carillon

Tied to a public dock at Carillon Point in Kirkland is one of just a few floating saunas in the United States, and the only one currently open to the public in the Evergreen State.

Charles Semowich, who plays the carillon inside the 392-foot tower at Riverside Church, said he hears occasional screeching outside his window.

El Encanto, located off Lake Washington at Carillon Point, is an attempt to revive that Seattle concept, with the backing of the investors behind Cantinetta and COMO.

"If you think about it, added sugar really isn't a single substance," Dr. Alexandra DiFeliceantonio from Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carillon told Salon by email.

Or there’s the exquisite track “Silpo,” named for a Ukrainian grocery store chain, whose jingling beat derives from the cash registers: a corporate carillon of high, sharp chimes, each ringing out over the composer’s muffled, crackling percussion line.