My Writing — Jake Uitti

I was late. Dawn Trudeau, co-owner of the Seattle WNBA basketball team, The Storm, was punctual. A businesswoman, self-made and supremely successful, of course she was on time. You don’t move from assembly line in Michigan to owner of a professional sports team by being sloppy. She was gracious – not batting an eyelash at my arrival to Queen Anne’s Obasan nearly 10 minutes late of 6:30PM.

The night before, the NBA’s Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs participated in one of the most epic and entertaining Finals games in history – an overtime contest capped by an unthinkable three-pointer by former Seattle SuperSonic, and current Heat player, Ray Allen. Sipping Sapporos in this quaint little Japanese restaurant, of course we began our conversation with basketball.

ProfilesJake UittiJune 27, 2013The Monarch Review

The Monarch Drinks With Marco Collins

Okay, so we just drank water. Well, I was finishing off an iced latte from a coffee place up the street. It was early – we met around 11am at Obasan, a quaint Japanese place in Queen Anne that has, coincidentally, my new favorite noodle dish: Yakisoba with tofu and no mushrooms. Marco Collins, the former Program Director for The End and expert with chopsticks, ordered the tuna rolls and teriyaki chicken.

ProfilesJake UittiMay 27, 2013The Monarch Review

10 Questions For Stephanie Drury

Stephanie Drury was born and raised in Arkansas but now lives in Seattle, WA. She is a mother of two, an appreciator of electric blankets, dogs wearing cones, and people with depression (because, as she says, they tend to be nice). She does not like earthquakes, goatees, or changing lanes near tractor-trailers. It’s not irrelevant to say that her favorite movie is “Waiting For Guffman”. The Monarch had a chance to chat with Stephanie about her web site, Stuff Christian Culture Likes, her life growing up with religion, and the Mars Hill Church.

Q&AJake UittiFebruary 4, 2013The Monarch Review

Strength In The Blues – An Interview With Cornel West

Born in Tulsa Oklahoma, Dr. West has studied at Harvard and Princeton, has been a civil rights activist, a pastor and currently serves as the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton. He has received more than twenty honorary degrees as well as the American Book Award, and he has appeared on television programs like The Colbert Report and Real Time with Bill Maher.

Known for his Socratic approach toward the issue of social justice and his devotion to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. West himself has authored more than a dozen books, including his landmark texts Race Matters and Democracy Matters. His latest, Hope On A Tightrope, was released in November. For these reasons, and many more, I have come to speak with him.

Q&AJake UittiNovember 5, 2008The Monarch Review

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