Free Pancakes at IHOP: Carbs for a Cause

Free Pancakes at IHOP: Carbs for a Cause...

Normally, I’m not a huge fan of chain restaurants. Call me a food snob (my husband does, regularly), but it’s the truth. However, I’m also not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. So when I hear that IHOP is giving away FREE pancakes tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1, I’m there. From 7:00 am to 10:00 pm, all IHOP locations will be handing out short stacks of their famous buttermilk pancakes to every...
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Weekend Round-Up: 2/25-2/27

Weekend Round-Up: 2/25-2/27...

Don’t you love when you start to see cherry blossoms and then suddenly SNOW! PANIC! SEATTLE IS GONNA DROWN! Hopefully the buses will behave accordingly and people can enjoy the weekend. Here’s your round-up: -It’s Free Truffle Friday again at Boka. Eat, enjoy and get a mini massage from Spaahh. -Sew Up Seattle is offering their monthly free class at Goods of the Planet. Saturday’s lesson: Dolls! -Walk...
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Free Tax Help at Seattle Public Libraries

Free Tax Help at Seattle Public Libraries...

Sometimes I write about really glamorous stuff- amazing food, good wine, high fashion. Today’s topic definitely doesn’t fall into that category, but it’s a lot more important than great happy hours or free cupcakes. Today, we’re talking about taxes (boo) and the awesome FREE tax help offered by Seattle Public Libraries (yay). (photo courtesy of flickr user Mat Honan) Through April 17, 11 branches of...
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Passport to Ballard: Exploring, Saving, Eating

Passport to Ballard: Exploring, Saving, Eating...

So this pesky snOMG thing probably means that some time during the next several days, the city of Seattle is going to completely shut down and you’re going to find yourself hopelessly stuck somewhere for hours, or possibly even days. Sadly, I can’t give you any tips on how to navigate incompetently plowed roads (well, I could tell you to go buy a giant four wheel drive SUV, but that doesn’t exactly go with...
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Cave Singers and Contests: Easy Street Records, we love you.

Cave Singers and Contests: Easy Street Records, we...

Need some music today? Good. Because Easy Street Records has got you covered. Photo courtesy of Easy Street Records First up, is the Balkan Beat Box contest. Enter to win (or enter me to win) before it’s too late! And then when you’re done entering me into contests you should head to the Queen Anne location today for an in-store performance by the totally amazing Cave Singers. The group will be celebrating their...
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Dine and Dash: Ikea is hungry for shoppers

Dine and Dash: Ikea is hungry for shoppers...

Hopefully you have off today, for Prezzies Day and all. If you do and you’re not at Stevens or sleeping in, then you must be doing that other dirty S word. Yep, that’s right. Shopping. And out of all those sales going on there’s one that really caught my attention. But be warned, it involves going to the totally overwhelming, but highly addictive Ikea. Photo courtesy of Ikea Here’s the gist of the...
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Weekend Round-Up: 2/18-2/20

Weekend Round-Up: 2/18-2/20...

It’s here! The weekend! Yippee! Let’s get on with it, shall we? -Every Friday in February is FREE FRIGGIN’ TRUFFLE FRIES AT BOKA DAY! Can you tell I like truffle fries? -Grow a pair and tell some jokes or just laugh at those who are trying out their material at the free open mic night in Cap Hill. -Go see famous musicians before they become famous musicians. This Friday in Ballard. -Joule is at it again...
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No waxing necessary: Pies & Pints Facial Hair Extravaganza

No waxing necessary: Pies & Pints Facial Hair...

If you haven’t been following the Beard & Stache Fest then you’re probably living in a hole without your SAD lamp. It’s time to get outside, show off your fuzz and give a little to the Treehouse and foster kids of King County. Photo courtesy of Beard & Stache Fest During this ongoing Festival, there have been pinball tournies, trivia nights and now pies! That’s right, tonight’s...
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Farm Talk: Be More than Just a Foodie

Farm Talk: Be More than Just a Foodie...

“Foodie” is a rather annoying term that’s gotten a lot of bad press lately. I mean, you can love food without being totally annoying about it- but why not do more than just rattle on endlessly about how much you adore pate? Funnel your gluttony towards a good cause and get yourself an education in where your food actually comes from by attending Farm Talk, an event celebrating the release of Farm Together...
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Google Art Project: Almost as Good as First Thursdays

Google Art Project: Almost as Good as First Thursd...

Here at yay-today, we love us some artsy-fartsy museum time. That’s probably why First Thursdays are practically our version of church. But now, thanks to Google’s latest little stroke of genius, Art Project, you can virtually visit some of the greatest museums in the world for FREE whenever you want (like, when you’re on a 3 hour conference call). What'chu lookin at? Google Art Project currently...
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