March 16, 2010

SeattlePI.com has a great article today about the changing nature of journalism, especially the explosion of hyperlocal news websites such as ours. In the old days of print journalism, people got all their basic news from their local newspaper and maybe a national paper such as The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times.

March 16, 2010

No half-price wine for you tonight at Cafe Piccolo. A sign outside the Maple Leaf restaurant, located at 9400 Roosevelt Way N.E., said it will be closed tonight but will reopen Wednesday for regular business hours, which are 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. And don’t worry, they have half-price wines by the

March 15, 2010

Don’t feel left out because you didn’t get a ballot in the mail for Tuesday’s King Conservation District election. This election returns to the roots of voting, and actually requires voters to turn out at the polls to cast their ballot for a supervisor for the district, a three-year term. All registered King County voters –

March 15, 2010

The deal of the day on the Living Social coupon Web site is for a $20 gift certificate for Thornton Place’s Jewel Box Cafe — at the bargain price of $10. It’s not free food, but half price isn’t bad. Fine print: You have to use your coupon by Sept. 15, and there’s a one

March 14, 2010

This long skinny map is what Google’s new Bike Directions produces when asked the best way to bike commute from Maple Leaf to downtown Seattle. The bike-route mapping service, rolled out last week, was developed right here in town at Google’s Fremont office alongside the Burke-Gilman trail, according to our news partners at The Seattle