The notorious "Ragin' Asians" cover story has been turned into a Monday feature on the Seattle Weekly blogs. more ›

First there was last week's now-infamous "Ragin' Asians" cover story, in which noted lush Erika Hobart got her bosses to pay her for getting trashed with local Seattleites of the Asian persuasion, some of whom were underage. more ›

It all started last week when the August issue of Marie Claire (not on the magazine's webpage, because somehow Hearst doesn't know how to work the tubes) included a list of the top cities for women to meet single men. It was based on some statistics of dubious merit--among them the number of Starbucks and movie theaters--as well as some stats in areas we'd think Seattle would rank poorly (public transit, last call time). Despite all that--not to mention the phenomenon of the Seattle freeze--our fair city came out on top in the dating survey, beating, well, everyone else. more ›