We did not see this one coming. Despite the fact that we were watching a rerun of Scrubs the other night where J.D. has a little fantasy about singing "99 Luftballons" as a way of getting through to a German patient -- which in retrospect can only be considered the most blatant warning the universe could give us -- we still had no idea that the mysterious "retail company" said to be replacing the Rainbow Grocery on 15th Ave was in fact The Red Balloon Company. If you don't know, The Red Balloon Company sells balloon products. They deliver things like balloon bouquets. To our knowledge, however, their balloons are neither organic nor edible, so it's quite a change-up from the previous tenant. To quote speed-texting-tipper Andrew: "wtf?" Thanks for the photo, Bosco! We owe you the usual Hoegaarden. more ›

--David Postman of the Seattle Times saw Sicko over the weekend and talked with Michael Moore about it. more ›