The sly movin' Parks Department decided to remove nearly 400 trash cans from city parks. Hoping to save $160,000, they encouraged park-goers to embrace a "pack in-pack out" policy. Now they are considering the use of $4,000 solar-powered compacting trash cans that don't need to be emptied as often, alleviating the cost of constantly taking out the trash. more ›

Seattlest grew up in Central Florida and, even though we haven't lived there for many, many years, we still crave the sunshine. Maybe it's because our body expects more vitamin D? We certainly don't want to add to the choruses of imported souls who bitch and moan about Seattle winters. Nonetheless, we wind up doing so, anyway, every year around mid-January. more ›

The highlight is you get to live, subsidized, in one of the “Hugo Huts”—Seattle’s historic Belltown Cottages. The rent subsidy doesn't include utilities, jackets with worn corduroy patches on the elbows, or afternoon drinks at Black Bottle. more ›

C'mon, Seattle Times. You get a press release related to the McMenamins affair in Kenmore from some mysterious source claiming that the whole deal is off and you turn around and announce it to the world without so much as a phone call to McMenamins? When Seattlest gets a release in the mail detailing the city's plan to dye the sky green we immediately start ranting about how blue skies were good enough for us back in the day, but we expect a little more snooping around from the pros. more ›

[UPDATE: Once again we fall prey to the print media's knee-jerk print-first, ask-questions-later response. Man, that kind of rushed, speculative reporting really does a number on our carefully cultivated bloggy credibility.] more ›

This morning we noticed that someone had dumped some Ultra detergent into the fountain at Cal Anderson Park, which made a bunch of pretty foam, but which perturbed us because we weren't sure if that was getting into our drinking water. The park, as you might already know, is basically a very cool lid for the reservoir that sits underneath it. more ›

It may be one of the subjects the P-I used to deride the City Council lately, but we're happy to see someone paying attention to a form of recreation in this city that doesn't involve fleece, lycra or gortex. Skateboarding exists in the collective mind of the city government - That's a good thing. more ›

And now for a whistle-stop tour of some suburban bowling houses... more ›

What a bunch of lard asses the rest of the county is, right? Did you travel for the holidays and have to sit next to that fat guy for four hours on the airplane, the whole time thinking "the fattest man on the face of the Earth has to be sitting in 21B", but then when you finally landed and got inside the airport there were blubbery people like him (or bigger!) everywhere? And did you fall to the ground and scream, "nooooooo" when you saw the Chantiko all over their lips or the chunks of greasy sausage and cigarette butts caught in their neck rolls? And when they came to assist you did they say, "Look at him - I think he needs a couple pizzas or something. The poor thing hasn't eaten. Quick, someone bring a couch and a television!" They couldn't even bend over to help you up because they were so fat and their arteries were so hard and packed with solids! more ›

Seattlest chortled like little Stewie over this headline. Do you know why? Because this post is about the long-awaited opening of Cal Anderson Park! more ›

Even though the Kalakala is currently residing in Tacoma, she is still a part of Seattle history and therefore dear to our heart. We miss seeing her in Lake Union where she promised to become a restaurant or night club, so we anxiously await new restoration plans. Next month she celebrates her 70th birthday so there will be an exhibit on the Thea Foss waterfront coinciding with the Tacoma Tall Ships Festival. We continue to be skeptical that she’ll be accessible anytime soon but if someone wants to check out the plans and report back that would be great. The exhibit opens June 30th and runs through July 4th. More information is available here. more ›

Photographers, start your cameras! The Discovery Park Advisory Council is sponsoring a photo contest, with winning submissions to be published in a photo calendar (presumably for 2007). more ›

How often do you walk through the Westlake Park plaza? Ever look down on your way through? more ›

Existing somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits is local performer Jason Webley. From humble beginnings as a U-District street performer to tours up and down the West Coast (and occasional jaunts as far away as Russia), Jason's particular blend of witty and poignant lyricism, musical arrangements (piano, guitar, accordion, and shovel often figure prominently), concerts that blend showmanship, performance art and audience interaction, and an infectious love of humor and pranksterism have earned him a loyal following of fans throughout the Seattle area. more ›

Mother Nature is relentlessly dishing out day after glorious day of perfect sailing weather—leaving Seattlest in a westerly-facing, boating daydream. Fortunately, that steady northerly breeze is backed up by a healthy dose of opportunity, including the best boating bargain in town. more ›