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If you are not getting your fill of opportunities to share your thoughts about the neighborhood here on CHS, looks like The Stranger is about to give you more. Scott over at CDN noticed some curious traffic to his site that led him here -- yousaidit.com -- site says it's about to debut soon on "The Stranger" (whatever that means) What is it? Domain is registered to this guy, Charles Borwick, a tech start-up and marketing guy here in Seattle. Linked In says former Jobster-ite Marty Unger is the brains part of the fun. According to their privacy policy, HQ is right here on Capitol Hill over on 14th Ave E. So, we're guessing Slog on human growth hormone emphasizing the community element (loose term!) currently found in the comments of Dan Savage's penny groundlings. Should be good times and hopefully more interesting than Seattle PI Webtowns. Could bring CHS to its knees (we'll never sell, Savage). Remember when media outlets used to write stuff and you read it? Switched that around on you, didn't we!
The Stranger's annual charity auction is the adult version of the old Sears or Montgomery Ward holiday catalogs stuffed with plastic toys we didn't need but dearly wanted -- greed porn! Strangercrombie 2007 is no different but now that we're adults and can afford to buy our own crap, we have to think of others. We're adults, remember.
Here are some neighborhood items in this year's Strangercrombie to consider for your favorite CHS neighbor:
 Seattle's best blog ever in all of history -- The Slog -- is still improving in the blog department. This week the Slog geeks added the ability to view the Slog's posts by category. This is a good start. If the Slog geeks were really smart, they'd do what we did (see above!) and make the categories part of the Slog navigation so even non-geeks start using them. Thanks to the new update to Blogger, we've been able to categorize all of our CHS posts. Making links to our most-posted categories readily available to you has had a big impact on what you do when you visit the site. Here's a nerd chart of the effect:  Basically, CHS readers now look at about 15% more pages on each visit. Not a huge change. But we didn't have to do anything but add a few links (automagically!) to the top of every post. Slog, it's ok if you copy. Of the items in our new category nav, here are the five most-popular categories so far in order of views: If you are a super geek, you can also add any of our categories... 
 Congratulations to the squirrels -- our Capitol Hilll Seattle Tourney 2006 champions. The nut-burying varmints outpaced the Slog by a slim 28 votes -- 563 to 535. To the victors, we present a championship trophy and a 10 lb bag of unshelled walnuts (city varmint feeding prohibitions be damned). To the runners-up, we have a 5 lb bag of unshelled walnuts with your name on it. Below, you can see the final vote tally as well as the entire tourney bracket. The impressive squirrels had to overcome raccoons, two streets and the Slog to get to the top. We hope you enjoyed following along. Congratulations to the squirrels -- our Capitol Hilll Seattle Tourney 2006 champions. The nut-burying varmints outpaced the Slog by a slim 28 votes -- 563 to 535. To the victors, we present a championship trophy and a 10 lb bag of unshelled walnuts (city varmint feeding prohibitions be damned). To the runners-up, we have a 5 lb bag of unshelled walnuts with your name on it. Below, you can see the final vote tally as well as the entire tourney...
There has been considerable drama in this last day of voting in Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney 2006. Don't let the candidates' last minute strategies sway your heart. Until there is an officially authorized concession,* all announcements warrant your full skepticism. Be wary. If the Slog is actually throwing the race, how do you explain this dual-city strategy? Are Wm. Steven Humphrey and the people of Portland unwitting pawns in a sinister plot?
Also, don't forget to suggest an appropriate championship prize -- maybe something for the runner-up too! --j/k * Officially authorized concession must be announced at a public bus stop or drinking establishment. An announcement in e-mail must be delivered to the CHS administrative office at least 35 minutes before the announcement takes place. In certain justified cases, CHS can receive the announcement within a shorter period. It is possible to announce the gathering up to 6 months before it takes place. An announcement in writing must be submitted either via e-mail or...
Voting in the CHS Tourney 2006 is (mercifully) nearing its final day. We'll close the poll Friday at 5p Seattle time. The vermin are clawing back into the race -- squirrels have gained two points in the last 24 hours. At this rate, we could be looking at a dramatic rodent vs. alternative media photo finish.
Also, suggest a prize for the winner here. --j/k
OK. You know the situation. You know the players. You know what to do. Poll ends Friday the 29th. May the best Capitol Hill icon win.
Good luck and happy 2007! --j/k
Greetings from Alaska, home state of Kaladi Brothers and noonish December sunrises. It's not that much different than Seattle up here except the Kaladis are staffed by tribes of hippie alterna-girls and its even more cold and bleak. Happy holidays! Like most of your favorite sites, we're going to be a little quiet over the next couple days but wanted to check in with a quick note or two.
The semifinals rage on toward their Saturday night conclusion. It's all Slog and squirrels so far thanks to nonstop campaign stumping by Dan Savage. Does Savage know what kind of carnage he is setting his staff up for? Those squirrels mean business. Meanwhile, we have noticed that Victrola is slowly crawling above the 30% mark -- can it get its coffee-ground stained self back in the race?
Don't forget to vote -- several times! Yes, observant reader, you are correct -- this dpolls thing lets you vote again every day. Some might call this unfair. We call it bad code. But we also call it a serendipitous improvement on the democratic process. Why shouldn't we be allowed to vote again and again if we so choose? Tomorrow is a new day. Celebrate your consistency by voting every day for the same damn thing. Or embrace your inconsistency and change your vote with the wind. It's that easy. Love, j/k  To celebrate the spirit of the holiday season and mark our upcoming 1-year anniversary, we've pitted neighborhood icons head-to-head in a no-holds-barred death match to determine 2006's king of Capitol Hill.(We also figured it would be an easy way to come up with something fun to write about during the holiday craziness.) Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney 2006 now enters its penultimate third round. We're shifting the rules for these semifinals, 1) running the round's matches simultaneously and 2) extending the voting period to four days. These polls close Saturday night. We'll start the championship battle on Christmas eve day and let that brawl drag on until Friday the 29th. Mark your calendars, gather up the children and make sure to vote!  The first semifinal match-up will put CapHill hipsters into quite a conundrum -- 15th Ave's more caffeinated than thou Victrola vs. the wiseasses from the Stranger's Slog. You can see each combatant's path to the semifinals above. Semifinal match 2 might look (even more) warped if...
With the Slog vs. ShopRite match coming to a premature close due to technical issues, we've decided to start the next match a day early. Unlike the Slog's annihilation of ShopRite, we expect this battle to be much closer and attract quite a bit less outside interest. That means the results are in your hands -- a true Capitol Hill Seattle expert.
A-Super Clean emerged from our dry cleaner vs. dry cleaner fight and has geography on its side. It's the one right next to Victrola if you get the two 15th Ave dry cleaners confused. In the other corner, we have the E. John/E. Thomas tag team that soundly defeated E. Aloha St. in first-round action. Winner goes on to the semi-finals. Voting ends Sunday night to get us back on schedule. Follow all the CHS Tourney 2006 action here. Fight! --j/k
Victrola easily put down a relatively weak challenge from the Volunteer Park Conservatory in the start of Round 2 action in Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney 2006. Now it's time to pick the uber-coffeehouse's semi-final competitor.
Enter The Slog and the "everything store" -- 15th Ave's ShopRite. The Slog used its massive audience of bored cubicle surfers to bludgeon poor widdle us and a kitten in Round 1. Meanwhile, ShopRite destroyed corporate City People's-replacer Walgreens. For the next two days, it's a legendary faceoff of two thing we can't really explain but can't really live without. Ladies and gentlemen, Slog vs. ShopRite. Poll closes Friday night. --j/k
So far in Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney 2006 we've had blogs fighting blogs, varmint battles, dry cleaner vs. dry cleaner and more.
Now Round 2 is when things get really weird. Victrola knocked off Fuel Coffee by one measly vote. The 15th Ave coffee dealer now goes up against the Volunteer Park Conservatory which also barely squeezed by its competition -- the Arboretum's Japanese Garden. It's a battle of buzz vs. potting soil for advancement to Round 3. Voting in Round 2 is a 2-day affair so voting closes Wednesday night. Victor in this battle will go up against the winner from the Slog vs. ShopRite match scheduled to start on Thursday. --j/k
We don't really want to talk about what happened yesterday. We're hurt. And little gismo is hurt. But the Capitol Hill Seattle Tourney 2006 continues. For those of you just tuning in, here's the deal. We're pitting 16 of our neighborhood's icons and businesses head to head in a battle for ultimate supremacy. Each battle in Round 1 consists of a one-day vote where you, the loyal readers, throw your support behind the most beloved Capitol Hill entity. At the end of the day, the results are tallied and the victor advances to the next round. You can track all the action and see results of previous matches here on the CHS Tourney 2006 Bracket post. No, to the next contest.
This match-up has been waiting to happen for years. Two business within .1 mile of each other offering the exact same service -- from different sides of the same street. This may be the hardest fought battle yet; perhaps coming down to exogenous factors like geographic location. Alterations Plus makes its home near the wine shop on 15th while A-Super...
We are sorry to announce that the match we were planning to bring you in today's CHS Tourney 2006 bout has fallen through. In the battle of Large, Dramatically Lit, Religious Structures, Holy Names has pulled up lame due to scaffolding issues leaving St. Joe's without a competitor.
 So we've scrambled to come up with a replacement contest. It's short notice so we'll be entering the ring ourselves. We're willing to take a few scrapes to entertain you. In the other corner looms our age-old, gargantuan rival. Yes, ladies and gentlemen -- The Slog. It's hardly a fair fight. The Slog is powered by a legion of alternative journalist types and we're just a widdle blog. But lest you think this will be a slaughter of Shoprite vs. Walgreens proportions, note that we will be entering battle with a key tag-team partner at our side: this adorable kitten. Bring it on you Slog-washed masses. Vote for the Capitol Hill champ. We've got little Gismo on our side! Update: This poll is mercifully over. You can check out our other Capitol...   Click to the left to see the battle participants and scheduled dates for each round. We're not messing around here. This is serious. Please, no wagering. We'll update this post throughout the tournament. Stay tuned.Tourney votes Round 3 Semifinals 12/20 Victrola vs. Slog 12/20 E. John/E. Thomas vs. squirrels ROUND 2 12/12 Victrola vs. Conservatory 12/14 Slog vs. ShopRite 12/16 A-Super Clean vs. John/Thomas 12/18 Squirrels vs. Hopvine + Canterbury ROUND 1 12/4 Latte battle 12/5 Garden spots 12/6 Shoprite vs. Walgreens 12/7 Slog vs. CHS blog+ kitty tag team 12/8 Dry cleaner vs. dry cleaner 12/9 Street battle 12/10 Critters vs. varmints 12/11 Boozing vs. lounging 
 Here are the most read posts from last month. By the way, we crashed through the 20,000 visit mark for 2006. Thanks to the 11,000 or so of you who have stopped by so far this year.
 The people -- all 119 of them -- have spoken. The poll for The most irritating Slog commenter... ever is now closed. There can be only one. Congratulations Gomez! You'll need to find another site to pester, fnarf. You just didn't have what it takes to irritate here. Surprisingly strong showing for seattle98104. We knew you were that irritating. We just didn't know that everybody else knew it too.Possible drivers for the Gomez victory:
--j
Today's Metroblogging Seattle interview with Slog-comment-potato Gomez has us thinking -- which Slog commenter is most irritating?
(There are 6 options -- use the kinda lame arrow to scroll through before you vote!) We actually like fnarf but he posts so much we had to throw him in the list. Bring the flames, suckas! --j
The holiday shopping season is upon us. We've already received our first Amazoned Xmas gift -- packed in a lot of cardboard and plastic peanuts. As Black Friday approaches and online buying replaces trips to the mall, don't forget that the peanuts can be recycled at a few businesses around town. You can use the King County recycling site to find stores to drop off your peanuts near where you live. Best solution for Capitol Hill residents is the UPS store over on Broadway or the good ol Mail Boxes Etc. #402 downtown.
You should definitely call before cruising over there with your crate of styrofoam action. I'm not sure the County has any good plans should the good people of UPS decide they no longer take the peanuts but maybe the Slog can come up with some more public art suggestions involving the white, puffy waste. UPS Store 410 Broadway E, Seattle, WA 98102 Phone: (206) 860-0818 Mail Boxes Etc. # 0402 800 FIFTH AVE, STE 101 SEATTLE, WA 98104-3102 - USA Phone: (206)382-9177 --j
It looks like Metroblogging is slacking on the "In other blogs:" duty -- no IOB posts in a week. We like IOB because they often point at the best part of the Internets -- real words from real people. Except when they point at Slog or Seattlest because, well, we already read that stuff. We'll step in today -- but not going to sign up for the duty long term. You can do it yourself at Technorati or Icerocket.
If you are in the giving mood, here are some nonprofits with a direct connection to Capitol Hill. Each is on our list for small donations. If you have favorites, please consider adding a comment.
For those of you visiting the site (and not reading via RSS or in e-mail or however you get these words), you'll note we've (hopefully!) cleaned up the page and added some fun with our new background image layout. We're hoping to update this from time to time as seasons change, etc. The pic you see today is of the red, red leaves on the sidewalk in front of our house. We love them.
You'll also note that we turned off Google's text advertising. It wasn't worth the pixel space so it's been cut even though it was a kick in the pants to watch for funny contextual pairings of GOOG's ad technology and our words. Instead, we've added a link to contact us if you are interested in a sponsorship on CHS. Since this isn't a revenue driven endeavour (ego? yes! something to do? sure. revenue? nope) we're pretty open to whatever so hit us up. Finally, we've updated our sidebar list of the best Seattle blogs including a recategorization, an addition or two and, sadly, a cut or two. Here's the new list:
Stranger writer Annie Wagner points to her review of 19th Ave's latest drama, The Museum Play, and lists a few nearby treats over on the Slog.
Before we get to the play, Annie reviews the 50/50 bar deliciousness that is the Good Orange at Fuel Coffee. We're big fans too. Though a vegetarian, she also notes that the lamb burger at Vios looks yum. Social meat, Annie -- try it! While she says it is worth seeing, Annie is less than sanguine about Washington Ensemble Theatre's latest show: As it is, the play is more of a curiosity, a chance to hear some lovely, witty dialogue and one indulgent, simile-ridden soliloquy. Still, that's good enough for us. We're so hapy to have WET in the neighborhood, curiosity alone will bring us in the door. The Museum Play shows through Sept. 25, Th-M nights at 8:00. WET's Web site has ticket info and more. If Vios or Fuel can't fill your tummy, Monsoon or The Kingfish Cafe are nearby chow alternatives. Here's more about the play from other sites: Seattlest: ...this play may be the perfect...
Probably our last Slog+stealing posts post ever. I hope. Anyway. Our little act of thievery and the Slog's ongoing pretend rip-offs are nothing compared to this.
Slog's Journal is shoveling every slogged word over to it's spammy fake blog. This kind of rip-off is uncool so, in the long run, we hope Slog's Journal gets nailed. But, in the meantime, it does produce a nifty counterpoint to the fun Dan Savage and crew have been having with the topic. Enjoy! --j |
