Comments on: 425 Eastside Magazine

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:20:00 +0000

“Below is my response Jillayne’s email.”

It’s cringe-worthy when a magazine’s Editor in Chief omits a preposition in the very first sentence of their post. Then again, if you read 425, you’re probably don’t mind or don’t notice that kind of thing.

This is THE magazine for “Issaquah Barbie.”

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:32:40 +0000

I’m looking at the spring issue of 425 and it’s pretty clear to me (and should be to anyone looking at it) that it’s not just an Eastside magazine. The teaser to the Sammamish B&B on the cover is proof enough. There’s a mention of a place to drink tea at the Alderwood Mall and Edmonds; places to hike in Issaquah, North Bend; a whole story about Bothell; a list of Relay for Life events around the 425 area, and so much more. Maybe the Eastside gets prominent play because that’s what people think of when you think 425, but what’s wrong with that. You ask why does 425 need their own magazine…I ask why not? Seattle has two magazines (or more)…why shouldn’t 425 have one.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:16:31 +0000

I have the magazine VOL 1 No. 2 SPRING 2007 in front of me. On the spine it says “425 MAGAZINE.COM” “INSIDE,OUTSIDE,EASTSIDE”

The cover says 425 with INSIDE, OUTSIDE, EASTSIDE right under the 425.

I honestly don’t know what No.1 said. Would love to have a copy of the first edition. Maybe that one said something different.

By: EJ Birk

EJ Birk — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:45:45 +0000

The name of the magazine is “425,” not “425 Eastside” — not sure where that came from. It’s an excellent publication, but I can’t defend it any better than the editor did above me. You go, girl!

By: Lisa Patterson, Editor in Chief

Lisa Patterson, Editor in Chief — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:05:41 +0000

Below is my response Jillayne’s email. We appreciate your insights and are always looking for ideas and ways to make 425 magazine the magazine for ALL people who live in the 425 area code. So if you have any story ideas or topics you’d like to see highlighted, please send them our way. We know we can’t please everyone, but we’ll do the best we can. Thanks!

Dear Jillayne,

425 magazine spans a huge geographical area. It’s named after the area code.

In fact, our first issue set the tone. The watermark on our cover listed all the areas you’ll find in the magazines, from Renton, to Everett, Yarrow Point, Issaquah and more. Although the majority of our coverage and readership lands smack in the middle of the Eastside, we’re always looking for great stories in all of 425. If you have some story ideas you want featured, please send them my way. I love hearing from readers. Have a wonderful day.

Sincerely,
Lisa Patterson

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:05:08 +0000

In 425-west, if people dress their dogs in rain slickers like that, we gently remove the dog from it’s owner and take it to an undisclosed dog rescue center where the dog will receive a month of free doggie therapy.

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:02:49 +0000

I don’t get it.

I always thought I was smelling the rain, not the sidewalk.

But I live in 425-west. We don’t have sidewalks here. We just walk along side the road in the ditch with open storm sewer water running over our shoes, dog poop floating by.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:56:05 +0000

Hey Rhonda! I couldn’t find a “mod rainslicker” for me.

But I found one for your dog.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:52:06 +0000

Does anyone get that “fresh smell of the sidewalk” line?

By: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:46:38 +0000

Thank you. I am much more calm now. Rain slickers and Clifford. Those two really say “Celebrate the 425-west lifestyle” like it hasn’t been said before.