2011 proved to be a record-breaking year for the Seal Sitters. Meanwhile, locally-crafted books and albums get some attention, and, you know, a chainsaw rampage. THE USUAL. more ›

From now until I forget to do it, each Thursday, I'm going to highlight my favorite Seattle Tweeter. Think of it like #FollowFriday, but less about getting followers for myself, and more about exposing Twitter accounts that are notable, humorous or informative--and always under 140 characters. more ›

• Blogging Georgetown asks a very important question: how clean is your watering hole? The answers are the county health inspection scores for Georgetown bars.
• Lights & Sirens answers the age old question, what's the quickest way to a man's heart? The answer in Tacoma? A cordless drill.
• Continuing the question and answers theme--the Big Blog wants to know what you'd name the newest parks in Seattle?

It may look like the Redwoods, but it's really Volunteer Park. *blissed out sigh * We love this town. And we love our Seattlest Flickr Pool, join the love-in, why don't you? more ›

Thrilled with our ongoing summer weather, wanting to take advantage of it while we can, Seattlest hopped on the bike on Saturday and headed downtown. We haven't given nearly enough face time to Olympic Sculpture Park since it was pulled together, so that was our real destination. We had a book in our sack, and intended to just lie in the warm grass and read. Of course, once we got biking, we couldn't stop ourselves. It's so easy going down Capitol Hill to the waterfront, it just made sense to forge on. 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 ›

SEXY: An Evening of Haute Burlesque with Orchestra L'Pow! and Tigger! (NYC). Tigger is the first winner of the new Boylesque category at Exotic World. Orchestra L'Pow! features some of "Seattle's top-notch and news-worthy teasers," including Miss Indigo Blue. Get your pasties and twirlies out and have a ball. more ›

>>>Hugo House, 7:30pm. Screenwriters Salon: Geoff Miller and Mark Handley invite you to bring your questions about format, technique, structure, dialogue, writing characters, and how to use your catering gig to hand your script to celebs. $5 general/$2 students. Free to members. more ›

After an exhaustive search of the city and the surrounding internets Seattlest has finally located the site's first patron saint. It's this random guy, Charlie Schaubel, a middling golf pro who's wanderings happend to place him in Seattle at times over the course of a long and random life. His greatest accomplishment? Making golf sound cool. more ›

Listen people, skateboards are not a tool of the devil. Wouldn't you rather have your kids outside, getting some exercise in a publicly-sanctioned location, rather than either sliding down your neighbor's handrails or off doing much worse? Not if you live in the Greenlake/Wallingford neighborhood, it would seem. more ›

This month at the Screenwriters Salon, it's noted local filmmaker Brian McDonald at the mic. Seattlest has this freaking eterna-cold that's going around now, so we're still deciding whether or not to infect the goings on with our presence. It's a tough call, because McDonald's take on story structure in film is particularly insightful and grounded. 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 ›

The last few days have been overcast haze, and the forecast doesn't look much better. But summer hit Seattle a week ago, with temperatures into the high 80s. So it is about time to dust off the swimsuit and get ready to head down to your local Seattle Parks beach. You can check the bacterial count and the temperature before you go at the King County Beach monitoring website. Signs should be posted if there is some public health reason to close the beach. This Seattlest has been swimming in area lakes including Lake Union for years without getting ill or developing "Swimmer's Itch" (which is apparently due to the Canada geese). King County also makes available not so "real time" data collected at various water quality and weather buoys and even a narrative story about Lake Washington. 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 ›

All we needed was one day of sun, wind, and no precipitation and our thoughts turned waterwards: it's time to think about sailing. 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 ›