Jason Mesnick was the big loser on last season's Bachelorette--the last guy standing (and willing to get on his knee) for a woman who chose the other man. But don't fret, reality TV fans and Kirkland cougars, Mesnick has just been named this years "Bachelor." That's right, this time around he will be the one breaking hearts and rejecting women in an attempt to find love, reality-TV-style. Thanks to Seattlest tipster Yana Khrapko for sending......

There are times when we’re sick of Seattle. Sick of the bad and/or utter lack of fashion, sick of the terrible drivers and even worse pedestrians, and certainly sick of all the hipsters in Capitol Hill. And then we visit Kirkland, and it’s all put in perspective. We made a trip to the suburbs this weekend for the Kirkland Uncorked festival, where there were all kinds of wines to sample from two dozen Washington......

10 out of 10 Pro Bowl voters agree--the Seahawks have more talent on defense than on offense. From 2002-2004, the Hawks didn't send a single defense-er to the Pro Bowl. In 2005, rookie linebacker Lofa Tatupu went. Last year, Julian Peterson joined him. But this year, fully 36.36% of the Hawks' starting defense are Pro Bowl starters, as Patrick Kerney and Marcus Trufant will travel to Hawaii as well. We're happiest about Trufant, a Tacoma......

Seattlest loves a love triangle, which is why we were pleased to learn the Sonics have been flirting with Bellevue in a possible attempt to make Seattle jealous, and cough up that $200 mil to revamp the (not-so) KeyArena. Seattlest supports any management plan that takes a page from “The Bachelor” playbook. If you truly are Super, Sonics, it couldn’t hurt to see other cities. Take Bothell out for a drink. Spend some QT with......

As previously alluded to, Seattlest is unabashed in our love for television. We tend to gravitate toward the good stuff, but we are by no means too highbrow to watch reality TV. Case(s) in point: the gloriously addictive trainwrecks known as Surreal Life 5 and Being Bobby Brown. For us, the viewing of such apocalypse-heralding fare is merely a spectator sport; that is to say, we've got no aspirations to be the castmember who actively......