The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

RYAN BOUDINOT


The Littlest Hitler author—and former Seattle Met contributor—is a finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award, which isn’t little at all.

PAUL ALLEN


The billionaire is suing AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Yahoo!, YouTube—so pretty much the whole Internet.

BILL GAINES


The wildlife biologist is tasked with verifying the existence of grizzly bears in the North Cascades. If he’s successful, we’ll task him with verifying the existence of Paul Allen’s humility.

LINDSAY LOHAN


The actress was spotted in a Huskies football tee but says she’s not a fan. Like former coach Ty Willingham, the shirt was just something old and faded that hadn’t been thrown out yet.

BETSEY JOHNSON


The fashion designer who hung with Andy Warhol in the 1960s appears in downtown Seattle. Her millions of minutes of fame are hardly up. (Nordstrom, Oct 13)

ROGER BUMGARNER


The UW professor was part of a team that sequenced the DNA of golden delicious apples. It was a lot like comparing apples to apples.

THE ROOSEVELT HIGH THRILLER CLUB


The 20-student group will mimic Michael Jackson’s moves in public for free throughout October. No, not those moves, silly. The dance moves from “Thriller.”

BEN FRANZ-KNIGHT


He’s the new director of Pike Place Market, whose busker-songwriters we hope will put to good use a name like Ben Franz-Knight.