DANIEL JOHNSON


The Seattle nude beach advocate joined his fellow skinny-dippers in a meeting with city parks officials to discuss the bare necessities.

JASON REID

Sonicsgate, his cinematic ode to his favorite erstwhile basketball team, won a Webby Award, giving yellow-jerseyed locals a momentary lapse in pouting.

VIVIAN LAPPENBUSCH


Answer: Who is the brightest preteen in West Seattle? She beat out 10,000 of her peers to appear on Jeopardy! ’s Kid’s Week.

JEFF BEZOS


The Amazon boss was runner up to Apple’s Steve Jobs for Fortune’s “smartest CEO in tech” prize, but unlike the iPhone 4, you can hold Bezos’s products any way you want.

JOE MONTO and STEVE BARTLETT


The Seattleites cowrote the song “Hole in the Ocean.” It’s about the gulf oil spill. Not the whereabouts of Courtney Love’s band.

MOLLY NORRIS


The Seattle cartoonist proposed an “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” after which radical Muslims declared a fatwa against her. We’ll understand if she’s a no-show.

EDGAR MARTINEZ


The former Mariner is promoting his line of mezcal at Safeco Field. That’s a winning pitch.

ALEXEY KARETNIKOV


The alleged Russian spy worked at Microsoft, but was deported before he could uncover the secret formula behind Steve Ballmer’s weapons-grade temper.