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The glorious fall sunsets have disappeared along with the mouldering husks of Halloween pumpkins, and according the weather report, we can all expect a long, cold, wet weekend. But this being the Northwest, that's never stopped us from getting out and about; here's the weekend plans of your intrepid Seattlest contributors:

This Friday and Saturday, for the eleventh year running, the Pyramid Alehouse will host the "Get Snowed In Party" in celebration of Pyramid's flagship winter ale, Snow Cap.

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer's market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs. Note: This weekend we are injured reserve, so trading in the visor and clipboard for some playing time is Seattlest Courtney.

Who says our lower back is killing us. We arose at 5:30 Friday morning and made the pilgrimage to Baker. All three of us in the car were a wreck, having experienced mutual cases of anticipatory insomnia fueled by talk the night before of a 100" base at Mt. Baker. The day can be summed up thusly: wow, and, ow.

It's hard to recall, frankly, because Snow Cap is pretty hefty stuff and we had more than our fair share, but if that's not a sign that the second night of Pyramid Brewing's Get Snowed In party was a good time, we don't know what is.

Tuesday 7th

When this week began, wrestler Eddie Guerrero and TV pioneer Ralph Edwards were both alive. No one outside Steel Country had heard of Rep. John Murtha, and Bob Woodward still had credibility. Next week is really only three days, so probably nothing will happen. Thus, we at Seattlest intend to enjoy ourselves over the weekend.

Winter sports enthusiasts of Seattle, there's life beyond Warren Miller ski movies. We are so tired of how tired they are. Despite recent attempts on old Uncle Miller's part to incorporate "new" styles and footage into his films (news alert Warren: snowboarding has been around for multiple decades now), his annual fall films only amount to aggregious Nissan commercials interspersed with that same old story about how he started out in Sun Valley. If we hear "When I was camping in my van in the parking lot outside Sun Valley in 1950..." one more time, our brains will definitely be exiting our ears right quick.

Just last week we were walking through the beer aisle at our local QFC, cruising for those cute little Full Sail "Session" bottles when our heart skipped a beat. Could it be? Oh sweet Bacchus, that's a six-pack of Snow Cap! We cradled it in our arms and cried silent sweet tears of joy while the woman next to us with the two kids dragged her wee ones by their arms past us, staring. Someday children, you too will know the tender October rejoice of the return of Snow Cap.

Like most northwestern snow lovers this winter, Seattlest spent the season glancing longingly at our skis and snowboards hanging in the garage, sighing as we turned off the light and closed the door on the worst season in at least 25 years. Our Big S Pass did time as a coaster while we drowned our sorrows in Snow Cap ale.