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Top 5 Ways to Get Your Irish On

March 17th, 2011 by Berit

1. Urban Square Dancing featuring The Tallboys at the Century Ballroom. Urban square dancing is a growing phenomenon among Seattle’s young and restless– a return to rural roots, among a population bombarded with corporate malfeasance and the isolation of urban living. Whatever the reason, it’s damn fun. Get your best kicks on and head down to Capitol Hill. 8:30 pm, 21+, $7.

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, Dave Schumaker.

2. The Good Ole Irish at the Blarney Stone. I have three words for you — firefighters with bagpipes. Seriously. If you’re in the market for a real Irish pub night, complete with decapitating day-after hangover, head downtown to the Blarney Stone’s St. Paddy’s brouhaha. Starting at 2 pm, the night’s menu includes performances by two live bands and Irish dancing. All punctuated by firefighting bagpipers, scheduled to take the stage at 10:30 pm. 2 pm – close, 21+.

3. Leprechaun in the Hood at Central Cinema. Not feeling up to another green beer fueled night on the town? Grab your honey or your mom or your own right hand and head over to the CD. Seattle Weekly says, “Ice-T goes slumming in this 2000 fright flick. Warwick Davis portrays the wee Irish demon who ventures into Compton. (R).” Ice-T AND leprechauns??! What could go wrong? 8 pm, $6-8.

4. Irish Music Cornucopia at the Conor Byrne. If you’re looking for a St. Patrick’s Day experience without the frat factor, head over to Ballard’s Conor Byrne Irish pub for a night of jaunty tunes. Robert Sarazin Blake’s Paddy Whackers, the Erin McNamee Band and the Whiskey Swillers will play to the pub’s faithfully hip and artsy crowd. All night, 21+, no cover.

5. Psychedelic “London Loves” Dance Party at the Low-Fi. If you’re feeling more Rolling Stone than Blarney Stone this Thursday, but still want a place to get your groove on, head over to the Low-Fi on Eastlake. Costumes are encouraged and dancing is enthusiastic. All night, 21+, possible $10 cover (Site says $0-$10??).

Tags: bagpipes, Ballard, Blarney Stone, Capitol Hill, Central Cinema, Central District, Century Ballroom, Conor Byrne, Downtown, Eastlake, Ireland, Irish, Leprechaun in the Hood, Low-Fi, Seattle, Square Dancing, St. Patrick's Day
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The Young and their Restaurants

March 15th, 2011 by Berit

This is Peter Ringold. And this is Patrick McCredie.

Peter, Patrick and I went to college together. We shared friends and classes and probably passed each other countless times in the dining hall. But for the most part we were virtual strangers.

It’s not surprising then that when we all graduated in 2009, we didn’t spend angsty nights at the neighborhood bar bemoaning our imminent separation or planning future beer-fueled reunions in Thailand. No, I left my alma mater without any expectation of ever seeing Peter or Patrick again.

But flash forward about a year and a half and there they were, beaming out at me from the pages of my friendly neighborhood blog, Wallyhood.

At the ripe old age of 23, Peter and Patrick had opened a restaurant together, just up the street from my house– a Malaysian street food restaurant, called Satay. Two of the whitest boys I knew were opening a Malaysian street food restaurant? And claiming an authentic menu? I was very skeptical.

But my curiosity took over (as it usually does) and, as a faithful fellow alum, I visited for lunch. Good decision. Very good decision.

Malay’s menu is low on choices and prices (everything’s under $10), but high on flavor. They serve a whopping 10 dishes, which have been culled from a collection of their own infatuation with satay stands while traveling together in Malaysia and the recipes of Peter’s legitimately Malay aunt.

As one might expect, the highlights at Malay are tender, flavorful chicken, beef, lamb and tofu satays, marinated overnight in a lemongrass, cane sugar, 3-spice blend, with THE best peanut sauce I have ever consumed. Bar none. Their peanuts are fresh-roasted and ground in-house and, in their saucy form, it’s all I can do to stop myself from spooning them directly into my mouth.

And I’m not the only Seattleite to feel this way. As of publication, Malay has graced the pages of Seattle Met’s Best Asian issue, taken up a full page of The Stranger’s most recent drug expose issue and been reviewed by the Seattle Weekly. They’re even the subject of an upcoming segment for the Food Network’s Meat and Potatoes.

During the weeks after my first Malay visit, I returned with some regularity. I discovered other favorites like the curry puff (a crusty pastry filled with potatoes, carrots, peas and curry) and the Roti Canai– a flaky flat bread — which comes either plain, with a curry dipping sauce or in dessert form, drizzled with sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon and sugar. Peter and Patrick became actual friends, and I cheered outwardly when I came across instances of Malay’s success.

As I sat there one afternoon, incapacitated by the warm, gooey, crispy, goodness of a dessert Roti Canai, my thoughts drifted back to how they’d done it. What was it like for two young college grads to open their own restaurant? How many other Seattleites had done the same thing? Were they successful? Would they have done it again given the opportunity?

In a community of food-crazy, locally-sourced, gourmet liberals, what does Seattle’s up-and-coming generation of restaurateurs look like?

So I set out to uncover the young stars of the Puget Sound restaurant scene and their trials. The folks who had overcome the bad psychology of a horrible job market to pursue their love of satay or cooking or interior decoration or all of the above and had successfully launched their own restaurants. In the next few weeks, I’ll be introducing them to you– their restaurants, their faces, their food and the secrets to their success.

Next up: Behind the scenes at Satay.

Tags: best asian, curry, Malaysian food, Meat and Potatoes, restaurant, Satay, Seattle, Seattle Met, Seattle Weekly, The Food Network, The Stranger, Wallingford
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Uneeda Burger. Now.

February 17th, 2011 by Berit

Uneeda Burger with mushrooms, truffle salt and Gruyere. Photo: Special*Dark

I am a sucker for gourmet burgers. So, on the passionate advice of Lindy West, I dragged a gaggle of strapping young men into Uneeda Burger (The new Fremont burger joint courtesy of chef Scott Staples, who also brought us Zoe & Quinns) last night to sample their reportedly life-changing Whidbey Island Crescent Harbor 100% Wagyu (Kobe) Grass-Fed Beef.

For those of you who aren’t well-acquainted with the concept of Kobe Beef, let me take a moment to explain its deliciousness. Known for its flavor, tenderness and well-marbled texture, true Kobe can only be found in Japan, in the form of specially-bred Wagyu cattle herds. Rumors abound of Wagyu cattle being showered with rump massages and fed troughs of beer, but practices like these (if they once occurred) have fallen by the wayside.

Profile of Fukutsuru, in all his glory. Courtesy of Crescent Harbor Ranch.

Even without the rump rubs, the Whidbey Island Crescent Harbor 100% Wagyu served at Uneeda Burger is as legit as it gets in the U.S. The ranch boasts a herd of REAL Wagyu cattle, which it uses to breed its delicious beef. No cross-breeding with common cattle here.

Aspiring breeders can even purchase Wagyu sperm samples from Crescent Harbor Ranch, such as those of Fukutsuru 068, the #1 U.S. “Marbling Sire,” for $200 a pop. In other words, the cows at Crescent Harbor Ranch are the f%@ing Kennedys of cattle.

It’s an unsettling moment when you realize that a studly cow on Whidbey is probably a bigger player than Chuck Norris, Robert Pattinson and the Bieb combined. I mean, there’s no ignoring the fan power of those guys, but their marbling just doesn’t compare.

But I digress. The point is that Uneeda Burger makes the smoothest, juiciest, most buttery hamburgers this side of the Pacific. If you’re willing to spend the extra dough. I can’t speak for their regular beef, (though it has also gotten good reviews), but Fukutsuru 068 and all of his progeny certainly pull their weight.

I tried the #8 (with crimini, porcini, shallots, truffle salt, and gruyere), which was excellent. I didn’t really taste the truffle salt, though that may have been because I had already finished my half of the burger before I realized I should probably think a little bit about what it tasted like. It was that good.

The #2, with caramelized onions and blue cheese, was a little salty for me, and I like salt, but that didn’t stop me from devouring its juicy meaty goodness.

If fries are in the cards for you, definitely opt for waffle. The width of the regular fries is a serious let-down. (Scott, if you’re reading this, get fatter fries).

They have a solid selection of draft and bottled beer, and legendary milkshakes (I hear the chocolate is out of control). But even without these liquid perks and with all the flak Uneeda’s been taking for the little things, I would return in a heartbeat to taste once more the juicy, smooth, flavorful and perfectly marbled flanks of Fukutsuru 068’s off-spring.

Heeeere calfey, calfey!

Tags: Crescent Harbor Ranch, Fremont, hamburger, Kobe Beef, Quinns, Scott Staples, Seattle, Uneeda Burger, Wagyu, Zoe
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The Puget Hound: As Seen on TV

January 26th, 2011 by Berit

If you’re a fan of the tube, you may have noticed that The Puget Hound has started running its first ad on Q13Fox (Channel 13) and JOEtv (Channel 22).

We’ve been working on getting something like this on-air for a long time, so it is with great excitement that I can finally announce we’re here!

Check it out.

The ad will be running on JOEtv about once an hour, at least once during the 9pm news.

If you’re more a Q13 type, it will air 4-5 times a day, generally a few times during the morning news and in the last break of the 10 pm news. Keep an eye out. Better yet, obnoxiously poke your friends and family when it comes on, saying, “Hey! Hey! That’s me!” or “My green grocer/son/friend/hamster/occasional hook-up buddy/dentist writes for that!”

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Fro Yo Comes to Queen Anne

December 9th, 2010 by Berit

Ice cream is my drug of choice. BUT, it doesn’t exactly make the pounds fall off, so in an effort to assuage my diet guilt, I often look to vendors that sell ice cream-LIKE products to get my next fix. You know . . . smoothies, frozen yogurt, bubble tea . . . play dough.

Enter Menchie’s frozen yogurt on Queen Anne. Just minutes from Puget Hound headquarters, Menchies is an LA based fro-yo chain that just opened a new location on Queen Anne Avenue.

Their selection is extensive, and they charge by the pound, so fro-yo lovers can fully customize and buy as much or as little creamy goodness as they can handle. My trusty accomplice Jessica and I visited to assess the situation.

The Decor: Stepping into Menchies is a bit like stepping into the bedroom of a 10 year old girl. The decor is an overwhelming blend of bold lime green, hot pink and white, and dotted with small cartoon depictions of what one can only assume is supposed to be Menchie. A soothing soundtrack of late nineties music is punctuated every few minutes by the cashier’s piercingly enthusiastic, “Welcome to Menchies!!” While we were there, she even greeted the mailman.

The Flavors: Menchies has 14 flavors at a time, rotating every few days from a selection of 100. Some are prepared locally and seasonally (there was a yummy pumpkin flavor that I tried), but most are not. We tested all of them (very scientifically, of course), and they were a little hit and miss. Yummy: Dutch Chocolate, NY Cheesecake, Irish Mint, Pineapple Tart & Pumpkin. Not so yummy: Fruit Punch, German Chocolate. “It tastes like that really crappy Hawaiian punch you used to drink as a kid,” said Jessica.

The Toppings: This is definitely Menchies’ strong suite. Not only do they have an overwhelming selection of candy, cereal and nuts, but Menchies boasts a full fruit bar and a selection of brownie, cheesecake, cookie dough, and mochi bites. Top off your yo-creation with chocolate syrup, caramel sauce, butterscotch or whipped cream. Yes please.

The Menchies Story: According to the cashier with the piercing greeting, Menchies name comes from the Hebrew word mench, meaning good person or good people. Menchies was started by a couple in LA, who had their first date at a frozen yogurt joint. The pair fell in love, and, a week before they tied the knot, opened the first ever Menchies. So there you have it. Menchies: a product of love, both maritally and frozen yogurt-ly induced. How can you say no?

Tags: dessert, fro-yo, frozen yogurt, icecream, Menchies, Queen Anne, restaurant, Seattle
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A Farmers Market Afloat

December 8th, 2010 by Berit

Last Thursday, a little bird alerted me to the presence of a floating farmers market at the squeaky new Lake Union Park. Due to my rural upbringing, I am a sucker for both farmers markets and boats. Therefore, I knew I must visit.

The Virginia V rests at the Lake Union Park dock.

What I Expected: Full-bearded farmers crouched in canoes, rutabagas and cabbages strewn across the bottoms of their boats.

The Virginia V's steam engine.

The Real Deal: A vintage steam boat ferry– the Virginia V– houses this holiday craft fair and produce venue. On-board, you’ll find everything from hot apple cider, coffee and cookies, to jams, pickled veggies, wood carvings, vibrant woolen imports, and fresh organic produce. Check out the Farm Boat’s floating market blog for more info and Fresh Sheets of what to expect at each week’s market.

The Boat: The Virginia V is, “the last operational woodenhull, steam-powered vessel of the famed Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet; an incredible armada of privately owned ships that numbered in the hundreds in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.”

In the old days, the steamer ran produce between Vashon, Tacoma and Seattle, but now it is mostly used for private charters. Parties and weddings, oh my! She has also been designated a National Historic Landmark Vessel. Visit the Virginia V website at www.virginiav.org.

Full Circle Farms' David Pearsall shows off his bounty of produce. Pearsall's grandfather used to ride the Virginia V on its original route between Seattle and Tacoma.

The Details: The Farm Boat will be anchoring at the Lake Union Park Wharf – (860 Terry Ave N) every Thursday until December 23rd, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 P. Eastlake residents can take the mini-ferry from from the Newton Street Landing (Terry Pettus Park) to the Farmboat Floating Market for $6 round trip. See the schedule here.

The View: Almost unbeatable. From the top deck of the Virginia V, your eyes can feast on the entirety of Lake Union and the newly greened lawns of Lake Union Park (recently renovated and re-opened). Seaplanes taking off and landing only accent the blue skies afforded by a crisp but sunny winter day. Did I mention the view of the Space Needle? Somehow that proudly phallic symbol, standing tall against a clear blue sky, still hasn’t gotten old for me.

Visitors and vendors chat on the Farmboat.

View of Westlake from the Virginia V's upper deck.

Tags: crafts, fair, farmers market, gifts, holiday, Virginia V
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6 Spine-tingling Ways to Celebrate Halloween

October 28th, 2010 by Berit

1. Black Light Black Out Free Halloween Dance Party. Neumos presents Champagne Champagne, costume contests, pumpkin jello shots, zombie strippers, a pirate bar, a headless horseman contest, black lights galore, a pirate bar and a chance to win a trip to Little Italy. All gratis. Just don’t think about what time you’ll have to be up for work in the morning. It will ruin the entire zombie stripper experience.

Neumos, 9 pm, Thursday Oct. 28th, FREE, 21+.

2. Circus Contraptions Halloween Blowout. This sounds heartily amazing. Plentiful girls on trapeze, costume mania, live music and Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance all converging for one night out of the year in an aircraft hangar. Don’t miss it.

Hangar 30, Sand Point/Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, 8 pm, Friday Oct. 29th, $12 adv./$15 DOS.

3. Rally to Restore Sanity. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will be in Washington, D.C. with The Roots plotting their take-over/ rejuvenation of the American liberal movement on Saturday morning. Luckily the liberals in Washington State are staging their own version of the event. From the organizers: “Let’s roll out the red carpet of sanity for our speakers! Dave Ross is our fabulous MC. Political and community speakers include writer activist Pramila Jayapal and Democrat Congressman Jim McDermott, plus a message from Republican Secretary of State Sam Reed. Comedians Chris Alpine, Kermet Apio, David Crowe, Travis Simmons, and Cathy Sorbo will help keep things light!”

Westlake Park, 9am-noon, Saturday Oct. 30th.

4. ZomBcon. This 3-day zombie fest has been called the Comicon of the walking dead, and Seattle sure loves its zombies. The fest is scheduled to the brim, with zombie films, speakers, book signings, bloodmobiles and even some famous zombies hanging around to sign autographs.

Seattle Center, 10 am- 6 pm, Friday Oct. 29 – Sunday Oct. 31, $15.

5. Ghost Alley. The official website describes these as, “60-75 minute walking tours through the Pike Place Market based on the stories of hauntings shared in the community and the history of Seattle. Each story on the tour has been given a thorough vetting, and the owner of the tour has done countless hours of historical research about the experiences in the Market. . . In the Market district is Seattle’s first mortuary, the remnants of a graveyard, and an old brothel that still has a red glow cast on its side.” Sounds spooky.

Lower Post Alley, Tours every 1/2 hour starting at 7 pm, Saturday Oct. 30, $20.

6. KEXP Halloween Kids Dance Party. KEXP says, “We’ll have activities, cupcakes from Cupcake Royale, trick or treating, crafts and of course dancing for the whole family.” Sounds like a bucket of laughs. If you’ve got kids, this is where to take ‘em Sunday morning. You can sit on the sidelines with a mimosa, recovering from Saturday night festivities while they run around dancing and eating cupcakes. Everyone wins.

The Tractor Tavern, 11 am, Sunday Oct 31st. $5-$10. All ages.

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Velkommen Will & Katie!

October 7th, 2010 by Berit

I am very excited to announce the addition of two new faces to our blogging forces.

Will Giersch is a Seattle native and recent journalism grad of the University of Washington. He is an avid fan of all of Seattle’s sports teams and is joining the Puget Hound to provide a much-needed boost to our coverage of Seattle sports (Yay!!).

Katie Ashworth is a fashion junkie, who scours estate sales and thrift stores to bring you the best of Seattle vintage. She has her own etsy store, Mitu Vintage, which she populates with stylish threads she finds around the sound. She is the Puget Hound’s first fashion blogger.

Both Katie and Will are talented and dedicated writers, and will make a wonderful addition to the Puget Hound. I am very much looking forward to their posts.

Welcome guys!

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Trampoline-land Exists!

September 28th, 2010 by Berit

Put away your SAD lamps, Seattleites! The time for maintaining the Wintertime will-to-live by crouching under your covers and slurping ramen noodles, while you watch Entourage Seasons 1-6 on DVD is over. What, you might ask, could possibly surpass the goodness of salty broth-y noodles and Ari Gold’s gratingly lovable nature?

Sky High Sports. A haven of trampoline induced joy, Sky High is a must visit for anyone in the Seattle area with two fully functional legs. Housed in an enormous warehouse, Sky High boasts a variety of mind-boggling trampoline options for its bouncy visitors. The go-to bounce zone is a basketball court-sized net of trampolines, where bizarrely agile young men in tank tops and athletic shorts propel themselves into impressive flip sequences while others (read me) bounce lamely nearby, eyes wide.

Photo courtesy of Sky High Sports

The bounce emporium boasts locations across Washington, Oregon and California, but the closest is in Bellevue– a warehouse filled with a dazzling number of trampolines, an arcade and a snack court. Also included is a trampoline-lined dodgeball court, and a giant pit of foam blocks into which trampoline-rs can bounce and flip.

Injuries are virtually impossible and fun is unavoidable.

An hour of jumping is a reasonable $11, and gives you access to all of the trampoline areas. With a price tag like that, you might be tempted to go for two hours, but don’t. When your hour’s up, you’ll be ready to call it quits. You may even be tempted to splurge on a hydrating sports drink on your way out. Luckily, they’re in no short supply. You’d have a hard time convincing me that Gatorade wasn’t engaged in some kind of partnership with the operation. Something about the strategically placed ads above the trampoline courts.

Photo courtesy of Sky High Sports

Vibrantly colored electrolytes in hand, I left Sky High Sports feeling joyfully like my former 10-year old self: energized, grinning and sweaty. As one of my companions put it on the car-ride home, “I think heaven must be like Sky High sports, except all of your friends and loved ones are there with you and there are zero gravity sodas floating everywhere that you can jump up and grab with your mouth.”

I’ll definitely be back for one of their tri-weekly “Airobics” classes once the rain starts getting to me. There’s nothing to perk you up quite like throwing your body through the air and into a giant pit of foam blocks.

Learn more about Sky High Sports!

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Weekend Roundup

August 26th, 2010 by Berit

There’s so much going on around the sound this weekend that a lesser lady might just give up and stay inside all day, discouraged by the rain and the decision-making process. That would be a big mistake. Why the awesomeness overload? Perhaps this week’s full moon inspired event planners to unleash all of their sweet fury onto our fair city. Or maybe it’s just the last weekend of summer before Bumbershoot (Only a fool would compete with good old Bobby D and hipster darling Edward Sharpe for attendees). Either way, in the end we all benefit.

Friday, August 27

Book Talk: Down and Derby: The Insider’s Guide to Roller Derby. If you’ve always dreamed of being a derby girl, than this one’s for you. So strap on your skates and settle on a roller derby moniker before heading over to Capitol Hill on Friday night. I’ll be there as Betty the Bruiser. Elliot Bay Book Co, 7 pm, FREE.

KEXP & Seattle Center Present: Concerts at the Mural. The Head and the Heart and Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band will be performing. This is the last installment of this free summer concert series, so if you haven’t made it to one yet, get your booty into gear. You won’t live forever, you know. Fri Aug 27, 6 pm, FREE.

Blonde But Not Forgotten: Candleshoe. If you love old-school Jodie Foster and/or blondes and/or want to support the LGBT scene on Cap Hill. Or even if you’re just looking for a cheap and relatively innocent date, check this movie-on-the-lawn trick out. Lawn chairs will be available for rent. 8:30 pm, Cal Anderson Park, FREE.

Northwest Beer & Cheese Pairing Party. If there’s one thing I love more than life itself, it’s cheese. Gouda, Gruyere, Asiago, Stilton, Brie and Havarti. So long as it’s fermented dairy, I’m on-board. And there’s nothing better at washing down all of those dairy products than a nice cold micro-brew. So the thought of someone pairing cheese and beer into delectable combinations and handing them to me makes my heart twirl like a schoolgirl in love. I’m in like McGinn. 5-9 pm, Urbane, 1639 Eighth Ave, $17.

Saturday, August 28

SAM Remix. Dust off your glow-sticks and your loafers and head on down to the Seattlewaterfront Saturday night for what should be the sweetest art-rave mix-up this side of the Mississippi. SAM is celebrating the opening of Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s vibrant and energetic new Olympic Sculpture Garden installation. The number of amazing and artistic things that will be going on are unbearable, but include drawing, spontaneous one-line poetry, sunset percussion and a dancealicious performance by Truckosaurus. If I do one thing this weekend, this will be it. Oh, did I mention wearing neon is encouraged? Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave, 654-3100, 8 pm–midnight, $12–$15/first 50 wearing neon get in free).

Trenton Doyle Hancock's site-specific installation "A Better Promise," in progress. Photo: Robert Wade

Cheese-a-topia. Who knew there could be so much cheesy goodness in Seattle? The American National Cheese Convention is in town ALL weekend, but Saturday night they’re opening the doors of their awards ceremony and cheese display to the public. Closing keynote speaker Michael Pollan will be there, as will local restaurants and wineries serving up their fare to complement the cheese tastings on-site, so bring some cheddar to spend. Benaroya Hall, 5-9 pm, $85.

Mickey Avalon, THEE Satisfaction, Truckasauras, Machete Fight. Somehow Truckasauras is also playing in this show. Should be a busy night for the band. The real star here though, is Mickey Avalon, whose ability to write an entire song about a single body part rivals even Sir Mix-a-Lot. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave, 8 pm, all ages.

Sunday, August 29

Some say Sunday is a day of rest. But in Seattle it seems, Sunday is a day of music. Check out these sweet acts, most of them free.

Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls. Among young Seattleites, the love for Vampire Weekend is strong. Not that I blame them. VW’s songs are bursting with light instrumentals, bolstered by catchy lyrics and a solid back beat. The kids don’t stand a chance against these agreeable rockers. Marymoor Park, 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE, 6 pm, $39.50.

Concerts at the Ballard Locks. The Mach One Jazz Orchestra performs at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. If they really wanted to make things exciting, they’d plop the entire orchestra on a boat and move them through the locks as they were playing, but I wouldn’t hold your breath. The Ballard Locks, 2-3 pm, FREE.

Music Free for the People M.J. Bishop performs what Le Pichet terms “Open Road Longing Folk Americana.” Don’t we all feel a little longing on Sundays? Le Pichet, 1933 1st Avenue, 2:30 – 4:30 pm, FREE.

Concerts for Peace. Adrian Xavier, StingShark, North West Sons, Sick Donkey Showcase (DJ Sticky, Essential I, Jahson Ites and Huckleberry), Harvey Swanson. To be honest, I don’t know who any of these people are. But I am an advocate of Volunteer Park, and its awesome view of the Space Needle and sweet botanical gardens. Oh yeah, and peace. I like that too. Volunteer Park, 12 – 6 pm, FREE.

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