source photo by zoomar [flickr] via our group pool [#].

• One day without Steinbacher, Dan Savage is out of town, and the writers at the Stranger are in a near-melee squabbling over A Streetcar. [slog]
• Keep track of closing Starbuckses, so far none around these parts. [starbucksgossip]
• Girl Trouble didn’t get a spot on the SP20 lineup, but they played Marymoor anyway. [soundonthesound]
• A good reason to think carefully before making fun of a guy on a Segway at a bar. [chs]
• All the TIGoodness from SP20. [threeimaginarygirls]
• In need of a $90 thousand dollar toilet from space? More than slightly used, I’m afraid. [citizenrain]
• I haven’t watched Grey’s Anatomy since Meredith went off the dock and the recaps on this site had more than a near-death experience. Apparently Katherine Heigl also wants off that ship. NY Mag speculates on how they should kill her off. [vulture]

photo by seattle bon vivant [flickr], via our group pool [flickr]

• Business Week profiles [#] Vivace, from its humble sidewalk cart beginnings to perfection-obsessed mini-empire. (via capitol hill seattle [#], who deems them “outside of our normal stomping grounds”.)
• It’s not too late to register for Sunday’s “Chilly Hilly” [bikeseattle]
• The Here & Now edition of Monopoly proves to be prophetic. Although they won’t get the coveted pyramid penthouse view, other people may soon be allowed to live in a condo-ified Smith Tower. [times]
• Can’t wait to see Charlize Theron & co. dressed up as Seattle circa 1999? Some Battle in Seattle stills were posted this week. [movieset]
• Addison might tire of ferry boats and spin-off from Grey’s Anatomy [givememyremote]
• In case you missed it: the ultimate guide to viaduct comment threads [slog]

quick! can you spot grant cogswell in this cgi melee?

Hello, and welcome to Grey’s Anatomy [abc] ripped from the headlines and made much more horrific! After the jump, a recap of part one (of several) about what happens when a Washington State Ferry and a Cargo Ship meet in a “fog bank”.
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photo by Puja Parakh [flickr], via the group pool

• Happy Birthday, Henry [seattleartblog]
• Breaking the editorial we to tell you how they feel about DRM [seattlest]
• Please let this gossip be proven incorrect: rumors have surfaced about dead character Denny “Tin Man” Duquette will be returning from the grave on Grey’s Anatomy. [popwatch]
• Jen Graves, on SuttonBeresCuller, their impersonators, and what it all means about Seattle’s art scene / “art” scene / art “scene” [slog]
• Of the 204 local responses to Capitol Hill Seattle’s mock viaduct advisory vote, 1% said yes(tunnel)–yes(viaduct); 47%, yes–no; 18% no–yes; 33% no–no. For all of the worries about web surveys being biased and non-representational, these numbers look fairly similar to last year’s [mb,mb] professional polls . [chs]
• courtroom drama! Watada trial ends, not with a verdict, but with a mistrial in the wake of misspecified stipulations. [p-i]

Yow! After the jump, here’s the recap for last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy [abc], courtesy of special guest recapper Ellen. Behind the jump, all of the fallout from last week’s proposals, an important lesson about mixing new age and conventional treatments, a Notebook moment for Mother Grey, miraculous leaps through red tape and construction projects, and an eight million dollar sex ed lesson.
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In last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy [abc], officially named after a Belle & Sebastian song, Seattle Grace Hospital gets a visit from a dehydrated runner and an escaped Amish. George deals with his dad’s death, the senior doctors scramble upon hearing rumors of the Chief’s retirement, and Bailey has a dream. All of this in the unsurprisingly delayed recap. After the jump.
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The conclusion of last week’s Grey’s Anatomy [abc] episode, in which our favorite interns {as if we have a choice} from Seattle Grace Hospital deal with the aftermath of the O’Malley surgery, the constant presence of Mr. Katimsky / Grey in the nursery, ongoing silent treatments, near kisses, and important milestones. All of this to the tune of indie songwriters on the soundtrack, after the jump.
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After a lengthy hiatus (the last new episode aired back in 2006), everyone’s favorite interns are back at work. And it’s almost like no time has passed: After the jump, catch up on George’s dad finally getting that cancer surgery, Meredith and Derek actually dating, Addison and Alex flirting, and Izzy’s ongoing struggle with her candy-striper status.
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Another week, another Grey’s Anatomy [abc] recap. After the jump, catch up on the aftermath of Sandra Oh & Chief Wannabe #2’s deception, a brand new set of conjoined twins, and more family drama of the O’Malley (and Grey, too) variety.
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While you were recovering from your Thanksgiving-induced coma, there was an extra long, super explosive, and blood soaked episode of Grey’s Anatomy [abc]. In case you missed it, a recap is waiting for you after the jump.
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