Hey wow, holy shit it is hot outside and it's only 11am. With this weekend's forecast, people will be freaking everywhere outside. We're planning a mountain bike ride near Roslyn on Saturday, other friends are going camping, and another crew is ski touring around Rainier. But lest you forgot your high school chemistry classes, the effect of heat on frozen substances is to cause them to melt. In this case, very suddenly and there's still ...

tags: high school chemistry, chemistry classes, snow check, long distances, facing the sun, valley floors, hot weather, surface snow, wet snow, snowpack, avalanches, snow cover, nso, crevices, roslyn, holy shit, bike ride, canyons, elevations, stupid people

HUGE AMOUNTS OF CHEESE: The Cheese Festival is upon us! This is one of our top three favorite events of the year (#2: our birthday, #3: Christmas). Several reasons: a city block full of cheese, friendly vendors, wholesale prices on bottles in the wine garden (don't buy the red wine that says "bacon" three times in its description, we made that mistake last year), and (it bears repeating) a city block full of cheese. 10 ...

tags: fremont outdoor cinema, pike place market, cheese festival, science fiction museum, wine garden, new bikes, nsex, high dive, transportation device, info packet, scalpers, market 1, red wine, phinney, urban assault, wholesale prices, sci fi, free beer, posies, n9

We’re glad that someone has almost caught on that fireplaces could be cool hot outdoors, too. Dimplex’s Rockport Outdoor Electric Fireplace is a 26-inch electric fireplace with an LED flame effect. It has an audio MP3 input and concealed speakers. Debuting at the 2008 National Hardware Show, the fireplace is fully weatherproof, comes with a 20 foot cord, and the company claims that its annual cost is less than $10.00, based on 4 hours a ...

tags: electric fireplace, nwe, rockport

photo Karcher GmbH & Co, via KOMO Via Kottke.org, some astounding photos of the Space Needle getting it’s first bath in decades. Further perpetuating local stereotypes, the wash is even chemical-free; so don’t worry about getting soap in your eyes if you’re strolling under the Needle during the clean-up: … the crews aren’t using any soap. That’s because what they spray up ends up going down to the Seattle Center and the EMP. Splotches of grime run ...

tags: karcher gmbh, nphoto, space needle, hippie

After over 45 years as Seattle's most visible man-made icon, the Space Needle is in dire need of a bath. Turns out the Needle has not had a serious cleaning since 1962, when it was introduced to the world as Seattle's symbol, during the World's Fair. The much-needed bath began yesterday, at the hands of a German company which promises a "green clean" of the icon. Karcher has also been tasked with cleaning ...

tags: bird poop, mt rushmore, gorgeous space, brandenburg gate, seattlest, nafter, visible man, space needle, nthe, german company, karcher, 45 years, 6a, monuments, contributor, dire need, pollution, four decades, seattle, berlin

Picture this...It’s 8 o’clock on Thursday morning - mere hours before my last final. I’m emotionally empty after a year-long marathon, praying for relief that is less than 12 hours away. Nick just left for the bus, and I’m cramming the last bit of landlord-tenant law into my head before taking off for school. I glance up, running the ways a license can be revoked through my head, when low and behold it appears that ...

tags: landlord tenant law, gravel strip, nmy, o clock, adequate space, lucky day, time thanks, thursday morning, law school, whole lot, bastard, goodness, nerve, marathon, bitch, motorcycle, subaru