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A Not-So-Motley Crew

The daughter of champions learns to row her own race.

01/03/2009 By Erin Pursell

PASSING THROUGH

Listen to this man—Or we kill a puppy

Dr. Demento’s reign of syndicated radio terror started in Seattle.

01/03/2009 By James Ross Gardner

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Screen Test Tube

Two hundred and forty words about Amy Walker’s two and a half minutes of fame.

01/03/2009 By Lee Fehrenbacher

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Fly Boy Toys

01/03/2009 By Sarah Anderson

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Regarding Tess

When Tess Gallagher, the widow of acclaimed Northwest writer Raymond Carver, planned to publish early drafts of her late husband’s beloved short stories, the outcry from the New York publishing establishment was loud and rancorous. What was she thinking?

01/03/2009 By Claire Dederer

INTRODUCING…

Slim’s Last Chance Chili Shack

01/03/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Neighborhood Hot Spot

Zayda Buddy’s Pizza and Bar

01/03/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Seattle Alfresco

45 ways to hit the deck—and the dock, the courtyard, and the sidewalk just in time for outdoor dining season.

01/03/2009 By Kathryn Robinson With Jena Vuylsteke

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Mr. Green Beans

How Seattle and the shock of slave labor gave birth to Theo Chocolate.

01/03/2009 By Eric Scigliano

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Taste of Their Own Medicine

Erstwhile pharmacists mix it up in Walla Walla’s vineyards. 

01/03/2009 By Christina Kelly

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A Note from the Editor

Our Neighborhoods, Ourselves

01/03/2009 By Katherine Koberg

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95 Neighborhoods by the Numbers

01/03/2009 By Stefan Durham With Christopher Werner and Lee Fehrenbacher

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Where to Live Now

01/03/2009 By Stefan Durham, Roger Brooks, Ashley Griffin, and Carolyn McConnell

Gardening

The Bee’s Knees

Attracting pollinators to your garden bears fruit come fall.

01/03/2009 By Marty Wingate

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The House Next Door

When a Capitol Hill family needed room to grow, they didn’t look far. 

01/03/2009 By Roger Brooks

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Suburban Like Me

A child of the suburbs finds herself priced out of posh Seattle and lands in lowly Lynnwood—expecting the same sort of white-bread wasteland she left behind.

01/03/2009 By Juliette Guilbert

ALTERNATIVE HOUSING

Common Ground

Cohousing projects bring residents together, brisk resales.

01/03/2009 By Ashley Griffin

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Mail from the Metro

Letters to Seattle Met

01/03/2009

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Lay Down Tracks (or) Boost the Buses?

Trolley backers claim more streetcars will convert transit haters and spur development. But buses are cheaper, and Seattleites are already flocking to them.

01/03/2009 By Eric Scigliano

Style Counsel

Top Model

Questions for Terri Morgan, founder and director TCM Models and Talent.

01/03/2009 By Laura Cassidy

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World-Class Gifts

Go exotic, go quixotic, go all-the-rage, or go fair-trade, just be sure you go to these five globally sourced gift shops next time you’re feeling generous.

01/03/2009 By Rachelle Robinett

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Petal Pushers

It's May Day every day, as new flower-power patterns blossom around town.

01/03/2009 By Laura Cassidy

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Shrimping in the Hood

Spot shrimping in Hood Canal isn’t glamorous, but there’s nothing like trapping your own dinner.

01/03/2009 By Maria Dolan

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The Fourth Best City in the Northwest

This ain’t your granddad’s Spokane.

01/03/2009 By Jim Gullo