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Practical magic
Fantasy author ditches the otherworldly to woo a larger audience.
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Oasis on the Eastside
Trader Vic's returns—to Bellevue, but Bellevue needs it more than we do.
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Weinangst Begone!
I’ve given uptrying to persuade people that the German language can be beautiful. If they can listen to…
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But Can He Cook?
It's starting to look that way, to judge by Anthony Bourdain's new book.
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Bones of Contention
How the discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton on the Columbia River may sink the land-bridge theory of North…
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Just Say “Ommmmm . . . ”
A local experiment suggests teaching prison inmates meditation could be an effective form of rehab, among other benefits.
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Does OTB have a death wish?
On the Boards struggles to survive the PR debacle following its abrupt dismissal of artistic director Mark Murphy.
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Locating the Lost Generation
Where to hold your own literary cocktail party, emphasis on the cocktail.
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Q&A: PNB’s Peter Boal
Last month, Peter Boal paused briefly between meetings, consultations, and classes to talk about his hopes and plans…
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A Taste of Spain
Even people who never made it 30 pages into Proust’s “search for lost time” know that it begins…
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The revolution Will Be Published
Karl Marx provides coffee cake and a left-wing reading list.
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Lucky Numbers?
In which the author envisions a historical meeting that should've produced the first great economics best seller before…