Yesterday, as the mercury went from "uncomfortable" to "unbearable," the search was on for a patio that could serve up the required survival items at a time like this: chips, salsa, and stiff margaritas. Fortunately we found ourselves near El Camino, one of Seattle’s most overlooked outdoor sanctuaries. more ›

"Elky" by cargasm66, from the Seattlest Flickr Pool
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When Semisonic's Feeling Strangely Fine came out in 1998, Seattlest was 18 years old and leaving the crushing open spaces of Wyoming for good. We liked the album then, but it wasn't until a year later -- this time leaving Phoenix, Arizona for good -- that we really fell in love with it. We were by ourselves, pulling a U-Haul trailer behind our '76 El Camino, and we were on our way to Washington state to start a new life. more ›

Oh Sundance, has it been a year already since last we ventured to your snowy, film-filled climes? We had barely touched ground before we heard the usual gripes: there's less free parking, more expensive tickets, and it was way better back in the day. Of course, this year there's also no Lindsay Lohan in attendance (thanks rehab!), and the big theme is "Focus on Film," which means, amongst other things, "My idea of 'celebrity' is the filmmaker who directed my favorite film at the Festival." Hear, hear. With that in mind, what we've seen in our first ~18 hours: more ›