As far as we are concerned, L.A. can have our crappy, rain soaked weather. Instead of drowning your lawn you might consider drowning your liver. Some of the side-effects for this weekend include hangovers, muscle soreness, and oh yeah, supporting the victims in Haiti. more ›

And don't forget the late show at Grand Illusion this weekend is 80s grossout classic Street Trash, which is about bums drinking cheap liquor that causes them to melt. It is not necessarily better than it sounds - but then again, that's not really the point of the late show, now is it? more ›

8:00 p.m. // The Moore // Tickets: $$30.50 - $35.50 more ›

Japanese immigrants have been growing yuzu trees in California for over a century, but until recently the fruit wasn't widely cultivated for commercial sale. Now that's changing with an increasing amount of farmers starting to raise yuzu to fulfill the demands from chefs. One such farmer is Robert McClendon. McClendon, a longtime pharmacist turned botanist, runs one of the Phoenix metro area's only USDA-certified organic produce farms. He has created a niche market by custom-growing exotic crops for some of the Southwest's top restaurants. When James Beard award winner Nobuo Fukuda came to him inquiring about yuzu he hadn't even heard of it. But after researching the fruit, he planted an orchard of 30 trees. more ›

Hernandez arrived this morning for a physical before inking a final deal with the Mariners that will net him $78 million over the next five years. The extension makes Hernandez, whose stellar 19-5 season found him in second place in the voting for last year's Cy Young award, the highest paid pitcher in Mariners history. more ›

The NFT app offers some basic features to find content based on your location for restaurants, nightlife, shopping, etc. You can drill down by category or neighborhood, but only search on the category level. The neighborhood descriptions are pretty accurate, although a little pretentious at times ("White City = You Dirty Rat" & "Lower Queen Anne = Living in their white bread world"). Beyond that, it just doesn't DO very much. Most of the listings just provide the basic address, category, google map direction link, and occasionally an editor's note. It's possible the information provided might be useful when you're traveling, but then you'd have to shell out the expense for every version, vs. yelp's free app that covers everywhere. Silly, really. You're better off keeping your $4.99. more ›

Walking through the door, we are transported to a different time and place. Perhaps circa-1960's, with a hot, humid climate somewhere like the Carolina's. We walk up to the counter and are greeted by Barbara, the most friendly, outgoing counter person we have seen in a long time. She points out the menu to us, an old Pepsi menu board with the white block lettering like you'd find at a drive-in diner or bowling alley. She informs us that they only take cash, luckily we came prepared. We placed our order, a chopped beef sandwich for my wife and a plate of ribs for myself, with a Peach Cobbler dessert to share. more ›

Aside from the meat ball, pork blood, pork intestine, and quail egg you might see floating on the surface, know that below is some organic fermented tofu, a.k.a. "stinky tofu." You'll know something's brewing, as the smell will hit you as soon as the fiery pot hits the table. more ›

TRUE ORBIT: Chilled to a level of realness unfortunately too often glossed over. It’s the real B-Boy style, enunciated rhymes and steady but pressing beats with a pleasant scratch and straight hip-hip talk unconcerned with that which most are blinded by today. Two things, music and life positively, the only two things that truly matter. This is good time hip-hop, all flow sans unnecessary spit. Easy to touch and be touched by. Not ground breaking but ground holding, still perfecting the stable roots of a tree that grew so quickly. Orbitron with Continental Soldiers, Red Cloud, and DJ Young Native. more ›

"CHILE IS SHAPED LIKE THE IBERIAN PENINSULA" by TOM DARBY from the Seattlest Flickr pool. more ›

The legislature has shot down a bill that would have legalized and regulated marijuana for people over 21 in Washington State. In the throes their anti-reefer madness, they also sent up in smoke another bill that would have taken the less drastic step of decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the drug throughout the state. Legalized marijuana advocates throughout the state were really upset for about thirty seconds, then remembered a really great YouTube clip they saw a while ago and got kinda hungry. more ›