Seattlest has found a reason for everyone to welcome bicycles on the city's streets. The origins lie in Virgin Vacations' (has anyone asked The Name Inspector to do a write up on Richard Branson's desire to cater to virgins?) naming of the world's 11 most bike-friendly cities. Unfortunately, Seattle didn't make the list (Portland came in at number 2), which uses five criteria created by The Bicycle Friendly Communities Campaign to judge a community's bike......

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......

Seattlest stumbled across The Name Inspector early this year -- not long after the blog was started. As the about page says, "The Name Inspector takes a close look at names and tells you what makes them tick (or tank) from a linguistic point of view." We're word nerds, so we were hooked immediately. And we're not alone. Of course, we soon wondered who this Name Inspector really was. His illustration makes him look......

Who knew such bitter emotion roiled beneath the placid surface of the local independent baking industry? A couple of weeks ago, Seattlest mentioned that the Sugar Shack Baking Co. was about to open on Lake City Way. All seemed well -- people in the pastry-light area were ready for espresso, scones, and German chocolate cake. Then last week, Stephanie Crocker of West Seattle's Sugar left a comment: Geeze, everybody. Can't anybody who starts a......

--Lt. Watada's court martial ended in mistrial today. --Capitol Hill Seattle Blog got outed by the "MSM" recently. --Watch in amazement as this hand fiddles with the Sonics. Meanwhile a NASCAR track will appear as if by magic. --Historylink's President, historian Walt Crowley, is losing his voice to cancer. --The Sightline Institute links to a few articles on the metro Kyoto participants. --Ken Jennings explores the overlap between aviation and scatology. --Biznik's name gets......