Posted Thu, Feb 16, 8:26 p.m.

I enjoyed Hugo's piece about Ballard's Royal Mile of restaurants. I must, however, insist that the Smoke Shop not be lumped in with other miscellaneous eateries. I would argue that the Smoke is the only joint where the hang-over and its remedy can be found in the same place; it ...

Posted Fri, Jan 6, 9:53 p.m.

'First, kill all the lawyers' ( Shakespeare, I think ). SPD, simply enforce the laws - laws written to encourage civil behavior. Start with the easy stuff: pedestrian regulations - who has not witnessed the utter disregard for crossing signals in the 3d & Pine area? Riff-raff own this neighborhood; ...

Posted Tue, Dec 13, 8:52 p.m.

To JPutnam: you appear to refer to the Municipal Code of Seattle when stating that cyclists 'have the same rights as pedestrians.' You omit that the Code actually reads that cyclists have the same rights AND RESPONSIBILITIES as pedestrians while in a crosswalk; in other words, if signalled to stop, ...

Posted Wed, Nov 16, 7:05 p.m.

Animalal, you are a wet blanket over every thread you participate in. Your remarks above ignore entirely the story told in the article. Have you ever been to the Market? Get a life.

Posted Fri, Jul 8, 10:41 p.m.

Quite a few, eh? Let's all rejoice that we can choose between sweat-shop and prison labor for our shoes. We are a nation clad and shod in adequate and mediocre vestments. I am astonished that so many accept the WTO status quo without challenging its world view: China is a ...

Posted Thu, Nov 4, 9:31 p.m.

Hugo, if I may address you so familiarly: your article has touched a chord in my memory. I remember well the Dog House and the numerous late-night restaurants of thirty years ago, most of which catered to the industrial, hourly workers in south Seattle: Denny's, Sambo's( before Denny's), Kettell's, the ...

Posted Mon, Aug 16, 7:05 p.m.

'Would Mayor McGinn be part of such a consensus?' Our mayor's chief cultural initiative has been to advance the interests of the 'night club' set - in other words, the bar-room culture. How absurd to drag his name into an otherwise well-argued piece. I would expect his fawning admirers at ...

Posted Wed, Jul 7, 8:42 p.m.

To all who have contributed thoughtful remarks- indulge me this question, one that has been nagging at me for some: does the County, as the operator of Metro transit, pay a share of the costs to Seattle ( and other municipalities within the county ) to repair the extensive damage ...

Posted Tue, Jun 22, 10:29 p.m.

Is there anyone else out there who is tired of hearing about 'vibrant' nightlife? Or bars and taverns described as 'nightclubs'? Alcohol plus loud music can only cause trouble - this is nothing new. Mayor, grow up. And to all who cherish 'vibrancy,' please honor free-lance travel writers by not ...

Posted Thu, Apr 15, 9:40 p.m.

Why have the business schools escaped their share of responsibity for the massive fraud - and it is FRAUD - behind these exquisite financial 'instruments' that have ruined the lives of millions? I know personally a number of very bright students who were drawn to the promise of big pay ...

Posted Mon, Apr 5, 7:27 p.m.

Mr. Price: Well put. I am willing to subscribe to the new KING FM provided that the Board and Program Director acknowledge that the 'top-forty' programming has in fact driven me and many others to look elsewhere for classical music radio. I have been listening to KING for forty years, ...

Posted Mon, Mar 22, 7:30 p.m.

Superb idea, superb piece, Mr. Berger. I listened with interest to the broadcast on Friday, and was put in mind of an unofficial, though common ( at least when I was young ) name for the alley between Second and Third Avenues: Indian Alley. Unlike other north-south alleys in the ...

Posted Wed, Mar 10, 8:45 p.m.

'Seattle Observer,' if that is your real name ( you mean you don't wear your name openly like your side-arm?): here is my response to jack-asses like you - these four officers were armed - get it? Where are they now? More handguns! Let frontier justice be done, whatever the ...

Posted Wed, Jan 6, 8:26 p.m.

Frank's Serv-u on Aurora ( I think there was another Frank's on Greenwood ); the small super on Roosevelt near 125th street - don't remember the name - the time being the early '60s. I haven't read here any mention of the wonderful smell of those old markets: as a ...

Posted Tue, Jan 5, 10:27 p.m.

Bravo, Mr. Miller. Boorishness needs to be pilloried wherever it is found, and it is to be found everwhere in our time, irrespective of class. I confess some trepidation, however, at your thunderbolt # 5: left lanes rarely 'suddenly end;' boors - and they are numerous - always find the ...

Posted Tue, Dec 15, 10:48 p.m.

Feliks Banel: thank you for raising the question as to whether KING FM has asked its listeners their opinions about the station's programming. I have listened to this station for forty years, and have both complaints and suggestions regarding the operation. I believe that the station's current straits are only ...

Posted Sat, Dec 5, 10:59 a.m.

Interesting and well-reasoned arguments on both sides of the argument for new legal penalties. For my part -speaking as both cyclist and motorist in downtown Seattle - I don't see how criminalizing the action of the driver in the West Seattle collision will do anything to prevent future incidents. What ...

Posted Mon, Sep 21, 10:55 a.m.

This review has put me in mind of the tavern scene on First Avenue in the early seventies. My friends and I had just graduated from high school, and were more than eager to be initiated into the mysteries of under-class night-life. From Pioneer Square to Denny Way one could ...

Posted Tue, Jun 16, 9:14 p.m.

Stop, please! Enough: I have thrown off my blue tarp, and will weigh in. I have lived in Seattle since 1960 and have seen a good deal more than most of the contributors to this conversation;suffice it to say that there is no longer a 'native' Seattle complex of responses ...

Posted Wed, Jun 3, 10:45 p.m.

Waterfront and view neighborhoods - Magnolia? I can almost see to the east my 17-year old car that broke down tonight; it is parked right by the 'Welcome to Magnolia' sign on Dravus. My view is of City Ice and BNSF and the school buses. Thanks, though, for the boost: ...