Long spoken of and rarely acted upon, the renovation and remodeling of The Seattle Center was again on the docket for Monday's City Council meeting. Center officials presented a number of new design ideas for the redevelopment of the Center. Central to these are the demolishing of Memorial Stadium and The Fun Forest. Proposed uses for the space include a new outdoor amphitheatre to replace Memorial Stadium, a brand new Center House, and plans to turn the asphalt of the Fun Forest into green space. more ›

National dining correspondent Kyle Anderson has the scoop on a great place to stuff yourself this afternoon more ›

While Seattlest Jack was at Crystal, we made a run for the northern border, with promises of a huge dump of snow up at Whistler. We were buzzing as we drove up the Sea-to-Sky from Vancouver, as there was snow on the ground starting in North Van. It was the most snow we've ever seen in that area, the entire drive up from Squamish was a powdered-sugar-covered winter wonderland. more ›

To make your own political campaign lawn sign. more ›

Last night, Seattlest checked out the quiz at Murphy's Irish Pub in Wallingford. This evening, we were playing with a full team of 5 members. more ›

Seattlest first heard about the predilection David Lynch has for meditation shortly after 9/11, when he suggested that winning a war against suicidal religious fundamentalists would require us to think happy thoughts and do some breathing excercises. This didnt exactly inspire the requisite confidence to secure a nomination for Secretary of Defense from the neo-cons, but then again, that's not really saying anything. more ›

Seattlest remains pretty much out of the loop when it comes to the snowboarding due to the fact that we havent even seen any snow since February... of 2004!... so we were a little surprised to read the following rant from friend and former Lib-Tech employee "S!R ONE" reacting to the recent news stories about the departure of the snowboard-related program activities manufacturing concern (insipid "humor" links provided by Seattlest): more ›

As Seattlest trudged to work today we saw two items of note discarded on the sidewalk. The first was a baby's pacifier. The second was the grown up version of a baby's pacifier: a bag of pot. Don't people usually have those little strings to tether pacifiers to babies so that they don't get dropped? Maybe potheads need those as well. You can clip your stash right to your sleeve and in a pinch you've got a roach clip. more ›

Seattlest’s favorite Capitol Hill bar the Bad JuJu Lounge will soon leave its current location on 11th Ave and fold in to its sister venue Neumo’s as Marcus Charles, owner of both establishments, makes the probably prudent move of consolidating his no-doubt expensive empire (props to trusty bar keep Jeff for filling us in on the details). The Bad JuJu’s scary, Klingon-weapon-looking metal sculptures, once perilously placed above the heads of patrons, are already, as of last Friday, gone from their pillars, and Seattlest’s team of investigative reporters has so far failed to confirm the fate of the resident boa constrictor permanently on display in the aquarium behind the bar. more ›

As previously alluded to, Seattlest is unabashed in our love for television. We tend to gravitate toward the good stuff, but we are by no means too highbrow to watch reality TV. Case(s) in point: the gloriously addictive trainwrecks known as Surreal Life 5 and Being Bobby Brown. For us, the viewing of such apocalypse-heralding fare is merely a spectator sport; that is to say, we've got no aspirations to be the castmember who actively works to alienate everyone in the house. While Seattlest is certainly not sociopathic enough to vie for a spot on a reality show, we cannot assume the same is true of our readership. For that reason, we feel the need to announce that America's Next Top Model will be holding auditions in Seattle next week. more ›

While Seattlest is familiar with the work of Bay Area cartoonists Eric Drooker and Keith Knight, we have to admit to a less than intimate familiarity with Flashbacks and Premonitions author Jon Longhi, an alleged "urban humorist." This California threesome will stage the Seattle leg of their "Ink, Sweat & Tears" cartoon concert and book tour this Saturday at 7pm in Capitol Hill at Confounded Books, with local cartoonist and Stranger regular Ellen Forney making a special appearance. more ›

Seattlest Revolution marches ever onward, growing in strength and numbers. Today's new recruit is Kate of Accidental Hedonist fame who'll be issuing orders to our taste buds from here out. Actually, we've hypnotised her into the belief that posting on Seattlest isn't beneath her, so here's hoping she takes a while to come to. While Seattlest plans to serve up enough Kate to keep your belly round, there's always seconds at her site so make sure you check it out as well. Welcome to Seattlest, Kate! more ›

If you’ve been downtown lately and walked by the Taboo Adult Video on First Ave., you’ve probably noticed that it looks a little different, and well, kinda fancy. And if you were to go inside--y’know, just to ask directions to the nearest Tully’s, certainly not to browse their mammoth DVD collection--you’d see that the store has undergone a complete remodel. 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 ›