I believe you are thinking of Bleu Bistro. HOPE THIS WAS ASAP ENOUGH FOR YOUR BLEUMERGENGY!

Fuck new york, it's helllllla lame. Just come back to Seattle and get some Dick's. Kangaroo court.

You've started me fantasizing now...

A taxi from Belltown will actually only cost you around $32 plus tip. There is a flat rate from the downtown Seattle area to the airport. They only use their meter on return trips.

I live downtown and have found that calling a taxi the morning of is the best way to get to the airport when you need to be there prior to 6 AM.

My advice to you: Mind your own fucking business, don't let drama intrude upon your life, and learn how to communicate effectively in about 1/4 of the space you've used here.

I'm here to affirm with Roscoe that Adam Carolla is a useless waste of oxygen and hair.

Seattle Knife Sharpening Service--a.k.a. Bob Tate--sharpens knives for a lot of local professional chefs. He gets rave reviews online on boards like Chowhound.com. He was trained by a guy named Bob Kramer, who is said to be a master bladesmith. I've always been very happy with Bob Tate's work.

http://www.seattleknifesharpening.com/index.html

Half-Price Books would be a good place to start with your TST rejects.

You also might want to shop your books around to several stores. You often get a better price if you bring in smaller quantities. I have found that if you sell a huge lot the buyers don't always give each book equal consideration and tend to lowball.

You might want to consider making multiple trips spread over a week or two or just going to TST first then Half-Price Books. If you still have remainders maybe try Spin & Crown Books (on Pine St). If you still have books after that circuit your best bet is to just drop them in a book donation box or at the Goodwill.

Consider that cake, pancakes, and waffles are made of the same things. Then consider that pancakes and waffles are covered in butter and sugar, which is what's in frosting. Or consider the frosted muffin or doughnuts, as Jim Gaffigan does here.

So, cake for breakfast once in a while isn't a bad thing. A whole poundcake everyday would be bad.

Eat sensibly the rest of the day and you'll be fine.

Learn how to draw the human figure, and check out Scott Mcclouds book Understanding Comics.

I am so not coming over to your place for cocktails.

You should probably pay the fines and take it as a lesson to pay more attention to what you're doing in the future. By the by, "public parking" does not mean free parking, it just means anyone can park there. Just like public transportation means anyone can take it, but doesn't mean it's free.

Sorry, pal, I'm not seeing anything here that wasn't entirely your fault.

If you like trash, you simply cannot do better than the immortal Jackie Collins (sister of Joan, who also wrote a couple of Hollywood trash novels). Jackie's books are not literature, but they're FANTASTIC FUN. I'm not sure about the cultural pivot points; maybe you can give her credit for anticipating the world of Paris, Britney, and Lindsay. I would start with "Hollywood Wives" and go from there -- I've read every one of them, and they're all great.

Plus you'll get hilarious, disapproving stares from your hipster friends and old ladies on the bus.

Is this it? It looks like what you're describing.

http://www.amazon.com/50-Greatest-Cartoons-Animation-Professionals/dp/1572152710

I've had some great salads at Mexico Cantina y Cocina in Pacific Place. I know Pacific Place is probably not your idea of a great meal destination, but Mexico actually has pretty good food. It was a favorite lunch spot when I worked downtown.

If I were you (which I am not, but you asked) I would get a nice crusty bread from Boulangerie Nantaise...while they are in Belltown, luckily you can find their wares at Madison Market in Capitol Hill!

OR - you can find Columbia City Bakery Bread at the Sunday Cap. Hill Farmer's market...

OR - oh man, would the savory biscuits from North Hill Bakery pair nicely with chili.

Just saying.

Dunno. How long can you be out of work and still keep yourself fed, clothed, and housed?

If your boss is criminally appropriate to the point where you could write a really good "I, Anonymous" or sue, maybe you could make a case for it. (Then sue, on a contingency basis.) But if s/he is just annoying--even punch-the-wall annoying--and you can't afford to be out of work for some months, quitting is verging on a 10. Transfer to a new boss, if the company is big enough. The higher your salary now, the longer it will take you to find an equivalent salary. I've heard you should estimate a month for every $10K you make.

Unless you can afford it, or the boss is sacrificing puppies on your desk while forcing you to fellate him, I'd suggest you force yourself to do the job hunt and wait it out until you have another offer.

Do you eventually want to use the wallpaper on other walls, or are you just decorating the apartment you're in?

If you don't plan to use this paper elsewhere, go ahead and paste it to wallboard or sheetrock and place the piece wherever you want.

If you do want to use the wallpaper as intended at another point in time, you could try using Command adhesive strips and sticking it to your apartment walls that way. They're removable and don't damage the walls, so your wallpaper scraps would be more like posters.

I am by no means a comic-nerd, sadly. But couldn't Martian Manhunter simply reach inside and remove Hulk's heart? Seems a simple solution.

There are grills installed, but the unreserved tables around those grills tend to go quickly. You can reserve some here, but they might be gone already.

If all of the reservable tables are gone, get there early or bring your own. One benefit of bringing your own is that it can also double as a fire pit if all the fire pits are taken!

A few off the top of my head, that you may have already read:

*Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
*Freakonomics by Steven Levitt (& some other guy whose name I can't remember)
*Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman by Richard Feynman

Matt's in the Market is my out-of-towner special. Excellent northwest food, intimate setting and a view of the market. What more could you ask for?!

The ONLY time to bring it up is when you find the absolutley perfect place you can commit to and the lack of a co-signer would be a deal breaker. Even if the SOB POS Landlord (going with the odds) initiates the conversation don't immediately acquiesce. If you have a co-signer ready that could also help you negotiate other stuff. Free cable. WiFi, etc. I'm told it's a renters market out there so play hard ball. The SOB POS Landlord is not your friend. Get what you can.

A good friend of ours did it and her girl is about 6 months younger than our boy. Her experience was sufficient to reinforce my own inclination to never try something like that. At least not without a whole tribe/village that's down with that sort of thing helping out.

It does work, but imperfectly at best. As a parent you will be pissed and shit on (literally in the beginning, figuratively a decade and a half or so later) with some degree of regularity regardless of what you do. My only real criticism of it is somewhat obtuse: ie that it is used by some parents in the "parentl pissing contest" whereby some parents need to have a narrative that illustrates their own brood raising capabilities in the best light with the tacit implication that your abilities are inferior.

The parental pissing contest narrative starts before conception usually with something along the lines of getting the house/job/finances/baby room/whatever else in order before considering having a kid, through the magical moment of procreative sex, into the bliss of a earth mother pregnancy with a courageous home birth (guilty of that one myself) which then segues into a commitment to nursing and eventually a waldorf education. Or something.

I will say this: Diapers friggin' rule. Disposable, reusable, whatevs.

Side annecdote: I work for Seattle's solid waste utility. We looked into funding a grant that would encourage immigrant mothers to use a diaper service. It was a long time ago but our take away from the experience is that not only were the women utterly not interested but were also a bit taken aback. One of the glories of being an American is being able to use disposable diapers. It means you made it and none would even consider anything else, let alone the "elimination method" which translates to them as "too broke to afford diapers".

You are correct. Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. had the firework codpiece.

The Capitol Hill Farmer's Market (Sundays) has a booth that sells all sorts of yummy baked goods--including the most delicious blondies I've ever had. I'm sorry I don't remember their name, but they are the ones that also sell big pretzels and great bread.

Big Star Beers just off of 99 on Northgate (1117 N Northgate) as well as Full Throttle in Georgetown stock it for sure.

I think it has been there for at least a month or two...clearly not as good as questionland.

If you want to live in the city and go to school you can't go wrong with the University of Washington or Seattle University (Jesuit). Other options are Seattle Pacific University (a protestant school), Cornish College of the Arts, and if you are thinking of junior college first you can't go wrong with Seattle Central Community College.

If you are looking for something that is close to Seattle but not in the city you might consider Western Washington University (in Bellingham) or Pacific Luthern University (in Tacoma).

It really all depends on what you want to study and if you want to be in the city or just within an hour or so drive.

Sadly, I've never found a deep dish pizza around here that comes remotely close to the quality of Chicago's best.

I love all the places on your list.

El Quetzal on Beacon Hill is one of my favorite Mexican in the city. I've spent a lot time in Mexico, and prefer the coastal cuisine -- which is to say light on beans and cheese, heavy on fresh and lovely.

Sadly, I don't know of a good taco truck. Shame really.

The counter at How to Cook a Wolf on top of Queen Anne is a great place to dine alone. The staff and other diners are always willing to chat or happy to leave you alone if you just want to focus on your taste buds.

Yep. Stay tuned for meetups, happy hours, deals, etc. organized by us and the opportunity to organize your own (with our help if needed) for you and other Swallowing Seattle users. But no tools allowed.

I think you might need a built in webcam or have access to plug one in, don't you think?

I hear the Sunset has a mean Hungry Man dinner... No, but seriously, The Crocodile and Via Tribunali share a building and they have a late night happy hour special on pizzas that's pretty excellent. Unfortunately, the pizza is in the other room so you can't (to my knowledge) eat and jam at the same time.

The best place to eat and drink and listen to music simulataneously is The Triple Door. There's something about the stadium lounge seating and the spaciousness of the place that makes it seem like a movie set version of a music venue. The food comes from the adjacent Wild Ginger and is delivered to your seats either in the Mainstage or at The Musicquarium. You can't do much better than that.

Venues such as Showbox SODO and The High Dive have quality bar food, The Showbox at the Market has food in The Green Room next door, and all of those have great hot dog carts out on weekend nights.

Hi. I found this page on Adobes site (with many of the links outdated) http://www.adobe.com/products/freehand/productinfo/xtras/

Looks like the 3D Invigorator Xtra is aimed at Illustrator, but at one time many were interchangeable with FreeHand. I may still work, it may not. I'm guessing the latter. If you contact the developer to find out, let us know the outcome, will ya?

http://zaxwerks.com/invigorator_classic/index.shtml

The obvious answer would probably be Skillet or Marination, which are both amazing. But actually, the best meal I had recently from a non-Mexican food truck was a short rib sandwich from Here and There Grill at a recent Mobile Chowdown. The short ribs were tender and flavorful and paired with the right amount of crunch and creaminess from the sandwich condiments. It was also only about $8 with fries included and the line at the event wasn't long enough to make me violent. According to their website (which isn't very thorough), they're based out of Edmonds and they post locations on their twitter (@heretheregrill) and I think they have some regular locations (a quick review of their twitter mentions their "Everett Location."). Their menu seems to rotate, but every time I've had their food, the menu has included the aforementioned short rib sandwich as well as a spicy pork sandwich that wasn't very spicy and a Brie/black forest ham/jam grilled sandwich with apples on it that was kind of weird. Stick with the short rib sandwich or explore their rotating options.

Marination Mobile has tacos but it isn't a taco truck. Skip the spicy pork and curry chicken and just get the kalbi beef tacos. The Aloha Slider with the Kailua pork is also excellent, but the kimchee quesadilla, which contains the same pork, is covered in a somewhat strange pink sauce that doesn't add a lot (although it does sometimes make it soggy).

Skillet's burger is almost always amazing, although sometimes a little dry depending on the condiments available and type of cheese on the sandwich. Just grab a little extra aioli or curried ketchup on the side. When they have their lemongrass beef or pork Banh Mi-style sandwich, get it. They're not always around, but when they are, I'm almost always in line.

It depends on how much you want to spend and what kind of dining experience you want to have. One of my favorite places to take both adventurous and more traditional eaters is Blueacre Seafood downtown. Owned by Kevin and Teressa Davis, Blueacre is the sister to Steelhead Diner. The menu is ever-changing and rather extensive. They have accessible items like crabcakes, pork chops (Carlton Farms, most often), chicken, salmon, and steamed Dungeness crab. For the more adventurous, there is often swordfish, tombo tuna, kasu cod, and many other types of fish. Because Kevin Davis is from the South, preparations include interesting and sometimes unusual pairings and spices. I've never had anything that wasn't delicious and interesting there, but there has also always been the option of getting something less complex and more accessible.

Other good restaurant choices include Salvatore in the Roosevelt area (which has both classic Italian dishes, and richer/spicier/more unfamiliar entrees), Steelhead Diner or Il Bistro (both of which are near Pike Place, which may entertain your parents if they're from out of town), and Palisade (which has a nice view, a Hawaiian influence only if you want it, and quality steak and fish with nonthreatening preparations).

You should talk to Marshall Jett at Veraci Pizza in Ballard. He's messed around with tons of different styles and strategies for building ovens in both commercial and family sizes. In fact, I'm pretty sure that before he was going to actually open a pizza place, he was more interested in building custom outdoor pizza ovens. Even if he doesn't end up helping you by building it, he is a great resource for any questions you might have because he has a background in ceramics and has been building these ovens for over 7 years. He probably won't build you one, but he will probably have some ideas of who can build it for you. I don't know his exact contact info, but you can email info@veracipizza.com and ask specifically for him. He's also around at all the Mobile Chowdowns and stuff. Good luck! And I'd like mushrooms and sausage on mine...

Blanch or steam them, please. Please. If you don't, and you handle them, you will find out what the "stinging" part feels like. The best preparation I had was in a Raviolotti with Crescenza cheese and blanched nettles at Spiazza in Chicago. I've also had several great nettle soups, including one from Nimbus in Bellingham. From what I've found online, there are tons and tons of recipes available. One of the most interesting ones I've seen is via Lorna Yee (Seattle Magazine food writer) on her blog The Cookbook Chronicles. Here's the link: http://www.thecookbookchronicles.com/blog/?p=3611

The parking enforcement officer marks your tire, then comes back after two hours and tickets those tires that are marked. Moving your car resets the two hours. You have a legitimate claim here but, a hard one to prove either way. You should fight it. The city would be hard pressed to prove you were actually there over two hours.

Il Bistro is a great choice. Located somewhat secretly under The Pike Place Market, Il Bistro has happy hour from 5-6:30 every day and a late night happy hour weekdays from 10-12 and weekends 11-1. Their HH menu includes a couple varieties of crostini, several varieties of pasta, Casaer salad, sauteed prawns, seared calimari, and more, all prepared beautifully by the veterans at one of Seattle's most romantic restaurants. The early happy hour also includes wine specials.

If you can handle a little frattiness with your Tex-Mex, Matador has fantastic food specials. They also have two happy hours: 4-6 and 10-1. The food items include braised pork tacos (my favorite), Tex-Mex spring rolls, chorizo quesadillas, etc. and are $4-5 apiece. There aren't any drink specials, but the food more than makes up for it.

Other great happy hours include Elliott's Oyster Happy Hour, which goes from 3-6pm. Oysters start at 50 cents at 3pm and go up 25 cents every half hour.

Everyone who submits a video to HUMP! is promised that their submission won't be screened outside of the festival and that their submissions will be destroyed after it wraps up. So no, there are no DVDs or websites to view submissions.

But you might be able to find some on youtube which were uploaded by the artists themselves. Or on Dan Savage's hard drive.

If there is a way to be passively aggressive, Seattleites will find it.

I don't know that it is a trend, though... Even a sarcastic thumbs-up is pretty aggressive for a typical Seattleite.

You have the legal right to register and vote at any address that you will have been living in for a state-specific amount of time prior to the election. In every state, if you moved into on-or off-campus housing at the start of the fall semester, you will have been living there for long enough to vote.

It is against the law to use the voter roles to determine jury duty.

Yes. Each part of the state has its own unique candidates and measures on the ballot. When you vote at your assigned polling place you will have the opportunity to vote on the candidates and issues that most directly affect you and your neighbors. When you send in your new voter registration form indicate that you are changing your address. You will get a voter registration card in the mail within a month that will tell you where your precinct’s polling place is located. You do not have to “unregister” your previous registration.

Absolutely. Go here for details on getting and submitting an absentee ballot: 

http://www.longdistancevoter.org/absentee_ballots 

Advanced planning is encouraged because in some states the deadline for applying for an absentee ballot is a few weeks prior to Election Day. As long as the absentee ballot itself is postmarked by Election Day it legally has to be counted.

A person may register to vote using any address he or she considers to be his or her legal residence. Residence requires both domicile and a place of abode. A P.O. Box is sufficient as a mailing address, but insufficient to establish residency. College students should list the street address of their dorm and specify the room, floor, or apartment they occupy.

Yes. Even if you are already registered at home, we encourage you to register at school.

You are much more likely to vote. And local election officials cannot treat students differently than they treat any other citizen when it comes to voting. (That’s in the U.S. Constitution, baby!) You cannot vote in two places – like at your parent’s house and at school – but if you consider your dorm or address at school your residence, you should register to vote there.