Like the rest of the world, we tuned in for the season premier of Project Runway last night. We knew that West Seattle barista Blayne would be part of the cast. (Does the name Blayne make anyone else think of this?) The guy is crazy-obsessed with fake-n-bake tanning, and his catchphrase is sure to drive us batty. But, his first diaper-inspired design was just wacky enough to get him through to round two. Earlier today,......

Ahh, Aurora: what a beautiful name for Seattle's often-ugly, often-sketchy throughway! Why does it not surprise us to hear that an Aurora "tanning salon," located in the Oak Tree cluster, got busted this weekend for fronting a prostitution service? So, so tacky. Call us middle-class, call us square (both of which we admittedly are), but we're really creeped out by the idea of anyone--let alone a group of vulnerable, societally near-invisible immigrant women--offering sex......