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Posted by jseattle

The folks at Capitol Hill’s Cafe Lolo are still smiling as they welcome first customers for this week’s “soft opening” of the new “seasonal” day and night cafe.

The cafe is beginning its run in the Loveless Building on E Roy just off northern Broadway with a calm as possible schedule with limited hours. You’ll want to check eatcafelolo.com for updates.

CHS reported here in January on the project from restaurant veterans Leah Engel and Alex Halmi who found love and a life together growing Cafe Lolo at Seattle farmers markets and pop-ups. Brett Bankson rounds out the trio.

Capitol Hill diners may know Halmi from his time as “pastaioli” at 14th Ave’s Cascina Spinasse, Engel and Bankson were previously part of the crew at Roosevelt’s Three Sacks Full.

Cafe Lolo is replacing the chef-driven Cook Weaver after chef and owner Zac Reynolds decided to sell the business after a near-decade on E Roy. Yes, the old Russian Samovar murals are still there.

Cafe Lolo’s transformation to brick and mortar is planned as an extension of its popular run at markets with local grains and regional, seasonally-driven ingredients. There will be counter service for daytime hours when servers will still be attentive to table needs. Nighttime will bring a transition to the more traditional sit-down dining service.

Cafe Lolo is planned to eventually be open for daytime brunch and lunch Thursdays through Sundays with dinner served Friday through Monday nights. Cafe Lolo will serve beers, wines, and ciders.

Engel describes Cafe Lolo in terms of focus calling the new cafe “seasonally dictated.”

The season on Capitol Hill is renewal. March has brought a small rush of new spaces making quiet starts around the Hill. Early this month, Kha-Bar arrived with contemporary Bengali flavors on 12th Ave and BusanJeong introduced Korean Pork Broth Rice to North Broadway. “Refreshed steakhouse” Jeffry’s is now open on the backside of Pike/Pine at 10th and Union. And this week also brought the not-so-quiet opening of the much-anticipated Tacos Cometa on Broadway after a year of nightlife street food experience around the corner next to Cal Anderson Park.

Cafe Lolo is now quietly open at 806 E Roy. Learn more eatcafelolo.com.

 

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Posted by EverOut Staff

Best Day Ever: South Park, Macaron Day, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20
by EverOut Staff

We made it y'all, today's the first day of spring! Emerge from your winter cave for cheap and cheerful events from The Residency Presents: Spring Break to Best Day Ever: South Park and from Macaron Day to U District Night Blossoms. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.

FRIDAY COMEDY

Pun Slam
If your friends consider you the Slim Shady of bad puns, consider Fun Intended’s Pun Slam your “mom’s spaghetti” moment. It’s a slam-style punmaking contest where wordplay warriors step up to the mic to battle it out across three rounds that are judged by a panel of five brave souls prepared to endure the cringe. Ten contestants volunteer, the audience laughs (or winces), and host Forest Ember attempts to keep the whole ridiculous evening rolling. Don’t think you’re corny enough to pop off here? Seats still need butts, so come out to cheer, drink, and appreciate the fine art of linguistic nonsense. LANGSTON THOMAS
(Skylark Cafe & Club, West Seattle, $15-$20)

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Posted by Nathalie Graham

The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Nathalie Graham

Oh Shit: On Thursday night, two landslides spilled onto northbound I-5 south of Bellingham, completely blocking all lanes. No fleeing to Canada this weekend. Another landslide is gumming up state Route 11 in Skagit County. Blame all this sloughing earth on the rain we've been getting.

We’re Cancelling Women: ABC is scrapping a season of The Bachelorette over a video showing star Taylor Frankie Paul (of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives fame/infamy) putting her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in a headlock and attacking him with kicks and multiple stools. A 2023 video released by TMZ shows that one of her kids was hit during the fight. Paul pleaded guilty to aggravated assault over the incident. Paul’s season was slated to premiere this Sunday.

Nathalie's Uncle Is Gutted: My family group chat was all about March Madness today. My uncle Ted chimed in with a Yahoo! News screenshot of The Bachelorette news: "Why are you guys texting about college basketball? All that matters is that the Bachelorette got canceled. :( " The conversation turned back to basketball. Later, Ted texted, "Duke won, nothing exciting about that. It preoccupied me for 10 minutes and now I’m sad again."

They're Cancelling the Trains: Wednesday's Sound Transit board meeting sent Seattle City Hall into a tizzy. The board had announced proposed cuts to light rail projects to dig themselves out of a $35 billion hole, including a plan that would kill all hopes of light rail ever making it to Ballard. “It’s completely unacceptable to cut Ballard from the Sound Transit plan at this time,” King of Ballard Dan Strauss told KUOW. Citywide Councilmember Dionne Foster wasn’t happy about the axing of the infill station at Graham Street in south Seattle. “It's a community where people rely heavily on transit," she told KUOW. Cuts could also kill stations in West Seattle and South Lake Union. Any plan that doesn't see Sound Transit 3 built the way it was promised to voters will be a generational mistake.

The Weather: More rain. Sun tomorrow if you behave.

They’re Cancelling Books. Shy Girl, the forthcoming horror novel that really seemed to have been largely written by AI, is being pulled from publication by one of the largest publishers in the US over allegations that it was probably written by AI. Hachette Book Group pulled it a day after The New York Times showed off its evidence. Mia Ballard, the author (?) claimed in a late night email to the Times she hadn’t used AI, the acquaintance she’d hired to edit her novel had.

Cool, cool, cool: The World Health Organization says it's preparing for a “worst-case scenario” nuclear threat if the US-Israel war against Iran escalates any further, reports The Independent. But the US and Israel don't think Iran will be dropping any bombs any time soon because...

Israel says Iran can no longer enrich uranium. Is it because they keep bombing them?

Washington State Gov. Bob Ferguson says we won’t celebrate César Chavez day. If you haven’t seen the news, Chavez allegedly abused women and girls. Meanwhile, California will rename César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day.

Elizabeth Warren Endorses Guy with Nazi Tattoo: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed Graham Platner’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine. Out of this crowded race of Democrats, Warren had to pick the guy who would still have a skull and crossbones Nazi tattoo if word hasn’t gotten out about the having-a-Nazi-tattoo business. The thing he covered it up with—a Celtic knot with imagery of dogs—is also a little... weird.

Oh—I Don't Think You Can Say Tha— Trump made a Pearl Harbor joke while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Also, this is a real "people in glass houses" situation.

Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM

Bad Officer: A 13-year Washington State Patrol Officer is resigning a year after a drunken car crash that killed a 20-year-old motorcyclist in the Tri-Cities. Officer Sarah Clasen, 36, is accused of driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 percent, or more than twice the legal limit.

The Costco CEO ate a Costco hotdog. You know, for that trend of CEOs eating their shitty food? This does not matter, but is a great opportunity to bring up the time when Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal told the former CEO Craig Jelinek, who wanted to raise the price of the hot dog: "If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out." After taking a bite of the raw on the bun, no toppings hotdog like a sociopath, current CEO Ron Vachris said he’d never change the price.

It’s Going Well: In a memo Friday morning, editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski informed CBS News they would be laying off 6 percent of staff. This is the second round of layoffs since CBS Skydance Media bought the network's parent company, Paramount, last summer.

ICYMI: Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic, which is like the World Cup for baseball. They beat the USA in the final. Poetic! Former Mariner Eugenio Suárez was the game's hero. Suárez had his US citizenship processing cancelled in December "because of the Venezuela thing," he said. He's also spoken about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement is negatively impacting Latino baseball players. Here's his RBI double in the ninth inning:

EUGENIO SUÁREZ RBI DOUBLE

Venezuela retakes the lead in the 9th

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— MLB Daily News (@insidemlbnews.bsky.social) March 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM

Don't you hate when this happens? A French officer on an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East  went for a run on the carrier's deck. He allegedly logged it on the workout app Strava because of the age old saying: "If a man goes for a run and nobody sees the time, distance, and route, does he achieve any gains?" In doing so, he posted a map of his location and a map of the carrier's clandestine location. Oops! He ran 35 minutes though, good for him!

Google Sucks Shit: According to The Verge, Google search is now replacing headlines—those things we painstakingly craft—with inaccurate, AI generated AI slop, often changing the meaning entirely in what the company calls a "small and narrow experiment." It changed a Verge headline from "I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” This is bad. Google search was the internet. It's a fucking verb.

A Song for Your Friday: Do you remember when the Seattle Police Department lip-synced to "Downtown" by Macklemore in 2018? It was part of this internet trend of local police departments challenging each other to lip sync battles. I think about this video at least once a year.

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Posted by jseattle

Seattle Fire initiated a “rope rescue” Thursday morning after a worker was electrocuted on scaffolding outside the fourth floor of a Capitol Hill condo building but were able to safely move the man inside through a unit’s window for treatment above 14th and Pine.

SFD units were quick to the scene from Station 25 only a block away on E Pine as they were called to the reported electrocution just before 11:30 AM Thursday. The worker was reportedly shocked when a tape measure hit a high voltage wire, according to emergency radio updates.

As Seattle Fire units assessed the scene and prepared for a possible rescue to lift the man to safety, the arriving crew reported the worker conscious and able to be moved inside the building through a window.

We do not have an update on his condition but his injuries were not reported to be life-threatening. UPDATE: SFD reports that a 44-year-old man was taken to the hospital in stable condition in the incident.

Work has been underway outside The Braeburn condo building following a 2023 re-cladding project for the entire building’s exterior.

 

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Posted by CHS Staff

(Image: Passable)

A Capitol Hill arts space throwback to the times when the neighborhood had more places for cheap studios and galleries is working to recover from a damaging fire this week.

Passable’s Shelly Farnham tells CHS that the “arts-oriented, collaborative makerspace” suffered thousands of dollars in damage in the early Tuesday morning electrical fire that damaged the auto row-era two-story building at 10th and Union the venue calls home.

Farnham says the growth of Passable has been a reminder of Capitol Hill’s spirited arts communities and the importance of “one of the few building left on the hill with an old school warren of artists studios, several that participate in the Capitol Hill art walk, and very lgbtq-+ friendly of course.”

“When I was watching the fire that night and imagining it spreading throughout the building that’s what I was thinking — I desperately feared hope this stronghold of old school cap hill artists isn’t going to go up in flames,” Farnham said. “As painful as it is, I’m focusing on being grateful it wasn’t worse.”

Seattle Fire Department investigators ruled the cause of the early Tuesday blaze as accidental, “likely caused by an overloaded outlet that ignited nearby combustible materials.”

There were no reported injuries and SFD’s response kept the fire from spreading into the rest of the building’s gallery and studio spaces and the upper story residential areas.

Damage to the building is estimated at $10,000 but Farnham says the costs will be higher, even with insurance.

CHS visited Passable in its 1911-era, 1005 E Union building in 2022.

Passable is raising funds to help cover repair costs. Visit passable.art to learn more.

The 10th and Union fire comes as insurance and permitting work has progressed for repairs needed to restore the former Post Options commercial space on E Pike after a fire badly damaged the suite last July. CHS reported here on the decision by the mail and business services shop’s owners to remain permanently closed following the blaze. There is no word, yet, on what will come next for the E Pike space once repairs are complete.

 

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Have you read Shadow of a Bat?

Shadow of a Bat (12560 words) by PaperPuffin
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Danny Fenton & Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members & Danny Fenton
Characters: Danny Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members, Diana (Wonder Woman), Justice League (DCU)
Additional Tags: M is for violence, Maybe over warning there but, Vivisection, Implied/Referenced Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Minor Character Death, Off screen, GIW, Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Found Family, tbh I'm not sure how horrible the GIW was or how much it's gone into so be warned, TAS Batman is my Batman
Summary:
Captured by the GIW, Phantom was a mere shadow of the thing (no, person, he had to remember he was a person) that he used to be. He thought he would never be freed from the bright, white lab. Then what seemed like a mass of living shadow swept into the lab and Phantom suddenly, for the first time in a very long time, felt safe.
When Batman swept back out of the seemingly empty lab, he was none the wiser about the eldritch Phantom stowed away in his shadow. At least not until things started to seem just slightly off.


But really though, I don't generally write the torture part. My interest lays much more in the healing and who the character is after. That said, one never knows! Graves and SRF both went dark and the world is hardly less on fire. ㄟ(。﹏。)ㄏ

Gasp! I’ve been haiku botted!!

Mar. 19th, 2026 08:13 pm
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the-haiku-bot:

clockwayswrites:

Danny stays quiet. Then, “I don’t know if I can be him anymore.”

“Like… literally or figuratively?”

“I… both, maybe. They… part of me is gone, Bart. They cut it out and—” Danny swallows back something that Bart thinks must be grief. “I’m not who I was.”

“You don’t have to be.”

Danny stays quiet.

Then, “I don’t know if I can

be him anymore.”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Gasp! I’ve been haiku botted!!

For those who need a refresher!

Mar. 19th, 2026 06:30 pm
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clockwayswrites:

Let’s get all the time zones. What should I work on this “weekend” along with SRF and OG snek stuff?

Y'all know the drill! Vote for the fics you want in the replies.

👁🟩🐺👠🎯⛰️🚬🏅💎🐊🎭⁉️

Closed! Mx. Minx with a surprising victory!

For those who need a refresher!

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Posted by jseattle

In response to concerns about the abuse of the data by law enforcement and outside agencies like ICE and saying that camera technology cannot be the only answer to solving the city’s public safety issues, Mayor Katie Wilson is pausing the expansion of the city’s Real Time Crime Center camera system to Capitol Hill and the Central District and suspending the use of Automatic License Plate Readers by the Seattle Police Department.

The mayor announced the pause and “a privacy and data governance audit” of the city’s surveillance technology Thursday afternoon.

Wilson said she will leave the ongoing “pilot” of the Crime Center’s existing system of SPD cameras and traffic camera access operating for the time being. She is also giving the go ahead to the expansion of the camera system to the city’s stadium district in time for this summer’s World Cup.

“This is a decision about more than cameras,” Wilson said in a statement Thursday. “It’s about how we approach public safety, how we build trust, and how we show up for communities across this city. And it’s important that we get it right.”

The move comes despite a flurry of support for the system from Chief Shon Barnes and proponents like Seattle City Council public safety chair Bob Kettle.

CHS reported this week on the case for the cameras and expansion to Capitol Hill, the Central District, and near the city’s stadiums as SPD said its analysis showed police are “three times more likely” to make an arrest in a case when working with the analysts who staff the Real Time Crime Center with access to its network of police and traffic cameras across the city, as well as important databases and resources like the license plate reader technology that can be used to identify suspects and vehicles — and sometimes track them across Seattle.

Pressure has also grown on Wilson over what supporters say were campaign promises to address privacy issues in the planned expansion.

Wilson said Thursday that the cameras already installed in the Crime Center pilot downtown, in the International District and along Aurora would remain active.

“In the event of a surge of immigration enforcement similar to what was seen in Minneapolis, I will turn off all cameras in order to prevent them from being abused by federal authorities,” Wilson said. “While it is already policy that SPD may not share information with ICE absent a court order, I am also directing SPD to immediately inform the Mayor and Council if we learn of any information sharing with ICE of any kind, even if that information is unrelated to the CCTV program.”

Meanwhile, the new stadium district cameras ” will not be connected to the RTCC unless we are aware of a credible threat which warrants such action,” Wilson said Thursday.

The decision puts on hold the activation of cameras in the core of the Pike/Pine neighborhood along E Pike and E Pine between Broadway and 12th Ave with a mapped extension along Nagle Place and Broadway north of the core all the way to Denny/E Barbara Bailey Way and the southern edge of Capitol Hill Station and its Sound Transit security camera installations.

In the Central District, the Harrell administration and District 3 Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth pushed for the camera system to be centered around safety at Garfield High School with boundaries running from a block north of the school along E Cherry all the way to S Jackson. The western edge has been planned to include 20th Ave and the eastern edge would extend along 26th Ave.

The additions were planned to expand the SPD Real Time Crime Center surveillance camera system to include the Capitol Hill nightlife core around E Pike and Cal Anderson Park and a major swath of the Central District from E Cherry to Jackson police officials say is necessary to prevent gun violence.

The Capitol Hill system is estimated to cost around $400,000 to install and $35,000 a year to operate. The Central District installation has a budget of $425,000 and also an estimated $35,000 in “ongoing annual costs.”

Thursday, Wilson said SPD has yet to receive the ordered cameras from technology provider Axon but did not say if the

While not yet operational here, East Precinct officers make regular requests of RTCC analysts for information about suspicious vehicles or suspect photographs from the center’s databases. With the Real Time Crime Center’s current limited footprint, many of those East Precinct requests currently go unfilled.

SPD says the Center is now staffed 19 hours per day, seven days a week, combining “technology with real-time analysis to improve public safety outcomes.”

SPD’s CCTV map shows where the cameras are already in place and where they’re planned to be deployed

It is not clear what immediate impact the cessation of the Automatic License Plate Reader system will have. The system records license plates as SPD vehicles move through the city, flagging plates with issues and collecting information on where plates are in the city. Wilson says the pause will give Seattle time to ensure policies here line up with new state law intended to “limit the potential abuse of this technology.”

In her decision, the mayor said she is asking the community to look at the larger picture.

“There’s no doubt that these cameras make it easier to solve crimes, including serious ones like homicides,” Wilson’s statement reads. “But also: Cameras are not the one key to making our neighborhoods safe.”

“So I know that some people will be upset that I’m not turning off all the cameras immediately, and others will be upset that I’m not charging ahead with turning more on,” Wilson said Thursday. “To those people, I say, let’s work together on the bigger project of making SoDo and the Central District and Capitol Hill safer. And let’s work together on all the ways we can keep immigrants and other vulnerable communities safe. All the ways that aren’t as easy as flipping a switch.”

While officials including Kettle are calling for the audit to be completed before the World Cup, Wilson has not said what her timeline is for the audit and a final decision on the Capitol Hill and Central District cameras.

 

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Whenever someone (inevitably) says to me, “Women’s hockey just isn’t as physical as men’s,” I laugh and say, “You obviously have not been paying attention to Megan Carter.” by Megan Seling

It was in the third period of the Torrent’s inaugural home game that Megan Carter cemented her status as my favorite Torrent player to watch. The team was down 3-0 against two-time PWHL champions Minnesota Frost, with fewer than five minutes left to turn things around. More than 16,000 hockey fans were packed into Climate Pledge Arena, and they were all vibrating with anticipation for the Torrent’s first game, first goal, first win, but the excitement and the optimism were draining out of the arena, drop by drop, with every tick of the clock.

Then Carter, to quote legendary fictional hockey player Shoresy, “Set the fucking tone.”

Before coming to Seattle, Carter had already earned a reputation as a physical player when she made her PWHL debut with the Toronto Scepters in the 2024–2025 season. And she had a history with Frost player Britta Curl-Salemme, too. Last season, Curl-Salemme was suspended for one game after elbowing Carter in the head, and the two players collided at least a couple of times during the Torrent’s home opener. Shit appeared to be brewing. 

And then, when the Torrent were just a few minutes away from losing their first game on home ice, Carter and Curl-Salemme started shoving one another. I didn’t see who started it. But I saw Carter finish it when she wrapped her arms around Curl-Salemme’s head and dragged her down to the ice. The refs broke it up before things got any uglier, but in that move, Carter made it clear that she would not be taking any more shit from Curl-Salemme.

Climate Pledge Arena erupted into cheers as thousands of hockey fans—new and old—rose to their feet, appreciating the undeniable evidence that women’s hockey can be just as physical and fun to watch as men’s. Seattle loved to see it. (That Curl-Salemme had a history of liking transphobic social media posts may have had something to do with that.) 

Today, Carter leads the team in hits, and whenever someone (inevitably) says to me, “Women’s hockey just isn’t as physical as men’s,” I laugh and say, “You obviously have not been paying attention to Megan Carter.” But people are starting to catch on, thankfully, and they are especially loving Carter and Torrent goalie CJ Jackson’s commitment to sleeveless game day outfits. 

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After a recent Torrent practice, I sat down with Carter to learn more about how she developed her physical style of play—at just six years old!—and of course I had to ask her about any beef with Curl, too. She gave a very diplomatic answer, but don’t worry, she also shared some arm workout tips.

You lead the team in hits—you have a very physical style of play. That's something that people praised you for in Toronto, too. When did you start to develop that? Were you like a little six-year-old crunching people? Did that come with confidence and experience?

I think it just came with size and being a strong body out there. A lot of times it started with me being one of the bigger kids out there and running into a smaller kid, just by happenstance. We run into each other, and guess who falls. Not me. [Laughs] That led to a lot of penalties in my young years. It kind of stuck when other players started catching up [in size], and that was the direction that women's hockey was going in. It's like, “Wow, okay, I'm pretty good at this. I can refine this to be disciplined.” There are ways to finesse that and work around that, so it kind of happened just by nature of me.

Does it lead to any grudges on the ice? 

Honestly, I play very free, and I think it's just part of my game. I've never had anyone hold any grudges against me, either, because they just know I'm gonna play hard, but I'm gonna do it in a clean way and within the rules, and I'm not, you know, head hunting or doing anything where someone’s gonna get injured. I think there's a mutual respect. And I welcome when other players play hard against me, because it allows me to play hard against them. That's what the fans want to see. That's what we want to see for the game. And for young girls to see the physicality and to see it being carried out in a proper way within the rules of the game is really important, because we're role models in more ways than one.

You mentioned it's what the fans want to see. I think that’s specifically true with the hit on Britta Curl-Salemme in an early game against Minnesota. You took an elbow to the head last season, and she was suspended for a game. Was that retaliation? 

No, no. She's a player who also plays very physical, and just by nature, the two of us tend to run into each other, and it is a big interaction, because there's two big bodies running into each other. 

I have to ask, because the Seattle fanbase especially likes your interactions with Curl-Salemme because so many of them don't agree with her off-ice politics. Is that anything you want to talk about, or can talk about?  

Yeah, I don't bring any of that into the game. When I'm on the ice, I really try to just focus on what's within the glass. I just want to respect the game and play the game that I love, and whatever happens out there happens.

It got a lot of cheers in the stands. [Laughs]

[Laughs] Fans can take it however they’d like. 

I also want to ask about the no-sleeve arena entry. Both you and CJ have gotten very popular on Instagram for your sleeveless walk-ins. How did that start? 

So CJ is an awesome character. Loves to not wear sleeves working out, and loves to flex and show the biceps off.

I mean, they’re good guns! 

As they should! They’re great guns! 

You work hard for those! 

Exactly, right? All of last year, we got to know each other in Toronto, too, and they always complimented me, “You need to take your sleeves off. It’s about time!” And I'm like, “No, no, I'll just cover them up for now, they're not as good as yours, whatever.” [Laughs] Anyway, so we had a walk-in—we're roommates—and so I had told them that I'm gonna be wearing a sleeveless shirt. And CJ’s like, “Perfect. If you’re not wearing sleeves, I can't wear sleeves.” And I just have to go with it. It got a lot of attention from the first game, and we're like, “Okay, fans love it. We love doing it. We love showing off the guns. Why not just roll with it?” And so we had some sleeveless things in our closets, and then slowly started running out of things…

At some point, you’re just cutting the sleeves off of things!

Which is what we've come to now. And some people have given us shirts to cut off, too, which is pretty cool. We went thrifting the other day to find some outfits.

Can you drop the arm routine? What does arm day look like for Megan Carter?

Honestly, it’s a bunch of things. Training in hockey, everything is more focused on the functionality piece of it, versus just the aesthetic. But there's a lot of primary lifts, whether it's bench press, chin-ups—of course, we like to add a little bit of what we call arm farm at the end.

What is arm farm?

Bicep curls, tricep extensions, all the pretty exercises…

The glamour muscles. 

Exactly [laughs]. We never shy away from those where they’re an option. 

Well, now that you know people are paying attention.

Oh, yeah. Like, over the Olympic break, every time we were in the gym, we're like, ‘We gotta do it for the walk-ins!”

Do you remember your first shift on the ice and how you felt before taking the ice as a Torrent player in a new city, versus now, now that the team is established? Fans are coming to practices and cheering for y'all just in the scrimmage! How has that feeling evolved over the season?

Obviously, coming to a new place, you never know how fans are going to receive you, how they're going to show up. I was here in August for a youth camp and an adult camp—I helped out coaching, running some drills, and stuff—and once I saw that turnout, I was like, “We're gonna be fine. We're in great hands.” I was super excited. When I flew home back to Toronto, I was like, “I can't wait to get back there in November.” So I knew from day one we were gonna have a great fan base, a great community. In that sense, I'm not surprised to see so many fans showing up to our practices, selling out Climate Pledge Arena. That was absolutely amazing, and a dream come true. Over time, as you get more comfortable with your teammates, the system, like everyone was new, the coaching staff, the players…

And you had something like, what, 14 days of training camp? What did you do to familiarize yourself with the city, but also with the team? How did you bond and ensure that you’ll have some kind of consistency and synergy on the ice? 

I think, honestly, just having small conversations and trying to get to know each other as people. And we've all played against each other or with each other at some point, so that eases that transition, for sure. But I think this group is really special. Everyone cares about each other off the ice. We've always had a belief in the team and in ourselves and each other. So that's really special, because sometimes when things aren't quite going the way that you want them to go, it's really easy to point fingers and almost throw in the towel, right? But that's not the case here, and we're confident that we're gonna turn this around and do this for each other, do this for our fanbase, do this for the city. We went to the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl celebration, and that was very motivating, because we know the city would do the same thing for us. We want that, and that's still the vision. 

Would you wear sleeves in the parade? 

You know, I think I wouldn’t be able to. Or I’d have to tear them away or something.

Last question, and it's kind of a goofy one: Hilary Knight has the cheese curds on the menu at Rough & Tumble. What would the Megan Carter menu item be at Rough & Tumble? 

Oh, this is hard. [Thinks for several seconds] Maybe like a maple pulled pork slider, because it has a little bit of the Canadian in it, and something that’s simple, you know what you’re gonna get, and enjoyable.

Is that your style of play? 

Yeah, honestly, just try to be reliable, simple, and do what I can.

I was thinking chicken wings, a nod to the arms, but maybe CJ gets those. 

No, Ceej needs the hot dog, the little cocktail wiener things. 

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He was sold afterwards, so Dani is around; however, she didn't know where he was when she started falling apart because of her DNA instability.

At the time, Danny had been with the Lab. Dani wasn't aware of this, so imagine her suprise when she comes back to Amity Park looking for help only to find Jazz who HATES her parents and Danny gone.

Up until that point Jazz hadn't even been aware Vlad cloned Danny. They met when Dani tripped the alarms she set up in his room, in hopes that Danny would break out of where her parents sent him.

Thankfully, Jazz helps her break into Vlad's place and stabilizes her. She does this by stealing her parents' tech and teaching herself to fight. Once Dani is well enough she goes back to traveling but she now has a goal.

She needs to find Danny.

Neither girl knows where he is or what was happening to him when he vanished. Remember, everyone assumed that the Fentons sent him to a conversion camp. Jazz was also under that impression since her parents only told her that they sent him away to "fix him".

But with Danny gone, and the Ghost Portal still functioning, ghosts soon started running amok. Red Huntress tried her best, but she was trigger-happy and more focused on finding the Ghost Boy than saving the people. The Fentons still raced around, causing more damage than good. And Amity Park desperately called out to their hero, who had vanished.

Someone had to do something.

Thus in place of Phantom, the hero that catches ghosts and saves the town since he vanished answers the call.

Her name is Shade, and she insists she's nothing more than the shade of Phantom, the true hero. She swears she's only fighting until he returns because she's human -behind a battle armor that hides her face- and she has dreams of going to college.

The thing is, Phantom never comes back, even when he pops up again two years later. Shade becomes the local hero.

In other news, Jazz Fenton doesn't take the full ride to her dream college. She instead moves out of her parents' house, on the other side of town, and runs a small bookstore. Those who knew her before her brother vanished all say the same thing.

The sparkle in her eye is gone.

Everyone says it's such a waste of potential. She was once considered Casper High's brightest. She was supposed to the one who left little sleepy Amity Park and become something big.

Ironic that it's her brother, who was once the biggest dork in school, that is now the adopted son of the richest man in the country and making waves.

A true shame.

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Plus, Ella Mai and More Event Updates for March 19
by EverOut Staff

Which shows will you add to your concert calendar? Tickets for Chateau Ste. Michelle’s summer concert series go on sale next Monday, with this year’s lineup including Bob Dylan and Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars. Pop-rock band Bleachers will stop in Tacoma to support their forthcoming album Everyone for Ten Minutes. Plus, “Boo’d Up” singer Ella Mai visits Seattle on her Do You Still Love Me? Tour. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events.

ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 20

MUSIC

3BallMTY
The Showbox (Thurs June 11)

An Acoustic Evening with Trey Anastasio
Paramount Theatre (Wed May 27)

Bleachers Forever Tour
Dune Peninsula Park (Sat Sept 19)

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After nearly 15 years, indie darlings Voxtrot are back together. The Austin-based band, led by front man Ramesh Srivastava, released their third full-length album on February 27, titled Dreamers in Exile. The release precedes the band’s world tour, including their Seattle stop on March 30 at Neumos. “It feels great. It feels kind of unbelievable to me,” Srivastava said. “The amount of time and work it took to get to this point just felt like such an intense climb.” It indeed has been a long and arduous jour
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Ellipsus has added proper reader mode now! To that end and my sanity (given there was an email every time someone joined), I’ve gone ahead and implemented that! By… copying everything to a new doc and just deleting the old one.

Again, this one will contain smut. By clicking on the link you are agreeing that you are over 18.

The new reader link is:

Flashholes

Mar. 19th, 2026 10:00 am
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Posted by Anonymous

Do you need to get something off your chest? by Anonymous

Can we quit using our hazard lights as an excuse for shitty vehicular behavior? Every day, I see people stopping in the middle of moving traffic or blocking turn lanes and just sitting there with the ol' hazards going (usually the drivers are on their phones, too, but that's an entirely different beef). When did this become acceptable etiquette? When did pulling over onto the side of the road or even *gasp* parking where you're supposed to park become so passé?

I know, I know. Parallel parking isn't everyone's thing, and this city isn't exactly known for its ample parking spaces or wide streets. But that isn't an excuse for piss-poor, and let's be real here, dangerous behavior.

Yes, there are obviously exceptions to this, which are totally understandable (i.e., accessibility or actual emergencies). But the rest of you? Come ON. Get the fuck out of the way! Driving around the city is already bad enough without people actively obstructing traffic just so they don't have to be minorly inconvenienced. Using your flashers doesn't give you a pass. It just makes you an entitled asshole. 

Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it! Send your unsigned rant, love letter, confession, or accusation to ianonymous@thestranger.com. Please remember to change the names of the innocent and the guilty.

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Posted by Micah Yip

The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Micah Yip

Cesar Chavez: According to an investigation from The New York Times, United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez allegedly sexually groomed and abused multiple girls and women over many years, including minors connected to the farm workers movement and his UFW co-founder, Dolores Huerta. The revelations have led to canceled Chavez Day celebrations and calls to rename various honors bearing his name.

Suing Dick’s: Dick’s Drive-In is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging it didn’t give legally required breaks, pay overtime or “all the wages to which they are entitled.” Dick’s president and CEO Jasmine Donovan told KING 5 the company is reviewing the claims but could not comment on the case.

Tacoma Man Accused of Infant Rape: Court documents say that between April and November 2023, William Kelso Flournoy, 25, allegedly filmed himself raping of a 6- to 7-month-old child he was babysitting and then uploaded the footage online. Flournoy was arrested March 5 and remains in custody on charges of first-degree child rape and sexual exploitation of a minor. 

Feds Detain Pregnant Woman in U-District: Federal officials arrested a pregnant woman from Venezuela and her 10-month-old baby near the University of Washington on Tuesday. According to friends of the woman, she came to the U.S. in 2023 seeking asylum and had a work permit. Mayor Katie Wilson later confirmed that the arrest was connected to a criminal warrant but not immigration related, and that the 10-month-old was now with Child Protective Services.

Flood Warning: The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for three sections of rivers in King County—the Tolt River above Carnation and the Snoqualmie River near Snoqualmie Falls and near Carnation—and a warning for the Stehekin River in the lower Stehekin Valley. King, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Mason counties are under Flood Watch through Friday afternoon.

Weather: It’s rainy and cold.

$200 billion: The Pentagon asked the White House for $200 billion for their war on Iran. Congress would have to approve its proposal, and the AP says it’s not clear the money would have political support. In defense of the request, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “It takes money to kill bad guys.”

Trump Meets with Japanese Prime Minister: After whining that US allies (including Japan) won’t help him wage war on Iran, President Trump will host Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House today. The meeting was originally planned to focus on trade and US-Japan relations, but is now expected to take a backseat to the war. Takaichi said she expects the meeting will be “very difficult.” 

I Want To Believe (This Will Not Be a Racist Website) : The Executive Office of the President registered Aliens.gov yesterday morning, a month after Trump said he’d release UFO-related files to the public. It’s not live yet, but let’s hope it doesn’t turn into some terrible ICE troll site. 

Big Bunny: Costco is selling a 10-pound chocolate bunny. His name is Pete, and he comes with a set of eating instructions that KING 5 calls “somewhat intense.” They advise smashing the bunny with a hammer, mallet or rolling pin, or chopping it with a warm serrated knife. Only $113 online. Happy Easter.

The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day was released yesterday. It is very important that you watch.

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Posted by CHS Staff

From the committee’s Thursday presentation (PDF) kicking of the Phase II process

The Seattle City Council’s Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan will hold its first meeting of the year Thursday as it kicks off what officials are calling “Phase II” of the process to set a new 20-year development plan for the city.

Now chaired by District 2’s Eddie Lin after D3 rep Joy Hollingsworth guided the committee through the update’s first phase and legislation last year, the committee will face a complicated year of debate as it digs into the nitty gritty over state-mandated laws hoped to allow a greater range of housing types in more parts of the city.

CHS reported here on Phase II’s core elements of the new growth plan and the debate that will likely burn hottest for those opposed to change in the city: future growth in areas like Montlake, Madison Valley, Madison Park, and Madrona.

The city’s “Centers and Corridors” proposal (PDF) is the second in what officials say will be a four-phase process to increase building heights and density in more areas of the city and coordinate growth with investments in transit.

The planning comes as Seattle is undergoing an ongoing housing crisis. Addressing supply is a core solution, according to a presentation (PDF) on the “Centers and Corridors” legislation for the committee’s Thursday afternoon session.

The plan is being championed by Mayor Katie Wilson though the administration has also said even more must be done to address the crisis.

“Seattle is a great city, and more and more people want to make it their home. We’ll keep advancing zoning changes and developing social housing, as we expand our housing and affordability options,” Wilson said in February with the Phase II plan’s release.

It has been a long process to create Seattle’s new comprehensive plan including legal challenges to the planning that slowed down an already massively delayed process. Mayor Bruce Harrell’s initial 20-year plan proposal the council started with landed around a year later than planned.

Pressured by opposition from some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city, the plan’s core areas have been downsized. CHS reported last summer on the city’s revisions that reduced nine of the city’s 30 proposed Neighborhood Centers.

CHS reported here as the first phase of legislation setting the framework for the 20-year growth plan update was finally wrapped up to end 2025 under District 3 representative Hollingsworth.

The new Centers and Corridors legislation “updates zoning in new growth areas identified in the Comprehensive plan, including: 30 new Neighborhood Centers, new and expanded Urban Centers, and transit corridors,” city officials say.

The second phase of comprehensive updates starting now will focus on the 30 proposed Neighborhood Centers including Montlake, Madison Valley, Madison Park, and Madrona in the Capitol Hill area.

The designation will “allow residential and mixed-use buildings up to six stories in the core and four and five-story residential buildings toward the edges,” according to one city summary.

Once the neighborhood framework is in place, future Neighborhood Centers like Roanoke Park could be in play.

Hopefully, Seattle has also sorted out the Squire Park “donut hole” by then.

 

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Not every millionaire is leaving Seattle. One worth approximately $784 million is doubling down on his Capitol Hill home in a project that has left neighbors scratching their heads..

As pundits spread fear of the wealthy fleeing Washington with the passage of the state’s first income tax on earnings above $1 million, a peculiar construction project underway around Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s Capitol Hill family home is showing neighbors what it is like to live adjacent massive wealth.

“Only you can ferret out what’s happening at the Jassy (Amazon ceo ) house,” one CHS reader writes —

Looks like he bought the house next door and tore it down. I know it was bought a few years ago by a trust, but I assume it was him because his security camera system expanded onto that property. Curious what’s being built there, if anything. Thanks.

Dear reader, you are onto something.

City of Seattle permits and county records show that the demolition of a near $3 million North Capitol Hill mansion is, indeed, a Jassy project.

According to county records, a family trust purchased the 3,500-square-foot house next door to Jassy’s Capitol Hill home for $2.8 million in 2021.

Times have changed. Jassy purchased his 1906-built, 10,000-square-foot mansion for $3.15 million in 2009, the county says.

A permit to demolish the the1902-era mansion next door was issued in 2024 but the teardown — and the questions — didn’t come until this fall.

Now neighbors in Jassy’s corner of the Hill are asking CHS what happened — and what is coming next.

Having the Amazon CEO as a neighbor has become more interesting in these current interesting times. In October, SPD reported its officers had responded to a demonstration at a “local tech company CEO’s residence” after protesters gathered on the street outside Jassy’s home.

“Protesters used a vehicle brigade to block the street. They spray painted the sidewalk and surveillance cameras at the residence and threw red glitter and several Lime scooters at the front entry gate of the residence,” the SPD brief reads. “The protesters were angry with the CEO and his company over its business dealings with the Israeli government.”

“This event occurred on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur,” SPD reported. “The family advised they felt specifically targeted by protesters because they are Jewish,” the brief concludes.

While protesters — and neighbors — know the home’s location, CHS is not identifying it here. Regular large parties and events with professional crews and security have also drawn plenty of attention over the years as does the property’s array of security cameras overlooking the surrounding sidewalks, streets, and alleyways.

Meanwhile, Jassy and Amazon’s relationship with Seattle has experienced new strains. The January shutdown of the Amazon Fresh grocery at 23rd and Jackson was only the latest in the global retail giant’s maneuverings that have cut close to the bone in its home city’s neighborhoods.

The 58-year-old began serving as the company’s CEO in 2021 after leading Amazon Web Services to worldwide dominance.

As for what is coming next next door, according to the permit paperwork, the Amazon CEO has expansion on his mind.

The project has filed to combine the newly demolished 6,000-square-foot lot with Jassy’s. The result will be a half-acre property surrounding Jassy’s existing home.

Permit diagrams show plans for a lawn and landscaping to replace the demolished mansion and a new, compact 1,500-square-foot “single family residence” sandwiched into a garage structure next to the existing mansion on the alley side of the newly combined property.

For now, the demolished parcel lot is empty with work underway on infrastructure and sewer while the paperwork is completed for combining the properties and permitting the new structure.

 

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