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The seattlepi's real estate reporter, Aubrey Cohen, just spotted a bridge floating across Elliott Bay. Turns out it's pieces of the new Hood Canal Bridge (to be finished in 2010), "pontoons U, V, W and X," according to WSDOT. (We're kidding about Aubrey wanting to sell it. That's a little real estate humor, vital in these dark times.) WSDOT has been photographing the Hood Canal bridge project for Flickr, if you want to see more.

              

We recently had an opportunity to head out to the Hood Canal for an overnight stay at Alderbrook Resort & Spa. It’s a nice escape less than two hours from Seattle, either driving by car, or hopping on the Bremerton Ferry part of the way (which we recommend eastbound for the return view of the city). As grand as the lodge is, the view from behind is even better, especially when the sun—and therefore the mountains—are out. The spa offers all kinds of relaxation packages, but you can also simply relax on your room’s “window box” day bed, your balcony chair, or a waterfront chaise lounge.

Until the day after Thanksgiving, Seattlest hadn't seen The Nutcracker -- probably the world's most famous ballet -- in years. But we had a solid image in our head of what it looked like because when Seattlest was a little kid, our mom made an annual birthday tradition to see it every year on opening night. For much of our childhood, this meant getting all spiffed up and walking a few blocks to Lincoln...

Is it just Seattlest or is this the Fridayest Thursday in a long time? We'd like to comment on how the first of the ELF guys has been sentenced down in Oregon and how he's going to do 13 years for his acts of terrorism despite turning in other members of The Family, but the only thought that will stick right now is how we're going to get the hell out of here tomorrow. I'm headed west, hopefully on an early ferry, and then up to a forest service cabin on Hood Canal; a plan (and a reservation fee) that I was more than willing to ditch entirely had the Beastie Boys panned out on Friday night, but unfortunately I was a little too aggressive on the refresh button and got shut out.

Out-of-town friend writes that he loved slurping half-shell oysters at The Brooklyn on a visit last week. But wait, aren't the oyster beds closed because of the dreaded outbreak?

-Every 24-yr-old who's ever been frustrated at their inability to rent a car should rejoice - Seattle-based Flexcar is going for the campus market.

Uh-oh, the Feds are getting into the act. First it was the state-level Health Dep't telling folks not to eat bivalves because a bacterium, bacterium is effectively neutralized in a solution of 12 percent alcohol: in other words, a glass of white wine. Slurp.

-Microsoft paid Religious Right mainstay Ralph Reed $1.6 million last year to lobby on behalf of the software company.

Port Townsend is a favorite weekend getaway for many Seattleites, and it's easy to see why. The drive up is alone worth the price of admission (Seattlest likes Kingston ferry to Hood Canal to 19) but once there the food is good, the downtown is cute and there are plenty of activities to keep you going.

Is Sound Transit cursed? If it wasn't, it may be now. The Seattle P-I reports this morning that, while surveying light-rail sites along the Duwamish river, workers dug up an ancient Native American village.