You know who we overheard during the last week? A bunch of turkeys talking jive. (Could not resist one last Thanksgiving pun.) more ›

Surprisingly helpful, Only in Seattle managed the shuck the standard stereotypes, and actually seems to be picking up on the pulse of the city. Most of the time, anyway. more ›

Seattle has changed a lot since the 90s, but not if you ask the national media! Seattlest is taking the (probably flannel!) gloves off, and setting the record straight on some of the stereotypes about our city. more ›

Unsurprisingly, Portlandia has gained notoriety in the Seattle area, where Portland fetishism is at an all-time high. After all, what do Seattleites want more than to avoid eye contact on the bus? To avoid eye contact on a functional light-rail in a city where strippers are unionized and there's no sales tax. more ›

At the Cheese Festival this weekend, on our third table of samples, we proceeded as we generally do throughout the cheese concourse, standing on the outside, reaching in with our toothpicks for a cube. You know, Cheese Fest stuff. But this was the day we'd encounter one version of the typical Seattleite, and lo, the beast takes many forms. This version was the fifty-something Magnolia Dad with Token Younger Wife. He was quick to inform me that there was in fact a line, and that he had stood in it for forty minutes. That I thought I was better than everyone else, and that my mother hadn't taught me any manners (oh no, he di'int). For the record, my mama did teach me manners, and she also taught me to be smart enough not to WAIT IN AN OPTIONAL LINE FOR FORTY MINUTES. more ›