Minimalist retro-modern bars are called copies of an LA/NY look. (“…These places scream: This. Is. Not. Seattle.”) Not so. They’re really nostalgia for a past fantasy of the present–specifically, the 21st century as predicted at the Seattle World’s Fair. (And what’s with the article writer, and the quoted drinkers, repeatedly denouncing “grunge” as if it still existed?)

HEADLINE OF THE DAY #2: “Rules limiting beach bonfires to grow tougher.” Rule one: You can’t call them “bonfires” anymore. You have to call them “macyfires.”