Sacks Gourmet Sandwiches
(loved it!) 
(is a favorite)
Ate here almost every day when I was working at T-Mobile, awesomely tasty sandwiches. Run by this nice Korean lady, at least the last time I was there. A favorite hang-out spot, I saw a lot of regulars here.
Tap House Grill - Seattle
(liked it)
I've heard that the downtown Bellevue Tap House is a pretty happenin' place to hang out, but didn't know there was a Seattle location until just a few weeks ago when Josiah dragged me out here.
Absolutely floored by the myriad of beers they had on tap, it is quite an impressive thing to see all of them just lined up against the wall. Lighting is just right and place has a great atmosphere, you can really shoot it for hours just drinking all sorts of different beers.
I had a 4-beer sampler, which is really a great way to try a bunch of different ones if you're into variety. I'm no beer connoisseur, but I know I like Belgian beers that pack a punch. For food I had the 
Peppered Ahi Tuna Sandwich, seared rare, with arugula and wasabi aioli. It was pretty darned good. I also hear they have a great happy hour, albeit with small portions.
There were multiple televisions around with World Series of Poker broadcasting, which also provided great ambience :)
Be prepared to spend $30-$40.
Yu Shan
Our family has been going to this restaurant on-and-off for a couple years now. Heads-up: It's a bit tricky to get to if you're driving north on Lake City Way, you'll see it on your left, but you'll have to pass it and do a U-turn to get back to it.
For a Chinese restaurant located in North Seattle, they aren't bad. We've had large family gatherings there with my gong-gong and po-po without much problem. A definite welcome addition considering the other options (Chiang's, T&T Seafood). They have one huge room which seats plenty of people.
They attempt to have a wide variety of more authentic Chinese food (including xiao long bao zi, mmmm), not just your average Chinese-American stiry-fry neon batter-coated stuff. And do they pull it off? Eh, for the most part it's pretty good, but nothing fantastically outrageous if you're asking me.
My last visit there was pretty bad though, hopefully it was an anomaly. After waiting more than half an hour, it was apparant that they forgot our order. DOHP. When it finally came, the niu rou mian was pretty bland, had to add salt and soy sauce to bring some flavor to it. Ouch.
WALL-E
(loved it!) (is a favorite)
I went into this movie without any knowledge or expectations, but man, has there been a bad Pixar movie yet? But this one was completely and totally different from any of the others, in a unique and stunning way. What struck me as so powerful was the fact that for the majority of the movie, there was very little actual dialog, yet there was absolutely no lack of expressiveness... and this juxtaposition really draws you in as a viewer.
Really makes you wonder how much can be accomplished without real actors :)
The storyline was superb, they did a great job of developing the main characters WALL-E and EVA. You really get attached to them and truly empathize with all the situations they got put in. WALL-E is adorable, the little engine that could, showing us that a big heart and perserverance can take you wherever you want to be. Hopefully kids will also pick up on the not-so-subtle warnings of abusing the planet and laziness/overeating :)
This will go down as one of the classics.
Sony Ericsson K800i
(loved it!)
So I started to do some research. I found that even though the majority of phones have cameras, they're actually pretty crappy ones, and that you really still need to look for a dedicated "camera phone" if you want anything with decent optics and picture quality. Though there have been some recent entries from Samsung and LG, the real battle over the past couple years has been the Nokia N73, N95, and Sony Ericsson K800i, K810i, and K850i.
My goodness, you can find all sorts of reviews on these cameras, there are quite a few passionate debates in the forums over which is better. Every phone takes a different approach and thus has its strengths and drawbacks, and of course there's also cost. Nokia runs Symbian OS, which is purportedy slower, but can support more PDA-like applications, whereas Sony Ericsson is faster. Nokia has Carl Zeiss optics, but the flash is lacking, Sony Ericsson has a Xenon flash which is better for nighttime shots. Nokia's image processing creates colorful but unrealistically oversaturated photos, whereas Sony Ericsson's are more realistic, if not duller.
Based on the price range I was looking for ($150-$200, used on Ebay), I ended up finding a K800i for $150 in almost-new condition. This was a flagship model which was introduced in 2006, actually. The K800i is the international version of the original K790, important to me since I go to Hong Kong often.
It took me a little while to get used to the joystick, but after a few minutes of playing around it seemed fine. I read that the K810i, while more svelte and updated in design compared to the K800i, has too small of a joystick and is very hard to use. The K800i indeed has a very fast, responsive interface. Taking pictures is a snap, just slide down the lens cover, and the phone goes into "camera mode" within about 2 seconds, and you're ready to shoot. I've read the Nokias can take around 8 seconds to go into camera mode, which could be annoyingly unacceptable in certain situations, I'm sure. Picture quality was very good at 3.2 megapixels, but mind you, I'm used to the output of my 9-year-old Canon 2 megapixel dinosaur. I only upload to the web though, so generally I'd say this is more than sufficient for that.
Reception seems fine, speaker loudness seems ok, but just a tad quieter than my trusty ol' Samsung x497. I don't anticipate a problem though. The screen is not terribly huge, but very bright and clear to read.
The K800i has an excellent mp3 player whose interface rivals that of an iPod, I've read. I'm still waiting on my 8GB M2 memory card to arrive ($40, ebay), will update this review when I get that and load it up with mp3s.
As long as it holds up, the K800i will be my cell phone, mp3 player, and digital camera, and I anticipate it to last me quite a while. It's not the newest phone by any stretch, but it's a solid performer and won't break the bank.
For the MS people out there -- they take Prime card. Their happy hour is pretty good money wise. I really like them, except for desserts. I was disappointed repeatedly with their desserts out in Bellevue -- they managed to mess up apple cobler.