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When Fremont News closed last November, our hearts wept a little. We prepared to write another snarky post entitled something like "Fremont Ave. Prepares for Much-needed New Over-priced Boutique". We hate over-priced boutiques because, for example, they make us buy high-quality, cute shoes at appropriately expensive prices. The last thing we needed was yet another over-priced boutique to tempt our paltry pocketbooks; the last thing Fremont needed was yet another over-priced shop to cater to

When we came across an article today about Google moving some people into Fremont we really wanted it to be into this space--the last green space in Fremont--because...well, who knows. Because then we could pretend that it was Google's fault that there's no grass left in Fremont like we pretend that it's Google's fault that we're bad about responding to email or that we too rarely take the time to smell the grass anyway. Fucking productivity...

ART: Fremont celebrates First Friday with their monthly art walk, while the McLeod Residence hosts the opening of their new photography/painting exhibit on Seattle "celebrities."

View West on 36th Street, crossing Fremont Ave in the foreground.

Ellen Forney's "I Was Seven in '75" was, along with Dan Savage's advice column, one of the first things Seattlest "discovered" upon moving to Seattle. The "honest, charming, and good-natured" comic strip was one of the main reasons we picked up The Rocket. We still consider it (along with Freaks and Geeks) one of the most authentic artistic depictions of our preadolescent world. When Fantagraphics published Monkey Food: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection, collecting all the strips that ran from 1993 to 1998, we snapped up a copy toot sweet.