We recently had a brief exchange with a Peet’s Coffee barista during which she said something about Peet’s opening a shop in upper Queen Anne. In September. We freaked. Given the ridiculously short time-frame, though, we filed the idea away under Wishful Thinking. But this weekend we came across a related tidbit while perusing Chowhound. Someone posted this sentence on July 16: “I just heard that Ravenna Gardens is about to be replaced by… Peet’s......

It's always good to be reminded that here in the other Washington, our Republicans are just as nutty, corrupt and paranoid as their cousins in D.C. Today, David Postman over at the Times reports on his blog that state Sen. Joe Zarelli recently hosted right-wing Israeli politicians and others at a two-day conference down in Vancouver, to fan the flames of Islamophobia. Known as the Convergence Northwest conference, Zarelli invited "[m]embers of Israel’s Knesset, former......

Vitals: Gregory Alan Maddux, 41 yo RHP. Born in San Angelo, Texas. 6-0, 180. 336-205, 3.07 career. 3-2, 3.20 in 2007. $10,000,000 salary. Arsenal: Fastball and a changeup. Neither are as fast as they once were, but they get the job done. He mixes in a slow, tight curve and a slider. Recent Battles: Only one of Maddux' 685 career starts has come against the Mariners. In 2003, while with the Braves, he struck out......

The latest chapter in the drama (using the term loosely) around WSDOT's updates of the Alaskan Way Viaduct article on Wikipedia. Wiki administrator Crzrussion posted on the article's talk page this explanation from Amy Grotefendt at WSDOT : No offense was intended in providing updates to the Wikipedia page, and we want to abide by the expectations and guidelines involving the Wikipedia community. The Wikipedia page was updated on October 27, 2006, to correct inaccuracies......

That construction near the Paramount Theatre is phase one of Sound Transit's plan to turn the Downtown bus tunnel into a bus & train tunnel. The Pine Street Stub Tunnel is what they are building now--a spur off of the main line which will allow trains to turnaround. Pine Street has been reduced to two westbound lanes during construction, and is now a teeming river of frustrated drivers on Paramount event nights. Try to......