Matt's poster won a print design award.

Kristel is solving puzzles right now.

Quoted: Microsoft's annual puzzlepalooza draws largest crowd in its history

City Market is our neighborhood convenience stores that puts out ever-changing hand drawn signs on the sidewalk. This Flickr pool collects those signs.

TeachStreet launched their beta site today. They help you find classes from local teachers (only Seattle for now). Exercise, language, cooking, and all kinds of other learning available. Educate thyself!

Quoted: TeachStreet helps people find local teachers, classes and tutors who help them learn new things. Teachers use TeachStreet to find local students.

Had great brunch today at this tiny neighborhood cafe on Summit & Thomas. The food was tasty (3 choices of omelette but menu changes every week and it came with juice, coffee, croissant, Greek appetizers, and dessert).

The owner was very friendly, and so was the live music: a guitar player who sang some Floyd, Beatles, and Radiohead songs for us (and one of his own).

You should try it. I'll go back for dinner next time.

By the way, they spell it "Thomas St. Bistro" sometimes, and I keep calling it "Thomas Saint Bistro". The Saint, for short.

Audrey faved first. An article about ClayValet in today's Seattle Times tech blog.

Quoted: It's kind of fun and might be useful for complicated product searches that don't work well with automated comparison-shopping services.

A very critical review of the 2007 SIFF.

Quoted: “Hypnotized by luxury and opulence” could go a long way in accounting for why the festival selection was so much worse than in seasons past...

Just "discovered" this little sushi place half a block from my apartment. Great sushi, awesome prices, and I ended up talking to the other two customers for a while. Three of us made the place feel crowded. I might have to become a regular.

Quoted: Sushi Maki Reviews - "One heavy ass bag of sushi to go please. That will pretty much be your order at this teeny tiny sushi bar - they have about 50-60 different rolls for you to choose from all organized neatly by cooked, raw, and spicy. The…

What is it about May? The whole winter went by without a reading that would lure me down to Elliott Bay, and now I'm looking at the list of May events like a kid in a candy store. Michael Chabon, Chuck Palahniuk, Miranda July, Christopher Buckley, Jumpha Lahiri, William Langewiesche, Russell Simmons.

So, who's coming to what?