• Ever care to own a restaurant? Voracious found a few real estate deals around town that are just waiting to get cooking again. And for $50,000 you too can snag the beautiful space Cremant once called home in Madrona.

The crazy hot weather--that we've either loved or hated--turned on us last night, when the record-high 90-degree temps dropped and all hell broke loose. The high winds came whipping in across Puget Sound, knocking out the power to either 12,000 or 14,000 folks in Thurston, Pierce and south King County. Seattle City Light reported that power had been restored to customers in west and north Seattle, while about 25 percent of Rainier Beach is still left to be recovered from the dark. more ›

If you didn't catch it, bolts of lightning lit up the dreary Seattle skyline last night. The electrically charged bursts went straight for our Space Needle turned giant lightning rod. For once, the city had a good ol' down pourin' thunderstorm. Not this b.s. dribbling rain. (Still, no where near a rocking Midwest T-storm.) You could even smell it in the air, a real down and dirty thunder and lightning storm. With some hail throw in for good measure. more ›