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Rick Steves Takes on Marijuana Legalization
Using celebrity status, and his bank account, to advocate for legalization
These days, Rick Steves is looking a lot less like a happy traveler and a lot more like a road warrior. Gone is his trademark boyish mien so familiar to the armchair travelers who have watched his mild-mannered shows on PBS for 20 years. Today, this best-selling guidebook author and overall travel guru is revealing…
Does Seattle Have an Image Problem?
Former Governor Christine Gregoire thinks so
These days, you could call former Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire one of Seattle’s biggest boosters. That’s due to her role as chief executive of Challenge Seattle, a new, private, CEO-driven initiative aimed at boosting Seattle’s international profile and raising some self-awareness. Why? It turns out that we’re a little too slow to brag. When…
New Procedure Helps Patients with High Risks
A less invasive procedure offers new options for high-risk patients
When surgeons are dealing with clogged or narrowed aortic valves, they often perform a procedure that involves opening the chest in order to replace the blocked valve with an artificial one. For some heart patients, such as the elderly, the surgery is too risky. Bellevue’s Overlake Medical Center and Group Health Cooperative have teamed up…
Is an Independent School the Right Choice for your Family?
Defining what an independent school is and how to begin the admission process
Sponsored by Puget Sound Independent Schools At some point during a child’s educational journey, every parent must ask if their local public school is the best choice. Perhaps they’d prefer a school that offers smaller class sizes, additional extracurricular offerings or more personalized instruction than what’s offered at their child’s current school. Or, families might…
How One Man Overcame Cancer
Ron Gibson has been struggling with invasive cancers since 2004. This is his story.
“I should be dead by now,” says 74 year-old Ron Gibson over the phone from his Vancouver, B.C., home. Since 2004, he’s been struggling with invasive cancers that literally brought him to his knees. “I had no idea anything was going on,” he says. “But then there was blood in my urine, and at…
Woodland Park Zoo Opens Revamped Exhibit with Three New Tigers
Malayan tigers are the latest addition to the zoo's state-of-the-art exhibit
Sponsored by the Woodland Park Zoo If you visit Woodland Park Zoo beginning in May, you’ll notice three new residents of the feline variety. Olan, Liem and Eko are 17-month-old Malayan tigers (and littermates) who reside in the newly transformed tiger area of the Banyan Wilds exhibit complex, the centerpiece of the zoo’s Tropical Asia…
Is the Port Ducking its Responsibility for Protecting the Sound?
With the prospect of Arctic drilling rigs parked in the Port of Seattle, the city preps for a fight
Spring arrived early in Seattle this year. Above average temperatures and dry days were the norm in February. The cherry trees at the University of Washington bloomed two weeks ahead of schedule. Tulips in the Skagit Valley popped open well before the start of the annual April tulip festival. But the pleasure many of us…
7 Principles of Comprehensive Wealth Management
From reducing internal expenses to rebalancing, here are effective ways to manage your wealth
Sponsored by Brighton Jones The decision to hire a professional — whether for something simple like painting a house, or a legal issue — requires consumers to consider two main factors: cost and value. Cost is straightforward and determined by price. Value is subjective and involves both quantitative and qualitative measures. For instance, what is…
The Backlash Against Tech in Seattle: What we can Learn from San Francisco
The thriving tech industry is changing Seattle, and not everyone is happy about it
Strolling around Blanchard and Seventh in Seattle’s Denny Triangle, I’m taking in the last days of a forgettable block. It’s an easy spot to ignore as one passes by. Nondescript mid-rises commiserate with a Budget Rent A Car, a strip club and a fenced-off dirt lot. Having passed through the area for years, it’s hard…
Changes in the Central District Affect the African-American Community
As gentrification pushes African-Americans, should the city step in to protect their interests?
When Mount Calvary Christian Center pastor Reggie Witherspoon was growing up in the Central District in the 1960s and ’70s, the neighborhood was tight-knit and largely African-American. But today, it’s another story. “It’s radically different,” he says. Now, he can visit the neighborhood and not see any African-Americans. “I never thought I would see the…
The Big Problem with the Methow’s Little Hut
A cabin designed by a big-time architect has the small town of Mazama in an uproar
The dirt road up Flagg Mountain is not for the fainthearted—or the low-clearance car. It is steep and narrow, with hairpin turns snaking through woods and scrub. But the views at the top are more than worth the teeth-chattering drive: The craggy peaks of the North Cascades fan off to the west, and the Methow…
Does South Lake Union Have a Soul?
Does South Lake Union have what it takes to be a real neighborhood?
To walk the streets of South Lake Union (SLU) is to be bathed in the thrilling glimmer of new construction and the hum of global biotech and software engines, interspersed with echoes of its maritime past. But does the neighborhood have a soul? It’s a question that stems, in part, from grumbling members of Seattle’s…
A Smart Conversation about Guns
Last night, Town Hall hosted a forum on gun violence that didn’t devolve into a shouting match and included only one mention of Ann Coulter. Entitled “Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis,” this first of three February civic forums was an evidence-based look at the patterns, impact and cost of gun-related “unintentional” deaths, suicide and…
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