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• Posted Going Once... Going Twice... to Seattlest
  In the market for a Smoketeer air filter system? Or Vacu-Jig bowling ball drill? Maybe a two-basket deep fryer? Leilani Lanes finally closed last month after 44 years in the bowling business, and tomorrow they’re auctioning off damn near everything. Sad, yes, but also enticing. The official auction site lists a whole heap of stuff up for grabs, including furniture, fixtures and assorted equipment from the lounge, coffee shop and pro shop, as well as...
• Posted "Ichiro Bukkake" to Seattlest
• Posted &#9835 Seattlest Ain't Bullshittin' &#9835 to Seattlest
  A post in Tuesday's DCist mentioned a campaign in the other Washington to adopt a bland song named "Come to Washington" as an official "city anthem." Then, in a follow-up post, DCist nominated nine other, better songs. Readers voted for their favorites and suggested a few more. The current fave seems to be the Magnetic Fields' awesomely evocative "Washington, D.C." Naturally, this has us pondering songs about Seattle -- not songs by artists from...
• Posted Seattlest Bowls, Part 8: HUB Games Area, Garage to Seattlest
  We're back in Seattle proper for our final installment, a look at two very different facilities... We've bowled more at the UW's HUB Games Area than anywhere else, mainly because it was a cheap and convenient place to roll during our college days. Besides its campus setting, we dig the plaques honoring Husky bowling champs dating back to 1961. The spartan basement room holds just 12 lanes, and not much else -- no coffee...
• Posted Somethin' Stupid to Seattlest
  The only reason we’re mentioning Stupid Prices is because we love its irresistibly ridiculous name. But as long as we’re on the subject... Stupid Prices is a local chain of liquidation outlets, selling all manner of merchandise dumped off by big retail stores. The first of its nine no-frills Western Washington stores -- including Woodinville’s Stupid Furniture -- opened in Federal Way in 2003. Stupid Prices has since become a favorite of thrift-minded bargain-hunters, with...