A true sense of humor needs to balance all the elements of life, including the serious bits, with all their degrees of gradation. The UW's production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile succeeds at the lighter end of the scale. more ›

..Comes the proposed 300-foot-tall Paul Allen statue. The coffee pullers and community activists at Kapow! Coffee have begun a (satirical) petition to erect a 300-foot statue of Paul Allen, destroyer of the Cascade neighborhood and creator of South Lake Union, in the middle of a local park. Jeremiah of Kapow!, who we've always appreciated as much for his wit as his divine espresso, ribs, "We have to show the proper respect for all the wonderful things he's done for the neighborhood." We support the Kapow! petition and believe they should include an addendum to just rename the neighborhood "Allentown." more ›