Once again political pundits say that Hillary Clinton has to win either Indiana or North Carolina or it’s curtains for her--same as it ever was. As the race has turned to the "blue collar" states, we are being attacked more because we drink lattes, are more likely to drive a Volvo than a truck, and don't buy clothes at Wal-Mart. We've heard these attacks before, from those on the right, and understand why the......

Last week Seattlest sent us down to North Carolina to find out how people in that crucial state feel about Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and being the focus of the national media. During our forty-five minute lay-over at Charlotte's Douglas Airport, we spoke with people of all races, ages, and height. At "The Official NASCAR Gift Shop," a young Caucasian woman named Sally was neatly stacking hats. Was she one of the many Democratic voters......

Thank the sweet lord that the Pennsylvania Primary is finally here. In the six weeks since Barack Obama won Vermont, we've been forced to deal with the worst of what American political campaigns have to offer. Seriously, you folks in Western Pennsylvania want to talk about bitterness, just get any Seahawk fan started on the Super Bowl against your Steelers. We’ll see your guns and religion, and raise you clinging to the game’s officiating.......

"The Next Slum" is the name of the article in the March Atlantic (not online yet), and Seattle gets lots of mentions. Author Christopher Leinberger, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, argues that as demographics and energy use changes over the next 15-20 years, there will be a growing surplus of large-lot homes that no one wants, decaying on the market. While there should be about four million more households with kids in 2025......

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs. Seahawks vs. Grits with Ham and Homemade Applesauce preview Rarely do we think, “I really......

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs One of our best friends from college spurned her native Portland to live in a......

Well! Seattlest lives for weekends like the upcoming one. On Saturday night, we've got Seatown representing rather well at Chop Suey. Assisting North Carolina all-star Little Brother in making the night oh-so-memorable are 206's tough-spitting Dyme Def, rhyme maestro Grynch, The Physics (thank you, God!), and DJ Top Spin. That's right, mutha-flippin Grynch will be there. Seattlest is going because we missed The Physics a couple weeks ago and truly regret that. We are also......

The Hugo House Literary Series kicks off Friday night with "Lost in Translation," and the program features Seattlest-favorite and monologist Mike Daisey, novelist Randall Keenan and historian Lesley Hazleton. We don't know why Seattle ever lets Daisey leave, once we've got him here. He's ours! We should just band him or do that thing like with dogs where they are electronically forbidden to leave the yard. Daisey, et al, have each produced three new pieces......

If there's anything we learned studying literature in college, it's that everything either comes from Shakespeare, Greek mythology or the Bible. Seattlest used to entertain herself by playing "From Whence Did That Allusion Come?" Yeah, we only had two friends in college. The result of our education is an absolute delight for anything that successfully adapts some brilliant Shakespearean masterpiece into a slightly more ribald, contemporary spectacle. And so it is that we perked up......

One of the great things about Seattle is that it's the gateway to the United States for lots of foreigners. Alaskans, for example, regularly show up at Sea-Tac, wild-eyed and ready to reach for a knife at the first sign of a bear. They've been fleeing the wilderness and arriving on the shores of Seattle since way before regular air service was established. However, last week a particularly 21st century chain of events led one......

Special Gonzaga correspondent Sean O'Connor reports that the Zags will make the tournament. It’s been an interesting season for the boys over in Spokane, to say the least. After a hot start and wins over North Carolina, Texas and UW there were four losses in a row to Nevada, Duke, Virginia, and Georgia. Then came the 2 conference losses, the arrests of Josh Heytvelt and Theo Davis, and a 3rd conference loss (the most since......

No, not "Say WA." Popular opinion seems to be split, but we firmly believe that "Say WA" was better than "metronatural," just like Carmen Electra is a better actress than Paris Hilton. Metronatural, however, sounds positively Joycean compared to "See"-@-L. You remember "See"-@-L, right? Right? Our prior city slogan? Unveiled in 1999? Gave "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" a run for its money? The only kind of marketing slogan lamer than a made-up......

(Note: the links in this post? Pretty much NSFW, unless you W at Deja Vu.) Babeland's Project Sex Toy, which kicked off earlier this year, announced the winners on July 11 at a live awards ceremony at their Los Angeles store. First prize went to the Duette Ring, designed by a couple from North Carolina. According to its info page, Duette "looks beautiful and houses a vibrator mechanism for portable and discreet pleasures." (Although......

SIFF saved one of its most intriguing film events for the last weekend of the fest: freaky director Tod Browning's silent film The Unknown, featuring Lon Cheney and a young Joan Crawford as circus folk. Creepy and twisted, the film itself warrants a viewing, but throw in an original score performed live by North Carolina-based band Portastatic, and this becomes a bonafide must-see. Seattlest talked to Mac McCaughan, indie rock godfather, about his work......

-The two high school kids who were killed by a train this week in Pierce County were apparently listening to a boom box when they were struck in the back. Man, that thing must go to eleven... -A pair of white-power-type fugitives were picked up near Renton Municipal Airport this morning. They're wanted for a North Carolina homicide. -The AT&T Wireless brand may make a comeback but the 30,000 Redmond jobs that died with it......

Three Washington natives were picked in the first round of yesterday's NBA draft, an all-time record. So the Seattle Times asked the question: when did Seattle get to be such a hotbed of basketball talent? More summer camps, the emergence of Gonzaga's basketball program, and a growing population are writer Bob Condotta's reasons, but he misses the obvious one: the diminshing percentage of Scandinavians in the state. Scandinavians can't play basketball. We know, we......