Features

GREAT DEALS
Spend smart and live rich with Seattle Met’s ultimate bargain guide. We found value-priced steals so sports fans and culture junkies can enjoy their favorite activities, foodies and entertainers can get quality restaurant meals and party goods, design gurus can decorate their homes and gardens, and style and spa shoppers can stand out in a crowd. Plus: sales, discount stores, and saver’s secrets.
by Jessica Voelker
with Laura Cassidy and Sarah Anderson,
Michael Baldwin, Roger Brooks,
Wilson Diehl, Laura Peach, Kathryn
Robinson, and Naomi Zeitlin
photography by Melissa O’Hearn

Skin Trade 2.0
On Seattle streets, hookers, johns, and pimps hustle for a buck and cops scramble for a bust. But on the Internet, social networking is transforming the world’s oldest profession.
by L. D. Kirshenbaum
photo illustrations by Andy Reynolds

15 People to Know for Spring Arts
Let us introduce you to the artists making headlines—and entertaining audiences—in the new season.
by Steve Wiecking, with Sarah Anderson, Wilson Diehl, and Michaelangelo Matos
photography by John Keatley

Second to None
No matter what you want in a second home—peace and quiet, sandy beaches, snowshoeing trails, the best artist hangout—the perfect home away from home is only hours away.
by Crai Bower and Courtney Nash

DEPARTMENTS

Mudroom
Bigfoot sighting, a historic statue on the move, and a royal flushing.

Cornershop
A fresh take on Valentine’s Day flowers for blooming loves.
by Naomi Zeitlin

Spree
Paint the town crimson in celebration of Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year.
compiled by Kate Caplis

Style Counsel
Nonie Creme, creative director for Butter London, dreams in color.
by Laura Cassidy

Snapshots
A holiday gala for Fred Hutchinson cancer research, an auction for Children’s Hospital, and a run for the Arthritis Foundation.

Asking Price
Take a walk in the park at a new downtown condo development.
by Sarah Anderson

Rainmakers
Talking trash with a green garbage man.
by Jeff Meisner

Past Lives
Allen Ginsberg had a howling good time in Seattle.
by Ryan Boudinot

Urban Brawl
Is hemp a wonder crop or an overhyped crock?
by Manny Frishberg

SeaTown Diary
While husbands and fathers are deployed to Iraq, Navy families find unexpected support on the home front.
by Alison Buckholtz

Weekend Pass
Two small BC resorts make for supersize fun in the snow.
by Kimberly Brown Seely

Get Out
Veteran cyclist Jerry Baker shares tips to make your Seattle to Portland bike event a joyride.
by Bill Thorness

Dig
Attract colorful visitors by turning dormant flower beds into winter wonderlands.
by Marty Wingate

Dish
High notes from the lowly lentil.
by Jess Thomson

Crush
Break open the bubbly for your Valentine.
by Chris S. Nishiwaki

Last Look
Be still, my candy heart.

CITY GUIDES

Dining Out
Farm-fresh feasts at Kirkland’s Trellis restaurant. Plus reviews of top Seattle eateries.
by Kathryn Robinson

On the Town
Hot shows you shouldn’t miss this month, and soprano Dawn Upshaw warms up for an unusual song cycle in The Green Room.