The Seattlest Curmudgeon returns to poop on all your parties. The party in question this time? The birthday party for Rachel, the coin-filled, porcine Pike Place mascot. A flash mob? Really? more ›

• The Belltowner is the bearer of wonderful and awful news. The very, very good? H&M opens in downtown Seattle on Thursday...as in tomorrow! The not at all good news? A policeman on bike was attacked with a surgical instrument in Belltown this Saturday.
• A West Seattle "Thriller" dance team is practicing to participate in a dance-off to beat the world "Thriller" record.
• Blogging Georgetown wonders if there's a real estate glut in the neighborhood.