Camlin Hotel becomes a Trendwest resort :(

A Seattle landmark has been purchased by Trendwest Resorts: the Camlin hotel is to be turned into an exclusive vacation hotel, and its famous piano bar and one of my favorite lounges, The Cloud Room, is to close. I hadn’t heard either that one of the best laundromat-cafes in Seattle, Sit ‘n’ Spin, has also closed. When I first moved to Seattle in 1994, it was a favorite spot of mine, and as Belltown became trendy, it, like The Vogue, looked increasingly out-of-place with brand new construction and pricey condominiums and Starbucks/retail complexes.

I don’t play it, but it turns out a group of people in the online community/game The Sims Online has created their own mafia to fill a leadership vacuum in their virtual city.

It looks like legal proceedings against Bernie Ebbers can continue with a report to be released Monday showing Ebbers had a direct role in Worldcom wrongdoings.