Slog - Comments on Whalemaker! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker Is Ivar's on Lake Union actually serving a cocktail that contains Lake Union water, as stated in a recent press release? The answer is no, the drink is dreadful anyway, and the happy-hour food, which all used to be $2.50 and worth it, has gone up in price and is not (see debate here). However, the bar at Ivar's on Lake Union has a sparkly water view and a big lakeside deck, and it is called the Whalemaker Lounge. The Whalemaker Lounge does contain whalemakers: two preserved Orca phalli, which Ivar is said to have acquired from the Hells Angels... Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:23:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos A piece of alarming information
Signs warn you not to eat the dirt.
The sun/action of the waterside deck.
Three-foot-long-plus male sex organs,
Hells Angels of Alaska.

Can they not read?
Highly accurate appearance:
A miniature Great Pacific Garbage Patch—


Found in Bar Exam, by Bethany Jean Clement.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1067900 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1067900 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:37:11 -0800 Comment by kid icarus I hope you're paying respects due, elenchos. That was the most brilliant Bar Exam in ages.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068047 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:03:02 -0800 Comment by elenchos Bar Exam is the only column with poetry in it. Look, try it with any other column and you get nothing:

In The Hall

Eliminates all property taxes
Teachers, librarians, police, and health-care professionals
Far out of reach for workers in those and similar professions
Already being built.
More than 9 out of 10 rental units in King County are already affordable
"If you're going to have more housing, you need to change the program"
Nearly three times as much housing,
Was working just fine

My Philosopy (Subtitle this week is... wait for it... Hiphop Ya Don't Stop!)

Sho Nuff
Union of Opposites
Peoples, Gator, R.O.B., State of the Artist, and Philly Alto
Ricky Pharoe and Tru-ID

Grieves, Staxx Brothers, Mind Movers, Khingz
Asun and Kasi (Alpha P), Wolfpack, Type, Knox Family (Jerm and Julie C with DJ B Girl), Audiopoet, 33 1/3 (Jewels Hunter, Graves, and Randy Hanson), Language Arts, Yirim Seck, DJ Luvva J, and DJ Audeos.
Sonny Bonoho
Silver Shadow D

Crooked I
Kurupt
Death Row Records
Suge
Jay Barz, Byrdie, Dough, the Parker Brothaz, GameBoy the 80's Baby
Neema

See? Nothing.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068062 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:14:42 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop The Tidy Bowl? What a horrible idea. Who the hell is in charge of marketing over there? Do they really think that reminding patrons of a toilet full of excrement is a good idea in a restaurant?

Such a good idea, that a press release is sent out about it?

Jesus. I'm never going there again.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068076 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:26:00 -0800 Comment by bobcat c'mon Kerri lets look at the big picture:

you mean you will exclude:

Duck Farts
Gravediggers
Brain Erasers
Cum Shot
Snakebite
Liquid Cocaine
Buttery Nipple
and my favorite,
Cement Mixer

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068090 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:35:27 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt I'm with Kerri on this one. The Tidy Bowl? I'll stick with Manhattans, Sidecars, Juleps, Old Fashioneds, and scotch, thanks.

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068094 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068094 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:36:55 -0800 Comment by lostboy I'll never think of the whale whisker in Final Fantasy games quite the same way again.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068126 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068126 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:56:35 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I used to enjoy going to Ivar's on Lake Union via canoe with my son when he was little - we'd start in Ballard (launch off just to the east of the Ballard Bridge on the North side) and have lunch at Ivar's, then continue on to Magnolia for donuts and return home with a brief stop for a shake.

My fave Ivar's - my ex and I had our preparation dinner there for our families.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068132 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:02:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf When I say I like brown liquor, this isn't what I mean.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068133 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:02:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You didn't refuse it when I called it "branch water and whiskey" ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068137 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:04:43 -0800 Comment by MarkyMark That "Tidy Bowl" sounds like the perfect way to wash down a serving of the Stranger's "Cat Shit Cake"

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/cat_shit_cake_yum

]]> MarkyMark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/whalemaker#c1068360 At Large Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:56 -0800 Comment by meerkat @1-you forgot to mention the explosion of ugly on that hosts chin.

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