press snubs Bush Jr; Kathy to Portland!; Seattle tunnel; Ptld Auditor Cash Give-Away

I'm toying with the idea of posting news items I find interesting. Not sure I'll stick with it though.

"On a more amusing note (or maybe just sad), Milbank also references a bulletin to the White House press corps issued prior to the press conference. The memo set a tone importance and fanfare for the event. But, when the moment of the event rolled around, there was apparently such a dearth of reporters and spectators in the room that White House interns were conscripted to fill the empty chairs." (HuffPost)

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Woo-hoo!:

"Comedienne Kathy Griffin has added two more shows in Portland, where the quirky outspoken comic will be taping her Bravo show special this March.

"On March 4, the 48-year-old actress will be at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall at 6:30 p.m. and again, at 9 p.m. Griffin will also tape her show, "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," at the shows." AllHeadlineNews.com

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Seattle to build $4.25B tunnel to replace ugly/noisy Alaskan Way Viaduct (NWCN.com)

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Portland City Council to give-away at least $100K+ for uninteresting Auditor election. (Merc)

Kathy Griffin!!!

Scott, Sheena, and I saw Kathy Griffin in Seattle last night! The show was sold-out and even though I thought I bought the tickets early, our (cheap) seats were in the very last row at the very top of the balcony. Here's the view from our seats:

Here's what we would have saw had I splurged on better tickets:

2-time Schmemmy winner, originally uploaded by stacy73.

Kathy's stand-up act was terrific. Her hilarious insider gossip included a wide-range of topics: Sarah Palin, her mother's box of wine habit, Larry King, Anderson Cooper, Nancy Grace, Bette Midler, Donald Trump, Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, the Shemmys, the Emmys, Don Rickles, and ended with a blue quote of Betty White. She also mentioned that her manager, Tom, had some unexplained phobia about Portland which may explain why Kathy hasn't come to Portland recently.

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Before the show, we wasted time at the Volunteer Park Conservatory and Lake View Cemetery.

Among the many interesting headstones, Sheena and I discovered Bruce and Brandon Lee's headstones. Apparently, their headstones are the main tourist attraction to the cemetery as noticed many people paying their respects.