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White House Christmas tree: best if it's not from Washington

Posted Wed, Dec 21, noon

By Feliks Banel

There was one time, exactly 50 years ago, when a tree from Washington state was selected for the annual display in D.C. That time, things went wrong on both coasts.

Buh-bye Bobo

Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Seattle's beloved (stuffed) gorilla will leave his museum home for "plastic surgery" before relocating to South Lake Union, but his place in the new MOHAI remains up in the air.

Seattle's real underground tour

Posted Wed, Oct 12, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

An artist explores the city's sewers and tells us about the "aging beast" the lives beneath our feet, and the men and women who keep it alive, and keep us safe.

'Break-dancing' gorillas: It's all in the family

Posted Thu, Sep 1, 3:17 p.m.

By Spider Kedelsky

As a baby, Zuri the gorilla used to entertain his keepers at the Woodland Park Zoo by dancing. Now, a generation later and a country apart, Zola is the star of a YouTube break-dance video with more than 2 million views.

The Mormons are coming!

Posted Fri, Aug 19, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A book on America's "first civil war" looks at the so-called Mormon Rebellion, an event that spread fear throughout the Pacific Northwest as people worried about a new, independent theocratic state rising in the far West. The struggle has lessons for today.

Nature's bridge

Posted Mon, Aug 8, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The death of an eagle says a lot about the misty magic of the 520 bridge, the poor man's waterfront, and about living in Seattle.

Eating on the Edge: Take me out to dinner at Safeco

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 2 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Hot dogs? Well, sure, that's always appropriate. But how about an Ethan Stowell creation? Or something as American as New Haven-style pizza?

Seattle needs more shrines to writers

Posted Thu, Jul 14, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

In a city that draws the "creative class," why don't we have more reverence for our writers? Why not use them to boost tourism? Why is there no Theodore Roethke Historic Park, or Frank Herbert Wax Museum?

Government by Tweet

Posted Thu, Apr 28, 12:59 p.m.

By Kent Kammerer

The Seattle ethics commission takes up social-media guidlines for elected officials. Just imagine a time when we could Tweet our tunnel vote, pay our toll through an embedded chip and still have time to read our neighbors' trivial FB status updates.

The Barefoot Bandit: I don't get it

Posted Mon, Jul 12, 11:48 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Why is Colton Harris-Moore so popular? Shouldn't we be happy to see the 19-year-old fugitive in chains?

Oh, to be in North Korea's pavilion!

Posted Fri, Jul 9, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Our man in Shanghai: At Expo 2010, there are no lines to see the North Koreans' pavilion. You can also spend time in Iran, Afghanistan, Burma, and the land of Hugo Chavez. Have fun tracking international outliers.

Our man in Shanghai: Feeling the 'force' of the future at World's Fair

Posted Tue, Jul 6, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Urbanization is a theme that is expressed everywhere at World Expo 2010, especially in the massive China Pavilion.

Visions for the Center's future: I hear Seattle singing

Posted Mon, Jun 14, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

One thing we can all agree on is that the chance to remake Seattle Center brings out a multitude of ideas that reflect our varied expectations. It's like a Whitman poem in action.

Budget cuts make Washington only state without board to decide place names

Posted Tue, Jun 8, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The Washington Board on Geographic Names has not just been slashed from the budget, but written out of existence in Olympia, making the Evergreen State the only one without such a body. Who will keep our maps from chaos now?

Expo in Shanghai: green lessons for Seattle, U.S.

Posted Fri, Jun 4, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The world's biggest world's fair is underway, and the U.S. media, for once, is paying attention. There's the Hillary Clinton angle, after she helped make U.S. participation happen, but this is also a fair that shows the U.S. some options for catching up with other nations on sustainability.

Mysteries of an Oregon beach

Posted Thu, May 6, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

On the Oregon coast, science, legend, and wild theories are intertwined at Nehalem, where archaeologists, historians, treasure hunters, and crackpots attempt to dig out the past.

The weird alchemy of archaeology

Posted Mon, Mar 29, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The Northwest Anthropology conference yields some interesting stories about what our waste can teach us.

Best of 2009: If sturgeon could talk

Posted Mon, Dec 28, 5:41 p.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A short history of Lake Washington, as told to our author by one very long fish

Best of 2009: Jean Godden recalls madcap days at 'The P-I'

Posted Thu, Dec 24, 6 a.m.

By Jean Godden

The paper generated legendary tales and unforgettable characters. Here are some that Godden, who joined The P-I in 1974, deems suitable for public consumption.