Day 266/365 - Yellow by Tony Case from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

Re:Take is a weekly look at the Emerald City now and in days of yore through photos dug out of the city archives. This week we shop for good deals at the Pike Place Market. more ›

The man we just stood behind in line at the Red Apple on Jackson St. This man of leisure was holding a fishing pole and purchasing a 24-ounce bottle of Smirnoff Ice. You, sir, truly know how to cure a case of the Mondays. more ›

It is our sad duty to report that the 50th St. Market, a Wallingford fixture since the Woodrow Wilson administration, has closed. more ›

The latest in the plastic bag saga: Edmonds might ban them before Seattle does, thanks to quick and decisive work by their city council (now that's a foreign concept!). According to HeraldNet, Edmonds is well on its way to already implementing what could be a quick vote on the issue--the major Edmonds grocery store has already stopped using plastic to bag groceries, except for the small bags used to separate meat and fish packages, and in their version of the ban, the sanitary bags will remain legal. If they manage to ban plastic bags before August, that would make Edmonds the first city in Washington to regulate them. We always have thought of Edmondsians as trend-setters...! more ›