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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. more ›

We enjoyed ourselves immensely because we love basketball. more ›

If you were looking forward to seeing the White Stripes later this month at the Paramount, you can forget it. more ›

Leah Slemmer knows from breaking the law. She’s been arrested nearly as many times (49) as years she’s blessed the planet with her presence (54). On Wednesday, she failed to reach the half-century mark (unless the Times’ curiously incongruous story is accurate) when a state trooper was too busy to drag her sorry ass to jail. more ›

Do the opening rounds of American Idol get less fun every year? On Wednesday night the show did their Seattle auditions and contestant after contestant got up in front of the judges and sucked brutally. There’s no one even close any more. They’re either obviously “going to Hollywood” or they’re so obnoxiously bad that Simon and the gang just sit there staring, “Are. You. Kidding. Me.” Are we just not evil enough to get enjoyment out of this? We can be kind of evil. It’s a little bit fun to watch someone get up there and suck, but is that little note of fun for us worth the thunderous chords of failure and ridicule that sound about the heads of the contestants? What the fuck. Makes us want to kick anyone at all involved with the show that much harder... more ›

As a wise man once said: "Ohhhh, we're half-way there / Ohhh-oh, living on a prayer." On Wednesday, SIFF officially reached the half-way mark. But it's by no means all downhill from here. There's still tons more great films to see before the fest is through. more ›

Our modern day prophet had a convo with God the other day and God told him the Pacific NW is screwed. How do prophets get in touch with deities in 2006, anyway? That burning bush thing is so B.C., but we're not sure if He's ready for instant messaging yet. Maybe Pat Robertson recieved a burning text message from God on his phone? more ›

Mayor Nickels sent a letter to Olympia asking if state officials would endorse a $220 million expansion of Key Arena to appease the Sonics/Storm ownership. The letter was treated the same way Jannine Koewler reacted to our note asking her to prom in the twelfth grade--with scorn and rejection. Is this any way to treat a man who was photographed by Vanity Fair? more ›

Yes, Pat Robertson's PR guy has had a busy couple of days, but so has Sonics general manager Rick Sund. more ›

The outside world holds a vision of Seattle's relationship to salmon that has us spooning pink fish flakes from a bowl of milk in the morning or simply grabbing one from the nearest body of water for an anytime sashimi snack. This view is not altogether unfounded. Is the tide ebbing, though? Maybe your last out-of-town guest ordered the tilapia after countless past visits spent tentatively ordering blackened salmon from the foreign seafood menu. Or, if they ordered the salmon maybe they asked for it by brand, "I'll have the Copper River salmon. I believe it's in season. Medium-rare, please." When these houseguests arrive from airports such as O'Hare you know the unthinkable has happened. Salmon has become passé. more ›

Seattlest is always happy when it can direct our readers to an affordable wine tasting that supports a worthy cause. On Wednesday Yakima Cellars is offering a wine tasting for just $5 at the Vintage Park Hotel at 1100 Fifth Avenue. more ›

On Wednesday officials decided to allow the Orca Relief Citizens' Alliance to place brochures in opposition to whale watching boats on those racks tourists use to find the Underground Tour, the Space Needle and, of course, whale watching boats. The tour operators are said to be upset. more ›

On Wednesday we mistakenly indicated that the closing ceremonies for the People Doing Strange Things with Electricity II show at COCA would be Thursday night. It is tonight, however, 8pm to Midnight and free. more ›

March is a limbo month--too warm for winter, too cold for spring. more ›