Friday, February 17

Brendan Kiley rekindled the smoldering smoking-ban debate when he posted a partial list of the 188 businesses who have received warnings from the health department. Also see the currently sordid
smoking-ban thread in our forums (1,103 posts and counting). And Annie Wagner wrote about a rumored free taxi service—turns out the Free Ride Cab Company does exist in the form of an altruistic soul named Jacob, though when Christopher Frizzelle attempted to line up a ride, he didn’t return the call.

Saturday, February 18

Christopher Frizzelle pointed readers toward some background on last week’s feature on Chihuly, and Chihuly’s defenders rushed in with spears pointed at writer Jen Graves.

Sunday, February 19

Anthony Hecht (The Stranger’s information systems manager, who has his own lefty blog) spotted Project Runway’s Andrae (“Where’s Andrae?”) Gonzalo in Lower Queen Anne.

Monday, February 20

Gillian Anderson recommended the Sikh exhibit currently on view at Wing Luke (and she tells me you’re supposed to pronounce it “sick,” not “seek”). Erica C Barnett posted a data-packed regional transportation update. And Eli Sanders asked what question readers would pose to Howard Dean if given the chance. Few replied, probably because most were stumped by his cryptic headline.

Tuesday, February 21

Josh Feit was slammed for posting a photo he thought was an appropriate comment on Seattle. And Dan Savage (who isn’t letting his current Canadian snowboarding adventure keep him from Slogging) wondered whether Seattle has a Danish consulate that one could stage a solidarity protest in front of.

Wednesday, February 22

Sean Nelson sent us the glorious Marimba Ponies, Brendan Kiley excavated the etymology of “twee,” Charles Mudede brought up those Muhammad cartoons again and readers resumed the free-speech vs. Islamophobia match, and Eli Sanders called the UAE-run-ports controversy the new cartoon controversy and pointed out that at the heart of both debates is the sticky relationship between individual nations and globalization.

The latter half of Wednesday was nicely illustrated with photos of idiots, holy snack foods, and rockstars.

Thursday, February 23

Thursday was also lovingly illustrated: Peter Steinbrueck dancing, confrontational sculpture, and one Bob Miller looking amused about assassination. Also, Tom Francis reminded readers that people are seldom at their best in airports.

Friday, February 24

Cienna Madrid recounted a disturbing moment from the Swallow Harder opening party at the Frye and then directed attention to lapdances for Jesus. It’s early still, and I have a feeling Dave Schmader is about to check in from Florida (“America’s Wang,” as he likes to call it). Stick around.