Real estate search engine Rotten Neighbor promises to help you "find bad neighbors before you move." What evils have users uncovered behind the closed doors of the Emerald City? Near Carkeek Park: Grouchy Old Man w/ Loud Music The grouchy old man who lives here likes to play his radio very loudly in his backyard. Lately he has begun playing it in the middle of the night and the cops have been called several times.......

We're pretty sure we stumbled across Nicola Griffith's The Blue Place at Bailey/Coy Books. It's been years since we first read it, and since then "You like mysteries? Have you read The Blue Place?" has been a regular part of our conversations. Aud Torvingen, Griffith's heroine, is a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners native Norwegian ex-cop who lives in the US. She's also a lesbian, which is both key to the plot (and her character) yet not really......

Seattlest mentioned David Williams' book "The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle" in passing previously, but now that we've actually read it and had a chance to talk with the author it's time to start telling you daily how much we enjoyed it. If you're an outdoors geek with an urban bent (and we're assuming that's exactly what you are) David's written a book that fills an empty slot on your bookshelf that you may......