• Mid Beacon Hill Blog, as well as Beacon Hill Blog and this very blog you are reading--are all wondering if Seattle will follow Denver's example. In the Mile High city, proximity to light rail raised the value of a home. Will the same be true in the Emerald City? North Beacon Hill residents certainly hope so.
• PhinneyWood tackles an age-old Seattle question, where does Phinney end and Greenwood begin?
• Unhand Boogie, you West Seattle thieves!

If you wanted to buy a few books, a used movie, a car, and a new outfit all in one place—right this very moment—well, you're out of luck. Amazon.com, the internet's purveyor of everything, seems to have crashed. The New York Times is reporting the site failure is an "unplanned event" that had already been happening for an hour when they posted at 10:37 PST. A check-in on Amazon at noon finds the same error message. We've questioned our friends who work at Amazon about the site's troubles, but we figure they are otherwise occupied with figuring this thing out and trying to keep their heads from exploding. more ›