Best Places to Live

Best Places to Live Loving where you live is just as important as loving what you live in. Here are Seattle Met’s picks for the Emerald City’s <a href="../../../real-estate/articles/best-neighborhoods-0510/">15 must-live neighborhoods</a> right now, plus vital stats on the people, property, and parks in <a href="../../../real-estate/articles/neighborhoods-by-the-numbers/">116 communities</a>. Also: Seattle’s “Millennium Bomber” endured years of interrogations. He spilled al Qaeda’s secrets and helped convict other terrorists. And then he refused to say more, even when threatened with life in prison. Ten years after he was captured, the nation’s courts are still struggling over what to do with <a href="../../../issues/archives/articles/millenium-bomber-ahmed-ressam/">Ahmed Ressam</a>.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

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Festival Fever

04/22/2010

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The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

04/21/2010

Article

Risky Business

Bolstered by new leadership, Seattle Art Museum is in the mood for a fresh coat of paint.

04/21/2010 Edited by Laura Dannen

Dance

Barefoot Contrarian

04/21/2010 Edited by Laura Dannen

SIFF Preview

‘Extra’ Directors

04/21/2010 Edited by Laura Dannen

Article

Brother, Can You Spare a Joke?

Garrison Keillor, during a live broadcast at the Paramount Theatre of his public radio program A Prairie Home Companion, April 3, 2010.

04/20/2010

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¡Viva la Seattle!

A survey of what Mexican Americans have given Seattle—besides great Cinco de Mayo parties.

04/19/2010 By Tiffany Wan

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A Star Is Born…

…but will her mother survive the delivery?

04/16/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Eat & Drink

Article

What to Eat Now

Raw!

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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Watering Hole

Fonté Café and Winebar

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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The Cheese Stands Alone

Artisanal Brasserie’s cheese spread is a regional treasure just waiting to be discovered.

04/19/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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They’re on Grass

Bill the Butcher’s sustainably raised meats put food fears on the chopping block.

04/16/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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The Last Last Call

The city ponders extending bar-closing time. Will it make a difference?

04/16/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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Lovely Rita

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo: a savory twist on a Mexican American classic.

04/16/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Home & Real Estate

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Best Places to Live 2010

04/19/2010 By Matthew Halverson

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Discount Decor on the Down Low

Local designers share cheap-but-chic decorating secrets.

04/15/2010 By Brian J. Barr

Inbox

Article

Letters to the Editor

04/19/2010

News & City Life

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Burning Man

David Boushey, Stuntman

04/22/2010 By Matthew Halverson

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Bike with Mike

For Mayor McGinn, the morning commute is an uphill climb.

04/21/2010 By Johnathon Fitzpatrick

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Day of the Un-Mayor

McGinn gets flak for not resembling past mayors, but his vision for Seattle is firmly fixed on the future.

04/21/2010 By Eric Scigliano

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Pitch Perfect

A by-the-numbers look at UW’s dominant Danielle Lawrie.

04/21/2010 By Matthew Halverson

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Norton Hears a Boo

Our top computer cop cries foul on Seattle’s new cybersecurity sobriquet.

04/19/2010 By Tiffany Wan

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Girls Just Want to Go Green

Seattle’s hottest sustainability blogtress is no chicken.

04/19/2010

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Have We Met?

04/19/2010

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The Silence of Ressam

Seattle’s millennium bomber endured years of interrogations, spilled Al Qaeda’s secrets, then refused to say more. Ten years after he was captured, the nation’s courts are still struggling over what to do with Ahmed Ressam.

04/16/2010 By Eric Scigliano