The sun may be shining this morning, but over the past few days autumn showed us her 2013 game face with a vengeance. Even if you didn’t get caught in the northern downpour while at a game or carrying groceries like I did, you probably heard about the tornado — ahem, funnel cloud — that careered through Pierce County the other day. (Don’t worry, damages were minor.)

But wherever you were this weekend (let’s be honest: you were planted in front of the Breaking Bad finale), here are some of the things the rest of Seattle was up to this weekend:

People still gathering to picket the firing of former Subway employee.

Picketing at local Seattle Subway chains is still going loud and strong. People are saying that the firing of Carlos Hernandez for giving away a $0.66 cookie to a child was less than a fireable offense, and that they believe believe Hernandez’s firing had to do with his leadership in this summer’s fast food strikes. Four local Subways were effectively emptied as a result of the picketing, all of them under the umbrella of Zeer, Inc., the Subway chain that fired Hernandez. Here’s hoping something gets accomplished one way or the other.

Emergency preparedness kit assembled on Saturday.

Are any of us ready for an emergency? On Saturday, the AllState Foundation hosted an emergency kit building event at the Armory for the majority of Seattle that isn’t prepared for the worst. The first 400 attendees were given items necessary for any disaster, including batteries, sanitizing swabs, hand-crank radios/flashlights, and many other things you’d need to get by for 72 hours. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has a complete list of supplies and food to stock up on if you don’t know where to begin.

One of Seattle’s best cocktail havens closes.

The game-changing bar Vessel closed its doors on 7th Avenue on Saturday after just a year at the location. Vessel moved from its 5th Avenue spot (since 2006) to the shiny new digs next to Pacific Place and BlueAcre in August 2012, but just recently had to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it just wasn’t the “volume” they were anticipating. Vessel is part of the reason why Seattle drinks the way she does (Esquire named it one of the best bars in America), and we can only hope for a reopening for the stalwart that devoted craft and care to every cocktail, and changed Seattle’s drinking scene for the better. See you soon, Vessel.

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