irish Music, Baile Glas Irish Dancers & Uilleann Pipes

March 13: Green Stripe Laying on 4th Ave, 7PM | FREE Mini-Parade to mark the route of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade (more info)

March 13: St. Patrick’s Day Lucky 2015 @ WaMu Theater | Featuring 12th Planet, Audien, Brillz & More!

March 14: St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl w/ BarCrawls.com | Get Shamrocked, No Cover, Drink Specials

March 14: Irish Flag Raising front of the King-County Administration Building, followed by the playing of the Irish and US National Anthems | 12: 20PM (more info)

March 14: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Georgetown Art Attack | Second Saturday, Neighborhood Art Walk, Participants, Map, Free

March 14: Seattle’s 39th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade up 4th Avenue | Free Monorail (more info)

March 14 & 15: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Parade & 2015 Festival Info & Pictures | Route Map, Food, Dance, Games, Free Monorail

March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl w/ BarCrawls.com | Get Shamrocked, No Cover, Drink Specials

March 17: St. Patrick’s Day @ Seattle Children’s Museum | Art, Music & Dance Party, Story time

March 17: McCaw Hall Free Public Tour | Starts at noon, lasts up to 90 minutes, and is led by a McCaw Hall, Seattle Opera or Pacific Northwest Ballet staff member

March 22: Gaelic Games Open Field Day @ Magnuson Park | 12-3pm, For All to try their hand at Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Camogie (more info)

New Restaurants in Seattle

What new restaurants have you and your loved one tries?  These are some great new restaurants in Seattle that will be the perfect date night.  These restaurants have many different types of food, so there will be something for all tastes.  You can learn more at KomoNews.




Great food, great ambience, and a great dinner partner are the necessary components for an unforgettable dinner. If you’re planning your next romantic evening on the town, there are plenty of new restaurants to consider before making your reservation. Here are five of Seattle’s best new date night restaurants.

Trove. This new ambitious Korean restaurant opened its doors on Capitol Hill in late September. Owned by husband and wife team Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, the 4,000 square-foot Trove is a great way to have a food adventure. There are four components to the restaurant: Trove Parfait, Trove Noodle, Trove BBQ, and Trove Bar. I recommend doing the Korean BBQ and then finishing the night with a Snickers Parfait. If you sit in the BBQ area, make sure to check out the hand-screened wallpaper that shows Godzilla closing in on the Space Needle.

Price range: $8.00-$14.00

Trove
500 East Pike
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Restaurant Marron. Restaurant Marron opened in July and took over the space where Olivar used to reside in the Loveless building on Capitol Hill. Despite the name of the building, Restaurant Marron is full of love, with another husband and wife team: Zarina and Eric Sakai. With carefully constructed dishes and impeccable service, Restaurant Marron is quiet, romantic, and a great place for a special occasion. This is fine dining, so you won’t find Happy Hour or tapas. Instead, you choose the number of courses you would like to try. The menu changes constantly, so check it out before making your reservation.

Price range: $52.00-$175.00/person (includes wine pairings)

Restaurant Marron
806 East Roy Street
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

FOOD at Cortona. I can’t say enough nice things about FOOD at Cortona. It’s one of my favorite new restaurants of 2014. The food is absolutely delicious, the prices are reasonable, and the staff is fun and friendly. This is a sort-of pop-up restaurant that takes over Cortona Café on the weekends. Chef Zac Reynolds has a great sense of humor, cooks for you in an open kitchen, and is constantly searching for the best produce around to incorporate into his unique dishes. This is a great spot for both vegetarians and meat lovers. By the way, if one of the dishes come with a nori dumpling: Order it immediately! It sounds odd, but is a delectable blend of sweet and salty.

Price range: $8.00-$14.00

FOOD.
2425 East Union Street
Neighborhood: Central District

Bannister. This new wine and charcuterie bar just opened about a week ago in the Central District. It’s intimate and candle-lit, with excellent food, service, and prices. This isn’t a place to gobble down a huge bowl of pasta, instead the menu is more about sharing and tasting. I recommend the arugula salad with parmesan, the house-pickled vegetables, and the cheese board. You should also ask about their crostini of the day!

Price range: $4.00-$18.00

Bannister
1408 18th Ave
Neighborhood: Central District

Vespolina. When Jason Stratton flipped his restaurant from Aragona to Vespolina, I was excited to have yet another fantastic option for Italian food in Seattle. For your next date, try ordering the cavatelli with lamb ragu and pine nuts. The handmade pasta is tender but firm, the lamb is rich and savory, and the pine nuts add a crunch and sweetness that makes it a dish you’ll crave again and again. Ask your waiter about wine pairings for the perfect flavor combination.

Price range: $15.00-$27.00

Vespolina
96 Union Street
Neighborhood: Downtown

What's your favorite date night restaurant? Let me know in the comments!