Local Flavor: DeLaurenti Food & Wine
Looking for groceries downtown? Since 1946, DeLaurenti Food & Wine has been Seattle’s most complete source for specialty ingredients and novelties from around the world.
Month: June 2025
Message From the Chair: June 18
First of all, my apologies for missing my deadline of updating you in three weeks as indicated in my May 13 statement. Much of our update can be summed up as moving forward with progress but not as quickly as we had hoped.
Around Seattle: Washington State Ferries
The Washington State Ferries are a great way to see Seattle’s natural beauty from the water—and to see some incredible sea life.
Fantastic Fiction: Jorge Luis Borges in 1962
When Anglophone readers think of “magical realism,” they generally think of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and other practitioners of this subgenre in Latin America during the mid-20th century. Borges, known for his brain-twisting, reality-bending stories, published two texts in English in 1962: Ficciones and Labyrinths.
Local Flavor: International District
Looking for authentic Asian food? Head down to Seattle’s International District. Home to a wide range of restaurants and just a couple of stops south on the light rail from the convention center, this is the place to go for noodles, dumplings, and other Asian fare. The International District is also home to Uwajimaya, a massive Asian grocery store and Seattle institution for almost 100 years.
Fantastic Fiction: Joanna Russ
I am partial. I truly believe that Joanna Russ is one of the greatest writers that the science fiction field has ever produced, and from 1977–1991 she was a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.