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West Coasters: Call home!

Posted Tue, Feb 7, 11:45 a.m.

By Peter Miller

What if the hollowed-out cities of the East Coast set out to lure back their prodigal sons and daughters? What would it take?

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Let it rain! says a California transplant

Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.

By Laura Kaufman

A refugee reports on her year-long effort to escape the relentless sunshine of South California, snuggling into our damp and bookish town.

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New Orleans is from Venus, Seattle is from....

Posted Wed, Dec 28, 2 a.m.

By Don Fels

This town couldn't be another NOLA and wouldn't want to, but maybe it can learn something about life and living from the battered Big Easy.

Seattle, where happiness has official backing

Posted Mon, Dec 26, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Seattle government has committed itself to being a helper in the city pursuit of happiness. Perhaps that can focus some of our discussions about the city's future.

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The Thirst of the People

Posted Wed, Nov 9, 3 p.m.

By Knute Berger

Liquor might be quicker, but dismantling the legacy of Prohibition has taken 80 years in Washington, accomplished mostly by initiative.

Hillman City neighborhood gets its great good place

Posted Tue, Oct 11, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

Tale of two Seattles: Poised between the very different worlds of Queen Anne and Southeast Seattle, our bipolar correspondent discovers what a difference a neighborhhood bar can make.

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American girls in Italy: a history before Amanda Knox's ordeal

Posted Mon, Oct 3, 3:28 p.m.

By Ronald Holden

Sometimes the meeting of foreign women and local men in Italy is a lighthearted encounter; other times, there can be a darker element.

Hitting the road, in search of the real America

Posted Thu, Sep 29, 2 a.m.

By Robin Lindley

Author James A. Reeves crisscrossed America in a rental car. What he found was a touching portrait of loss, community resilience, and the overbearing hand of government fear.

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Seattle and the great sorting of our households

Posted Mon, Aug 29, 2 a.m.

By Dick Morrill

New data about our region show where the families and singles are concentrating, how gentrification is affecting Seattle, and what kind of households are in dense, job-rich areas.

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Final 'Harry Potter' film marks no ending for a generation

Posted Wed, Jul 13, 2:20 p.m.

By Jessica Alberg

Think it's just a fantasy series? Countless tattoos deliver a firm rebuttal.

Reports of California's demise are hogwash

Posted Tue, Jun 28, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A gloomy Scandinavian ventures into the golden sunlight of California and finds only scattered signs of a "failed state." In a nutshell: salmon bad, sangria good.

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Pilgrimage to the Pasayten Wilderness

Posted Mon, Jun 27, 2 a.m.

By Craig Parsley

Whether you're searching for abandoned mines, studying bears, or simply ogling the views, you'll find this "wilderness with an edge" is touched with a lot of history.

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The high privilege of a perfect Washington strawberry

Posted Fri, Jun 24, 2 a.m.

By Peter Miller

The moment is about to come, and it lasts only 12 days at most.

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The electric-vehicle era: Are you ready?

Posted Wed, Jun 22, 2 a.m.

By Skip Ferderber

Some common questions and answers for anyone wanting to know more about EVs. For example, how do you "gas up"?

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RN74: Burgundy's wine train pulls into Seattle

Posted Tue, Jun 21, 3 p.m.

By Ronald Holden

Michael Mina, a "homegrown" boy known for his high-end restaurant in San Francisco, is back in Seattle with a new wine-focused restaurant at Fourth and Pike downtown.

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A Father's Day story: At the Beach of the King

Posted Sat, Jun 18, 4:46 p.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Sometimes, seeing the old man is a trip to the moon, but also a voyage back to understanding. It was the closest to my Dad I had ever felt.

Eating at a sushi buffet restaurant with my daughter: Now, that's Father's Day

Posted Fri, Jun 17, 2 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Eating on the Edge: I view my relationship with Olivia as a finite collection of moments, whose end and size neither of us truly have control over past today. For moments big and small, we seem to have found a restaurant where we want to go.

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Will the last family leaving Seattle please turn out the lights?

Posted Mon, Jun 13, 1:34 p.m.

By Dick Morrill

Updated with additional maps. New data show how Seattle is changing in fundamental ways. It has become a haven for singles, for young people (but not children), and for renters. Married couples with children, the historic norm, now make up only 13% of Seattle households.

Mossback Mountaineering: The Happy Looker

Posted Wed, Jun 8, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Seattle is a climber's town, but some of us prefer the comforts of base camp to the rigors of the summit.

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Making the most of SIFF's closing week

Posted Tue, Jun 7, 2 p.m.

By Pamela Biery

Here's some help sorting through a schedule packed with world premieres, screenings, directors' receptions, and a closing gala featuring "Life in a Day," the snapshot-style film Ridley Scott made with the help of YouTube.

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Later closing hours? Make the bars pay for them.

Posted Sat, Dec 3, 4:15 p.m. 2011

by Eric Scigliano

Mayor McGinn says 24/7 bar hours will pay off in staggered closings and booze-tourism income. Here's another way to spread the push-out and recover more revenues for the city.

With many options closed, Italy still has tourism

Posted Tue, Nov 22, 2 a.m. 2011

by Ronald Holden

The country will need to play up more of its attractions, even in the more remote regions.

You say basil, I say arugula

Posted Fri, Sep 23, 9:42 p.m. 2011

by Amy Pennington

Words of wisdom from a local green thumb for gardeners looking to extend their harvest into the fall months.

Weekend Tech Blog: Amazon to offer a sort of Netflix for book lovers?

Posted Sat, Sep 17, 2 a.m. 2011

by Skip Ferderber

Amazon's rumored efforts to start an "all you can eat" monthly subscription service for ebooks may be another weapon in the Seattle-based company's ongoing battles with traditional bookselling and book publishing.

Navigating Puget Sound's traffic can require shifty moves

Posted Wed, Aug 3, 2 a.m. 2011

by Sue Frause

People wondered why I was riding the shuttle from Mukilteo to Sea-Tac in order to get to a Sounders soccer game. But it worked out to be pretty reasonable.

State's new ferry provides a sub view

Posted Tue, Jul 12, 8:50 p.m. 2011

by Sue Frause

Like its sister ship, the new Salish is a bit of a fashion disaster. But it improves service on a run where you might spot a whale, or a whale of a Navy vessel.