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The long and narrow interior is full of sturdy wooden cabinets, shelves, and barrels, full of random odds and ends like various food products, but also other unpredictables like soaps, candles, tools, seashells, and perfumes.

• You can buy your liquor in the mall this holiday season.
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Neighborhood shout-outs are fun! Because then everyone knows you live there, in that neighborhood! Seattleite couple hoofinitdesigns takes their original ‘hood designs and hand-screens them onto cotton t-shirts. Simple as that. For the time being, only Queen Anne, Pioneer Square, Ballard and Fremont tees are available, but we're rooting for some new neighborhood designs to be posted in the future.

Sure, Denver has the boy in the balloon, but we have baby orcas!

If the words Neutral Milk Hotel and free don’t relieve any autumnal sorrows you might be feeling, we’re afraid we probably won’t be able to help you.

Seattle mayoral candidates Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn spent this weekend trading shots both literally and figuratively at a “debate” at the Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard on Saturday night.

Proving that there's a hamburger (and a pizza, and a Chinese dumpling) and related experience to suit everyone's taste, the recent writeup of Lunchbox Laboratory reminded this Seattlest of a less-satisfactory visit to Scott Simpson's place earlier this same year.

Up the street from the old Redhook along Leary, and long since relocated from its old stomping grounds (Kirkland and Colville), is Hale's Ales. Featured within its fully operational brewery is a restaurant and a warehouse that has played host to both performers and the winter beer fest. Hale's is open for breakfast and runs on into the night with a wide range of beers, including the Harvest Ale.

These burgers exist on a plane no other burgers could ever wish to achieve--because they're so far away they don't even know this magical, tasty level exists. If Redmill, Burgermaster, and Fatburger joined forces to create a burger love child...it would be unseemly far from even coming close. Seriously, seriously, SERIOUSLY.

Like most who reside in Seattle, here at Seattlest we're music fans 365 days a year. If we were to live in any other city, I'm sure we would be much less optimistic about what the impending end of summer (and traditional festival season) would mean for our love of live music. Luckily for us, we don't have to worry about such a fate as Seattle offers many musical options well into the dead of the wet season.

Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co. has been fined $12,000 by the Washington State Department of Ecology for spilling sand and gravel into the Lake Washington ship canal. The company, which has been operating in Ballard since 1907, spilled sand and gravel mixtures, which can damage the marine habitat and clog the gills of fish from shoreside bunkers. They have also been cited by the Department of Ecology for lacking a spill-response plan and for not having any records of required stormwater inspections.

Bring your merry band of brainiacs to the Old Pequliar tonight to win valuable cash (if you're one of the top three teams), the Valiant Effort award of valuable swag (if you're in last place), or a special mystery prize.

• The 29-year-old Beacon Hill-ian who (allegedly) says he mixed PCP and pot, got paranoid, and shot his father to death is being held on $1 million bail, says the seattlepi.com.
• Now, how about a story about surprise self-mutilation with a razor at Alex Pardee's signing at Upper Playground Seattle.

Spur, Belltown (Sun-Thurs 5-7 p.m. / 11:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.) An unassuming looking place that has been nationally recognized for their creative and schizophrenic food menu, inspired by local farmers, butchers, and fisherman. From $3.50 for craft beer to their late night (11:30-1:30) $5 Rainier bottles with an order of shoestring fries, you can't go wrong with this hole-in-the-wall off Blanchard.

"Delancey, Ballard, Seattle" by suomynona , from our Flickr pool

• Hey, Seattle--you gave Northwest Film Forum $44,000 just because they asked. That's short of the $70K they need to forestall any cuts, but still far better than a poke in the eye with a sharp film gate.
• As of October 14, you'll have a whole new Whole Foods to boycott on health care principles. Queen Anne View says the anchor tenant at the Interbay Urban Center "will feature an interactive healthy eating center, cooking classes and demonstrations, [and] a coffee shop."

Pillager's Pub, Greenwood (Tuesday, 50-percent-off "house" growler fills; Mon-Sun, $1 off pints) Stagger in from 87th & Greenwood to taste Baron & Three Skulls beers paired side by side with a few guest faves. The draft list is managed by former Duck Island'er Jeremiah Harrison and features--on top of beers and cider--authentic mead. Pull up a battered stool, chew up a $1 pretzel, or play a game of pool--just watch your arse, sharks abound.

A few hotheads (and fists) connected over yesterday's accident in Ballard, involving a car hitting a pedestrian crossing the street at 8th Avenue NW and NW 49th Street. MyBallard has a few eyewitness reports saying the scuffle happened when the driver's keys were snatched as he tried to flee before the police showed. Another said it was a brawl between the victim and the driver. So far we know the police have detained the driver (and his innocent dog), but once the SPD gets around to updating their fancy new toy blotter, we can hopefully get a play-by-play of who exactly was throwing the punches.

Get your nerd on tonight at Seattlest trivia. Converge with your fellow brainiacs at the Old Pequliar to win valuable cash (if you're one of the top three teams), the Valiant Effort award of valuable swag (if you're in last place), or a special mystery prize during the audio round.

After stocking up on our greens for the week (and falling prey to the hunger that often accompanies grocery shopping), we scouted out a stand with the steadiest stream of customers, in this case Patty Pan Grill. Since closing the doors to their brick and mortar locale earlier this year, the owners have been focusing on the captive audience found at farmer's markets and the formula seems to be working.

Experiment with zucchini flowers while there’s still time. They are especially difficult to transport in pristine condition so unless you’ve got a steady supply in your garden, your local farmer’s market is the best bet. The male flowers, those without the squash attached, are preferred for stuffing and should be completely open when purchased. Once the flower closes up, the petals start sticking together and are difficult to separate without tearing.

Yesterday, a Seattle police SWAT team arrested a 17-year-old male in a Ballard home on the 900 block of NW 60th Street, who they are "pretty confident" is the gunman in Sunday's Pit Stop Express (15th Ave. NW and NW 58th St.) robbery and murder. The juvenile--whose name will not be released--was booked into the Youth Service Center while being investigated for the murder of 28-year-old convenience store clerk Manish Melwani of Lynnwood.

He's Brandon Pettit, musician from New York. She's Molly Wizenberg, the voice of Orangette. Their romance is chronicled in Molly's book, A Homemade Life (a title that makes you think it's going to be about an old lady's patterns for quilts, while it's actually two interwoven stories about Molly's dad and Molly's boyfriend). Anyway, Brandon--a composer and lecturer who studied in France (as did Molly)--moved to Seattle and, wouldn't you know it, decided that his calling life was (wait for it) pizza.

The worst thing about the headline "6 injured in overnight shootings" is that it doesn't take into account a murder at a Ballard gas station. Just to recap, over this weekend, a man was shot in the leg following an argument at Second and Pine (while the Torchlight Parade was going on), two people were shot at 1 a.m. at 208th and Pacific Highway South in SeaTac, and three men were shot at about 2 a.m. at the 1200 block of Westlake Avenue North. Then at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday came the gas station robbery and homicide.

Seattle911 has the oddest news of the morning: "A cyclist says he was hit with a dart, apparently from a blow gun, as he was crossing the Ballard Bridge on Monday." MyBallard has the story, as well as details on a second bicyclist with the same story,

LOVE SEATTLEST? Of course you do! Why else would you be reading this? And if you love Seattlest, you must love liquor and Seattlest writers, and you should therefore attend Seattlest Happy Hour at The Lookout. We'll brook no counterarguments. 5-8 p.m. // The Lookout // 757 Bellevue Ave. E // drink specials: $4 wells, $3 microbrews, and $4 wine

The captains of Ballard industry just had their complaints against the Burke-Gilman trail's extension (it's in their way, it'd be a traffic hazard) tossed by Seattle's Hearing Examiner in June, so now they're filing an appeal.

About 1 p.m. this afternoon, a Bronco XLT swerved out of control, clipped a few cars, and collided with Twice Sold Tales, at East Denny Way on Capitol Hill. CHS says the driver got out and headed up Denny on foot towards Broadway. Then at 5:30 p.m., MyBallard reports, a driver of a Bronco also lost control, smashed into a few cars, and ran into the bike shop at 56th Street and 24th Avenue. As we always remind you, two is a trend. If you see a Bronco, run like hell.

MyBallard lit up yesterday with the continuing saga of Edith Macefield's house. In the basic facts of the story, the house has been sold to Greg and Shauna Pinneo, owners of some shady outfit which combines real estate investment with "inspiration, motivation, ethics, and expertise"--if one is predisposed to believe the website.

"Happiness..." by [Katsumi], from our Flickr pool