• Whidbey Island buckles down for some really long ferry lines next month. Courtesy of the Hood Canal Bridge closure.
• Sweet note taking skills by CHS Blog, as they provide thorough notes from last night's productive shit showon the future of 12th Ave.
• For real? Big Brother is looking for you. He's watching you. Right now. This very second.

This afternoon, bigwigs from the other Washington announced that $750 million from the stimulus package will be dedicated to restore and repair the national parks across the country. Washington's beloved Olympic National Park is on the government's laundry list of projects and will receive $54.7 million in funding for dam removal and other park projects. Talk about some happy trees. Other national parks will also receive funds, including: the National Mall ($55.8M), New York's Ellis Island ($26M), Dinosaur National Monument ($13.1) and Philadelphia's Independence Hall ($5M). more ›

Seattlest is on the road, delivering an automobile to The Other Washington. The previous night, we stayed in a charming little motel in Wallace, Idaho. We've been to Wallace before, very briefly, and made a note to return someday. The town is an architectural and historical gem; it is also the "Silver Capital of the World". That's the beauty of this great nation of ours: it's got more self-proclaimed capitals of this, that, and the other than any other country, we're guessing. We live in such abundance! more ›