52 Great Weekends

52 Great Weekends <p>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. Next we profile Frank Chopp, who has done it his way as Speaker of the House in the Washington Legislature for the past 10 years. Now his fellow Democrats are asking whether Chopp’s way is the right way. Plus: Indecent appraisals at WaMu, top dentists, winter fashions, and a visit with photographer Annie Liebovitz.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

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A Glassy Affair

Pilchuck Glass School Annual Auction

01/12/2009

Passing Through

Picture Perfect

Annie Leibovitz photographs well.

01/05/2009 By Steve Wiecking

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Team of Rivals

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

01/05/2009 By Eric Scigliano

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Make Mine Massively Multi

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

01/05/2009 By Courtney Nash

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Meet The Filkers

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

01/05/2009 By Matthew Halverson

Eat & Drink

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Tokyo R Us

Kushibar brings Japanese street food to Belltown.

01/12/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

RECIPE

Oatmeal, Apricot, and Pecan Cookies

Recipe courtesy Leslie Mackie of Macrina Bakery

01/07/2009

Mix

Green Fairy, Emerald City

Absinthe’s new presence in the Seattle spirit world.

01/05/2009 By Anna Roth

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Flour Power

Shrink that carbon footprint, start baking.

01/05/2009 By Jess Thomson

Editor's Note

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In With The New

01/05/2009 By Katherine Koberg

Home & Real Estate

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Fire Work With Me

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

01/05/2009 By Juliette Guilbert

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Indecent Appraisal

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

01/05/2009 By Eric Scigliano

Market Voyeurism

Banker's Dream

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

01/05/2009 By Eric Scigliano

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Bedroom Eyes

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

01/05/2009 By Christopher Werner

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The Writing On The Wall

A besieged Capitol Hill condo gets an abstract graffiti mural.

01/05/2009 By Katie Zipper

Inbox

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Mail From The Metro

01/05/2009

News & City Life

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Class Act

Room to Read Chapter 2 fundraiser.

01/12/2009

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"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.

01/07/2009 By Matthew Halverson