What's Happening in Seattle this Week

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Networking: Company Picnic Seattle , Sept 25th, $39.  Entrepreneurs tend to be a lively lot, so it'll be interesting to throw them into a picnic scene.  Go mix with others who have great ideas, smarts, and ambition, who will end up building the next great thing.  Go learn from others with new perspectives and have a chest of business war stories to share. Film: Couch Film Fest , Sept 27th, $10.  Get this - instead of hosting films in the studio or theater, they're getting people to open their living rooms for smaller, more intimate, settings.  You go and watch short films while wedged into the cracks on some dude's couch.  Films rotate on the hour, with an afternoon intermission.  Keep any change you find in cushions. Health: Go Healthy , Sept 26th, free, to help keep kids, and parents, from morphing into jelly-bellies.  Childhood obesity is now the number one childhood health concern, even above smoking.  Kids now are even getting adult ailments, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol.  So, roll the kid off the TV couch and on to this event. Dance: All Tharp by Pacific Northwest Ballet, starting Sept 25th, $25+.  PNB kicks off the new season with an American dance heavyweight.  The show includes two world premieres, so someday, you might get the bragging rights of being the first to have sen it.  Also, check out the preview videos. Real Estate: Can that deal still be financed? , Sept 25th, $15.  With the mortgage meltdown, you can imagine how excited banks are to write new mortgages right now.  Unless you have a hefty 20% down payment, how you can purchase that new house?  At this meeting, the pros discuss how the rules have changed, and how you can play in this new sandbox. Insects: Bug Blast , Sept 28th, free with regular museum admission.  Is there anything cooler than a bug with twenty legs?  Go down, look at the bugs, and maybe even eat a few.  Actually, you already are, but you're just not aware of little bug parts leaking into our food supply.  There are plenty of hands-on activities for kids to explore and expand their bug interest.  Next to dinosaurs, bugs are the coolest thing. Women's Health: WWISH kick-off , Oct 2nd, $20.  This is a new online magazine for Women's Wellness and Integrated Social Health, a woman-to-woman sort of thing.  Learn how other women turn their struggles into triumphs, like one of those Lifetime network TV shows.  Best of luck to them.  These online magazines have a poor success rate, but then again, the costs of digital publication really lower the financial barriers to entry. Family: Park In the Dark, Sept 25-27th, free.  When the sun goes down in the UW Arboretum, the activity level goes up.  Learn about the real nocturnal animals and use your "deer ears" to hear night sounds.  Plus, the park at night has a wonderfully eerie feeling. Women's Business: Women Business Owners Networking Lunch , Sept 25th, $46.  This group is really getting to be the power group for women running their own businesses.  Their award winners are the whos-who of female owned businesses in this area.  At this lunch, a media consultant discusses how to gain publicity to generate customers, increasing your business. Organization: NIRI Seattle, of National Investor Relations.  With the financial meltdown last week, interest is certainly on investing.  Since they're focus is on investor relations, and everybody's investment is tanking, they're probably working double overtime right now.  Also, gotta wonder if these folks saw it coming, or are they just apologetic mouthpieces?	Where The Single Guys Are: If you believe the whining of the single ladies around here, it's difficult to meet men.  Plus, apparently, guys are too scaredy cat to approach.  So, where do guys hang out? Political Campaigns:  Campaigning for worthy causes tends to be balanced, but the political offices are male-dominated.  These are short and intense in duration, so when you're working until midnight eating cold Chinese food together, something good is going to happen. Rock Climbing: Here, it's easy to strike up the conversation since these guys are pretty social, and the atmosphere is already charged with excitement.  Play it safe and hit the indoor center first. Casual Sports: You get to know a guy over a period of time.  The gender break down is about 60/40, so the odds are in the gal's favor.  These games are more for the fun of it, instead of competitive.  It's more of an excuse to go get a beer afterwards.  Check out Underdog Sports. Online: If you're willing to sift through the pervies and dweebs, there's always Craigs List, with a slice of good guys left.  Cool Video: Here's what could happen to the 520 bridge during an earthquake.  This simulation will creep you out a bit the next time you're actually driving across.  Hope they come up with that replacement soon.

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