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The Seattle Times has a quickie little snippet about some ski resort ownership swapping, namely that Boyne USA has bought the Summit at Snoqualmie from Booth Creek. At first we were a little concerned, namely because Booth Creek has a great track record from a customer service perspective, especially when they extended our season's pass for free after the disastrous winter of 05-06. But after a little more research, we're very excited because this is excellent news for mountain bikers.

Jesse Thorn, member of sketch comedy group Prank the Dean, produces his public radio show from his own living room in Los Angeles. At first, Seattlest thought that was code for "I am unemployed and play a lot of XBox" but it turns out he actually does have a radio show (this is still ambiguous on the "unemployed" detail), and even more to the point: it is very good.

Valentine’s day is complicated. So Seattlest likes to celebrate with something simple, something unobtrusive, something like shortbread. Shortbread is plain enough to please everyone, and when lovingly prepared, delicious enough to impress them too. Chummy coworkers? Shortbread. Been on a few dates, but not official? Shortbread. Shortbread says: I like you, but in a noncommittal sort of way.

Seattlest is very upset today, and finding it hard to look anyone in the eye. Why are we sad? Tomorrow is the final day of business for all Larry's Markets in the Seattle area.

Seattlest has a magazine problem (as if our book debauchery wasn't enough already). Our habit combined with the husband's predilection for shiny, glossy paper-based crack results in a house we could putatively wallpaper with pages from one of our dozens of weekly or monthly subscriptions. Schizophrenically, our two favorites tend to be the New Yorker and Outside; we often plug through the other placeholders vainly waiting for either of those selections to appear in the mailbox.

Romeo and Juliet is one of those tales everybody knows, whether or not they've read it, seen it performed live, or watched one of the many film adaptations. So Seattlest kinda knew what to expect when we descended deep into the bowels of Center House for the play's opening night performance by the Seattle Shakespeare Company. We got the standard star-crossed lovers stuff, but director John Langs included a few modern updates, some of which we liked, and some...not so much.

It's difficult enough to make a film that entertains people once. It's almost impossible to make a film -- even a short one -- that stands up to thirty or forty viewings over three and a half weeks. So Seattlest congratulates local ad agency Wongdoody for producing the most entertaining promotional trailers we've seen at the Seattle International Film Festival.