Eat your veggies; the rent’s due

Published 4:53 pm Thursday, October 15, 2015

Beer’s vegetarian, right? A landlord who is leasing townhomes in Bothell is giving a $200 rent discount to vegetarians and vegans. The intent, the landlord said, is to spread awareness of the vegetarian lifestyle.

The catch is there’s a $500 damage deposit for cleaning the carpets to remove all the spilled quinoa and tempeh.

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Rock me, Amadeus: A rare letter penned by classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a friend has sold at auction for $217,000. The letter, written in 1786, to Mozart’s close friend, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, asks von Jacquin to return three pieces of sheet music.

“And if it’s not too much trouble,” Mozart continued, “I really need my hedge trimmer back, that cup of sugar that Mrs. von Jacquin borrowed, my bowling ball, the ‘Seinfeld’ DVD boxed set, my CD of Cat Stevens’ ‘Greatest Hits’ and the zwanzig kronen I loaned you.”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.

A reception followed, and cake was served.

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