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John Keister 
Almost Live! is almost back. A summer one-off reunion gathered a new sketch comedy crew comprised of the old host and a few players. We hope to see them hit TV again soon.   

Christine Gregoire 
The governor goes lame duck after November 6, at which point she can finally unbury all those Dino Rossi votes she hid in her garden back in ’04.

Nikki McClure
In her Bellevue Arts Museum exhibit, the Olympia artist shows off the paper creations she makes using only an X-Acto knife. Remind us not to sneak up on Nikki while she’s working. (Opens Nov 13) 

Neil Young
Pro tip: When becoming a worldwide music superstar, make “wild man in the woods” your signature hairstyle. Young probably spends way fewer hours in the hair-and-makeup chair than Madonna does. (KeyArena, Nov 10)

John Eklund 
The photographer used 266,000 landscape photos, not a one with a finger over the lens, to produce “Purely Pacific Northwest,” a breathtaking time-lapse video that went viral on the Internet.  

Maria Hines and Holly Smith
As recruits of the new American Chef Corps arm of the State Department, our local cooks will be tasked with achieving peace in the Middle East using only a scoop of hummus and a rubber spatula.

Published in the 25 Best Restaurants of 2012 issue of Seattle Met.











Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.  Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.