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Occasional observations, musings and commentary from William P. Barrett, a well-traveled newcomer to the Puget Sound area

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Nominations for

America's
Stupidest
Charities

American Veterans Support Foundation
Association for Homeless and Disabled Veterans
Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund
Cancer Support Services
Center for Homeless American Veterans
Community Charity Advancement
International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO
King County Police Union
National Police and Troopers Association
National Vietnam Veterans Foundation
Public Safety Employees Union 519
Seven Sisters of Healing

 

SEATTLE BLOGOSPHERE

Commentary/arts/ food/review

  • 'Round About Seattle
  • 206 Up
  • A City Broad in Oz
  • Alix Rose (fashion & style)
  • An Emerald City Life
  • Arts Stage-Seattle Rage
  • Bus Chick
  • Cascadia Courier (history)
  • Chief Seattle Geek Blog
  • City Arts magazine
  • Culinary Fool
  • Fresh Jess (fashion & style)
  • Glitter Pissing
  • It's My Darlin'
  • KEXP-FM
  • Martworks (art humor)
  • Mollie In Seattle (fashion & conscience)
  • New To Seattle
  • Paul Dorpat (history)
  • Radical Seattle Remembers
  • Rain City Ambience
  • Seattle Art Blog
  • Seattle Bloggers
  • Seattle Eater
  • Seattle Gay Scene
  • Seattle Moxie
  • Seattle Passive Aggressive
  • Seattlish
  • Shelf Talk (Library)
  • Sun Break
  • Sweet Seattle Life
  • The End (KNDD-FM)
  • The View From Right Here
  • Tim and Jeni
  • too many Daves
  • View from Nathan's Bus
  • Wash. Beer Blog
  • Write in Seattle

Neighborhood

  • All About South Park
  • Ballard News-Tribune
  • Beach Drive blog (West Seattle)
  • Beacon Hill
  • Broadmoor Seattle
  • Capitol Hill Seattle
  • Columbia Citizens
  • Columbia City blog
  • Commercial Core (downtown)
  • Downtown Seattle
  • Fremocentrist (Fremont)
  • Fremont Universe
  • Lake City Live
  • Laurelhurst Blog
  • Madison Park Blogger
  • Madrona Seattle
  • Magnolia Voice
  • Maple Leaf Life
  • Miller Park
  • Montlaker
  • My Ballard
  • My Belltown
  • My Wallingford
  • PhinneyWood
  • Pinehurst Seattle
  • Queen Anne View
  • Rainier Valley Post
  • Ravenna Blog
  • Seattle Greenlaker
  • Seattle Indian
  • Southend Seattle
  • U District Daily
  • Union Bay Watch (birds)
  • Wallyhood (Wallingford)
  • Wedgewood View
  • West Seattle Blog
  • White Center Now

News/opinion

  • Blubber Blog (sealife)
  • Cliff Mass Weather Blog
  • Crosscut
  • Daily Weekly (SWeekly)
  • Geekwire (tech)
  • Grist (environment)
  • Horse's Ass
  • InvestigateWest
  • KCPQ (TV)
  • KING5 (TV)
  • KIRO (TV)
  • KOMO (TV & radio)
  • KPLU (NPR)
  • KUOW (NPR)
  • My Northwest (KIRO-FM)
  • NW Cable News
  • Public Cola
  • Puget Sound Biz Journal
  • Rain City Guide
  • Seattle Bike Blog
  • Seattle Bubble (real estate)
  • Seattle Condo View
  • Seattle Curbed (real estate)
  • Seattle Dogspot
  • Seattle Globalist
  • Seattle Magazine
  • Seattle Met
  • Seattle PI
  • Seattle Times
  • Seattle Transit blog
  • Sightline Daily
  • Slog (The Stranger)
  • Solid Ground (homeless)
  • Sound Politics
  • SPD Blotter (police)
  • Sustainable Seattle
  • The Daily (UW student)
  • The Falcon (SPU student)
  • The Spectator (SU student)
  • Walking in Seattle
  • Washington Focus
  • Washington State Wire

Sports

  • 12th Man Rising
  • Grand Salami (baseball)
  • Lookout Landing (baseball)
  • My Seattle Sports
  • SeaTown Sports
  • Seattle Sports Blog
  • Seattle Sports Blog (kshell)
  • Seattle Sportsnet
  • Sounder At Heart

                 A note to visitors

During the summer of 2016 I relocated from Seattle to Las Vegas. Since then, I have not put up new posts here on New To Seattle, although visitors are free to comment on older posts, to which I often respond. In Sin City I've launched a new blog, New To Las Vegas, which continues my same tradition of observation, musings and commentary. Visitors can access my new blog by clicking here. Please visit and stay awhile.

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