Seattlest has been obsessed with soups lately (it's not quite cold enough for stew). Today we tucked into Than Bros. chicken pho (small, $4.75). Tuesday it was Von's Three Meat Soup (a hearty, verging-on-stew bowlful, $6.95). It's a lively topic at Seattlest HQ. Yesterday Seattlest Jeremy was crowing about a potato leek he made. Katelyn chimed in with: "My top five soups, in no particular order: minestrone, potato leek, pho, French onion, cheddar broccoli." That......

fall or winter? by M P G Fall or winter? One thing's for certain, summer is long gone. Good thing there are plenty of reminders of sunnier days in the Seattlest Flickr Pool.......

Another beautiful photo from Seattlest Flickr contributor Tim Willis Yesterday's stormy weather left over 35,000 homes in Western Washington without power. Nearly 20,000 of the homes affected were in Seattle and South King County. The National Weather Service warned of gusts of over 55 mph yesterday and, while it's no scientific measure, the windows of our house were rattling and the power flickered more than once last night. Thankfully, it never went out. The Washington......

Riding our bike to work this morning along Elliot Bay, we realized that we are going to make it. The dark, cold winter is finally getting ready to release its grip and, while we are sure to have more cold, wet days ahead, today is a sign of great things to come. Heck, it was warm enough for us to wear shorts while riding and we even took off our gloves and hat at a......

Courtesy of Boing Boing (it's this little blog you should check out sometime), we discovered that Radar Online -- a.k.a. the magazine that refuses to die -- has an interview with Winter, a 34-year-old freelance computer programmer who has made it his life's mission to visit every Starbucks in the world. That's 12,000 and counting. An excerpt: The primary rule is I have to drink at least one four-ounce sample of caffeinated coffee from each......