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Seattle is flush with--among other things--neighborhood grocery stores, bars, and, of course, breweries. If one suffers inspiration to refill the fridge, you only have to walk a few blocks to stock up on a local brew. In the Lake City neighborhood however, one usually has to walk a bit further. Hunkered down in a mixed-use condominium building is the latest bottleshop to arrive in area, The Beer Authority.

At 10:37 this morning, multiple fire units responded to a fire at 12712 Lake City Way Northeast, according to Real-Time 911. What's notable about that, according to our gumshoe Twitter tipster, is that that's the address of the business consulting firm run by Joel Hodgell, a local anti-spam activist. Back in 2002, Hodgell made news for taking a Florida spammer to court, where he not only didn't see justice done, but was hit with almost $7,000 in legal fees. If he's kept fighting the good fight, we wonder if any spammers have upped the ante beyond legal fees. UPDATE: "The minor fire was caused by food on the stove, department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick said," reports the 911 Blog, undercutting our groundless speculation about spammer arsonists seeking payback.

We normally run from a restaurant that’s advertised as Chinese and American. Common sense, but it also dates back to a day in New Hampshire when we walked into “Judy’s (or whatever her name was) Chinese Restaurant” and were given dinner rolls and butter along with our menus.

Are you a hophead? If you are, get your butt up to Cooper's Alehouse on Lake City Way on the north side of the city. Their 5th Annual IPA Festival is currently in full swing. They have some very tasty beers on tap and more on the way.

Who knew such bitter emotion roiled beneath the placid surface of the local independent baking industry?

Snapped Tuesday morning as I waited at a red light to turn left onto Lake City Way....

Such a tease. The interior of this former "place to pimp your import ride" on Lake City Way has been hidden for the last couple of months behind windows full of brown paper. The paper finally came down yesterday -- Monday -- revealing chairs, tables, and a menu listing pies, cakes, sandwiches, and other delights. Plus espresso, of course. At least we think it said something about espresso. "Open Tuesday through Sunday," we said...

--The Mariners faced Lou Pinella and the Cubbies in AZ yesterday.

Seattlest is going to see a show tonight at the Showbox. It's Of Montreal which has been around forever, it seems, but is currently rising to the point that they're selling out the Showbox. It's also The Blow from Portland and Aqueduct from here. Of Montreal is a kind of guitar disco dirty pop thing - We've been listening to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? and we can see why tickets are available through Craigslist and not TicketsWest. They also have a weird schtick going on and have really wordy album titles (Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed); Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses) which we're usually suckers for. Despite it being about the music, of course.

About two inches here near Greenlake. Some downtown streets are closed. KOMO just reported that even full buses with chains have bad traction. They also report about 15 accidents in the last 30 minutes. But, Aurora and I-5 look pretty good, at least in Seattle, if you can get there.

After listening to the various radio stations this morning, here's the scoop:

No, not the game company. (We'd love to know how many hours Cranium's lawyers spent agonizing over Cranium's Collectibles, though. And whether or not Cranium will be buying craniums.com.)

Washington Husky running back Michael Houston is off the team and, presumably, not going to get a pickup from Orange Cab anytime soon after some Saturday night hijinks involving a taxi, a McDonalds, and--it goes without saying--a strip club.

Seattlest did not only see movies, read books, and go to shows this year. Oh my, no. We also ate, and some of us ate very well indeed.

There's a strip club just far enough north to sometimes escape notice called Rick's on Lake City Way. It's been in the news before and depending on the circles you run in it's notorious/famous for skirting the law. A "well-known, documented vice location" according to Seattle Police report issued yesterday.