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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. editor@thestranger.com (The Stranger Editor) webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Now Open 24 Hours: Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/09/now-open-24-hours-lost-lake-cafe-and-lounge http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/09/now-open-24-hours-lost-lake-cafe-and-lounge Bethany Jean Clement <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/lost_lake_cafe_lounge_coming_soon/Location?oid=16078086"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5c0e/1368062483-21092_502528769796901_1798416957_n.jpg" alt="21092_502528769796901_1798416957_n.jpg" title="" width="500" height="375" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">lostlakecafe.com</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Capitol Hill finally has a place to eat that is open all day and all night. After <strong>Basic Plumbing</strong>—the windowless, louche gay bathhouse on 10th and Pike—closed its clammy doors, David Meinert (5 Point/Big Mario's) and Jason Lajeunesse (Neumo's/Moe Bar/etc.) turned the space into 24-hour diner <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/lost_lake_cafe_lounge_coming_soon/Location?oid=16078086">Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge</a> (with an accidental, but hopefully cleansing, fire occurring during the process). They promise "the stiffest drinks on the Hill" (stiffest-er than the Crescent*?! Lord help us) and "no pretentious deconstructed anything, just real food for real people at great prices." The atmosphere is retro-<em>Twin-Peaks</em>-y, and we hear that the tuna melt is good, and <strong>there is pie</strong>.</p> <p>*UPDATE: Or stiffest-er than C.C. Attle's, as commenter kittenalarm rightfully asks!?</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/09/now-open-24-hours-lost-lake-cafe-and-lounge#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16713058&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Booze Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/09/now-open-24-hours-lost-lake-cafe-and-lounge?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16713058&id=comments 19 Now Open 24 Hours: Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge lostlakecafe.com Thu, 09 May 2013 06:27:46 -0700 The Stranger Whatever You Do, Don't Lock Up Your Bicycle at Pine and 11th http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/06/whatever-you-do-dont-lock-up-your-bicycle-at-pine-and-11th http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/06/whatever-you-do-dont-lock-up-your-bicycle-at-pine-and-11th Christopher Frizzelle <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f356/1367866111-bikerack1photo.jpg" alt="Dont lock up here." title="Dont lock up here." width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Don't lock up here.</li></ul></div></p> <p><strong>Consumer alert: bike rack edition.</strong> Until a few weeks ago, the corner of Pine and 11th had a bike store on it, and so there's this feeling in the air that this corner might be a good place to lock up a bike, kind of a muscle-memory thing, since this corner used to be so friendly to bikes, used to be the place where you could go to fill up your tires with an automatic pump instead of having to pump the pump yourself, and buy bike lights, and flirt with Velo employees. But now that <a href="http://velobikeshop.com/">Velo has moved downtown</a> and the former entryway to the bike store has become a face-picking station for junkies, this rack has become the <strong>worst place to lock up your bike in America.</strong> If you leave it just for a few daylight hours, you're probably okay, but if you leave it overnight? Now that there are no eyes on the street anymore? Expect it to be dismembered beyond recognition.</p> <p>I left mine there overnight inadvertently recently—<em>The Stranger</em>'s office is about 100 inches away—and returned to find it <strong>missing a bike seat</strong>. Not even a nice bike seat, just some crummy squishy one of very little value. Why the hell would someone even want it? I noticed its absence when I went to get on my bike the next day to get to a meeting I was late for, and didn't have a spare half hour to wheel it up to <a href="http://2020cycle.com/">20/20 Cycle</a>, so I left it for another night, because I am a blooming idiot, and the next day the back tire was gone too. The rear of the frame resting on the sidewalk, the chain in a sad-sack pile. So <em>then</em> I took it to 20/20 Cycle, and an employee said he's heard from other people that their bikes are getting stripped at this exact corner.</p> <p>On the other side of where Velo used to be, there's another bike rack, and walking to work recently I came across this poor sucker:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/40fe/1367867219-bikerack2photo.jpg" alt="Sucks." title="Sucks." width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">Sucks.</li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/06/whatever-you-do-dont-lock-up-your-bicycle-at-pine-and-11th#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16686355&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Bikes Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/05/06/whatever-you-do-dont-lock-up-your-bicycle-at-pine-and-11th?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16686355&id=comments 41 Whatever You Do, Don't Lock Up Your Bicycle at Pine and 11th Don't lock up here. Mon, 06 May 2013 12:14:19 -0700 The Stranger There's a New Old Park in the Neighborhood http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/19/theres-a-new-old-park-in-the-neighborhood http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/19/theres-a-new-old-park-in-the-neighborhood Unpaid Intern <p><i>Posted by intern Madeline Reddington</i>.</p> <p>The Bullitt Foundation is warming up for its opening on Earth Day (Monday), and the renovations to triangular McGilvra Place (created in 1901) were finished this afternoon.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/5a34/1366412998-img_0628_copy.jpg" alt="The new McGilvra Place." title="The newly transformed McGilvra Park." width="500" height="375" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Madeline Reddington</li><li class="imageCaption">The newly transformed McGilvra Park.</li></ul></div></p> <p>While the grass is totally gone, it looks like it may turn out to be a nice spot for a lunch or coffee on some of the tree-stump furniture that's been added. That is, if the constant flow of traffic down Madison Street doesn't bother you. </p> <p>Another picture after the jump.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/501a/1366413235-img_0630.jpg" alt="The stairs weave nicely into the ground cover." title="The stairs weave nicely into the ground cover." width="500" height="667" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Madeline Reddington</li><li class="imageCaption">The stairs weave nicely into the ground cover.</li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/19/theres-a-new-old-park-in-the-neighborhood#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16538328&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Architecture http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/19/theres-a-new-old-park-in-the-neighborhood?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16538328&id=comments 14 There's a New Old Park in the Neighborhood The newly transformed McGilvra Park. Madeline Reddington Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:35:00 -0700 The Stranger From the Mailbag... http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/02/from-the-mailbag http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/02/from-the-mailbag Brendan Kiley <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f558/1364927550-blankuse.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f558/1364927550-blankuse.jpg" alt="BLANKUSE.jpg" title="" width="500" height="692" /></a></div></p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1da5/1364927596-blankclose.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/1da5/1364927596-blankclose.jpg" alt="BLANKCLOSE.jpg" title="" width="400" height="261" /></a></div></p> <p>That's why other newsrooms call ours "the brain trust."</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/02/from-the-mailbag#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16398940&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/04/02/from-the-mailbag?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16398940&id=comments 2 From the Mailbag Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:34:08 -0700 The Stranger Man on the Street: Meet a Paid Signature-Gatherer http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/28/man-on-the-street-meet-a-paid-signature-gatherer http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/28/man-on-the-street-meet-a-paid-signature-gatherer Anna Minard <p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="width:232px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/ba83/1364494630-alex.png" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/ba83/1364494630-alex.png" alt="Meet Alex." title="Meet Alex." width="220" height="273" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">ANNA MINARD</li><li class="imageCaption">Meet Alex.</li></ul></div>Walking to lunch yesterday I met Alex, left, who was gathering signatures for a <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/30/campaign-for-district-elections-will-finally-begin-circulating-petitions">city charter amendment</a> I've been following. After politely telling him I already knew about the campaign, thanks, and walking past, I backed up. I watched him talk to a couple people. I've worked as a street canvasser before, but never a signature-gatherer. I wanted to know more.</p> <p>We chatted for a minute about his job, which is migratory. "I've worked all over the country," he told me—here in Washington, where he's from, and California and Maryland. He gets a call from an intermediary when a campaign has work, and he shuttles off to wherever he's needed. "You kind of live out of motels," he says. He'll be here for about two or three weeks, he thinks, gathering all the signatures necessary—the campaign needs more than 30,000. I asked him how much he's making. "A dollar per signature." Is that normal? That depends, says Alex. Some campaigns pay $2 or $3 a signature. Do you make a decent amount of money? It's okay, he says. He's made as much as $1,600 a week at times. But it's easier if you know the area, he said, and he's not from Seattle, so he had to find out the hard way that downtown is mostly tourists, not local voters, and up here on the Hill, everyone's wary of canvassers asking for money. Also, he said, it's a bummer that it's spring break right now: No students.</p> <p>"You're not paid by the hour, so you have to make enough to live on," he says. His friend and coworker walked over and said he'd be working all day and into the night. I said thanks, and we parted ways.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/28/man-on-the-street-meet-a-paid-signature-gatherer#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16355798&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/28/man-on-the-street-meet-a-paid-signature-gatherer?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16355798&id=comments 16 Man on the Street: Meet a Paid Signature-Gatherer Meet Alex. ANNA MINARD Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:32:21 -0700 The Stranger Little Women? http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/11/little-women http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/11/little-women Dominic Holden <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/a7ca/1363010006-lady_bikes.jpg" alt="lady_bikes.jpg" title="" width="500" height="330" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/11/little-women#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16217608&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/03/11/little-women?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16217608&id=comments 3 Little Women? Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:00:51 -0700 The Stranger Look at This Dog http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/13/look-at-this-dog http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/13/look-at-this-dog Dominic Holden <p>Isn't it neat?</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/53c5/1360782869-look_at_this_dog.jpg" alt="look_at_this_dog.jpg" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/13/look-at-this-dog#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16001596&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/13/look-at-this-dog?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=16001596&id=comments 16 Look at This Dog Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:17:47 -0800 The Stranger Capitol Hill Needs a Salad Bar http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/capitol-hill-needs-a-salad-bar http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/capitol-hill-needs-a-salad-bar Megan Seling <p>Here's a free <strong>million dollar idea</strong>: Someone needs to grab up one of the available store fronts near Broadway and put in a lunch spot with a salad bar that doesn't look like it's infested with E.Coli.</p> <p>Who's with me? <strong>Why doesn't Capitol Hill have a salad bar!?</strong> Vegetables are delicious!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/capitol-hill-needs-a-salad-bar#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15960856&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/capitol-hill-needs-a-salad-bar?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15960856&id=comments 43 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:28:08 -0800 The Stranger If You Were Wondering Whether the $10 Chocolate Bars at Stumptown, Which Were Hand-Crafted by Brooklyn "Artisans" to Openly Mock My Poverty, Are Worth the Price... http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/if-you-were-wondering-whether-the-10-chocolate-bars-at-stumptown-which-were-hand-crafted-by-brooklyn-artisans-to-openly-mock-my-poverty-a http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/if-you-were-wondering-whether-the-10-chocolate-bars-at-stumptown-which-were-hand-crafted-by-brooklyn-artisans-to-openly-mock-my-poverty-a Cienna Madrid <p>...The answer is <strong>no</strong>. No they are not.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7c03/1359070569-screen_shot_2013-01-24_at_3.35.05_pm.png" alt="Screen_shot_2013-01-24_at_3.35.05_PM.png" title="" width="400" height="327" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">The Stranger</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/if-you-were-wondering-whether-the-10-chocolate-bars-at-stumptown-which-were-hand-crafted-by-brooklyn-artisans-to-openly-mock-my-poverty-a#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15831823&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/if-you-were-wondering-whether-the-10-chocolate-bars-at-stumptown-which-were-hand-crafted-by-brooklyn-artisans-to-openly-mock-my-poverty-a?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15831823&id=comments 25 If You Were Wondering Whether the $10 Chocolate Bars at Stumptown, Which Were Hand-Crafted by Brooklyn "Artisans" to Openly Mock My Poverty, Are Worth the Price... The Stranger Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:37:28 -0800 The Stranger Horse and Potatoes http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/02/horse-and-potatoes http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/02/horse-and-potatoes Mary Traverse <p>Just got a cryptic text from a friend that said "Horse and potatoes at 11th and Pike." </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7be2/1357157262-horsepotatoes.jpg" alt="Horse and potatoes." title="Horse and potatoes." width="500" height="669" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">mpt</li><li class="imageCaption">Horse and potatoes.</li></ul></div></p> <p>I checked it out and sure enough, there is a <del>carousal</del> carousel horse and a sack of potatoes outside the new <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SamsTavernSeattle">Sam's Tavern</a> which replaces Chino's in that corner spot.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/02/horse-and-potatoes#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15654423&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/02/horse-and-potatoes?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15654423&id=comments 8 Horse and Potatoes Horse and potatoes. mpt Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:08:23 -0800 The Stranger "Here's a Quick Way to Sadness, Hope" http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/11/heres-a-quick-way-to-sadness-hope http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/11/heres-a-quick-way-to-sadness-hope Brendan Kiley <p>I'm currently working on compiling the arts section of our annual regrets issue and was trying to think of a headline. (Last year's was <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/regretting-me-regretting-you/Content?oid=11413400">"Regretting Me, Regretting You: A Year of Neurosis, Debt, and Death."</a>)</p> <p>For a lark, I thought I'd see if the internet had a headline generator—and guess what? <a href="http://www.internetmarketingcourse.com/freeheadlinegenerator/">It does!</a> It promises to "Increase Your Sales Instantly By Finding A Better Headline." I spend way too many hours of my life trying to find a better headline.</p> <p>So I thought I'd take it for a spin. First, I had to tell the machine what I wanted.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f46f/1355276988-generator.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f46f/1355276988-generator.jpg" alt="generator.jpg" title="" width="500" height="292" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">blech</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>Then I pushed the "generate headlines" button, and... the results explain so much about headlines on the internet—especially Google ads—and pop consciousness in general. A few:</p> <p>"7 Secrets To How To sadness, hope And stuff that's interesting to read."</p> <p>"sadness, hope While You Sleep - Our Proven System Will Do The Work!"</p> <p>"To People Who Want To sadness, hope But Can't Get Started."</p> <p>"7 Moral, Ethical, & Perfectly Legal Ways To sadness, hope."</p> <p>and one of my favorites:</p> <p>"The Lazy Man's Way To sadness, hope."</p> <p>Too true. 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E.g., Paul Constant has <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/join-us-for-a-nerdy-slog-happy-hour-at-the-raygun-lounge-on-friday-december-7th ">never played</a> either <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40692/small-world">Small World</a> or that new game everybody is talking about, <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan">Settlers of Catan</a>. So that ignorance of canon needs to be remedied <strong>quickly and discreetly</strong>.</p> <p>And a bonus for tonight: Wizards of the Coast is loaning us Tabletop Games Developer Chris Dupuis, to demo the rerelease of <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1339/dungeon">"Dungeon!"</a>—a quick-playing game for 1 to 8 players that's the <a href="http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/05/02/wizards-of-the-coast-original-dungeon-game/">much-improved evolutionary offspring</a> of a 1975 classic. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/79c8/1354910143-dungeon__2.jpg" alt="Dungeon! comes with rules for playing by yourself. As if it were insinuating something." title="" width="500" height="250" /></div></p> <p>Also, FYI, we're sharing the space tonight with the nice folks at QueerGeek! and their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/504528549568326/">Ladies Gaming Night</a> (think of it as QueerGeek!SlogCon!), so anyone looking for a measure of dudelessness should also find some tables to their liking.</p> <p><em><small>The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.</small></em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/07/nerdy-slog-happy-hour-tonight-at-the-raygun-lounge-5p-to-9p#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15475707&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Housekeeping Games http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/07/nerdy-slog-happy-hour-tonight-at-the-raygun-lounge-5p-to-9p?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15475707&id=comments 16 Nerdy Slog Happy Hour TONIGHT, at the Raygun Lounge, 5p to 9p Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:22:49 -0800 The Stranger The Burping Sinkhole http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/the-burping-sinkhole http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/the-burping-sinkhole Brendan Kiley <p>Have you heard about the <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/monster-sinkhole-sparks-catastrophe-worries/">eight-acre sinkhole in Louisiana?</a> Apparently, it's been <a href="http://www.katc.com/news/giant-louisiana-sinkhole-burps-up-debris/">"burping" up "debris"</a>—including hydrocarbons, which are found in crude oil—and the surrounding swamp has been bubbling and smelling like gas. Local authorities have warned of explosions and evacuated hundreds of residents, who are angry that Governor Jindal, who only lives 50 miles away, <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/sinkhole-residents-demand-gov-bobby-jindal-meeting">hasn't visited.</a></p> <p>Some say the sinkhole could be related to the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/sinkhole-explosive-methane-officially-life-threatening-residents-not-told">BP Deepwater</a> disaster and that "methane-bubble tsunami" people were talking about two years ago. Others blame a collapsed <a href="http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/04/218472.htm">"brine storage cavern"</a> <del>related to closer oil-drilling operations</del>. (It appears this salt cavern was involved with salt mining, though engineered salt caves in the region are also used for <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/strategic-petroleum-reserve1.htm">oil and gas storage.</a>)</p> <p>Either way, this apparent drilling operation across the street from Stranger HQ—at least it sounds like a drilling operation—has us all on edge:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f4c8/1354648686-drillhill.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f4c8/1354648686-drillhill.jpg" alt="drillhill.jpg" title="" width="200" height="267" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">bk</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>If we disappear into a smoking crater in the near future, don't blame the smiting hand of god. Blame the oil industry.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/the-burping-sinkhole#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15444133&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Oil Enviro http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/04/the-burping-sinkhole?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15444133&id=comments 17 The Burping Sinkhole bk Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:34:55 -0800 The Stranger This Is Cassius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/this-is-cassius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/this-is-cassius Dominic Holden <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/aa57/1354141464-cassius.jpg" alt="cassius.jpg" title="" width="500" height="603" /></div></p> <p>Cassius is nearly 2 years old, and he's a boxer, of course.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/this-is-cassius#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15398839&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/this-is-cassius?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15398839&id=comments 29 This is Cassius Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:25:44 -0800 The Stranger This Is Casino http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/23/this-is-casino http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/23/this-is-casino Dominic Holden <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/fe19/1353702942-casino.jpg" alt="casino.jpg" title="" width="500" height="396" /></div></p> <p>Casino is five years old and "<strong>he really hates the rain</strong>," his owner says.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/23/this-is-casino#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15362864&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/23/this-is-casino?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15362864&id=comments 7 This Is Casino Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:36:21 -0800 The Stranger Okay, Slog, You Asked for It http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/16/okay-slog-you-asked-for-it http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/16/okay-slog-you-asked-for-it Dominic Holden <p>I posted a photo yesterday of <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/15/this-is-jelly">Jelly</a>, an 11-week-old mix of corgi and Aussie shepherd. So Slog commenter BallardBoy asked, " Is this going to be a regularly occurring column? 'Doggies of the Hill'? </p> <p>Don't make me do it...</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/167d/1353096653-puppy_times.jpg" alt="puppy_times.jpg" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>This fellow was spotted in Cal Anderson Park.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/16/okay-slog-you-asked-for-it#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15305490&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/16/okay-slog-you-asked-for-it?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15305490&id=comments 28 Okay, Slog, You Asked for It Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:17:12 -0800 The Stranger This Is Jelly http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/15/this-is-jelly http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/15/this-is-jelly Dominic Holden <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/0739/1353016850-jelly.jpg" alt="jelly.jpg" title="" width="500" height="384" /></div></p> <p>Spotted at 11th and Pike: Jelly is a mix of corgi and Australian shepherd, and she's <strong>11 weeks old</strong>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/15/this-is-jelly#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15295318&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/15/this-is-jelly?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15295318&id=comments 23 This Is Jelly Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:13:19 -0800 The Stranger Cake! http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/09/cake http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/09/cake Dan Savage <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7a6c/1352498901-cupcakeroyalerainbowcake.jpg" alt="CupcakeRoyaleRainbowCake.jpg" title="" width="500" height="500" /></div></p> <p>Cupcake Royale has invited me and Terry to cut the cake. Join us at 3 PM for a FREE celebratory slice of equality cake!</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/09/cake#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15238823&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius 2012 LGBTQITSLFA http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/09/cake?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15238823&id=comments 13 Cake! Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:09:17 -0800 The Stranger The Non-Ice-Skating at Cal Anderson Park Is Non-Happening This Year http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/06/the-non-ice-skating-at-cal-anderson-park-is-non-happening-this-year http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/06/the-non-ice-skating-at-cal-anderson-park-is-non-happening-this-year Jen Graves <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7db8/1352236399-me_and_charles.jpeg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/7db8/1352236399-me_and_charles.jpeg" alt="WE TRIED HARD TO HAVE FUN Charles, Bethany, plastic, lube." title="WE TRIED HARD TO HAVE FUN Charles, Bethany, plastic, lube." width="500" height="375" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">WE TRIED HARD TO HAVE FUN Charles, Bethany, plastic, lube.</li></ul></div></p> <p>Last year's <strong>$100,000 "ice rink" made of plastic coated in mysterious lube</strong> will not return to Cal Anderson Park this holiday season, <a href="http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2012/11/05/no-cal-anderson-skate-rink-this-capitol-hill-holiday-season">according to Capitol Hill Seattle blog</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/of-ice-and-men/Content?oid=11075770">We chronicled the debacle of the Holiday Lube Board by trying skating repeatedly on the thing</a>. But it had an unacceptably high bullshit quotient—it was actually referred to as an "ice rink" <em>and</em> cost more than any other actual ice rink in the city—in a neighborhood where it is really best to try to keep the additions-to-bullshit to a minimum, considering we've already got an upscale restaurant called Barrio.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/06/the-non-ice-skating-at-cal-anderson-park-is-non-happening-this-year#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15205258&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/06/the-non-ice-skating-at-cal-anderson-park-is-non-happening-this-year?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15205258&id=comments 21 The Non-Ice-Skating at Cal Anderson Park Is Non-Happening This Year WE TRIED HARD TO HAVE FUN Charles, Bethany, plastic, lube. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:21:10 -0800 The Stranger Log Cabin Republicans Did a Little Postering Around Our Offices Last Night http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/26/log-cabin-republicans-did-a-little-postering-around-our-offices-last-night http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/26/log-cabin-republicans-did-a-little-postering-around-our-offices-last-night Dan Savage <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/a8e0/1351269671-powerbottomsforromney.jpeg" alt="powerbottomsforromney.jpeg" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/26/log-cabin-republicans-did-a-little-postering-around-our-offices-last-night#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15109621&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius 2012 LGBTQITSLFA http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/26/log-cabin-republicans-did-a-little-postering-around-our-offices-last-night?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15109621&id=comments 58 Log Cabin Republicans Did a Little Postering Around Our Offices Last Night Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:41:42 -0700 The Stranger For Capitol Hill People, This Has to Be the Weirdest Story Today http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/16/for-capitol-hill-people-this-has-to-be-the-weirdest-story-today http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/16/for-capitol-hill-people-this-has-to-be-the-weirdest-story-today Jen Graves <p>I'm not sure how to put this, except to say that a very gentle-seeming, very familiar homeless guy around these parts <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218803/Gary-Raub-arrested-Man-arrested-1976-cold-case-murder-thanks-DNA-evidence-collected-cops-phony-chewing-gum-survey.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">has been arrested for allegedly mutilating a woman to death 36 years ago in Maine</a>.</p> <p>And detectives got his DNA by tricking him into taking <strong>a fake "chewing gum survey."</strong></p> <p>I bought <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218803/Gary-Raub-arrested-Man-arrested-1976-cold-case-murder-thanks-DNA-evidence-collected-cops-phony-chewing-gum-survey.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">this guy</a> a sandwich a month ago. He talked about the Vietnam War.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/16/for-capitol-hill-people-this-has-to-be-the-weirdest-story-today#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15029060&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius News http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/16/for-capitol-hill-people-this-has-to-be-the-weirdest-story-today?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=15029060&id=comments 44 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:49:46 -0700 The Stranger The Chef at Smith Departs http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/01/the-chef-at-smith-departs http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/01/the-chef-at-smith-departs Bethany Jean Clement <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:212px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/91cf/1349129419-chowlead-570.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/91cf/1349129419-chowlead-570.jpg" alt="Smith: click to enlarge." title="Smith: click to enlarge." width="200" height="142" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">Kelly O</li><li class="imageCaption">Smith: click to enlarge.</li></ul></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/smith/Location?oid=248677">Smith</a>, the pub/taxidermy haven from Linda Derschang on Capitol Hill's 15th Avenue, had <strong>an unfavorable revolving-door chef situation</strong> for quite a while after it opened in 2007. </p> <p>Then, finally, <strong>Eliot Guthrie</strong> started cooking there, and <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/at-last-actually-really-good/Content?oid=1392539">at last, it was good</a>. Then he left (anyone know where he is now?). </p> <p>Then <strong>Chris Howell </strong>took over, and he'd been a lead line cook with the Tom Douglas empire for a number of years, and it was good again. Now Howell is returning to T-Doug—he's going to <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/brave_horse_tavern/Location?oid=6796146">Brave Horse Tavern</a>, lucky for Amazon employees.</p> <p>Yesterday was Howell's last day at Smith, and no one there knew who'd be taking over next. <strong>Sigh.</strong> Derschang has not yet returned an email asking what's up.</p> <p>(Meanwhile, newly open today on 15th: <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the_wandering_goose_coming_soon_/Location?oid=11622926">The Wandering Goose</a>, from Volunteer Park Cafe’s Heather Earnhardt.)</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/01/the-chef-at-smith-departs#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14904399&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Chow Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/01/the-chef-at-smith-departs?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14904399&id=comments 8 The Chef at Smith Departs Smith: click to enlarge. Kelly O Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:12:15 -0700 The Stranger Ooba Tooba's Grand Opening (Today!) on Broadway Benefits Lifelong AIDS Alliance http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/ooba-toobas-grand-opening-today-on-broadway-benefits-lifelong-aids-alliance http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/ooba-toobas-grand-opening-today-on-broadway-benefits-lifelong-aids-alliance Bethany Jean Clement <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/74ab/1348612683-home_001.jpg" alt="Ooba Tooba is an alternate spelling of Uba Tuba, which is a beach in Brazil." title="Ooba Tooba is an alternate spelling of Uba Tuba, which is a beach in Brazil." width="250" height="168" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">oobatooba.com</li><li class="imageCaption">"Ooba Tooba" is an alternate spelling of Uba Tuba, which is a beach in Brazil.</li></ul></div></p> <p><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/ooba_tooba/Location?oid=14471343">Ooba Tooba</a>'s been on the Eastside for more than a decade—it's a local/family-owned mini-chain, and its fifth outlet is grand-opening at 209 Broadway near John (where 17 different Thai restaurants have been) today. While it's a "Mexican Grill" and <strong>makes five fresh salsas daily</strong>, it's also a little all over the place (or as they say, "eclectic")—from the "all American burrito" of just meat and potatoes, to the vegetarian Bollywood burrito with "grilled green beans and a sweet ancho crema." It sounds weird and possibly good, and if you're going to try it, today's the day—all day long, from now until 6 p.m., they're donating <strong>50 percent (FIFTY PERCENT!) of sales to Lifelong AIDS Alliance</strong>. Which is very cool.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/ooba-toobas-grand-opening-today-on-broadway-benefits-lifelong-aids-alliance#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14831942&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/26/ooba-toobas-grand-opening-today-on-broadway-benefits-lifelong-aids-alliance?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14831942&id=comments 1 Ooba Tooba's Grand Opening (Today!) on Broadway Benefits Lifelong AIDS Alliance "Ooba Tooba" is an alternate spelling of Uba Tuba, which is a beach in Brazil. oobatooba.com Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:45:47 -0700 The Stranger Grrrl Army Strikes Again http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/20/grrrl-army-strikes-again http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/20/grrrl-army-strikes-again Dominic Holden <p>Wherever there's rubble, they're there on the double... this time for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4273oOYy7s">The Case of the Abandoned Store</a>:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/9167/1348159610-capitol_hill_market.jpg" alt="capitol_hill_market.jpg" title="" width="500" height="395" /><ul><li class="imageCredit">Photo courtesy Slog tipper Charles</li><li class="imageCaption"></li></ul></div></p> <p>It's cute. And for what it's worth, this is what I think about <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/queens-of-the-hill/Content?oid=808781&show=comments&sort=desc&display=">past anti-gentrification activism in Capitol Hill</a>.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/20/grrrl-army-strikes-again#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14801166&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/20/grrrl-army-strikes-again?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14801166&id=comments 18 Grrrl Army Strikes Again Photo courtesy Slog tipper Charles Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:53:20 -0700 The Stranger GIRL ARMY!!! Cranks It Up 10 Notches http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/girl-army-cranks-it-up-10-notches http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/girl-army-cranks-it-up-10-notches Anna Minard <p>This is what's across the street today:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/47d4/1346976256-w_3364.jpg" class="zoomable"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/47d4/1346976256-w_3364.jpg" alt="WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Jokes. Fear culture. Dinner ≠ Booty. Disney??? Why is the victim on trial? One No is rape. Because it happens & did to me." title="WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Jokes. Fear culture. Dinner ≠ Booty. Disney??? Why is the victim on trial? One No is rape. Because it happens & did to me." width="500" height="348" /></a><ul><li class="imageCredit">KELLY O</li><li class="imageCaption">WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Jokes. Fear culture. Dinner ≠ Booty. Disney??? Why is the victim on trial? One "No" is rape. Because it happens & did to me.</li></ul></div></p> <p><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/09/06/girl-army-cranks-it-up-10-notches">MORE > > > ></a></p> Two-Block Radius City Visual Art http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/girl-army-cranks-it-up-10-notches?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14678162&id=comments 0 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:32:24 -0700 The Stranger The End of Something http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/the-end-of-something http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/the-end-of-something Charles Mudede <p>The Undre Arms was the closest thing Capitol Hill had to a slum...<br /><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:412px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/f079/1346944713-tempimage-8.jpeg" alt="tempimage-8.jpeg" title="" width="400" height="275" /></div></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/the-end-of-something#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14675263&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/06/the-end-of-something?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14675263&id=comments 12 The End of Something Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:17:15 -0700 The Stranger The Former Basic Plumbing Shall Become a 24-Hour Diner and Bar http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/05/the-former-basic-plumbing-shall-become-a-24-hour-diner-and-bar http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/05/the-former-basic-plumbing-shall-become-a-24-hour-diner-and-bar Bethany Jean Clement <p><div class="blogImageRight" style="width:262px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/d940/1346787925-photo.jpg" alt="If these walls could talk, would they ruin your appetite for pancakes?" title="If these walls could talk, would they ruin your appetite for pancakes?" width="250" height="187" /><ul><li class="imageCredit"></li><li class="imageCaption">If these walls could talk, would they ruin your appetite for pancakes?</li></ul></div></p> <p>The space that once contained Basic Plumbing—the "previously windowless, <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/09/want-to-see-the-inside-of-basic-plumbing">perpetually terrifying gay bathhouse</a> on 10th and Pike" near the Comet and Elliott Bay Book Co.—is going to be a 24-hour diner and lounge along the lines of <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/5_point_cafe/Location?oid=24313">the 5 Point</a>. That's right, people—a place to eat on Capitol Hill that's <strong>open all day and all night</strong>! Why didn't any of the other 107 restaurants that have opened here in the last 17 minutes think of that?</p> <p>This yet-unnamed 24-hour spot will be brought to you by David Meinert (5 Point/Big Mario's) and Jason Lajuenesse (Neumo's/Moe Bar/etc.). They are promising <strong>"the stiffest drinks on the Hill"</strong> (stiffest-er than <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/crescent-lounge/Location?oid=25182">the Crescent</a>?! Lord help us) and "No pretentious <del>pre-</del>deconstructed anything, just real food for real people at great prices."</p> <p>The opening of the unnamed diner/lounge (any hilarious ideas?) is set (nebulously) for spring 2013. There's also <strong>a Basic Plumbing–related joke</strong> here somewhere, but you all can take care of that.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/05/the-former-basic-plumbing-shall-become-a-24-hour-diner-and-bar#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14655836&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Booze Chow http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/05/the-former-basic-plumbing-shall-become-a-24-hour-diner-and-bar?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14655836&id=comments 13 The Former Basic Plumbing Shall Become a 24-Hour Diner and Bar If these walls could talk, would they ruin your appetite for pancakes? Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:30:28 -0700 The Stranger How Much of Their Advertisers' Money Is Poster Giant Going to Spend? http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/how-much-of-their-advertisers-money-is-poster-giant-going-to-waste http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/how-much-of-their-advertisers-money-is-poster-giant-going-to-waste Dominic Holden <p>That's my question. </p> <p>We've been watching the war between activist group Grrl Army and Poster Giant—the promotions company that uses public spaces as its own, private advertising venues—for <a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/30/seattle-grrrl-army-is-back">over a week now.</a> This wall outside our office is ground zero and the stakes have escalated, with the rivaling sides covering each others' posters with more elaborate works with increasing frequency. In the latest salvo, even before 9:00 a.m., a man was out there this morning using a <strong>shovel to dismantle Grrl Army's installation of coat hangers</strong> (a statement about illegal abortions and preventing new posters from being put up). </p> <p>Here's <strong>shovel bro</strong>:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/37b7/1346457052-shovel_bro.jpg" alt="shovel_bro.jpg" title="" width="500" height="375" /></div></p> <p>Then Poster Giant slapped up some posters, which were up for—what—an hour? They weren't there long. A woman not affiliated with Grrl Army came by and slathered pink paint across the wall. Here's the result:</p> <p><u><a href="http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2012/08/31/how-much-of-their-advertisers-money-is-poster-giant-going-to-waste">Continue reading »</a></u></p> Two-Block Radius Politics Money http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/how-much-of-their-advertisers-money-is-poster-giant-going-to-waste?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14626444&id=comments 0 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:03:27 -0700 The Stranger My Favorite New Piece of Public Art http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/my-favorite-new-piece-of-public-art http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/my-favorite-new-piece-of-public-art Dan Savage <p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="width:512px;"><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/binary/8ac7/1346432588-bikeshadplay.jpg" alt="bikeshadplay.JPG" title="" width="500" height="373" /></div></p> <p>Pine and 11th, outside the Comet.</p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/my-favorite-new-piece-of-public-art#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14621011&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Visual Art Drunk http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/31/my-favorite-new-piece-of-public-art?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14621011&id=comments 22 My Favorite New Piece of Public Art Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:03:34 -0700 The Stranger Reminder: Impromptu SLOGPAX Nerd Meetup Tonight from 6 to 9pm http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/29/reminder-impromptu-slogpax-nerd-meetup-tonight-from-6-to-9pm http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/29/reminder-impromptu-slogpax-nerd-meetup-tonight-from-6-to-9pm The Stranger Testing Department <p>Thanks for all the good tips, reverse blegs, and PAX wisdom in the comments of <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/28/pax-housekeeping-impromptu-slogpax-nerd-meetup-and-reverse-bleg">yesterday's PAX post</a>—if you're going to PAX, read up there for further edification.</p> <p>Whether or not you're going to PAX, join us for an impromptu SLOGPAX Nerd Meetup <strong>tonight at the <a href="https://plus.google.com/106688119900201433250/about">Stumbling Monk</a>, from 6 to 9 pm</strong>—for board and card games, and (of course) Belgian beer–drinking. And drink up, in thanks to Rob at Stumbling Monk for hosting us in his small space!</p> <p>We'll have special guest stars <strong>Mary Traverse and her deck-slinging <a href="http://tsaryguild.blogspot.com">TSARY</a> Magic gang</strong>, Rob Heinsoo (former lead designer for D&D and creator of the <strong>upcoming, STD-playtested <a href="http://bit.ly/13TrueWays">13th Age</a> RPG</strong>) teaching his also-great <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/112686/epic-spell-wars-of-the-battle-wizards-duel-at-mt"><strong>Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre</strong></a> card game, and Devin Low (former head developer for Magic) showing off a development version of his upcoming <strong>Marvel deck-building game <a href="http://www.gamehead.com/article/1900/legendary-marvel-deck-building-game-upper-deck">Legendary</a></strong>.</p> <p>Man, that sounds like fun. Why don't we do this sort of thing more often?</p> <p>Also, importantly: the <a href="http://www.gammaraygamestore.com/blog/">public preview</a> of Gamma Ray Games' excitedly anticipated <strong>Gamma Lounge on Pine</strong> is also tonight, from 6 to 10—so let's head there after Stumbling Monk, or earlier if things started getting crowded. (Thanks for the tip, Enigma! And thanks to Gamma Ray for being awesome and selling us a long overdue copy of <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/fiasco-an-in-depth-rpg-review/">Fiasco</a>.)</p> <p><em><small>The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.</small></em></p> <p>[ <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/29/reminder-impromptu-slogpax-nerd-meetup-tonight-from-6-to-9pm#comments">Comment on this story</a> ]</p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14602081&id=comments">Subscribe to the comments on this story</a> ]</p> Two-Block Radius Conflict of Interest Games Nerd http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/08/29/reminder-impromptu-slogpax-nerd-meetup-tonight-from-6-to-9pm?show=comments#readerComments http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Rss.xml?oid=14602081&id=comments 0 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:49:59 -0700 The Stranger