Seattle, WA
Seattle woman scrambles to find wedding venue, after original location cancels on her
SEATTLE – A Seattle lady says she discovered this week her wedding ceremony venue canceled on her, and now she is compelled to scramble to search out one other location.
For the final yr, Michelle Brault and Kurtis Eveleigh deliberate their dream wedding ceremony set for this September.
“As soon as we had our venue, like, I actually may see, like, a imaginative and prescient for what I needed,” stated Brault.
Nonetheless, she says that imaginative and prescient pale quick late Thursday night time.
“Itâs devastating. I spent all morning crying,” stated Brault.
She says her dream become a nightmare when she discovered her venue, Chateau Du Nuage in Maple Valley, closed its doorways.
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“Instantly known as him (her fiancĂ©) and was similar to, sobbing on the telephone, like âour wedding ceremony is getting canceled,â” stated Brault.
She says she didn’t even hear in regards to the closure from the venue. As an alternative, she realized in regards to the scenario via a Fb publish in a marriage group.
Brault says she tried to succeed in out to the venue on Friday, however nobody answered her calls.
FOX 13 Information went to the web site for Chateau Du Nuage and as an alternative of a venue web page, it was a property itemizing.
FOX 13 Information spoke to the realtor for the property over the telephone. He instructed us Chateau Du Nuage shut down, and is not a marriage venue. He stated the venue is now on the market as a house, and has been listed for no less than two weeks.
“I knew nothing. I knew completely zero. Like, up till yesterday at 6 p.m. every part was completely regular and wedding ceremony, tremendous; every partâs a go.”Â
Brault says later within the day, she lastly obtained an e-mail from the venue, which defined extra of the scenario.
“The neighbors of the Chateau have filed an injunction towards the property. Because of this, the Chateau can not legally permit weddings on the property,” stated Brault as she learn the e-mail.
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In response to King Countyâs web site, there’s file of complaints made by greater than a dozen named folks towards Chateau Du Nuage.
“I hope it was one thing essential sufficient that they really feel okay about interrupting many dozens of bridesâ dream days,” she stated.
Brault says she spent hours attempting to piece her wedding ceremony again collectively, searching for a brand new venue, which she is hopeful she might have discovered.
She says sheâll get a refund from Chateau Du Nuage, however says this example is about extra than simply cash.Â
“Itâs a extremely essential day,” she stated.
FOX 13 Information contacted Chateau Du Nuage, and contacted a few of the folks listed within the courtroom doc. As of the story airing, nobody has both responded or needed to talk about the scenario.
Seattle, WA
Cigar Thoughts, Game 5: The Seahawks might be bad
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The Seattle Seahawks came into this game fresh off their first loss of the Mika Macdonald era with one more layup before a brutal stretch in the schedule. A terrible New York Giants team traveled across the country like so many sacrificial lambs on Seattleâs march to 4-1 and a buzzworthy start to the 2024 season. I think a lot of us were just chalking this up as a win, and why not? The Giants stink and the Seahawks have looked mostly great. Add to it that the Giants were without basically the only two players to score for them this year in Malik Nabers and Devin Singletary and this should have been as easy a win as Seattleâs decisive victory over these same Giants last year, right. Right???
Well, thatâs the thing about football. I say it all the time in this column and on the podcastâ the gap between the âgoodâ teams and the âbadâ teams is a lot smaller than we want to think, mostly because everyone in the NFL is really fucking good at football.
And when one team comes out disciplined and focused, and the other looks like they showed up after a four-day Vegas bender, then all bets are off. Iâm not gonna mince wordsâ the Giants kicked the Seahawksâ ass. Full stop. Seattle gave themselves a chance to win late but even if they had, it wouldnât have felt great. And if that statement arouses any furor (aka âwho cares how they win as long as they win?â) well, I have great news for youâ it ended up not mattering.
If I didnât know anything about either of these teams, and you told me one was 3-1 and the other was 1-3, I wouldâve told you without hesitation that the Giants were the 3-1 squad. They were locked in and mistake-free, while the Seahawks played like a bunch of bums.
Seattle took a 7-0 lead when Rayshawn Jenkins returned a dubious goal-line fumble 102 yards for a touchdown on the ass end of a 16-play drive but thatâs the only thing keeping this game from being a blowout. Seattle played their worst game of the season, making mistakes in every facet of the game and throwing the e-brake on a Seahawks bandwagon that was going 100mph on I-5.
The crazy thing is that, despite all the buffoonery, the Seahawks were in position to tie this game with a minute left with a very makable 48-yard field goal but that was blocked and returned for a touchdown to seal the deal. I honestly believe that Jason Myers wouldâve made that kick and that Seattle wouldâve escaped with an ill-gotten win in overtime but the way things went for the first 59 minutes, I canât say Im surprised that the âHawks were stymied by a complete meltdown in a key situation.
A bad, inexcusable loss. Every team has them, and the good teams bounce right back. The fact that the bounce-back opportunity comes against a division rival and the best team in the NFC over the last four years in the 49ers on three dayâs rest is… not ideal. Letâs get to it.
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~Perhaps the single most noticeable motif of the 2024 Seahawks team has been their discipline. Theyâve been so solid from an assignment and game-management standpoint through the first month of the season, and it felt like a welcome departure from the previous regime. Well, all that got folded up and thrown down the laundry shoot today. This was a gross performance from a team that all of a sudden looks wildly unprepared to compete in any meaningful way.
Lots will be made about the DK Metcalf fumble in the second half and honestly, thatâs fair. Metcalf now leads all receivers in fumbles lost since coming in the league and that aspect of his game is flat out unacceptable. But that fumble was a symptom, not the disease. The core issue was a team that looked woefully overmatched and terribly unprepared. Iâm not gonna lie, this game presses pause on everything Iâve thought about Mike Macdonaldâs precocious ability to get his team ready for a game.
Last week there was the built-in excuse of missing half your starting defense against a good offense. This week? Whew. Sure, youâre missing Byron Murphy and Boye Mafe but the Giants were missing Malik Nabers and Devin Singletary and if you offered me that trade, Iâd take it. This was just bad football top to bottom. The coverage was looser than a 51st St hooker, the tackling was sloppier than cafeteria Joes, and the O-line looked like a JV squad against the only remaining strength of the New York team.
The Seahawks lost at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and the skill guys on offense and the secondary on defense were the worst versions of themselvesâ unable to make up the difference. Gross, bad football and if weâre gonna give the new coaches credit for the hot start, then the failures of the last two weeks fall firmly at their feet as well.
~Geno Smith had his worst game of the year. The volume numbers were suppressed by the defenseâs inability to get off the field but if you watched the game, he looked sluggish and out of sorts. His final line was fineâ completing 28 of 40 passes for 284 yards and a touchdown but he collapsed under pressure in a way that runs counter to his superfluous analytical profile when it comes to managing pressure.
He ate seven sacks, and sacks are drive-killers. It looked like he was slow in his processing and look, the O-line was awfulâ but the O-line has been awful his entire tenure in Seattle and tonight was as bad as Iâve ever seen him against pressure. And him sliding a yard short of the sticks early in the 4th quarter, instead of diving for the first downâ thatâs the first time Iâve ever gotten the ick from Geno.
~Ken Walker never had a chance to show what he can do. Make no mistake, I love that Seattle has been pass-first this year and that has mostly been borne out in their offensive success this year. But this was a game that demanded rushing dominance and that never materialized. Walker had an inexcusable five carries in this game, turning those intermittent opportunities into 19 yards but he made the most of the passing game by translating a team-high eight targets into a team-high seven catches for 57 yards. Kudos to the team for making sure their backfield stud remained a focal point but it was so clear the Giants were happy to defend the run with their four down lineman and the Seahawks never challenged that in a meaningful way.
~It seems that each game thereâs a different feature in the passing game and among receivers, it was Tyler Lockettâs day. And when your offensive line is getting whipped on every play, Lockett is the best guy on the team to act as a relief valve. Lockett led the way with four catches for 75 yards, displaying both sides of his coin with a few avoided tackles and a few fall-downs. It is what it is.
DK Metcalf does way more good than harm, but thatâs only because he normally does so much good. The penalties and turnovers are a real thing and for the vast majority of his career, itâs just been the cost of doing business for a game-wrecker like Metcalf. Today though… man. He had four catches for 55 yards but he lost a fumble for the second straight game and a league-leading eighth time since he entered the league. Heâs my favorite player in the world but this was a bad game from my boy; and Iâm guessing heâd tell you the same thing.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba was a giant zero until the fourth quarter before feasting in catch-up mode. He caught four passes for 31 yards and the teamâs only offensive touchdown, a slick lil slip route to make it 23-20 but itâs concerning that he wasnât a factor until garbage time. Just a bad game from Ryan Grubb and I guess this is as good a time as any to talk about it.
Now listen, offensive coordinator is a tough gigâ your successes are expected and your failures are vilified. randomly poll 1,000 NFL fans and the majority of them will give a negative review of their OC. Grubb has been excellent in his NFL debut season but today he seemed stagnant and unimaginative. And when your offense is only running half as many plays as your opponent, it makes it tough to do all of the things you want to. But I have a tough time squaring how effective their 4th quarter / hurry-up offense looked with how ineffective everything else did. Hereâs hoping itâs a learning experience.
~The offensive line was well, offensive. Theyâve been bad all year but today was especially poor. They were all sub-par, if Iâm being generous, but if Iâm notâ then Laken Tomlinson is the worst starting OL Iâve ever seen in a long list of poor offensive lineman for the Seahawks. He got smoked on nearly every snap and inexplicably favored his outside shoulder on the potential game-tying field goal, allowing the kick-blocker to slip unfettered off the centerâs shoulder and snuff out his teamâs last chance at winning this game. The fact that heâs still a starting guard in Week 5 falls squarely at the feet of John Schneider. Do betterâ this ainât working.
~The Seahawks defense was (/Charles Barkley voice) turrrrrrible. Every single aspect of it was awful. Even Rayshawn Jenkinsâ 102-yard opening TD was the beneficiary of a questionable review and cae on the ass-end of a 16-play drive that evoked PTSD of bad Seattle defenses over the last half-decade. Tre Brown got absolutely cooked today, getting powdered by every receiver lined up against him. He wasnât the only one in the secondary that struggled today, but he was the most obvious. Darius Slayton and WanâDale Robinson dusted him with regularity and Daniel Jones hunted him accordingly. With Riq Woolen on and off the field with injuries, Brian Daboll did what good play-callers do and focused nearly every pass play on the weak link in the opposing defense. Brown has been great this year but today was the worst Iâve ever seen him.
Iâd like to point out other defensive performances but be honest with meâ who do you think Iâm neglecting? The defense sucked for the second straight week and all of a sudden the mountain that Mike Macdonald has to climb looks steeper than it ever has. Yuck.
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Incredibly, the Seahawks are still first place in the NFC West. Despite this afternoonâs circus, their 3-2 record is somehow still the best in the division, thanks to the Cardinals upset of the 49ers. Doesnât mean Iâm felling good though.
Itâs funny, the vibes after last weekâs loss feel immeasurably better than they do right now, and I think that would be the case even if Seattle won today. Thatâs because last week you felt like the tea gave their all and came up short against a good opponent on the road. Spending three and a half hours defecating into the bed you refuse to get out of, at home, ahead of a killer stretch of games just, wellâ it feels very bad.
The Seahawks play their third game in eleven days on Thursday. I think the realistic hope coming into that stretch is that theyâd go 1-2 over that stretch, but most of us assumed that 1 would come today. Now the gambit is exorcising the 49ers demon. Do that, and miraculously, you have a two-game lead over the team that poses the biggest threat to the peak-outcome goal of winning the NFC West in 2024. Lose and youâre in second place coming off a three-game losing streak and fighting a national assumption that your 3-0 start was a fluke.
Itâs look-in-the-mirror time, and weâre about to find out if this Seahawks team is any different than the 9-8 teams of the last couple of years. Are we legit, or did we get out over our skis? Weâll find out in four days. In the meantime, onwards and upwards my friends.
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Seattle, WA
Burst pipe ruins 5,000+ albums at West Seattle's famous Easy Street Records
SEATTLE – Workers at Easy Street Records are in clean-up mode this weekend after a pipe burst in their building damaged the famous store.
An apartment above the famous West Seattle shop had a pipe burst overnight, causing damage to thousands of items of merchandise. The store is powering through, as a Jelly Roll listening party is still on the schedule for Sunday night at 5 p.m.
So far, the owner says at least 5,000 records, 300 hoodies and tote bags have been lost to water damage, as first reported by the West Seattle Blog.
Matt Vaughn provides photos of damage clean up at Easy Street Records (West Seattle Blog)
The owner, Matt Vaughn, told the outlet he has experienced “much worse” water damage to the store over the past 36 years. He added how grateful he was to the community who had helped get the place mostly cleaned up, save for a few fans and tarps on the sales floor.
In a post to Instagram Sunday, the Easy Street Records account said, in part:
“Please bear with us: Our store might look a bit messy right now, since the other night a pipe burst in the buildingâŠThank you for your support. Loud love, Easy Street”
Easy Street Records has been a staple of West Seattle for decades. Hosting shows at their stage and restaurant area of the store. Legends such as Pearl Jam’s lead guitarist, Eddie Vedder, make their way to the store for events.
Back in April, Vedder showed up to Easy Street ahead of Record Store Day to promote his latest album.Â
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Seattle Mariners Star Hypes Up Crowd at Major College Football Game on Saturday
On Saturday night, the University of Washington football team beat the University of Michigan by a score of 27-17 at Husky Stadium.
Now, the game didn’t have as much meaning as last season’s national championship game, which was won by the Wolverines, but it was still a great win for the Huskies.
First, the unranked Huskies got a win over the No. 10 team in the country. Second, it was the first signature win for Washington as a member of the reimagined Big Ten Conference.
And Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez was in attendance to see it, as he performed the pre-game “Sounding of the Siren” for the crowd.
No matter how Rodriguez plays on the field, it’s readily apparent how much he loves the Seattle community and how much it means to him. He appeared at Washington games last season as the Huskies played their way to the title game, and he’s appeared at Seattle Seahawks games as well.
The 23-year-old Rodriguez is coming off an interesting season for the Mariners, who went 85-77 and missed the playoffs by 1.0 game. He started out incredibly slow and finished incredibly hot. His final numbers are very respectable, as he hit .273 with 20 homers and 24 stolen bases, but he’ll fight for more consistent results in 2025.
One of the best young players in baseball, Rodriguez is already a two-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger. He has 80 career home runs and 86 career stolen bases. He also plays an excellent defensive centerfield.
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