Mary Perkins

The WSDOT’s Good to Go! User Guide. Awkward facial hair alert at 3:08. Nothing makes us feel more excited (!) about extra commuting expenses than exclamation points on our tolling stickers. Commuters can now buy the WSDOT’s Good to Go! passes at participating retailers (Safeway, or from a van... continue reading on Seattlest

"Amazon.com, PAC-MED Building, art deco style, night, fall, Beacon Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA" by Wonderlane from our flickr pool. Today’s deal on LivingSocial (Groupon’s frenemy) is a very useful $10 for $20 worth of stuff on Amazon.com. You may have already heard about this deal from every friend you... continue reading on Seattlest

"loafs" by Chris Blakeley from our Flickr pool Panera Bread, the lunchtime fancy sandwich chain, is embarking on a new nonprofit business model. The Panera Bread Foundation (the charitable wing of the organization) is opening up something called a “Panera Cares Cafe” in Portland, Ore. The way it works... continue reading on Seattlest

Dr. Peter Rhee (right) speaks at a news conference at University Medical Center in Tucson. (Image from Chris Carlson / The Associated Press / January 9, 2011) Mark this as one bright spot in the tragic shootings in Arizona over the weekend: the Surgeon who treated Rep. Gabrielle Giffords... continue reading on Seattlest

Mayor McGinn: not here to make friends? Is Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn a maverick who works for the people, or a clueless politician that’s making enemies with those he needs the most? These are the questions The Seattle Times ponders in a New Year’s Day story on his first... continue reading on Seattlest