had the beast recently. was quite good! perfect for the day after knocking back too many, ah, "hot cocoas" at a holiday party. its not as much of a "man vs. food" style beast as I feared it would be. a very manageable one in fact. and it stayed tasty more than an hour after i ordered it. my only issue was i thought the fries were a touch overseasoned with the old bays. But other than that those were deliciously fried to perfection. I'm sold.

five guys is excellent and the one in jc is the best one ive been to

the wreak of disinfectant there grosses me out. it makes me feel like they're hiding something. was there recently and saw they had packed four whole chickens to be sold individually from the fridge where you pick your own meat. It looked they simply wrapped them in cellophane as there was a lot of chicken juice pooling below them and into the rest of the fridge. pretty disgusting. wanted to alert the city about that. I might still buy dry goods there or less perishable stuff, but I pretty much have to hold my breath the whole time I'm in there.

looks like progress has ground to a halt.... just saw red "stop construction" stickers in the windows of the old wamu/future barcade on newark ave. the reason? no permits. (which is probably shorthand for "no donations to the healy defense fund")

Genesis is the least expensive option in downtown (~$600/month) but I had concerns that the older children (ages 3 or so) were not segregated from infants when we visited. The staff is very friendly but young and didn't give what I felt were convincing answers to questions about policies, procedures, staffing, etc. I also felt there were some safety issues with the setup. The daycare is held in the church's auditorium and, even though the stairwell to the stage was blocked, there wasn't much to keep a bigger child from crawling up on the stage, etc.

Really liked River School, Growing Tree on 5th and Smile on Jersey Ave.