Lots going on atop Cap Hill, not the least of which is Ethan Stowell's latest, Anchovies & Olives, opening tonight. We'll get there soon enough. It's the most recent example of awkward timing: restaurants opening in the teeth of the downturn. Chew well. more ›

No one's immune, except perhaps the Sephora cosmetics store. Sale posters in the windows of every designer, from Armani to Zara. Most are holding the line at 40 or 50 percent, but Benetton's out there with 70 percent discounts. Fashion-conscious Italians, and that's virtually the entire population, spend heavily on designer clothing, but the weather's been icky the past month and the shoppers aren't buying. Restaurants and smaller shopkeepers haven't followed suit; they don't have the sophisticated systems to predict how bad that sinking feeling's going to get. La maledizzione! more ›

Another victim of the economic downturn: the Roosevelt district's beloved bastion of young geekery. Seattlest just got an email from Doug Livingston of Science, Art and More: "Due to the current economic conditions and due to personal reasons we can no longer continue in business." The only silver lining: Everything in the store is on sale, until the store finally closes in a few weeks. Until then, regular hours apply so stop by between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. for bargains on electricity kits, miniature skeletons, stuffed animal bacteria, Edisonic knickknacks, and more. more ›