One of the great things about Seattle is that it's the gateway to the United States for lots of foreigners. Alaskans, for example, regularly show up at Sea-Tac, wild-eyed and ready to reach for a knife at the first sign of a bear. They've been fleeing the wilderness and arriving on the shores of Seattle since way before regular air service was established. However, last week a particularly 21st century chain of events led one 15-year-old Alaskan to Seattle; she was on her way to North Carolina to meet an internet boyfriend. more ›

Presidential primaries in December now a possibility: more ›

M's are 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 1996. more ›

After Felix Hernandez' terrible eight-inning reign, the A's won't be contesting Jarrod Washburn's accession to the mound. What a performance--the best in Mariner opening day history, and one of the best in opening day history period. more ›

Federal Way got all the press, but more than one school in Washington can ban An Inconvenient Truth. Yakima was in on it too. The Associated Press is reporting that a panel of teachers, parents, administrators and right-thinking people have decided that the film can be shown to a Yakima school's Environmental Club. Environmental Club? At least in Federal Way it was a science class. The Environmental Club? What kind of environmental club worth it's charter hasn't already screened Inconvenient Truth. The kind in Yakima is apparently the answer. more ›

Brits call them chips, we 'Merkins call them fries, those potato sticks cooked in oil. Cooked twice, in fact. They used to be called French fries, until three years ago, when the perfidious, cheese-eating French surrender monkeys refused to line up for our scrimmage against Saddam, the much-derided "Coalition of the Willing." The French honorific was purged, Stalin-style, from the cafeteria menu at the House of Representatives and the potatoes rechristened Freedom Fries. Orwell himself could not have imagined a better outcome. more ›

Our carpool buddy grabbed his wife's phone by mistake this morning. A vexing but victimless error. more ›

We wouldn't think that failing to get your daughter into Ballard High School would be so disappointing that you'd take it all the way to the Supreme Court. After all, who wants their daughter to be a Beaver for life? more ›

Roosevelt High's Marcus Williams, now at Arizona, has decided to stay with the Wildcats for at least one more year. (If you happen to pay $75/year to subscribe of ArizonaAthletics.com, you can watch the press conference. College athletics--exploitative? Not at all...makes sense that the university makes money off of a fantastically-talented ballplayer telling the media he'll stay in school.) more ›

Both the Associated Press and the Stranger's Erica C. Barnett report that the hydra-headed Sonics' ownership group (tete grande belonging to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz) will meet tomorrow. more ›

It's a telling fact--during 2005, the Seahawks only once faced the 3-4 defense (the one the Steelers use)--against the Cowboys, who stifled the Hawks. We've read it in the Boston Globe, on NFL.com, in the Detroit Free Press. But it's wrong. more ›

After starting the season with four straight wins, the University of Washington men's basketball team snuck into the Associated Press Top 25, garnering one more point in the AP's voting/rankings system than Iowa State. more ›

Our friend Erika, a recent transplant from New Jersey, doesn't have trouble making conversation with strangers at Seattle parties. She simply asks: "how's the band?" more ›

Seattlest is continually amazed at how many transplanted New Yorkers live here in the Northwest. Their numbers are matched only by the number of Northwesterners who dream of someday moving to the Big Apple. To sate the desires of both groups, and to point out some of the benefits of living in Seattle, we are launching this new feature: more ›