A generation ago, Seattle's most famous person was a fictional clown who lived in the city dump. more ›

Big Sonics fan Dave Dederer of the Presidents expresses a rather Emmett Watson-esque opinion in an interview with ESPN's True Hoop. Asked what he thinks would be a fair arena deal for the Sonics, Dederer says:

Our major sports franchises need the city and county much more than we need them. Frankly, my fantasy is that the Sonics, Seahawks and Mariners all move away and .

One of Seattlest's favorite Christmas presents this year: Clark Humphrey's Vanishing Seattle, a new entry in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series by retro-Seattle authority Clark Humphrey. We're a Seattle transplant, ourselves, but we've been interested in Seattle history since we decided we wanted to stay here (about a week after we arrived, as we recall), and we quickly noticed that Humphrey was a consistent, articulate voice advocating for that history. more ›

We are wrong a lot, and on Saturday evening it was a great feeling to have this fact proven once again. more ›

Once, Seattle had an afternoon paper. It was called the Seattle Times, and had sensible columnists like Emmett Watson who knew how to write a sentence. We can only assume it has no connection to the shrill, idiotic Seattle Times that now appears in the mornings. Anyway, the afternoon Times was there to tell you what happened while you were at work. Since it's gone, Seattlest steps into the void with our daily afternoon news roundup, "All the News." more ›