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As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.
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Reality bites
Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.
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.
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When Martians invaded Concrete
Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.
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How Seattle can be part of this year's World Series
Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.
Another Fall Classic, another year without the Mariners. The current Mariners, that is. But we can imagine a scenario ...
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Completing an Ironman, virtually
Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.
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?
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Celebrating Seattle, 'City of Music'
Posted Thu, Oct 15, 1:39 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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A taste of the next mayor's diet
Posted Tue, Sep 29, 6 a.m.
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.
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.
The Future Shack awards suggest some design principles that could help us shape the city and region for the better.
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How I learned to love the bag fee
Posted Tue, Aug 4, 6 a.m.
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.
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A tasty dash through Northwest wine country
Posted Fri, Jul 31, 6 a.m.
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.
A classic Northwest story (and fantasy) is re-enacted on a run-down farm on Lopez Island
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Let's not fool ourselves about 'walkability'
Posted Fri, Jul 3, 6 a.m.
Walkable neighborhoods take more than density and sidewalks. You have to create conditions where small stores can survive.
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Starbucks has a G.M. moment
Posted Mon, Jun 8, 6 a.m.
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.
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Isolation for sale
Posted Mon, May 18, 6 a.m.
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.
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Local motion
Posted Fri, May 15, 6 a.m.
A Seattle native sees progress in our foodie culture, but being a locavore is what we did before someone thought up that name
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Big coverup
Posted Fri, Mar 13, 6 a.m.
Seattle wrestles with public nudity, but it's not much of a turn-on.
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Island Girl: 'This Is It,' every day
Posted Tue, Nov 3, 4 p.m.
An argument to see Michael Jackson's movie, and to remember that there's not always next year.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 5 p.m.
It could be creepy out there on this Halloween weekend, what with all that extra time to plan tricks and treats.
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Posted Mon, Oct 26, 6 a.m.
Large man, injured woman, smell of booze. And then there are those troubling domestic violence statistics.
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Posted Fri, Oct 23, 2:30 p.m.
It's been quite a week in the friendly skies. What can possibly come next?
MOREA tale of two bookfests
Posted Fri, Oct 23, 6 a.m.
A new Seattle book festival launches this weekend in Columbia City, amid bad news for Elliott Bay Books and word of a new fest planned for next year.
MOREIsland Girl: 'Somehow my husband has ended up in jail'
Posted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.
After a bewildering domestic-violence charge, our alleged victim seeks help from the local authorities.
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Posted Mon, Oct 19, 6 a.m.
"Even if you were taller and blonder," the cop said, your husband wouldn't love you. Part 1 of an occasional series.
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Posted Sun, Oct 18, 3:09 p.m.
Health experts say that "moderate" drinking is practically no drinking at all, but that's not what they show on Mad Men. Nor would it sustain the Northwest economy.
MOREOde to a wood stove
Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire.
MOREMicrosoft to XP Crowd: 'And we'll be honest, it could take you a couple of hours'
Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Upgrading to Windows 7? Redmond's video guide, while helpful, seems almost like an Apple-produced parody.
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