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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.

Tag Archives: Fifty Shades of Grey

New trailer for Seattle-set ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ shows strange geography

Posted on July 24, 2014 by William P. BarrettJuly 31, 2014

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Office of billionaire tycoon depicted as located in working-class West Seattle

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle image, Seattle neighborhoods | Tagged Anastasia Steele, BDSM, Beyonce, Christian Grey, Columbia Tower, Crazy in Love, Dakota Johnson, Don Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades of Seattle, Grey Enterprises Holdings, Jamie Dornan, Melanie Griffith, Paul Allen, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Seattle Seahawks, Space Needle, West Seattle | 1 Reply

Seattle expects record tourism year: Pot, what pot?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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Prospect of massive visitors seeking legal marijuana goes unmentioned

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Posted in Amazon, Seattle culture, Seattle economy, Seattle image | Tagged CNN, David Letterman, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jay Leno, Metronatural, Metronatural Seattle, New York Daily News, pot tourism, Seattle marijuana legalization, Seattle tourism, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, Washington State marijuana legalization, Washington State tourism | 4 Replies

In Seattle, the usual suspects again (plus two)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

Anne Gittinger and Gabe Newell join roster of the world’s richest.

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Posted in Seattle economy, Starbucks | Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, Anne Gittinger, Bill Gates, Bruce Nordstrom, Christian Grey, Craig McCaw, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gabe Newell, Harvard, Howard Schultz, James Jannard, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Oakley sunglasses, Paul Allen, richest man in seattle, richest people in Seattle, richest woman in Seattle, Starbucks, Steve Ballmer | Leave a reply

Latest novel about Seattle lampoons city’s persona

Posted on August 12, 2012 by William P. BarrettMay 30, 2015

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‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’, by Maria Semple, finds much fodder in local doings

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Posted in Seattle crime, Seattle culture, Seattle drivers, Seattle Freeze, Seattle image, Seattle politics, Seattle weather, Starbucks | Tagged Bernadette, Bill Gates, Choate Rosemary Hall, E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, Galer Street School, Jim Lynch, Lakeside School, Maria Semple, Microsoft, Mike McGinn, Nordstrom, Paul Allen, Pike Place Market, Queen Anne Hill, Seattle weather, Space Needle, Starbucks, Steve Balmer, Truth Like the Sun, Where'd You Go | 1 Reply

NY Times headline cites Seattle ‘bubbles of corruption’

Posted on April 10, 2012 by William P. BarrettJuly 6, 2014

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But it only refers to a novel

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle economy, Seattle image, Seattle media | Tagged E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, Garth Stein, Helen Gulanos, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, J.A. Jance, J.P. Beaumont, Jamie Ford, Jim Lynch, Metronatural, Miss Seattle, New York Times, Roger Morgan, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Truth Like the Sun | 1 Reply

Fifty shades of Seattle

Posted on April 4, 2012 by William P. BarrettJuly 31, 2014

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New “mommy porn” trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, is set along Puget Sound

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Posted in Seattle culture, Seattle image, Seattle media, Seattle Times, Seattle weather | Tagged Anastasia Steele, Boeing, Christian Grey, E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, Grey Enterprises Holdings, Helen Hunt Jackson, mommy porn, Paul Allen, Ramona, Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, Sleepless in Seattle | 8 Replies

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