The other day on a walk up 40th in Wallingford, we noticed that the crossing flags at 40th and Sunnyside were in search of an adopter. There was a little sign up next to the flag bucket that we took a picture of, but, you know, cameraphone at night...it's not that visible. It said something like, "Adopt this intersection--email CrossingFlags@gmail.com." We emailed to determine what, exactly, adopting crossing flags entailed--because the flags in Wallingford are starting to mature and we're not prepared for the teen years--and it turns out you just buy new flags ($1.62 a pop) every once in a while to replace the flags lost to attrition (or attempt to get the city to put flags there, although that way madness lies). more ›

• My Ballard has lots of tasty news, reporting on Paseo's first day in a new location, Rachael Ray shooting an episode of Rachael's Travels at Volterra, and lots of fat salmon going through the Locks.
• Phinneywood reports and shares photos of an adorable knit crosswalk pedestrian flag that's popped up in Greenwood. We are all for guerrilla knitting projects, especially those that benefit your community, so we say hooray!
• The Belltowner shares, in two posts that should have been linked to each other as proof, how tourists should stay out of Belltown and on the homecoming of Daniel Stoy (an out-of-towner who was beaten unconscious on his visit to Belltown).