The last few days have been overcast haze, and the forecast doesn't look much better. But summer hit Seattle a week ago, with temperatures into the high 80s. So it is about time to dust off the swimsuit and get ready to head down to your local Seattle Parks... continue reading on Seattlest
Victrola is a cool coffee house on Capitol Hill where tech-savy baristas serve up beautiful espresso. They offer free wi-fi, but in an effort to reclaim their atmosphere, they have turned off the wireless router on weekends. The result? "The place was noisy and jumpin' - people actually conversed," according... continue reading on Seattlest
Seattle is a great progenitor of technology, but only now, in the year 2005, is municipal Wi-Fi finally coming to town. To put this in context, Spokane has had a wireless downtown corridor for over a year. Is Seattle behind the times? Mayor Nickels launched the service on May 18th... continue reading on Seattlest
While going through and cleaning out old emails, we found an email that Seattlest had written to Seattlest not long ago. It said to check out WikiPedia's entry for Seattle. And of course there is our own local wiki, Seattle Wiki. It turns out that you can learn a lot... continue reading on Seattlest
What is the newcomer visitor's impression of our fair city? To get an idealistic, naive, oddly balanced, yet sentimentally contemplative exposition on what and how Seattle impresses the self aware and unrushed foreign visitor, you've got to read the opening section of this piece** in the Atlantic Monthly (June 2005).... continue reading on Seattlest
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