Gilles has recommended this place for French food. It looks like they'll be having some nice fixed price stuff through July. I should maybe get in there.

Quoted: Rover's Restaurant is internationally recognized as the finest table in the Pacific Northwest region. Rover's offers a relaxed dining experience of the highest culinary caliber. You can expect ever-professional service, and an extensive, carefully selected wine list.

The Seattle Architecture Foundation leads a bunch of great tours around Seattle.

Quoted: Through guided architectural walking tours, youth programs, exhibits, and events, SAF connects people to community design and inspires them to engage in shaping their communities.

Lovely. King County crews mistakenly divert 8 million gallons of sewage into Ravenna Creek and out into Lake Union. Yuck!

King County is asking for this illegal tree house to be removed. The photo show of the treehouse is amazing.

This is an absolute trip. The threespine stickleback fish living in Lake Washington have de-evolved since the lake was cleaned up. Nature is amazing!

Quoted: Lake Washington the largest lake in the Seattle area has long been home to a soft-skinned fish called the threespine

An Atlantic Monthly correspondent visits Seattle using only community-driven web content as his guide.

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The 50 greenest cities in America. Seattle in in the top 10.

Jan and I ate here with Audrey and Matt last night and it was quite nice. While the diner atmosphere throws you off a bit, the upscale food and service were fantastic. The 3 course fixed price meal for $30 was brilliant and I felt fair priced for what you were served. The grilled tuna main course cooked raw was succulent. The appetizer crispy pork shank carnitas was a marvelous taste explosion (and everyone else loved their razor clam chowder). Pricey but close to the market and recommended.

Quoted: steelhead diner: in the heart of the pike place market, seattle, wa

Nickels has proposed giving city workers free bus passes. I think they should get more aggressive and give free bus passes to every city resident. That would be awesome.

Quoted: Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed giving all city employees free bus passes by 2009 to encourage use of transit as a means for reducing air pollution and, with it, global warming.