In our old shot, the Blackhawk Inn sports an attractive cursive "R" in the window. Is your mouth watering? more ›

At Denny and Stewart, there's a billboard with a faux stained glass look and churchy type that says "Imagine No Religion." It's been up for a month or two, and the Seattle Times just ran an interview with the guy who paid for it, Redmond's Mike Christensen. Christensen wanted to advertise the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a 12,000-member association of agnostics and atheists. Online, the Times solicits opinions about the godless billboard. Our favorite is "Mike Christensen should change his name to Mike Satansen." Second is the response to the hoary "atheists in foxholes" argument: "'There are no atheists in foxholes' isn’t an argument against atheism, it’s an argument against foxholes." more ›

Lower Queen Anne is dead to us. And we like Lower Queen Anne, we do: Many's the night we've whiled away down at Solo chatting up Kultur Shock's Val behind the bar, or closing out the Great Nabob with co-workers. But last night, it became clear that they no longer want us to visit. Because for reasons we don't quite understand, there is no longer any parking in Lower Queen Anne. more ›