A Letter from What's Up?:
Happy February! Welcome to our second What’s Up? edition! We have creative contributions from our local artists: Loren Ashton for stunning photos of snowy Seattle, Mei Nishimoto for the first restaurant review and photos, and Patty Liang’s film review of The Grey and whimsical illustrations.
We cannot do upcoming editions without your ongoing support and contributions. You can, too, if you are a Deaf, DB, HH, or a hearing resident of Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia) and would like to submit something to us in these formats: blog, article, photo, or a vlog on, about, and for the Pacific Northwest Deaf community. Topics can vary from nature, travel, people, places, fashion, etc. In exchange, you will receive free publicity and traffic to your own website, FaceBook, and other social media outlets from our audience.
Please email us the required information: your name, contact info, city/state, attachment of your work with a title, and website if you have one by the submission deadline: the 25th of each month. We will screen and select for the upcoming month’s online edition. Looking forward to see more creativity from the Deaf community of the Pacific Northwest!
See you in March!
Buddy Elledge
Marketing Director
We cannot do upcoming editions without your ongoing support and contributions. You can, too, if you are a Deaf, DB, HH, or a hearing resident of Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia) and would like to submit something to us in these formats: blog, article, photo, or a vlog on, about, and for the Pacific Northwest Deaf community. Topics can vary from nature, travel, people, places, fashion, etc. In exchange, you will receive free publicity and traffic to your own website, FaceBook, and other social media outlets from our audience.
Please email us the required information: your name, contact info, city/state, attachment of your work with a title, and website if you have one by the submission deadline: the 25th of each month. We will screen and select for the upcoming month’s online edition. Looking forward to see more creativity from the Deaf community of the Pacific Northwest!
See you in March!
Buddy Elledge
Marketing Director
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Restaurant Review: Golden Beetle
Food Critic: Mei Nishimoto
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to check a new Ballard restaurant, Golden Beetle, with friends. It offers organic Mediterranean cuisine including vegetarian friendly options along with good lighting and patient, friendly waitstaff. I ordered two items from the simple menu: fries fried in beef fat and steamed clams. Other friends ordered a medley of savory dishes: lamb meatballs, beet salad with grilled Halloumi cheese, Spanakopita, bread dip with pomegranate molasses, etc. We all agreed that the dishes were scrumptious that we would come back again for different dishes and brunch, too. We also tried spiced donuts glazed with honey. So go ahead and check the restaurant when you re in the neighborhood!
Website: http://golden-beetle.com/main
Food Critic: Mei Nishimoto
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to check a new Ballard restaurant, Golden Beetle, with friends. It offers organic Mediterranean cuisine including vegetarian friendly options along with good lighting and patient, friendly waitstaff. I ordered two items from the simple menu: fries fried in beef fat and steamed clams. Other friends ordered a medley of savory dishes: lamb meatballs, beet salad with grilled Halloumi cheese, Spanakopita, bread dip with pomegranate molasses, etc. We all agreed that the dishes were scrumptious that we would come back again for different dishes and brunch, too. We also tried spiced donuts glazed with honey. So go ahead and check the restaurant when you re in the neighborhood!
Website: http://golden-beetle.com/main
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Film Review: The Grey
By: Patty Liang
The Grey is an film adaption of a short story, Ghost Walker, by Ian Mackenize Jeffers. Presented as a 2012 American thriller drama film directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) and starring Liam Neeson (Batman Begins), the story began with a group of survivors finding themselves stranded from a plane crash in Alaska. The premise of this film is see whether they will wait for death or fight for life?
Friends and I watched the tense story unfolding as the men fighting to adapt in harsh weather and with limited supplies. They sought to take advantage of the survival basics: food, warmth, and shelter. All privileges such as technology, materialism, and upbringings flew out of the window as they realized that they shared a common goal: to live another day, a loved one to go home to, and to embrace simplicity. As they forged rapport and sought safety from preying wolves, they faced an universal dilemma: fight or flight. You could identify with each character's struggles and fears against the unknown. With a stunning cinematography of nature, you could feel the wind against your skin as it chill your bones. I kept thinking, I am not going to Alaska during winter unless I have my own camping knife, family photo, and matches! Long johns won't hurt, either.
This is not for the fainting hearts but people who are willing to dig within to find inner strength. How did it end, I cannot share except urge you to watch it with friends and family during warm, sunny weather or even better with spiked hot chocolate drinks.
By: Patty Liang
The Grey is an film adaption of a short story, Ghost Walker, by Ian Mackenize Jeffers. Presented as a 2012 American thriller drama film directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) and starring Liam Neeson (Batman Begins), the story began with a group of survivors finding themselves stranded from a plane crash in Alaska. The premise of this film is see whether they will wait for death or fight for life?
Friends and I watched the tense story unfolding as the men fighting to adapt in harsh weather and with limited supplies. They sought to take advantage of the survival basics: food, warmth, and shelter. All privileges such as technology, materialism, and upbringings flew out of the window as they realized that they shared a common goal: to live another day, a loved one to go home to, and to embrace simplicity. As they forged rapport and sought safety from preying wolves, they faced an universal dilemma: fight or flight. You could identify with each character's struggles and fears against the unknown. With a stunning cinematography of nature, you could feel the wind against your skin as it chill your bones. I kept thinking, I am not going to Alaska during winter unless I have my own camping knife, family photo, and matches! Long johns won't hurt, either.
This is not for the fainting hearts but people who are willing to dig within to find inner strength. How did it end, I cannot share except urge you to watch it with friends and family during warm, sunny weather or even better with spiked hot chocolate drinks.
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Winter Wonderland in Seattle
By Loren Ashton
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Fruits
Doodlings By Patty Liang
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Edgy Geek
By Buddy Elledge
Magical Market
By Buddy Elledge
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