So we were excited to see that the city is trying out a solution for sidewalk-ruining roots, at least. They're using something called Silva Cells as they plant some red oak trees in front of the Escala downtown. We asked Shane DeWald, landscape architect for SDOT how it works. more ›

• Dan at bigasscity (the blog has returned, thankfully, to its original title) has found Seattle's most embarrassing condo project. "Escala is the love child of pathological excess," he says.
• Seattle MetBlogs sent a representative to see Mount Eerie at the Fremont Abbey last weekend, and Josh's thoughtful report is in: "Description and structural unpredictability aside, the really certain thing is that however it turns out, it will be its own kind of beautiful."
• Beacon Hill Blog turned us on to a new blog, BeHi Bonsai; we now have an excellent resource for pictures of weird shrubbery in that neighborhood. So far, this is our favorite.