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Sweet Science

We highlight the best desserts in our city, navigate the trendy world of local cupcakes, and uncover Seattle’s best chocolate. Also: how to get the most out of your store-bought brownie mix, and, for those living without sucrose, comparative coverage of sugar substitutes. There’s even a throwdown between four of Seattle’s best chefs; challenged to use NW ingredients, they invent recipes that reinvigorate the notion of “dessert.”

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Features

The Tribe That Would Not Die

After a century and a half of diaspora, Chief Seattle’s people have one last chance to reclaim their rights—and prove they exist.

Included: Video coverage of the Duwamish Longhouse, courtesty q13fox.com

By Lia Steakley Dicker

Departments

The Mudroom

Your Future Holds...

Desperate recession-time marketing from Seattle-ish businesses.

Boo Hoo WaMu

“The Friend of the Family” vs. “Whoo Hoo, WaMu.”

By Eric Scigliano

Stairmaster

One local fireman’s personal mission up our tallest building (fully geared-up) in the annual Firefighter Stairclimb.

Wheels of Fortune

Quad rugby’s rising local star is headed for the big time. And it’s going to be murder.

By Matthew Halverson

Tom Robbins Gets the Blues

…at the imminent demise of the morning P-I.

By Eric Scigliano

Spree

Super Natural

Bring the outside in with home decor and accessories that reflect the great outdoors.

By Laura Cassidy

Snapshots

Disco Inferno

Scenes from Lifelong AIDS Alliance’s Gay bingo.

Dancing Through a Winter Wonderland

Scenes from Pacific Northwest Ballet’s winter wonderland ball.

Asking Price

Home Tweet Home

You may not be Twittering yet, but your broker is.

By Matthew Halverson

Power Lines

Nick vs. Nickels

Is Seattle ready for Mayor Licata? The council’s resident dissident will be a contender—if he runs.

By L.D. Kirshenbaum

Get Out

All Washed Up

Flotsamologists never know what they’ll uncover on Washington’s stormy shores—and that’s the point.

By Eric Scigliano

Habitat

One to Grow On

Architect Emory Baldwin’s Greenlake home puts his simple—yet revolutionary—design philosophy to the test.

By Christopher Werner

Pour

The Botany of Bitters

Seattle bartenders revive an old remedy for run of the mill cocktails.

By Brad Thomas Parsons

Cellar Notes

Penny-Wise Pinots

Our wine critic says spend $20, be richly rewarded.

By Condé Cox

Restaurant Review

Swanky Days are Here Again

Or, at El Gaucho’s new Eastside steakhouse maybe they never left.

By Kathryn Robinson

On the Town

Leg Up

Get ready for the Pacific Northwest Ballet Broadway Festival.

By Steve Wiecking

The Green Room

Go Ahead, Make His Day

Kirkland actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan brings out the big guns for Watchmen.

By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

The Longest March

During admissions month, a middle schooler’s parents know no shame. None whatsoever.

By Kathryn Robinson

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