It really isn't surprising that scam and scum are only separated by a single vowel. The latest scam hitting Seattle, made us literally sick to our stomach. According to the West Seattle Blog, who was called by their friendly local police officer, some scam artists are targeting owners of missing pets. The scammers use the contact email address left on missing posters and send false ransom emails to the worried pet owners. So Seattlest readers,......

Monroe Police are doubtful that a man who robbed an armored vehicle yesterday actually escaped via inner tube down the Skykomish. However, police believe the robber did post a Craigslist ad to help make an easier getaway. The ad asked for construction workers in need of work to show up in a specific outfit at a location across the street from the bank. Nearly a dozen men showed up in blue shirts and respirator masks,......

Turns out getting your degree from an "academic institution" that advertises heavily during Jerry Springer and in between Maury Povich's multiple declarations of "You are not the father" is not so helpful in the real world. Bates Technical College in Tacoma, one such institution, is in the midst of settling a suit brought by former students in the school's civil engineering technician and surveying program. Bates has agreed to pay $500,000 to 16 students who......

According to KOMO News, there's a new way for you to get screwed by scammers--the pretendant. The Seattle Police have come up with this clever name to describe people who poach parking lots, claiming parkers need to pay them and not the pay box for a variety of reasons. A couple weekends ago we went to a concert at Showbox SODO (Ray Davies--phenomenal) and we paid a somewhat shady dude rather than the pay box.......

Despite the fact that we're only two days into June, the month has not been kind to the local stripping industry or its clients. Last night, a group of guys in Magnolia hoping to get a private strip show got a lot more than they bargained for. They arranged for an exotic dancer to come and perform at their residence, but the dancer showed up with bodyguards and an unsexy mission: the guys were......

We've all called in hooky and faked a cough or cold to get out of a day of work. Sometimes the daily grind just seems unbearable...we understand. But we sincerely hope that karmic justice comes fast and furious at Sandra Dee Martinez, a 40 year-old woman who faked brain cancer to get out of work. Martinez received over $21,000 of paid time-off from her job at the Department of Social and Health Services in......

Tartuffe, Ghostlight Theatricals at Odd Fellows Hall Through April 21, tickets $12/$10 students/seniors "Ghost Light Theatricals’ mission is to make theatrical theatre by creating bold and imaginative worlds; to tell timeless stories so that they resonate with a modern audience." Last weekend we went to see Tartuffe, this play by an old French dude named Moliere. And for reals man, we dug it. We forgot that old French dudes used to write their stuff......

Yes, last night WAS a rerun, but last week wasn't. So we're re-running a post that never ran, cause we're has-beens OR because it features FREAKIN' SIAMESE TWINS!! Seriously, people. Seriously. (Note to the Grey's Faithful: We're putting this SGH coffee mug on our wish list.) Ep 7 is all about family, the ones you choose, and the ones you choose to lose. It opens with a shot of West Seattle, where Meredith's mom apparently......

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq's and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned.......

If it weren't for our life as an -ist, we're not sure we'd ever leave our apartment. Fortunately, to fully -ist, one must seek out the new, the fresh, and the unknown. Brand new, or just new to us, that's what we're all about this week. Phillyist keeps it fresh by getting a new motto, learning to prioritize, and taking in an experimental indie rock show. Torontoist does their first post in franglais, gets ready......

In case you haven't quite had your fill of Death Cab for Cutie cameos (the O.C.) or interviews (we talked to British Sea Power yesterday) recently, guitarist Christopher Walla interviews writer and NPR great Sarah Vowell at Salon.com today. Vowell's book "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" apparently had quite an effect on Walla and led him to purchase multiple copies for friends and family and, eventually, brought about this interview. They mostly discuss Vowell's new book......

It's our never-ending quest. It's our Holy Grail, our white whale. Once again, Seattlest pits local commuity business against local community business in a cheap and (some would say) tawdry display of fabricated drama. The truth is, we simply want the best cheeseburger in Seattle, and we want to be able to tell our friends with snobbish abandon how we methodically investigated every nook and cranny of Seattle in order to find it. Enough set-up;......