It's not that we don't like dogs, quite the contrary. A good number of Seattlest's writers, past and present, are avowed dog fans. It's just that we're also cat people, and our friends of the feline persuasion are highly entertaining. Or at least, we like to think so; even when they're being enormous d-bags. more ›

Day 260/365 - ENEMY CAT!!! by Tony Case from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

The Seattle Animal Shelter is bringing cats by the truckload to your neighborhood for adoption events this year. Up next? Alki, Lake City and Ravenna. Here's a video to inspire you to responsibly adopt. more ›

Photo by lightning place from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Most Mondays, we treat you to furry afternoon treat. Today is no exception. more ›

First, let us congratulate you. It is now 4 p.m., and you've almost made it through your Monday. Let's take a break, shall we? more ›

Untitled Photo by sea kay from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Garfield is widely known to be an entirely unfunny comic. But the strip did have a point about Monday being a shitty day. So, as a break, we like to offer an afternoon kitty video. more ›

Do you think you have Seattle’s sweetest cat? How about the most playful or scrappiest looking? Perhaps you even enjoy dressing your cat in silly costumes. If you answered "yes" to one or more of these questions then we have the perfect event for you. The seventh annual Average Joe Cat Show will be taking place on Saturday, May 15th at Shoreline Center. Enter now through May 10th to give your feline friends an opportunity to compete in over 20 categories including “fluffiest tail” and “most unusual markings.” You can also submit your favorite pet photos to the Average Joe Cat Show photo contest. more ›

Happened across this crime against decency in North Seattle recently... more ›

• Dog people, stop reading and just look at these cute puppies instead. Cat people, keep reading. PhinneyWood blog reports that Greenwood's cat-loving-adoption organization PAWS celebrates the adoption of it 10,000th kitty.
• Still wringing out their clothes, photos and soggy possessions, the residents of the recently flooded Wedgwood neighborhood want the city to foot the bill for all the damages the broken water main caused.
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Cats was one of Broadway's longest standing musical productions, having debuted there in 1982 and running until September of 2000, although it lives on around the country in a Broadway Across America tour (now at the Paramount through this weekend) and, no doubt, on community stages far and wide. more ›

GLUTEN FREEDOM: Dr. Stephen Wangen, founder of the IBS Treatment Center, has a new book out called Healthier Without Wheat: A New Understanding of Wheat Allergies, Celiac Disease, and Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance. As you can tell from the title, his contention is that you don't have to have celiac disease to be gluten intolerant. Personally, we are disturbed by intolerance of any kind, so we are glad to hear that he's working on a cure--what? Just don't eat wheat? more ›

For a big gay musical theater geek like Seattlest, it's kind of embarrassing to admit that we've never seen Cats. Lucky for us, the touring production is making a quick four-day stop at the Paramount next week (Apr. 15-19, tickets start at $20 and are available from the Paramount). We'll be here to give you our thoughts when we finally watch those crazy singing and dancing felines next week. But, while we count down to that fateful day, we'd like to share with you our recent conversation with one of the stars of the show, a delightful young actor by the name of Drew Roelofs: more ›

"IT'S CATURDAY!!! POST SOME FREAKIN CATS!!!" by shawnmebo more ›

Warning: First-person singular follows. more ›

• A revised list of possible new jail sites in Seattle was released yesterday. Georgetown was celebrating that they were no longer on the list, while Magnolia/InterBay and West Seattle were lamenting that they still were.
• The Central District News reports that Washington Hall on 14th Avenue South has passed the first hurdle to being recognized as a historic landmark.
• Keep your eyes peeled for some urban hikers today. About 20 members of The Mountaineers are hiking between branches of the Seattle Public Library. Unlike in the mid-'90s, you might actually be able to tell the difference between an urban hiker and average Seattleite on the street now.

• The Central District News is hoping the CD and ID get a streetcar out of the passage of Proposition 1. We share their hope.
• If you're heading west this weekend, West Seattle Blog reminds you there will be lane closures on the West Seattle Bridge.
• Just in time for Thanksgiving, it's the last Capitol Hill Farmer's Market of 2008 this Sunday. We'll definitely be heading to the market, rain or shine, for some local ingredients for the upcoming feast.

• Want to start your morning with the most oddly amusing photo you will see all day? Of course you do! So check PhinneyWood where they have the photographic answer to the question, "what's bigger, a Gordito's double burrito or a baby?"
• Beacon Hill Blog says hello to "Hello Bicycle"--a new addition to the neighborhood. We also extend our salutations to the Beacon Hill Blog, making its first appearance on the roundup today.
• Capitol Hill Seattle reminds us that Halloween is just around the corner, it's time to finish up the final touches on our costume, and we still need to decide where to celebrate. Happily, CHS also gives us a few options for Hill-based Hallow's Eve fun.

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This slightly creepy Sunday morning wake-up call photo comes to you courtesy of our Seattlest Flickr Pool, which is full of all kinds of reasons to drag yourself out of bed in the morning. Come share your photos with the world! more ›

While trolling around some of Seattle's great local blogs for breaking news, we saw this photo that broke our heart: more ›

Since this week's storm didn’t claim any lives in Seattle, most of us tend to think of the damage in terms of washed out images of I-5 and that Subaru in Golden Gardens. more ›

Behind our couch lives what we refer to as our "third cat." Much more well-behaved and definitely lower-maintenance, petting-wise, than the two actual cats from whence it came, but more or less inert unless there's a breeze. When we sweep behind the couch every three or four years we generally don't carry the third cat down to the Sound and chuck him in, but that's what storm runoff is doing right now to a lot of people. more ›

Donte's blurb for Man Man is "warpaint!"; our motto for the fun-time Philly circus band is "everybody hits something!" Regardless, the "Viking-vaudeville punk-wop rock-and-soul collective" consistently puts on a great live show. Last night at Neumo's, even their sound check was awesome, and that was way before they donned the all-white outfits and face paint. In fact, the over-the-top performance is so central to Man Man's appeal that we don't even bother to listen to them in recorded form. For us, it's all about the charms of the live act: the aluminum buckets and slide whistles, the melodica and marimba, the crazy-eyed drummer, the mulleted singer/keyboardist occasionally playing the Rhoades with his butt.... It's the simple things, really, that make us smile. more ›

In New York, a place where we once lived, recycling does not--despite being mandatory--actually happen. more ›

Eaten: An onion burger and brick of fries. more ›

The Avett Brothers make Arizona football coach Mike Stoops look even more like a pussy than he typically does. more ›

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