The early bird gets the worm. Nice guys finish last. And, apparently, the pirates get the bikini babes. We've seen them drive around town for weeks in their big pirate ship/truck thing. It always takes us by surprise, and we always look at it as the first indication that SeaFair's coming. Four years in this town, and we still don't know when that celebration happens, and we still don't know what for. But so......

Yesterday we were down at Pike Place Market feasting on a Three Girls Bakery sandwich and on the way out we spotted the Seafair Pirates making their rounds. "Pardon us, pirates coming through!" they said, making their way through the molasses-like flow of tourists which we thought was probably not authentic pirate behavior. (We wouldn't be completely outraged if a pirate lopped off a head or two of the sidewalk-gawking variety of tourist who's astonished......

Last night at the Old Pequliar, the winning trivia team defeated 12 others to take home $100. Want to know how you'd do? Gather together 4 of your friends and see how many of these questions you can answer. We'll post the correct answers later today -- along with the team standings from last night and maybe some other insights. (FYI, rounds 4 and 8 are picture rounds and not easily reproduced here.) Round 1:......