Man Cutting Tree in Seward Park courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives Few things bring us dorkier joy than guerrilla knitting, and PhinneyWood has photos of a newly spotted project.MyBallard reports that the Nordic Heritage Museum has plans to become a "world class museum" now that it's leaving its school house home. To this we say: held og lykke! According to HorsesAss.Org Bill Clinton got the biggest reception of the Democratic Convention by far. Guess......

We feel you, Seattle. It was so nice to have three whole days of sunshine, and now here we are, looking out the window, wearing a hoodie, mourning what had appeared to be a good solid spring. But it's coming back (sort of) this weekend, just in time for Sasquatch and Folklife. Just in time for BBQs and volleyball games at parks. Three days off (four if, like our office-working friends, you're taking Friday......

During tomorrow night's three hour nation-wide Starbucks closure, local coffee shop Caffe Vita will be giving away free coffee and espresso drinks. Yes coffee fiends of Seattle--so that's basically all of you--that's good free coffee, just because the big chain that you feel slightly embarrassed about going to is closed. Lovely! Caffe Vita makes fabulous coffee at locations on Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Fremont, Seward Park, and south of us in the state capitol,......

... in a couple of years, anyway. "After two years, it's definitely moving," writes invaluable neighborhood blogger Captain Columbia City. He talked to the market's coordinator, Karen, on Wednesday, the last day the Columbia City Farmers Market will be open this year. Of course, Columbia City Plaza was sold to a development firm on the east coast recently, and so when the Plaza owners lease expires early next year, they'll sign a new one......

Is the office slightly quieter today? Were there fewer parents dropping the little ones off at school this morning? Were there a lot more parked cars in certain spots around Wedgwood, Seward Park or Mercer Island? If so, then you noticed Seattle's very low-key signs that Rosh Hashanah or the Jewish New Year is here. Growing up Jewish in New York City, we're always a little surprised when the New Year rolls around in Seattle......

CASTING CALL: Local director Garrett Bennett is looking for extras to cast in his independent film The Spy & the Sparrow. 3-8pm // First Church of Christ Scientist [1519 E. Denny Way] // $Whatever minuscule remnants remain of your dreams of an acting career BOOKS: Don't wear sweatpants to this event. Erotica writer Jennifer Munro reads from her award-winning work, as does the winner of Hugo House's erotica writing competition. Keep your fingers crossed for......

A post in Tuesday's DCist mentioned a campaign in the other Washington to adopt a bland song named "Come to Washington" as an official "city anthem." Then, in a follow-up post, DCist nominated nine other, better songs. Readers voted for their favorites and suggested a few more. The current fave seems to be the Magnetic Fields' awesomely evocative "Washington, D.C." Naturally, this has us pondering songs about Seattle -- not songs by artists from......

If there's one thing Seattlest is sure of, it's that walking around in all this rain and cold sucks. That's why we'll be staying inside, thank you very much, until after tax day next year. But there are those of you who haven't got the sense God gave a tiny-headed grub beetle. Lots of you. Somebody keeps REI afloat after all. You'll be running in the Seattle Marathon this Sunday. There you'll be, on 5th......

Seattlest mentioned David Williams' book "The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle" in passing previously, but now that we've actually read it and had a chance to talk with the author it's time to start telling you daily how much we enjoyed it. If you're an outdoors geek with an urban bent (and we're assuming that's exactly what you are) David's written a book that fills an empty slot on your bookshelf that you may......

Anyone else getting a little bit creeped out by the three weird Seattle murders this week? First we had the fella who dropped in on the Bellevue baby shower. (He was shot by the cops, so maybe it's not technically "murder," but it's definitely "weird.") Then we had the Newport High tennis coach, Michael Robb, shot in the face while driving in West Seattle. His alleged killer, 18-year-old Samson Berhe, put on quite a......

Animal lovers, start your engines: the Furry 5K Run/Walk kicks off this Sunday at 10am in Seward Park. As an owner of two large healthy dogs plucked from rescue shelters, we have a soft spot for this perennial rite of spring. The sheer number of participants with varying types of dogs in tow is the highlight of this event benefiting local Seattle animal shelters. You don't need to have a dog to enter the race,......