Great Stuff Cheap

Great Stuff Cheap <p>Learn how to spend smart and live rich with our ultimate price warrior’s guide. Find snowboards and skis, tickets to arts events, restaurant meals, party goods, furniture, planters, clothes, shoes, spa treatments, and more. And get tips on free stuff, seasonal sales, discount stores, and saver’s secrets to keep the values going year-round. Next, news writer L. D. Kirshenbaum explores the transformation of the world’s oldest profession, from the stormy convergence of hookers, pimps, johns, and cops on the streets to the more amicable communities for buyers and sellers of sex on the Internet. Plus: 14 artists and 15 events making headlines in the new spring season, and where to buy a vacation home.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

Dawn Argentine Way

Soprano Dawn Upshaw colors an electrifying song cycle with the Symphony.

01/07/2009 By Steve Wiecking

Article

The 15 People to Know for Spring Arts

Let us introduce you to the artists making headlines—and entertaining audiences—in the new season.

01/07/2009 By Steve Wiecking With Michaelangelo Matos, Sarah Anderson, and Wilson Diehl

Article

Home Front Alone

While the husbands and fathers are deployed in Iraq, Navy families find unexpected support at home.

01/06/2009 By Alison Buckholtz

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Poet of the Port Town

Just before ”Howl” made him famous, Allen Ginsberg savored old Seattle’s seaport rot.

01/06/2009 By Ryan Boudinot

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Abominable Showmen

01/06/2009 By Harry Edwards

Article

Heart Skips a Beach

01/06/2009 By Harry Edwards

Article

Spray It, Don’t Say It

01/06/2009

Eat & Drink

Article

Our Overlooked Lentil

Inside the world of Washington’s least-celebrated crop.

01/07/2009 By Jess Thomson

JOINT

Villa Victoria

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

SCENE

Quinn’s

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

INTRODUCING…

TXORI

01/07/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Love Bubbles Over

Sparkling wine and food pairings for you and your Valentine.

01/07/2009 By Chris S. Nishiwaki

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Bottoms Up for the Globe

The latest salvo in the war against environmental deterioration: Have a drink.

01/06/2009 By Francesca Lyman

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Hotel California

Farm-fresh feasts heat up the new restaurant at the Heathman Hotel in Kirkland.

01/03/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Editor's Note

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A Note from the Editor

Consumer Report

01/06/2009

Health & Wellness

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Joyride

Jerry Baker has ridden every Seattle to Portland cycling event. With his advice and a little hard work, you can start your own streak.

01/07/2009 By Bill Thorness

Home & Real Estate

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Second to None

No matter what you’re shopping for in a second home—peace and quiet,  sandy beaches, snowshoeing trails,  the best artist hangout—the perfect place to buy is only hours away.

01/07/2009 By Courtney Nash and Crai Bower

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Stage Right

Turn dormant flower beds into a winter wonderland.

01/07/2009 By Marty Wingate

URBAN LIVING

Easy Being Green

A downtown condo building invites neighbors to walk in the park.

01/06/2009 By Sarah Anderson

Inbox

Article

Mail from the Metro

Letters to Seattle Met

01/06/2009

News & City Life

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Wonder Crop (or) Hemp-Hype Crock?

Organic marketers, Hempfest haranguers, and Midwest farmers claim hemp’s a valuable food and fiber. Antidrug campaigners call it a cover crop for marijuana legalization.

01/06/2009 By Manny Frishberg