It's rainy which means it's fall, which means there's an election coming, which means that Seattle is all bound up in a transportation quagmire, which means it's time to devote millions of words to the problem and then eventually do nothing. more ›

We had a little haus-warming party Friday to celebrate our new East Ballard digs. We've been enjoying our new neighborhood, meeting new human and feline neighbors during our walks, discovering its little nooks, and enjoying all of the old pickup trucks that seem to be one of its characteristics. We hope to start boring you with our fabricated embellished observations soon. At some point during our proceedings on Friday, local historian and awesome guy, Walt Crowley boarded a train bound beyond the mortal limits of the city of Seattle. more ›

Monte Cristo: Baker's Restaurant and Sweet Parlor. more ›

--After one city council member's aide was killed by a car while crossing the street, and another's stepson was seriously hurt in a similar accident, you'd better believe the council's ready to take the most decisive action they can. That's right--city charter be damned--they're going to "approve a resolution creating a pedestrian master plan and a city-appointed advisory group to develop it." Ugh. more ›

We couldn't help but notice that maitre d' Mikel Kanter from Vancouver's Elixir bistro is telling tourists an awfully familiar story:

He also offered that the term "Skid Row" was coined just outside the window for the logging skids that led to the water in earlier times. Skid Row, of course, became a term for the down and out, and there's nothing down and out about Vancouver these days.

his grand plan to fix local government and buy as much stuff as possible using his supporters' money; however, he is not behind the latest effort to get tax reform on the ballot. more ›