On an impulse we have now filed in the "a supposedly fun thing we'll never do again" category, we decided to bike down to Madison Park from Capitol Hill this afternoon, with the temperature hovering around 90. Coasting down, the wind in our hair, passing grumpy motorists, we were asking ourselves why we don't do this more often. Then we arrived. We don't think we've ever seen the park so crowded. It was end-to-end people.......

Was this year's Seattle Cheese Festival a little smaller than usual? Or has our appetite for free cheese cubes grown exponentially over the last four years? Whatever the case, the 2008 Cheese Fest was in full effect. We went Sunday, assuming that the temps on Saturday made for a whole lot of gooey, melty cheese, not that there's anything wrong with that. Sure, there were plenty of people at the Market, but we know......