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The Green Valley

Near Auburn, Wash.

Stop the world — I wanna get off ...

... in Tacoma.

Paradise snowed inn

At Mount Rainier National Park.

Grain trains in Tacoma

Near Thea's Park on Commencement Bay.

Sunset in Paradise

At Mount Rainier National Park.

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Mossback »

Your chance to join the Mod Squad

A number of events are coming up for people interested in preserving Northwest modernism, from Googie to Brutalism to starship chic. Here's a quick rundown and reminder of doings connected to stories I've been covering on Crosscut.

Puget Sound on Prozac

57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?

Arts Beat »

What's killing small theaters? Paying the rent

As urban real estate soars in value, small theaters are finding one third of their budgets going to pay escalating rents and they must spend lots of time looking for affordable venues.

A dissent on Rauschenberg, darling of the avant garde

Jen Graves on Robert Rauschenberg's influence

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Sports »

After the Winter Olympics, B.C. Place will get a retractable roof

The 25-year-old facility has has a fabric roof, vulnerable to collapse. With a retractable roof, the stadium could have natural grass and be home to the Whitecaps soccer team.

From the NBA championship to homelessness in 30 years

The M's need a smarter management team

Lifestyle / Leisure »

Starbucks' Pike Place Roast is just okay, says Consumer Reports

Jim Romenesko's Starbucks Gossip blog today linked to a Consumer Reports story about the new Pike Place Roast blend, which tasters say is "a smooth cup of coffee with some bitterness, but not particularly complex." Because it is so mild, they recommend drinking it black, so one may appreciate "the subtle floral notes."

The long leash of the law

The Space Needle's first cleaning since 1962?!

Recreation / Outdoors »

Bush plan may allow power plants near national parks

Latest move is part of a series of efforts to weaken air pollution regulations near national parks and wilderness areas.

The Space Needle's first cleaning since 1962?!

With polar bears endangered, tourists flock to northern Canada

Food »

Starbucks' Pike Place Roast is just okay, says Consumer Reports

Jim Romenesko's Starbucks Gossip blog today linked to a Consumer Reports story about the new Pike Place Roast blend, which tasters say is "a smooth cup of coffee with some bitterness, but not particularly complex." Because it is so mild, they recommend drinking it black, so one may appreciate "the subtle floral notes."

UW and IBM are researching new rice strains using 'clustered' PCs around the world

Ah, about that Copper River salmon: not such a good 'carbon footprint'

Flip Side » Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton, will you please go now!

Flip Side: With apologies to Dr. Seuss and Maureen Dowd.

An alternative reality show

John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away

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