Insider's Guide to Olympic National Park

Insider's Guide to Olympic National Park What you need to know and where you need to go in <a href="../../../travel-and-outdoors/articles/olympic-national-park-guide-august-2011/">Olympic National Park</a>. Plus: <a href="../../../travel-and-outdoors/articles/elwha-river-dam-august-2011/">The Elwha’s Last Dam Summer</a>: What began 25 years ago as a radical idea ends this month as a commonsense solution; <a href="../../../issues/archives/articles/seattle-activist-elizabeth-campbell-august-2011/">Elizabeth Campbell</a> ‘s fight to kill Seattle’s deep-bore tunnel; the stem cell crusade of <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/dr-deisher-stem-cell-lawsuit-august-2011/">Dr. Deisher</a>; and <a href="../../../health-and-fitness/articles/2011-top-doctors-august-2011/">Top Doctors 2011</a>: 612 practitioners in 66 specialties.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

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Northwest Bookshelf: William Gibson

07/28/2011

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Halo Crashes PAX

07/22/2011

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The Bully Backlash

When bad feelings happen to good teenagers, is it bullying?

07/22/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

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Seattle’s Kindie Rockers Play G-Rated Tunes Even Parents Can Love

07/22/2011 By Laura Dannen

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The Real Housewives of…Seattle?

Examining the odds that Bravo’s infamous series will wind up in our neck of the woods.

07/22/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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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.

07/22/2011

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The Lawn Bowling Championships Come to Seattle

07/22/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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Dispatches from Seattlemet.com

07/22/2011 By Christopher Werner

Eat & Drink

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Tom Douglas’s New South Lake Union Empire

Our biggest restaurateur has colonized Seattle’s Amazon environs with a vengeance, but how’s a diner supposed to keep all those new nosheries straight? Lucky you have us.

07/22/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

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Cuoco, Seattle’s Newest Tom Douglas Joint

Expect fresh pasta and some old familiar feelings

07/22/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

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Tiki Cocktails Return

Escape to a place where the shirts are silly and the drinks are seriously delicious.

07/22/2011 By Andrew Bohrer

Editor's Note

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A Note from the Editor

Parks and Wreck

07/22/2011 By Katherine Koberg

Health & Wellness

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Dr. Deisher’s Stem Cell Crusade

When pro-life biotechnologist Tracy Deisher sued to halt federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, it rocked the biotech universe. What’s driving the Seattle researcher to kill the promise of medicine’s greatest hope?

07/22/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Home & Real Estate

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Pioneer Square on the Rise

07/29/2011 By James Ross Gardner

Inbox

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Letters to Seattle Met

07/22/2011

News & City Life

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FBI Thwarts Seattle Terror Plot

07/22/2011

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Uber Taxi Texting Service

07/22/2011 By Carey Rose

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Elizabeth Campbell’s Fight to Kill Seattle’s Deep-Bore Tunnel

The lawsuit-filing, government-haranguing, viaduct-loving Magnolia activist is on a quest to kill the deep-bore tunnel.

07/22/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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A Talk with Marcellus Turner, City Librarian, the Seattle Public Library

07/22/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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Washington State’s Grass Tax

07/22/2011

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Parallel Park 101

07/22/2011 By Clancey Denis

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Hackers Develop Disaster Response Video Games

Can you survive an earthquake? How about a virtual one?

07/22/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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Christian Sinderman Keeps Powerful Pols in Power

07/20/2011 By Johnathon Fitzpatrick

Style & Shopping

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Summer Totes

Carry out the hottest part of summer with a lightweight all-day city bag.

07/22/2011 By Laura Cassidy

Travel & Outdoors

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Insider’s Guide to Olympic National Park: Where the Wild Things Are

07/22/2011

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Insider’s Guide to Olympic National Park: Saving the Park

When federal funds dwindle, volunteers step up.

07/22/2011 By Annie Rose Favreau

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The Elwha's Last Dam Summer

It began 25 years ago as a radical idea: destroying two dams to save the Elwha River. It ends this month as a commonsense solution. Gentlemen, start your jackhammers.

07/22/2011 By Bruce Barcott