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"Fence Guard" by Jeff Carlson
Two Seattleites are offering a guaranteed spot in heaven for the low cost of $12.79. Their website, ReserveASpotInHeaven.com, also offers an all-access "VIP" reservation for the slightly more expensive price of $15.95. VIP access provides entrance to "The Land of Milk and Honey and Thug Mansion, where all the elite get together and kick it." The website also offers a group discount, if you make reservations for 10 or more people. All reservations come back with a money-back guarantee.
Coffee Angel photo by Seattlest Flickr Contributor, Jeff Carlson
It's snowing in Seattle -- so quiet you can hear the shutters clicking. Some snowy highlights from our Flickr pool:
Seattlest wishes it was at a coffee shop on Saturday, when the snow was falling in swift, wet flakes. We imagine sipping a delicious doppio espresso, protected from the cold and watching the snow fall. Instead, we are braving the pouring rain and have ended up here, in Fremont, at Cafe Ladro. We're wet, cold and crabby. Ladro is bustling with the young professionals crowd. An entire table of six is covered in laptops, another...
"Ferry Leaving 2" by Jeff Carlson. Another beautiful photo from the Seattlest Flickr pool.
Howard Schultz is probably enjoying his first relaxing day in a while today after the Starbucks shareholder's meeting yesterday. At least, he finally had a chance to explain to everyone just what the hell he was talking about with that whole memo thing. You remember the memo--we're talking about the one where he complained that Starbucks had lost its way in the name of growth and had become a cookie cutter retail chain that was squeezing the romance out of caffeinated beverages. When he was dictating that memo it must have occurred to him that he'd be standing on the stage inside McCaw Hall someday soon explaining it. Yesterday was the day.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Pike Place Market was host to the 2nd Annual Seattle Cheese Festival. The weather cooperated, so it ended up being two beautiful days of mass cheese consumption. Seattlest personally ate more cheese in the span of an hour than most people should ingest in a lifetime. Oh but it was worth it...
