Tuesday night, Seattlest decided to ratchet up the difficulty level on the quiz at the Old Pequilar. And we think that worked well. We heard bitching, but it was good, brain-smacking bitching, not lynch-the-quiz-host bitching. A record 14 teams signed up to play, which meant nice, large prizes: first place took home $100, second $25, and third $15. Round 8, our "identify the picture book by its cover" round, brought out some of the most......

Bowling starts with a B and that rhymes with T, and that stands for trouble. No, not juvenile delinquency. We’re talking trouble in the form of “progress,” that vague euphemism too often used to explain the demise of too many bowling alleys. Since it’s only a couple months ‘til Leilani Lanes becomes a victim of such progress, the beloved Greenwood alley -- with 36 lanes, Seattle’s largest -- is the subject of this too-little-too-late......

It's a rare and precious thing when two giants can come together onscreen for a beautiful, culminating moment. Such couples captivate their audience like few before: Brad and Angelina, B1 and B2, and now, ladies and gentleman, McDreamy and ferryboats. Yes, folks. Man and myth, face to face! See, Virginia? They do exist. Oh, how ye location gods have shined on us today! First, there were random piers, then actual ferryboats. (When did the islands......