The Weekend Wrap Beats the Heat

Our Flickr pool's got grillin' fish in it, thanks to Great_Beyond.

A weekend in the '90s? Unpossible! But the thermometer and Cliff Mass say it's so. Speaking of Cliff, here he is losing his mind at the absence of clouds along the Washington coast. It's a picture, so it happened.

Okay, let's keep this short because we all have better things to do. We can all pat ourselves on our green backs because Seattle made it into the NRDC's list of the top 22 cities who are "beacons on energy innovation." City Light's wind and hydropower initiatives helped, but so did an ambitious weatherization plan.

Maria Cantwell was down at the Port of Tacoma yesterday talking about her FREIGHT Act. Dino Rossi was making spurious claims about medical research. What else? Mars Hill bought a church in the U District (god not included). Microsoft's Xbox is selling like hot pixelcakes, says TechFlash. HorsesAss noticed the Seattle Times' questionable tax-math skills, too.

Meanwhile, we've got hoods in the 'hoods. CHS has the new about the armed hold-up at 14th and Republican last night, as well as two coffee shop break-ins. This is probably why Obama is visiting the East Precinct. Belltown=Founders Day Festival. RVP offers a little counter-commentary on the Belltown public safety push. CD News welcomes Hollow Earth Radio. Southend Seattle welcomes Seward Park bats. On Queen Anne, "affordable" studio apartments are priced at $1,105 per month (for this the developer gets a tax reduction of $400,000).

North of the Cut, the NE 45th Viaduct project is moving along nicely. Wedgwoodians went to the park. My Green Lake welcomed lube wrestling. Ballard schools got some money for energy efficiency measures. Magnolia Voice was celebrating their "best hiking trail." West Seattle Blog went looking for meteors and mourned a seal pup.