It hit 56 degrees in Seattle today, though it often felt more like 60 or higher. Some of Seattle’s more “creative” folk converged upon Gasworks park to fly kites, dance, bike in anachronistic costumes and hit each other horrifically hard with flails and spears. For the record, the anachronistic bikers later rode down the street shouting “Hip hip, cheerio!” for added effect.

This set of photos has been making the rounds for a few days, but I couldn’t resist. Who wouldn’t want to walk around for a few hours  like a living Roy Lichtenstein, complete with Ben-Day dots and an acid yellow wig?

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Savvy friends of ours spent some time over the summer constructing a clay pizza oven in their back alley. Dubbed “La Strada Dolce,” (or Sweet Street) this 2,000 lb oven on wheels had its introductory run a few weeks back. The result? Absolutely delectable small pizzas topped with some seriously quality ingredients.

These photos were taken during the great Greenwood garage sale last weekend, when over 150 homes in the area put out their dusty wares for barter. The pay-what-you-can pizzas were almost gone by the afternoon, and with good reason. These mobile gourmands will be popping by farmers markets, fairs and street festivals all through the fall, their giant oven in tow and smokin’.

While the rest of us hold our bated breath in anticipation of Leif’s tell-all account of PAX, here’s a little cafe review.

This is Fonte, a cafe smack bang at the foot of the new Four Seasons Seattle. Pretty chic looking, non? And yet, all of us felt a slight unease being in there, as if the casual Seattle vibe stopped at the door and a faux upscale vibe predominated. Also, we agreed that the design of the cafe was a slapped together amalgamation of every stylish material and kicky lighting trick that’s popular RIGHT NOW. As if the designer wanted this place to scream NEW! for one year and then whimper “so totally 2009” for the rest of its life.

Pros: Super huge spinny armchairs that allow you to do the slow supervillain-reveal-turnaround in style and comfort. Some very attractive clientele, I must say. Little cold food bar with pre-made salads and sandwiches super handy, not super economic.

Cons: Everybody will be dressed better than you could ever be. Back-lit coffee menu actually makes it more challenging to read the super calligraphic dry-erase writing. Espresso isn’t quite there yet. Extremely low ceiling may induce paranoia and claustrophobia (the pipes, the pipes are after me!).

Hey, lookit, there’s a new pic feature! Snazzy, no?

First off, I finally wandered into Stella Cafe, which has taken up residence in a 100-year-old building right next to the SAM. Holy traditional Roman cafe! Mica-flecked marble tabletops, stacks of De Cecco pasta and Bacio chocolates, a gold plated mirror behind the brass-pipe bar? Only the Keen-sandaled baristas and Hammering Man outside convinced me I haven’t stepped into a portal straight to cafe Tazza d’Oro. Meraviglioso!

Second, it’s a beautimous piece of latte art! It’s just a sampling of what folks will be doing at the Barista Jam/Latte Art Throwdown taking place at Victrola on Saturday. It also happens to be the work of a certain Cloudherder contributor who shall remain name:LegalDrug:less. I had the pleasure of watching him practicing for the smackdown last week, and this wasn’t even near the best pour of the night.

Lastly, um…it’s a seaweed soup! And it was ridiculously delicious. So I took a picture. And shared it with you. Aren’t you lucky? (From Charm Noodle House, which is famous known renowned okay, they just make really REALLY good lychee martinis.)