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Sweet Streets: An Open letter to Beacon Hill
Re: Why you aren't quite "there" yet as a neighborhood.
Dear Beacon Hill neighborhood, How are you? Seems like ages since we’ve heard from you, and I’m starting to get concerned. I mean, even though you’re basically right next door, it’s as if we’re complete strangers. And we had such high hopes for a special friendship. After all, you’ve got such potential: You’re as cute…
Best Neighborhoods: Greenwood Avenue North
From North 65th Street to North 75th Street, a look at laid-back, lived in PhinneyWood.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE: Modern Family-style broods and kid-free yuppies With yoga studios, day spas, hair salons, dental offices, even a DIY dog-washing joint, the overlapping, family-focused ’hoods of Phinney Ridge and Greenwood—or PhinneyWood—have the essentials and the extras covered. SHOP: There’s an old-school True Value Hardware store and a quirky new, all-vegan shoe store/chocolate…
Sweet Streets: 12th Avenue, Capitol Hill
From E Olive Street to E Marion Street, a look at our city's foodie haven.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE: Trend-setting hipsters It probably already held the title, but thanks to the most recent hipness outbreak along 12th Avenue, Capitol Hill is even more officially entrenched as Seattle’s capital of cool—as well as a growing foodie fave. Between the reassuring anchors of Seattle University and the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct…
Sweet Streets: Westlake Avenue North, South Lake Union
Between Mercer and Thomas streets, lies Seattle's new pearl.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE: Tech-savvy, young professionals Once mostly an area passed by commuters heading to I-5, South Lake Union now boasts some of the city’s most booming blocks of shops, restaurants and urban residences. Philanthropist/entrepreneur Paul Allen, the CEO of Vulcan Inc., has made the area his own Monopoly board, with developments including the…
Seattle’s Best Neighborhoods in 2011
Seattle’s most livable, walkable destination neighborhoods. Plus, what it costs to move in now
Neighborhoods are like family members. They all have distinct personalities. Some may evince a casually cool charm, while others have a decidedly dynamic vibe. The best offer up their own compelling mix of restaurants and retail, sundries and services, daytime and nighttime diversion options. Make no mistake. We adore Ballard Avenue. Can’t get enough of…
Ocean Acidification: Global Warming’s Doppelgänger
Studies show Puget Sound is particularly susceptible to damaging changes in ocean pH.
At the warm, brine-scented Northwest Fisheries Science Laboratory (NFSL) in Montlake, soft-spoken biologist Paul McElhany and a team of scientists immerse geoduck larvae in a multitude of saltwater baths. The water, trucked in from Elliott Bay and another fisheries lab in Mukilteo, starts as the usual toe-numbing Puget Sound soup. Then the scientists—amid the beeping,…
Rewards-based Health Plans Aim to Keep Workers Lean
Local employers discover that giving employees incentives to stay healthy helps everyone’s bottom li
When former King County Executive Ron Sims, now deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, launched the Healthy Incentives Program in 2005, he started biking to work. He lost an impressive 60 pounds and dramatically reduced his blood pressure, cholesterol levels and body mass index (BMI). “And he did all of…
Navigating Washington State’s Medical Marijuana Maze
Legal users of medical marijuana in Washington still have to break the law—hazy as it is.
Whether people smoke it, bake it into a cookie or spread green butter on their toast in the morning, medical marijuana use—and the controversy surrounding it—is growing in Washington state. Cancer patients are using it to alleviate nausea caused by chemotherapy. AIDS patients smoke it to help regain their dwindling appetites. And grandparents who once…
Top Doctors 2011: Otolaryngology
Diseases of the ear, nose, sinus, throat and other head and neck systems
OTOLARYNGOLOGY Paul Abson, M.D., The Everett Clinic, 3927 Rucker Ave., Everett, 425.339.5441, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of Washington, 1986; nasal and sinus surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery Cynthia Anonsen, M.D., Bellevue Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, 1135 116th Ave. NE, Suite 500, Bellevue, 425.454.3938, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; University of Minnesota, 1979; head and…
Top Docs ’10 Profiles: Jane E. Hitti
Photo by Hayley Young Jane E. Hitti, M.D., M.P.H. Specialty: Obstetrics-gynecology, epidemiology Practice and hospital affiliations: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s HospitalMedical degree: University of Vermont College of Medicine Why this specialty and why now? When I was doing OB-GYN [training] in Vermont, a friend of a friend was working in Uganda at…
Top Docs ’10 Profiles: Kathleen C.Y. Sie
Photo by Hayley Young Kathleen C.Y. Sie, M.D. Specialty: Pediatric otolaryngology Practice: Seattle Children’s HospitalHospital affiliations: Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington Medical CenterMedical degree: University of Michigan Medical School Why pediatric otolaryngology? It really appealed to me—the type of problems we see and the impact we can have on someone’s life. I realized…
Top Docs ’10 Profiles: George Makari
Photo by Hayley Young George Makari, M.D.Specialty: Pediatric neurology, pediatric sleep medicine and developmental disabilitiesPractice: Mary Bridge Pediatric Neurology ClinicHospital affiliation: Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center Medical degree: Cairo University, Egypt What’s the main misconception about sleep disorders? That there is magic pill that can fix it. What’s one piece of advice…
Top Docs ’10 Profiles: George Makari
Photo by Hayley Young George Makari, M.D.Specialty: Pediatric neurology, pediatric sleep medicine and developmental disabilitiesPractice: Mary Bridge Pediatric Neurology ClinicHospital affiliation: Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center Medical degree: Cairo University, Egypt What’s the main misconception about sleep disorders? That there is magic pill that can fix it. What’s one piece of advice…
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