Seattlest is obviously rather excited about the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tomorrow night. So excited, in fact, that we thought we'd go to the Google to find out what sorts of happenings are going to, well, happen tomorrow in celebration of the big release. We knew about an event at the University Bookstore and figured something similar would be going down at Elliot Bay Books and maybe one or two local......

Local boys Travis Snider (OF-Jackson High of Mill Creek) and Tim Lincecum (P-UW) were both drafted in the first round of June's MLB draft. Thought we'd check in. Snider, drafted #14 overall by Toronto, is hitting .296 with 5 homers for Pulaski (VA) of the short-season Appalachian League. His second pro homer cleared a 23-foot-high fence and landed across the street from the stadium. To see Snider, you'll have to travel to Pulaski's Calfee Park,......

-The UW Board of Regents has decided on a 7% tuition lift beginning next year. MBA students will get dinged for an additional 17.1%. -Google Books' searchable archive of Shakespeare's complete works came online today. -Gregoire and her Canadian counterpart are asking Bush to hold off on the passport deal for the time being. -The Opera web browser had a launch event in Seattle today which would be a dis on Microsoft if the......

Pass on local boys Tim Lincecum and Travis Snider, instead selecting RHP Brandon Morrow from Cal, who supposedly throws 99 mph. Watch video of him here. Lincecum went 10th to the Giants. It's rumored that he could be in their bullpen by summer's end. Jackson (Mill Creek) High's Travis Snider went 14th to the Blue Jays.......

In which Seattlest contributors divulge their weekend plans and disclose their favorite things to BBQ. Friday afternoon means it's time for the MADCAP Hill Farmer's Market at Madison and 20th, 3pm - 7pm, so MvB is off to find ingredients for his mad scientist smoothies. Saturday at 4pm The Real Dirt On Farmer John plays at the NW Film Forum (free if you RSVP). MvB grew up on a farm, and you'd think he'd be......

And now for a whistle-stop tour of some suburban bowling houses... With 50 lanes under one arched roof, Kenmore Lanes is the area’s biggest bowling center (if not the state’s). Besides its mounted giraffe and elephant heads, it also has a cardroom, which could be its undoing. The Kenmore city council’s recent cardroom ban was met with a lawsuit by the alley, claiming it can’t survive on bowling alone. The venue’s fate is now in......

Monday Nov. 28 5:30: Jane Midgley, Elliott Bay Book Co. Women and the U.S. Budget: Where the Money Goes and What You Can Do About It 6:00: Anne Rice, Third Place Books -- Lake Forest Park Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (signing only) 7:00: Peter Blecha, University Bookstore (University District) Rock 'n' Roll Archaeologist: How I Chased Down Kurt's Stratocaster, the "Layla" Guitar, and Janis's Boa 7:30: Richard Bach, EBBC Curious Lives: Adventures from......

Seattle is slathered with great local burger chains, what with Dick’s, Kidd Valley, and Red Mill, but our favorite is the mighty Burgermaster -- particularly the one just east of (but worlds away from) upscale University Village. This underrated institution has mastered the burger since it opened as a drive-in in 1953, and later, expanding into an eat-in restaurant. But why no link? The ‘Master is apparently too busy serving up consistently decent, no-frills fare......