Look closely and you can see Cammie's cranberry sauce, plus the barbequed turkey, home-made stuffing, a roll, beans, garlic mashed potatoes, yams. USC and Arizona State played on TV in the kitchen. The kids ate fast, then played Wii in the basement.
You used to rate cities' cost of living by the Cheeseburger Index, the price of an average cheeseburger. And Seattle used to score well, though we doubt it does these days. So now comes the Guinness Index, thoughtfully compiled by The Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB11956
In Starbucked, a Portlander chronicles the rise of the coffee chain we hate to love.
Next, they'll pry a hydro from your cold, dead fingers. Meantime, where can you find a roller coaster in this town?
It's an annual rite in Seattle: 'Tis the season to piss on a holiday. One year it was King County discouraging employees from using the phrase "Merry Christmas" because it was not religiously neutral. Last year it was Port of Seattle Scrooges removing Christmas trees [http://seattletimes.nwsource.co
