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Winding along the unbeaten path from the University Village, we encountered a sign: "3 for $35." Curiosity heightened, we swerved off the road and into Alhambra's discount clothing store where the gentle and helpful salesman told us that the three were t-shirts from the A to Z Tees clothing line, but other combinations from the clothing line were also on sale: t-shirt and dress, t-shirt and novelty top, for $30.

• After 15 years Seattle rock band Harvey Danger is getting ready to play its final farewell show at the Crocodile August 29. Relive the heyday, tickets are selling out fast.
• More food options for the hungry belly. Depending on your location you can either enjoy a decadent treat from Trophy Cupcakes at their new University Village location, or the newest juice bar at Chutney's in Wallingford. Mmmm, nothing like carrot and wheatgrass juice.

Upside down fountain by B.K. Dewey, from the Seattlest Flickr Pool

A few weeks ago, a favorite women's clothes shop, Mercer (University Village) held their clearance sale to prepare for the spring arrivals. We are familiar enough with this shop to track their changes in merchandise and we noted several changes--all of which impressed us.

LIVING LEGENDS: No, not Twiggy. We're talking about the hiphop crew out of Cali, two members of which will be performing at Neumos tonight. The Grouch and Eligh are touring for the holidays (official tour title: "How The Grouch Stole Christmas"), sharing the evening's bill with Bayliens and 206 Zulu cornerstones Alpha P. The duo will release an album called Say G&E in the spring, so attendees tonight should be getting a sneak peek at the new material; we've also heard The Grouch's solo album Show You The World, which fans of underground and indie hiphop (a la Atmosphere) are encouraged to check out.

Seattle fashionistas, get ready because your H&M prayers are being answered. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, in addition to its Southcenter location, ever-popular H&M will open two new stores in Seattle proper next month. A 19,000-square-foot, two-story location will open in University Village on Sept. 12 and a 16,000-square-foot location will open at 520 Pike St. in downtown Seattle one little week later, on Sept. 18.

See, the first 100 clams, that was just the preliminary round. Then came the finals, and a second bowl of 100 steamers. Manila clams they were, steamed with jalapenos, cilantro and garlic. It was a promotion by Atlas Foods in U Village. First prize was $100. Here's what the final round looked like, beginning-to-end:

THE LAKE IS CELEBRATING: Summer is when neighborhood pride reaches its zenith here in Seattle, and Lake Union is no exception. LUFest, a festival including a pet parade, live music (Harvey Danger! Local funksters The Staxx Brothers!), and food, happens this Saturday, and we recommend you head down there to experience some classic fun in the sun. To repeat: Harvey Danger will be there.

Somehow, someone managed to walk off with $1,500 worth of underwear from the University Village Victoria's Secret last week. Over 200 pairs of panties were stolen, the underwear thief managed to avoid the store's security cameras, and no one has been able to provide a decent description of the suspect. This past May, over 600 pairs of Victoria's Secret underwear were stolen from a Bellevue store, and there are also no suspects in that case. All this large-scale underwear stealing has us wondering if cheap cotton underoos are suddenly a valuable commodity on the black market.

"Here" meaning "Southcenter," but we'll take what we can get. The first (and largest) of three stores planned to open in the Seattle area this year, the Southcenter H&M opens at 10 a.m. today. It's part of the mall's big expansion, which features a whole mess of new stores and restaurants, making the Tukwila shopping center the largest indoor mall in Washington and Oregon. Recession be damned.

You know, you kind of want a guy who has a typography tattoo to put a little more effort into a cardboard sign and maybe elevate the medium a bit... Photo courtesy of Jeff Carlson from the Seattlest Flickr Pool.

What? What'd we say?

Finally, H&M, the Ikea of clothing stores, will make its glorious debut in Seattle.

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.

Saturday, Tera will give herself a VIP tour at the opening of Aritzia. She will follow this potentially hectic event by introducing a friend to her newest wine obsession - Twisted Cork. Sunday she will trek to Qwest and root for Chicago, uh, eh, oops...Seattle. Yes, root for the Seahawks. Jack's heading to the Showbox proper tonight to see Canadian indie pop band Stars. Sunday, he's hoping to see Rex Grossman slip into old...

If you can't tell what that picture is supposed to be, it's Seattlest's Nano strapped to the back of Seattlest's phone (which is, itself, an mp3 phone), which is as close to an iPhone as we'll be getting for the time being. Not that we're above a little gadget humping every now and then, but we're going to sit this one out. People with less restraint (or fatter wallets) than Seattlest will soon be lining up, though, at the University Village Apple Store, where we hear there is already an iPhone display set up in preparation for Friday when the things go on sale. Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times wrote yesterday about how professional line sitters aren't really in demand in Seattle like they are in other metro areas, and it seems to be true: we can't find a lot of evidence of line sitting services advertised via Craigslist either. There's this guy, this guy and this guy, but upon further inspection they seem to be the same guy. Looks like he wants $120 to wait in line for you, but this guy will do it for $30. A bloody war is brewing in the seedy world of discount line sitting.

Janet Evanovich, author of the Stephanie Plum detective series, did a signing at University Village's Barnes & Noble last night. The mega-best-selling author drew legions of fans; at 6:30 PM, the scheduled start time, staff was giving out wristbands and telling people to come back at 10:30. Surprisingly, Evanovich seemed to be taking the time to talk individually to each fan and pose for pictures. Now, that's class.

Seattle is slathered with great local burger chains, what with Dick’s, Kidd Valley, and Red Mill, but our favorite is the mighty Burgermaster -- particularly the one just east of (but worlds away from) upscale University Village. This underrated institution has mastered the burger since it opened as a drive-in in 1953, and later, expanding into an eat-in restaurant. But why no link? The ‘Master is apparently too busy serving up consistently decent, no-frills fare to bother posting its own web site. That’s fine with us.

Seattlest has another podcasting event we want you to attend. We really want to hear you out there, apparently, so if you produce or know of a podcast that's Seattle-related in content or dialect you should post it in the comments or email Seattlest. Our all-seeing eye is currently sweeping the internets for some new additions to our links section and we want to make you famous.

When we were growing up in Seattle, University Village was the shopping center you visited when you were too poor to afford Northgate, Crown Books was Ballard's hippest store, and good Mexican food was impossible to obtain.