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And we quote from the weather advisory: "FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS EXPANDED THE FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... KING ... KITSAP ... LEWIS ... PIERCE ... THURSTON. FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT." Wear your galoshes if you're going out tonight. [Update: new shit has come to light: "NEW COMPUTER MODELS ARE SHIFTING HEAVY PRECIPITATION SOUTHWARD FROM EARLIER GUIDANCE AND ARE ALSO

When traveling the country and trying to avoid the Cheesecake Factories, Cracker Barrels and Claim Jumpers that clog the arteries, we get excited whenever we see a Martin Luther King street exit. The same can be said for exit 157 off I-5 in Seattle, where, just to the north, you’ll find a diversity of delicious restaurants.

It was a terrifying night for former Garfield and UW basketballer Tre Simmons, who's playing in Israel this year. Israeli basketball fans are notoriously crazy, but the fans--or at least one fan--got a little too crazy yesterday at a contest between Holon (Simmons' team) and Jerusalem. A Jerusalem fan (presumably) threw a firecracker at the Holon bench. An alert security guard who tried to pick the explosive up and toss it away got his hand...

The South Lake Union Streetcar will begin an eight-week test period soon, according to the Seattle Transit Blog.

We love the Frontier Frittata Bagel Sandwich at Frontier Café. We proved it here. Its tantalizing taste that embraces all things dairy and flour keeps us moving in the morning. With this in mind on our way to work, we were more than animated to receive a free espresso coupon from the kind employees at Frontier Café as we walked into our building on 3rd and Cherry, (we do NOT condone soliciting buildings with advertisements that usually end up a soggy doormat, but in the case of free coffee, we’ll make an exception). The original Belltown café wants to alert coffee lovers close the edges of Pioneer Square that a new coffee shop is in town serving Vivace Espresso -- “Downtowns Best Espresso.” Hmm, this was intriguing. We are Cherry Street Coffee House regulars and frequent visitors to Pegasus, so the competition is stiff. Vivace roasts a nice coffee bean, so we gave it a try.

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even with all the things we have to do, we still managed to get together to let you know what we've all been up to.

At Seattlest, the commenter is king, partly because we get away with writing less when we quote! So here's this thumbnail review of Prayer for My Enemy: "It manages to address some very serious topics (acted out extremely well) and then another second switch to being really light-hearted." You are correct, commenter!

Yesterday we were down at Pike Place Market feasting on a Three Girls Bakery sandwich and on the way out we spotted the Seafair Pirates making their rounds. "Pardon us, pirates coming through!" they said, making their way through the molasses-like flow of tourists which we thought was probably not authentic pirate behavior. (We wouldn't be completely outraged if a pirate lopped off a head or two of the sidewalk-gawking variety of tourist who's astonished to see, you know, peaches! and bread! for sale in a public market and has to stop in their tracks to verify the observation.) The pirates landed at Alki on July 7, and from the looks of their site's photo albums, they've made their way from there to Mercer Island, Kent, Chinatown, and up to Greenwood since.

As a public service, let us alert you first that traveling by Amtrak in the summer is different than other times. The trains get full up days in advance, as do the bike racks in the baggage car. (You can take your bike on the train for just $5 each way.) Then, because Amtrak is understaffed, all sorts of things begin to break down -- if you're us, the wrong part of your ticket gets ripped checking in and then the ticket-taker stops the whole boarding line to berate "that clown" who did it wrong and people stare at you with ill-disguised hatred.

Alert readers of our last post will notice the date on today's calendar. The Fremont Bridge opened to traffic 90 years ago today. And she's been doing a grand job ever since.

Slate.com put an article up yesterday suggesting GPS monitoring for abusive men who are under a restraining order. The batterer would wear a braclet or similar home arrest-type device and an alert would be sent to the police and/or the victim if he approached a home or office that was off limits to him. The example they use is Rebecca Griego who was killed by her ex Jonathan Rowan recently at the University of Washington's Gould Hall, arguing that Griego took all the standard evasive measures, but the situation still ended in tragedy. According to the article, Washington does have legislation in place that allows the use of electronic monitoring devices as a condition of a restraining order. Massachusetts recently passed a similar law that specifically mentions GPS.

--It may be just a Wednesday night for you, but Japan's already buzzing with anticipation about Dice-K vs. Ichiro. Via Deadspin

Last Friday we were lunching outside Von's, and a stream of conventioneers was passing by. Some of them stopped at Von's and we couldn't help but notice that a number of them tripped on the single step on the way in. They'd alert the ones behind them, and they'd take a ridiculously large step through the door. When Von's filled up and they started filtering back out, they tripped on the way out. We didn't remember ever tripping on that step, so we asked this one guy what the convention was, and he told us it was the National Association of Elementary School Principals. We don't normally laugh at people tripping over things in real life, but when elementary school principals do it, it's very, very funny. (The conference's theme was "Soaring to New Heights.")

Ah, the storied cherry blossoms of UW!

Yes, it makes a nifty preview of the what things will look like when The Big One hits Seattle -- what are the odds it'll knock over a half-built Viaduct? -- but really we snapped this to alert you that Pine Street is going to be backed up during the commute for as long as this "HULK SMASH!" phase goes on. That is all. Please return to whatnot.

Christopher Lydon's Open Source did a show last night, "One Nation, Under Surveillance," partially inspired by Jonathan Raban's new book Surveillance and his article in the Guardian, "We have mutated into a surveillance society -- and must share the blame."

--The guy who was in charge of the Zune squirted himself off the Microsoft campus to "focus on the next chapter of his life." Riiight. X-Box leader J Allard takes over.

--A verdict came in on the WTO trial: due process, violated. Freedom of speech, not.

Blizzard of food notes. First, tonight at 9 PM on Food Network, with three repeats, Giada De Laurentiis visits Seattle for a food-lover's weekend. Kerry Sear at Cascadia reveals, among other things, his recipe for Alpine Martinis.

--Porn stache alert on the cover of NCAA 07 March Madness.

--Brandon Roy's expected to return from a heel injury tonight when the Blazers play Houston. If Roy wants to be ROY, he's got some catching up to do.

This was not a very happy week for the -ist network as one of our own,

What it is, see, is we have this Google news alert set for "Port of Seattle" and "confederacy of dunces." We're always surprised at how often we get sent something.

>>>UW iSchool at Kane Hall, 7:00-9:00pm. "Voices in an Empty Room: Five Apologies for the Narrative": Children's author Richard Peck discusses his writing and teaching careers, and his experiences with the kids today. He'll read from On The Wings Of Heroes, his new novel about a World War II childhood. Free with RSVP. Kane Hall, Rm. 220.

The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one.

Seattlest caught the sneak preview screening of Borat last week at Pacific Place, and we have only just now stopped laughing long enough to post the required blog endorsement: Five stars, two thumbs up, a hundred Oscars (TM), etc. You will laugh until you shit yourself. Go put on your day-glo speedo contraption and camp out ahead of the official November 3rd release date.

Somehow, the world of -ists managed to make it through the week despite news that Jen & Vince broke up.

Here's a special Saturday post, to alert you about the Spectrum Dance Theater double bill, The Miraculous Mandarin / Petruchska; the last show is tonight at 8:00pm at The Moore Theatre. Tickets are $24.50-$29.50 (plus TM fees). SDT Artistic Director Donald Byrd is known for taking contemporary dance in unusual narrative directions. This is a frank exploration sex and violence: a remarkable variety of sexual positions and acts of violence.

Occidental Square has always been kind of awesome and uniquely Seattle, to this writer at least. It's walled in yet open, yet cluttered, yet ordered. There's a distinctive sense of wood, but the predominant building material is stone or brick. There are no people, but there are trees! Have you ever been to a square in Europe? They're great in their own quaint little way, but they're somewhat of a celebration of treelessness. "Hell yeah there was a forest here when we showed up - We fucking hacked it down and replaced it with all these cobble stones and scary churches and shit." That kind of thing was cool a few centuries ago.

The folks at West Seattle Blog alert us to the existence of the King County Jail Inmate Lookup Service, where you can see who our local cops have thrown in the pokey in the last 24 hours.