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52 Weekends

Think of all the Saturday mornings you’ve awoken with the same question rattling in 
your head: What am I doing this weekend? The following pages spell an end to that quandary. What to do with the most important 48 hours of the week in the best region on the planet? The answers are all here, 52 destinations—enough to cover every weekend of the year. So pack your bags. Come Friday afternoon, the Northwest is yours.

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Features

Winter Light

Invest in wearable statements, local gems, and vintage finds that’ll put a shine on every season for years to come.

By Laura Cassidy

Top Dentists 2009

Care for your teeth, overcome your fears, teach your children well, and even- yes- enjoy yourself at the dentist.

"Fine. Call Me A Dictator."

For 10 years, Frank Chopp has done it his way as Speaker of the House in the Washington Legislature. Now his fellow Democrats are asking whether Chopp’s way is the right way.

By Matthew Halverson

Departments

The Mudroom

Picture Perfect

Annie Leibovitz photographs well.

By Steve Wiecking

Team of Rivals

Was one night in Bellevue a taste of bipartisanship to come?

By Eric Scigliano

The Writing On The Wall

A besieged Capitol Hill condo gets a fresh coat of paint.

By Katie Zipper

Meet The Filkers

Sci-fi folksters beam down to Puget Sound this month.

By Matthew Halverson

Cornershop

Bedroom Eyes

You resolved to sleep better in ‘09. Here’s how.

By Christopher Werner

Spree

Carried Away

Don’t wait for the grocery bag ban; grab a big stylish tote today

With contribution from Laura Cassidy

Asking Price

Banker's Dream

What recession? Buy this house and live like there’s no tomorrow.

By Eric Scigliano

Rainmakers

Make Mine Massively Multi

Can the videogame biz grow up and stay cool? Matt Wilson thinks so.

By Courtney Nash

Power Lines

Indecent Appraisal

How WaMu cut out the appraisers who were supposed to safeguard its home loans.

By Eric Scigliano

SeaTown Diary

The Rat King and I

Man and megarodent, face to face. The garage wasn’t big enough for the both of us.

By Robert Ferrigno

Get Out

Eagle Eye

Getting up close and personal with bald eagles is inspiring, impressive, even a little intimidating. Best of all, though, it’s easy.

By Roger Brooks

Habitat

Fire Work With Me

Four Seattle architects heat up home design with custom hearths for every look and lifestyle.

By Juliette Guilbert

Dish

Flour Power

Shrink that carbon footprint, start baking.

By Jess Thomson

Pour

Green Fairy, Emerald City

Absinthe’s new presence in the Seattle spirit world.

By Anna Roth

Restaurant Review

Tokyo R Us

Kushibar brings Japanese street food to Belltown.

By Kathryn Robinson

The Green Room

Hello God? It's me, Linas.

LASAGNA serves up the religion of Linas Phillips.

By Steve Wiecking

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