Road Trips

Road Trips <p>No need for excuses. Here are <a href="../../../travel-and-outdoors/articles/spring-road-trips-0410/"><strong>five regional reasons</strong></a> to load the trunk, get behind the wheel, and put rubber to asphalt. Plus, new, ultrarelaxed mixing and matching brings fresh air to <a href="../../../style-and-shopping/articles/spring-fashion-0410/"><strong>warm-weather style</strong></a>.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Passing Through

Saffron Revolutionary

An exiled monk sips tea and looks toward better times in Burma.

03/18/2010 By Eric Scigliano

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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.

03/18/2010

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Fit as a Fiddle

An Old World artisan matches up violins, players, and big-time investors.

03/18/2010 By Eric Scigliano

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We Think You’ve Seen Her Before

Suzanne Vega, backstage at the Moore Theatre on February 25, 2010.

03/18/2010

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Turning Japanese

Seattle’s anime and manga fest turns 13 this month. What are you wearing?

03/18/2010 By James Ross Gardner

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Going the Distance

This woman gets quite enough exercise playing tug-of-war with her conscience, thank you.

03/12/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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Homer Alone

Hans Altwies treads softly into his first solo show—an adaptation of The Iliad.

03/11/2010 By Laura Dannen

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The Kid Gloves Come Off

03/11/2010

Eat & Drink

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Dinner Run

Belltown’s high-end eateries fly east.

03/18/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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Let Them Eat Brioche

Buttery-sweet brioche is a staple at any boulangerie worth its salt—this recipe from Columbia City Bakery owner Evan Andres is the French classic at its best.

03/16/2010 By Jess Thomson

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A Cherry on Top

Give your carefully crafted cocktails the garnish they deserve.

03/15/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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What to Eat Now

Beefy!

03/12/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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A Pirate’s Life for Him

Jeff Smiley serves his spring bock beers in a Greenwood pub fit for Blackbeard.

03/12/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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Mighty Meals

MistralKitchen offers a full plate that will please regular diners and food snobs alike.

03/12/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

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Neighborhood Hot Spot

Spice Room

03/11/2010

Editor's Note

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A Note From the Editor

Have we met?

03/15/2010

Health & Wellness

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Life Is But a Dream

Rowers at Lake Union Crew ditch the Stairmaster and sauna in favor of fresh air and open water.

03/18/2010 By Karen Quinn

Home & Real Estate

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The Bifurcated House

A Seattle art school’s founding family puts a modern face on a Ballard bungalow.

03/17/2010 By Jessica Voelker

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Renting the High Life

Want to live in a custom home for a fraction of the price? Builders are leasing what they can’t sell.

03/15/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Inbox

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Letters to the Editor

03/16/2010

News & City Life

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Distraction Figure

How to handle the Mariners’ new acquisition with care.

03/19/2010 By Matthew Halverson

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Seattle to the Rescue

How our region swung into action following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti—and what more can be done.

03/18/2010

Past Lives

Billy the Mug

Seattle’s toughest saloon keeper had a sentimental side.

03/18/2010 By Eric Scigliano

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Lady Liberty

Keli Carender, Political activist

03/15/2010 By Matthew Halverson

Style & Shopping

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Fresh Air

Fashion’s new, ultrarelaxed policy on mixing and “matching” means anything is possible and everything is beautiful.

03/16/2010 By Laura Cassidy

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Vested Interest

03/15/2010 By Laura Cassidy

Travel & Outdoors

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Go! Road Trips 2010

Seattle’s nice, but rolling out of town in the springtime is even sweeter. Here, five excuses to load the trunk, get behind the wheel, and put rubber to asphalt.

03/17/2010 By James Ross Gardner, David Laskin, Jessica Voelker, Lia Steakley Dicker, and Christopher Werner

Web Exclusives

Snapshots

Party Pics

Pictures from recent community benefits and charity events.

03/24/2010

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Viva Vega

A "Close Up" of folk musician Suzanne Vega.

03/18/2010 By Christopher Werner