This weekend Seattlest was standing outside of Jules Maes in Georgetown trying to explain to someone which part, exactly, of the Rainier Cold Storage compound across the street was about to be torn down. It's the Stock House which is north of here a bit--it's, uh...no. Ok, it's down there near the...no. Not thirty feet from us and directly across the street there's a sign that says "Stock House." Yep, that's it. more ›

Leavenworth, "Washington's Bavarian Village", is a little burgh situated in the Cascades on the other side of Stevens Pass. It lies just beyond the border between the West Side and the other state of Washington. It was originally a railroad stop and hub for the Great Northern Railway. more ›

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt, who has completely covered her house in mosaic tiles. more ›

Our new workout regimen involves coasting down Pine to downtown, eating lunch, and bicycling back up to the Hill. If it works, we'll call it the 7-Minute Miracle! (Actually, even if it doesn't.) Often we pull up in front of Pacific Place, where there are four or more bike racks -- the kind of convenience we'd never noticed until we got pedals of our own. Today we were headed to the Nordstrom's Grill (the old boys' club in the basement of Nordstrom's, with a top-notch blackened salmon Caesar salad) and we biked the length of Pine in front and came up bike rack-less. So we peeked around the west side. Nuthin'. Honestly, not one? We biked back up to Pacific Place, past the Greenpeace sidewalk guys ("Aw, biker dude! You're savin' the planet, dude! Way to go!") and tied up at a hitching post there. We're still puzzled -- not that Nordstrom's has tons of people piling in on bikes, but that they're not making an effort to gladden their ecotopian customers' hearts with Nordstrom-brand bike racks out front. That's the Nordstrom touch. Maybe they're all on the north side, like moss? Or are bike racks just too pleb? more ›

So much new stuff! Food critic Bethany over at the Slog tipped us off about Cafe Presse opening not far from our office so we sauntered over for a lunchtime look-see. We spotted it easily because of the yellow sign. It's on the west side of 12th Avenue, on the block south of Madison, forming a French triangle (un triangle français) with Licorous and Lark. Maybe they can all field a soccer team against Stellina and La Spiga. more ›

Wallace Falls State Park is a little over an hour northeast of Seattle. The easiest way to get there is to get on 522 towards Monroe. At Monroe take a right on Highway 2, which trundles along through Sultan and Startup till you hit a tiny outcropping of trailer houses called Gold Bar. Take a left just after you get into town and follow the signs. The park is about two miles north of the highway, on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. more ›

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You've heard this: Pizza is like sex: even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. Same with West Side Story. When the music's by Bernstein and the story's by Shakespeare, you could cast Tone Loc and Rhea Perlman in the leads and still have something great. more ›

Later this month, the 5th Avenue Theater opens what they're calling a 50th-anniversary production of West Side Story, recreating the original Jerome Robbins choreography. This isn't a touring show starring some washed-up 70s sitcom star--the 5th Avenue is using local talent. Hoorah! more ›

COMICS: Local cartoonist salon Friends of the Nib, founded by Jim Woodring, will create a work of narrative sequential art right before your eyes. You may purchase a copy of said art at the end of the evening. more ›

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As we reported earlier, construction of the Fremont Bridge continues with the replacement of the west side of the northern approach. The work on this side seems to be going quicker... or maybe it is just that this side is closer to our workplace so we actually see the progress occuring. more ›

No, Josh Brown, we're not talking about you. We'll let other people gush about how you delivered yet another game-saving field goal at the last minute (as they should, though FieldGulls might be taking it a bit too far), but we're ticked. Our TV won't talk to us today, we yelled at it so much last night. more ›

>>>Benaroya Hall, 7:30pm. Seattle Arts and Lectures brings prolific big shot and errant van survivor Stephen King by. Maybe you’ve heard of him? For the Constant Reader, it’s an event not to be missed. He'll talk about Lisey’s Story, his latest novel. Tickets $25 and $35. But, like many things in King’s Dark Tower world, they’ve already moved on. more ›

This almost got past us, but really there is no way to escape the steel jaws of Seattlest's newsreader. The Seattle Times mentioned earlier this week that north-south travel times through downtown have actually improved since the bus tunnel was closed. more ›

Okay so West Seattle isn't exactly the most convenient place for going out on a weeknight, unless, of course, you live in West Seattle. But for those of us acoustic music enthusiasts here in the cool part of town (ouch!), it'll have to do for now. more ›

Geov Parrish in this week's Seattle Weekly has bought the city's line about a new push to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. more ›

While Seahawk fans were cheering on the home team and celebrating a trip to the most Super of Bowls yesterday a nearby tug boat gave up on life and sank. The 101' Island Brave went down in 30' of water near the mouth of the Duwamish on the west side of Harbor Island with 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel and nearly pulled another tug down with it. We're guessing the accident was not a result of marauding Seahawks fans, although if it's painted blue and green with "12"s all over it when they raise it we'll let you know. more ›

Have you noticed that the milkshakes at Dick's haven't been as good lately? Seattlest didn't, but the venerable restaurant's founder, Dick Spady, did. A longtime supplier, Vitamilk, ceased production last month, and the shakes, according to a note distributed to customers, "have lacked their usual creaminess." more ›