• On November 21, Seattle City Council challenger Bobby Forch finally conceded his two-point defeat to incumbent Jean Godden. The city weeps.
• State senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36) and Seattle mayor Mike McGinn are reportedly teaming up on a child-sex-trafficking bill. It may concern advertising, an issue that's come up lately for Backpage.com.
• Taste buds agree that Oddfellows Cafe & Bar's Mexican Hot Chocolate is the undisputed champion of hot chocolates in the city.
• Seattle bar owners who illegally buy their liquor out-of-state are sweating Bulleits in the dawn of a post–Initiative 1183 era. Their main fear: The Washington State Liquor Control Board, still tasked with monitoring bars and enforcing liquor laws, will also start auditing bars' alcohol supplies—a common practice in neighboring Oregon. "You'll see a lot of bars close if audits start," says one worried bar owner.
• On November 25, Occupy Seattle will be protesting Black Friday at Westlake Park the fun way—by hosting a free arts-and-crafts booth at Westlake Park from noon to 5 p.m. to make homemade holiday gifts, a "Really Really Free Market" for free gift exchanges, and "subversive square dancing" at 3 p.m. 
