Given that Stephanie Meyer’s book “Twilight,” documenting a teenage girl’s love affair with a vampire, has sold 85 million books and counting, and the big screen adaptation brought in $385 million at box offices worldwide, it should come as no surprise that “Twi-hards” are flocking to the Pacific Northwest. According to local officials in Forks, Washington, tourism has jumped 600% since the release of the first book in the teen vampire love saga back in 2005. The series’ second book “New Moon,” which opened as a movie at midnight, makes a pit stop in Italy, but the majority of the … Continue reading →

Never mind frying an egg on the streets of Seattle, last week you could have roasted an entire pig without the help of a pit. The area has been experiencing record high temperatures this season. In fact, last Wednesday the National Weather Service reported that Sea-Tac Airport reached 103 degrees, making it the hottest day in the history of local weather records. The previous all-time record high was 100 degrees set on July 20, 1994, at Sea-Tac Airport and on July 16, 1941, when records were kept downtown at the Federal Building. Keep in mind that the average high temperature … Continue reading →