Who knew that food could be so dangerous to your health? more ›

The horsemen of change are upon us! Yesterday the City Council approved a $567 million master plan to transform Seattle Center into more of an open, public park. That means the Fun Forest is out when their lease ends January 2010. more ›

Lower Queen Anne is dead to us. And we like Lower Queen Anne, we do: Many's the night we've whiled away down at Solo chatting up Kultur Shock's Val behind the bar, or closing out the Great Nabob with co-workers. But last night, it became clear that they no longer want us to visit. Because for reasons we don't quite understand, there is no longer any parking in Lower Queen Anne. more ›

When we used to work at the Starbucks in the Bank of America building (nee: Columbia Center), one of our duties was to bring up boxes of cups, napkins and other sundries from the storeroom located in the garage on level E, five stories below ground. more ›

, a seven-day festival of classic film noir, starts at SIFF. The shows are being introduced by "Czar of Noir" Eddie Muller. more ›

The new Office Nomads offices are located in the old Heath Printers building on Boylston, the block west of the SCCC parking garage on Pine -- they have the 5,000+ square feet upstairs to work with. The idea is for rootless freelancers, contract workers, and small biz owners to have a happy office environment with all the accoutrements: desk, T1 network, printer/faxer/copier, a Bunn coffeemaker, and the company of others. (It's bring-your-own-laptop.) There's going to be a full kitchen, and there's also a shower for sweaty bicyclists or gym-goers. "Anybody who's not invited to apply?" we asked. "Well, it's an open space, so counselors and massage therapists wouldn't find it too useful," said Jacob. more ›

After leaving our eye appointment this morning and a quick pit-stop at Monorail Espresso, something across the street caught our attention on the way back to the parking garage. We crossed the street to see what a line of people were doing in lawn chairs and sleeping bags at the corner of 6th and Pike--all were fairly young, maybe late teens or early twenties. Some hot movie coming out? No, the line didn't stretch around the corner to the Meridian, and besides that always happens at Cinerama anyhow. more ›

This YouTube video shows the end of the security line at Sea-Tac over the weekend. Yes, they're in the parking garage. more ›

If you're ever in the vicinity of the parking garage at Western and Spring, and a seemingly affable parking attendant approaches you with a large wooden box and some contrived-sounding story about pets... RUN! This maniac has terrorized countless civilians with his bizarre, meticulously constructed prank. Every time its a new story: "Do you like pets?" "Look at what I caught in the garage!" "This thing killed my dog." "I took this thing home and it killed my cat." Equal parts confused and curious, you lean closer to get a better look inside the open, wire cage part of the wooden box, but all you can see is a mysterious furry tail. Then suddenly a secret lever is pulled, activating the trap door and out catapults a huge rubber spider. Then you have to watch the man laugh at you. God help you if you fall for this trick. Consider yourself warned. more ›

It's no secret that you are likely to be recorded by security cameras just about anywhere you go in public in a metropolitan area. That's no secret, right? And it's not "the government" watching you on a flat panel display. It's more likely to be your friendly neighborhood retailers. Or the parking garage employees. Or, alright, the government. more ›

It wasn't Hollywood filming a truck barrelling down James Street downtown yesterday. That was real live Seattle and pedestrians were wise to get out of the way. The brakes on John Garrett's truck stopped working as he descended the steep incline near the "sinking ship" parking garage and he was forced to weave his way through two red lights before scuttling the truck in Pioneer Square. more ›