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Saying Yes

Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.

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Humor: Leveraging the 'social isolation' space

Posted Sun, Nov 15, 6:15 p.m.

By Steve Clifford

In a world where "friend" is a verb, what the Internet needed was a quick way to say "get lost!"

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Hitting the wall before the starting line

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

By Monte Enbysk

As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.

Reality bites

Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

In an age of seemingly too much information and not enough thinking, an argument for eschewing our culture's relentless optimism and seeing things as they really are.

When Martians invaded Concrete

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.

How Seattle can be part of this year's World Series

Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.

By Mike Henderson

Another Fall Classic, another year without the Mariners. The current Mariners, that is. But we can imagine a scenario ...

Completing an Ironman, virtually

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.

By Himanee Gupta-Carlson

At more than 140 miles spread among three events, the Ironman race is a huge feat to pull off all at once. But what if you could spread out the pain over a week?

Celebrating Seattle, 'City of Music'

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 1:39 p.m.

By Travis Hay

The Showbox dresses up for the city's inaugural music awards program, honoring KEXP, Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes, and others. Even the restrooms smelled nice.

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Shiga's Garden: fittingly, a story of sunshine and cooperation

Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.

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Wedding costs, and benefits

Posted Wed, Oct 7, 6 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

What does it mean that weddings these days are more traditional and more lavish than ever? Scoff not.

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The Bravern fits right into Bellevue's architectural style

Posted Wed, Oct 7, 6 a.m.

By Lawrence W. Cheek

The elaborately designed new Bravern complex is a pastiche of ideas drawn from European public spaces. As architecture, it's all very tasteful, but it lacks whimsy, unpredictability, and Northwest context.

A taste of the next mayor's diet

Posted Tue, Sep 29, 6 a.m.

By Ann Bauer

With one candidate "born to eat," the other fighting the "campaign 15" pounds, the road to Seattle City Hall is paved with good intentions ... and chocolate bunny crackers.

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Braised words: 'Julie & Julia' inspires a retro writing experiment

Posted Fri, Sep 25, 6 a.m.

By Matt Fikse

The popular movie about Julia Child inspires our writer — not to cook with lots of butter, but to write longhand, and then use a typewriter and carbon paper. Tasty lessons result.

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How to craft a better Seattle

Posted Tue, Sep 15, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The Future Shack awards suggest some design principles that could help us shape the city and region for the better.

How I learned to love the bag fee

Posted Tue, Aug 4, 6 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

When you look into the oceans of problems plastic bags create, the case for Seattle's well-crafted grocery-bag fee becomes overwhelming. And the opponents' arguments are underwhelming.

A tasty dash through Northwest wine country

Posted Fri, Jul 31, 6 a.m.

By Harris Meyer

Among the highlights: the wineries in the new Lake Chelan appellation, where a cooler climate is producing Alsatian-style whites.

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The eggs and us

Posted Thu, Jul 30, 6 a.m.

By Gardiner Davis

A classic Northwest story (and fantasy) is re-enacted on a run-down farm on Lopez Island

Let's not fool ourselves about 'walkability'

Posted Fri, Jul 3, 6 a.m.

By Kent Kammerer

Walkable neighborhoods take more than density and sidewalks. You have to create conditions where small stores can survive.

Starbucks has a G.M. moment

Posted Mon, Jun 8, 6 a.m.

By Matt Fikse

Judging by its latest ad campaign, Starbucks is losing touch with its customers, just as G.M. did. So here's a suggestion to turn the coffee giant around.

Isolation for sale

Posted Mon, May 18, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Mining towns like Metaline Falls are struggling as auto sales slump, but across the border in British Columbia there is evidence that other places have found a future with another valuable resource.

Other media

Pre-Olympics visit to Vancouver, looking for its gritty soul and best eats You won't find it in the celebrated downtown, which is bland and shopping-center-like, says this writer. Look for life in the surrounding neighborhoods. Head for Commercial Drive, for instance.

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Positively McManus: On poker and politics, at Town Hall Publicoloa's "Booknerd" sits down with James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street and now Cowboys Full, to talk about his new history of poker. After a while, almost everything can look like a bluff.

PUBLICOLA

New study looks at whether social media makes people more social Turns out it does, even while social isolation generally is increasing in America.

NEW YORK TIMES

David Brooks: Are cellphones destroying love? The old social texts for mating games are gone, leaving lovers lonely and confused.

NEW YORK TIMES

Just do it: Why so many prohibitions are dropping away Gay marriage, using pot, vacationing in Cuba are among the bans that are fading away. Even Republicans are getting in touch with their libertarian side.

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A decade of slow running: My most memorable moments

Posted Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

by Monte Enbysk

Crosscut By 2: As this year's Seattle Marathon training winds down, our columnist looks back on his 16 marathons and 10 years of serious running.

Crosscut By 2: Why slow runners are good for marathons

Posted Tue, Nov 17, noon

by Monte Enbysk

Easy for me to say, with what's likely to be my slowest-ever race coming up. But the sport needs more than just elite athletes.

I Forgive You, Paul Dorpat (and maybe Ivar’s, too)

Posted Thu, Nov 12, 11:10 a.m.

by Feliks Banel

Absence of Mollusk? Sure, the underwater billboards were a hoax. But Keep Clam! It was a great promotion in Ivar Haglund's classic style.

Island Girl: A tribute to Sandra Day O'Connor

Posted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m.

by Ann Bauer

The death Wednesday of the former justice's husband, after suffering for 20 years with Alzheimer's, brings to mind for our columnist personal stories of family, health, and love.

Celebrating icons of Washington's history

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.

by Feliks Banel

At the 120th anniversary of statehood, museum director David Nicandri has put together an exhibit covering indelible moments, from Vancouver's exploration to Galloping Gertie to Wild Rainiers, and more.