Bulbs by El Gregein Even beacons of the night require maintenance by day. From the Seattlest Flickr Pool.......

The Lusty Lady is bold if nothing else; perched defiantly as a beacon of sleaze in the heart of downtown, eagerly eliciting disgust or curiosity from passing tourists. Every big city has at least one. Seattle’s two most prominent "Jerk Joints" (Déjà Vu being the sister) just happen to sit on both sides of the tourist sucking Pike Place Market. Joyfully unavoidable, the prudes have to stomach the godlessness for the brief hell they......

Seattle’s first new strip club in nearly 20 years is set to open sometime this summer in the basement of Fantasy Unlimited, ironically right on the S.L.U.T. line. With a nod to freedom of speech, the newest addition to the Déjà Vu family marks the end of the city’s 17 year moratorium on such establishments and is considered a huge victory for First Amendment activists and dirty old men alike. And to think, people......

There are those who espouse the theory that "experiences" make better gifts than things (does Deja Vu offer gift certificates?), but we're not above worshiping material goodies ourselves. Either way, Seattlest wants you to give good, yummy, thoughtful things--tangible or experiential--to those you love and so over the next couple of weeks, we'll offer our local picks for things to pick up. Green Groceries For the meat-and-potatoes family members who all too often don't even......

Things we learned at trivia last night: Some people thought the Molucca Islands might be popularly known as the Rattan Islands, the Rubber Islands, the Molasses Islands, or -- our favorite given the question -- Java. No one reads Ellery Queen these days. (Nor, to be fair, do we.) At least one team thought perhaps Steve Irwin won the women's 400m sprint at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Alternate theory: your mom. Like Seattlest......

Back when we made our oh-so-controversial declaration that Seattle's strip clubs sucked, there was a little nagging voice at the back of our head. "What about the Sands?" it whispered. "You haven't actually been there. And they were remodeled recently. Maybe it's awesome!" We ignored that voice and published our post anyway -- we've got quotas to meet. Last Friday night, however, we ended up at Ballard's sole strip club to celebrate one of our......

(Note: the links in this post? Pretty much NSFW, unless you W at Deja Vu.) Babeland's Project Sex Toy, which kicked off earlier this year, announced the winners on July 11 at a live awards ceremony at their Los Angeles store. First prize went to the Duette Ring, designed by a couple from North Carolina. According to its info page, Duette "looks beautiful and houses a vibrator mechanism for portable and discreet pleasures." (Although......

Forget hot vs. not, flight vs. invisibility, and left hand vs. right hand. We've settled a far more epochal question: which beloved local pastry institution is better, Top Pot or Cupcake Royale? It's a cruel choice, but we are cruel people. And we have voted. Two local indulgence vendors enter, one local indulgence vendor leaves: by a vote of 8-3, Top Pot reigns supreme. Who voted for which, and why: Michael: Top Pot rules......