• As the Seattle Art Museum nears the end of the Mimi Gates era, they have announced Derrick R. Cartwright, of San Diego Museum of Art, will become SAM's newest director.
• Wallywood reports raccoons are infiltrating the Wallingford neighborhood. We wonder if it has anything to do with the large medical marijuana growing operation going on in a local Wallingford home.
• A big ol' three-alarm fire engulfed a South Seattle apartment building today--the fast-spreading fire left Whisper Wood Apartments neighbors without shoes, coats or even a standing home.

We visited the Ballard Blocks so you don't have to, and having been inside the belly of the beast, we can say with some certainty: it's a sign of the a-BLOCKS-calypse. more ›

You're not the only one without an iPhone; Bill Gates' kids aren't allowed to have Apple products. There's a little less Fresh Mex in your future, too. Chipotle won't be opening at the gargantuan Ballard Blocks after all. For lease signs and stacked tables suggest our beloved Fremont Baja Fresh is closing, and just down the street The Triangle is up for sale, according to Fremont Universe. Fortunately, West Seattle Blog has an uplifting tale of the wayward Alki falcon who lived to fly again. Is there an app for that? more ›