A happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas and a fantastic Festivus to ya, Seattle. It's the season of giving, celebration, cheer..and claw-tearing big box store smack downs! However you bring in the holiday season, one thing's for sure - this extra special time of year tends to bring out the extra best of Seattle. And by "best" we mean the good ol' Emerald City lovable regulars/crazies. We hope you'll look into your heart this year and contribute to our "things I overheard a nutjob and/or nerd say" drive. Just one eavesdropped conversation can put a smile on a computer-glued-in-Seattle procrastinator near you. more ›

**This week, Overheard is brought to you by guest writer, bus soldier, and OH favorite: @RoxThe358. more ›

The weekly compendium of the most outrageous and hilarious statements taken completely out of context. more ›

You know who we overheard during the last week? A bunch of turkeys talking jive. (Could not resist one last Thanksgiving pun.) more ›

Gobble gobble, Seattle. Well, theyre here - holidaypalooza '11. Are you ready for it? We sure as hell aren't, but in the name of vacation time and guilt-free over eating we're going to look for the bright lights in the deep, dark consumer-driven, family-war inducing, traffic causing time that is the holiday season. First up: Thanksgiving. more ›

Each week we bring you a new theme of the good, bad and just plain bat sh*it crazy spewing from the mouths of your fellow Seattleites and on occasion, our not so welcome, “oh isn’t it cute that we’re in Seattle and it’s raining!” tourists. more ›

Dear Seattle: You gone done it. Our latte-thinned faces are now on the evening news about as frequently as Amanda Knox, our innate hipster-borne protesting skills are finally being put to timely use, and the Eastside’s closet Tea Partiers finally have the “Jets” to their “Sharks” (or is it “Sharks” to their “Jets”?...regardless, there’s a whole lot of snapping going on). The Occupy Seattle movement has given our fair city and the rest of the onlooking country something to talk about. Hoorah. more ›

Hey there, poptarts! Is there anything more entertaining in this city of device-toting smartypants and latte sipping intellectuals than someone who’s a few peas short of a casserole? I think not. In this Emerald sea of nerd, a shot full of slow is dare I say: refreshing (especially when it's an alleged geek that let's some stupid slip). Don’t believe me? Check out this week’s best eavesdropped tidbits from the corners of our oh-so “Smart” City: more ›

What it do, home slice? It’s another glorious Wednesday in Seattle - the air is crisp, the coffee is a brewin’ and the rain is starting to fall again. Make no mistake, friends, the summer (aka those two brief weeks of incandescent happiness) is OVER, done, finit-o. Although this transition to the Fall-Winter can put us back into our normal mode of deep depression and Radiohead tunes, it also means that here at Seattlest, we’re getting our jollies from seeing the crazy come out in Seattle again - and that makes for some pretty damn entertaining eavesdropping. more ›

Sup, Seattle? Given the title of this post and the anal retentiveness of the average Seattleite, you’re probably staring at the title of this post and thinking, “A ‘best of’ list in September??? This is just like how stores start selling Christmas décor in October!!!” Something MUST be done, we know - but in the meantime, we’re going to ask you to chillax and indulge us in this unconventional, yet somewhat lazy approach. So, put a sock in it, Seattle. more ›

Well yello there, Seattle! Today, we pay tribute to a segment of society that we all enjoy poking fun at from time to time (agists!), yet - barring untimely tragedy - we will all eventually become a card-carrying member of this group: old people. Not just any old people - old people in Seattle. They’re cute, they’re crotchedy, and they tell it like it is. ..and though it’s always raining here (PERFECT fodder for geezer weather talk), our scooter-mowing, cane carrying, discount toting Seattleites seem just a little bit cuter than everyone else’s. more ›

Yhelothar, Seattle (pronounced “yello-thar” for you slow ones out there)! more ›

Greetings, Seattle. On this fine Seattle afternoon, we’re wondering what YOU did for Seattle’s Night Out festivities last night. If you weren’t grinching it, we’re guessing that you may have frequented a block party, scored on some free treats or gathered with your local neighborhood watch or the po-po to discuss making your community better, brighter, and safer. And if you kept your ears open, we’re thinking that you overheard the sweet sounds of Seattleites doing what they do best - maintaining a ever so balanced state of weird and awesome all at the same time. more ›

Aloha, Seattle. We don’t know about you, but this whole Fall-Summer thing is making us feel jerked around. We don’t want to hear any more statistics about how many seconds of actual summer we’ve had, and we don’t want to be told that we should be grateful that we are not a part of the proverbial griddle that the rest of the country is frying on right now. We just want what we’ve come to expect and deserve - 2 months of consistently warm, but bearable temperatures so we can dip our toe in Lake Washington and leave our gortex in the closet for once. more ›

Heidi ho, Seattle! In last week’s edition of ‘Overheard’, aptly titled “Emerald Ghetto”, we asked Seattle outsiders not to judge us by our cover and to consider the fact that we might just be a little less hipster, and a lot more thug. We think we made some valid points in that column, and that’s why we think we are completely justified in looking within and passing judgment on our own…because if anyone is going to be an a*hole and tell Seattle what it’s really made of, it should be Seattle. So, let’s start with what we know and let the infighting and the neighborhood wars begin. more ›

It’s quite the sight to see a Seattleite slowly and somewhat painfully emerge from their vampire-like shell, and judging by this week’s ‘Overheard’ tidbits, we are nothing less than worthy of being the subject of a twisted anthropologic study. more ›

Jen's got another round of conversational gems from our readers. This week's source? Music fans in their natural habitat. more ›

No matter how the Mariners play this season, we can all count on one thing - some pretty freakin' amusing conversation in the stands. It's Bleacher Banter on Overhead today. more ›

Dear Seattle: We know you love your pets. In fact, you often respect and adore your pets so much as to treat them as functioning members of society. In this week's Overheard, we explore the world of pet rearin'. more ›

Here in the Emerald City, we dream big and live life to its fullest. And whether it's celebrating a time-honored Irish holiday or looking for a new apartment to plant some roots, you can always be sure of one thing - Seattleites keep it real on a daily basis. more ›

Hidey ho, Seattle! There’s not a whole lot to say about the conversations that Seattlest readers were eavesdropping on this week, except to say that the usual common themes that emerge (e.g. see last week’s lackey Oscar commentary) were notably absent. In fact the one thread that did tie this week’s submissions together was more fundamental in nature than circumstantial. We think you’ll agree with us when we say that the following overheard tidbits are just part of what makes us Seattleites so…well, “Seattle.” more ›

Last Sunday, denizens of Seattle flocked to glitzy and no-so-glitzy viewing parties throughout the Emerald City. Whether your party took place at a friend’s, a neighborhood bar, or on the absolute best place on earth--the cozy indentation that your TV-loving behind proudly made on your couch--one thing was for sure--this year, the Oscars kinda sucked. The hosts were boring, the award recipients predictable, and wardrobe malfunctions/freak falls disappointingly absent. more ›

In the run up to Valentine’s Day, Seattlest asked our readers to dig up the worst love bits floating around town. While we fully expected you to send us in the gushiest, grossest words of romance, you instead reminded us that Seattle lovin' is of a different breed... more ›

Hello, passive-aggressive Seattleites! How often do you board the bus and instinctively turn up your iPods at the mere sight of your fellow passengers engaged in conversation? Well, it's time to face your fears, push the mute button and eavesdrop—yes, I said eavesdrop—on your vocal neighbors' everyday colloquy. more ›

Twentysomething girl, to her companions: more ›