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    Articles by Roger Downey
    Pretty as a picture
    Pretty as a picture
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The latest in Edward Tufte’s famed line of graphics manuals is easier on the eye than on the brain.

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    The Maple Leaf Grill— no really, on the level. . . . 
    A New Leaf
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A North Seattle eatery offers its neighborhood one-stop ethnic dining.

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    Side Dish
    Side Dish
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Belltown on a budget

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    Swan song?
    Swan song?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Signs that Seattle Symphony music director Gerard Schwartz is preparing to move on are growing stronger by the day.

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    The Hot Sheet
    The Hot Sheet
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    What’s in, what’s fresh, what’s cooking.

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    K-Man's skeleton was marinated here for nine millennia.
    Picking bones
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The US government decides Kennewick Man is a Native American—after first violating sacred Native American beliefs.

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    Oaky Nokey
    Oaky Nokey
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Washington State first attracted attention in the wine world for making strikingly individual wines from the riesling grape. Twenty years…

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    ‘Rent’ relief
    ‘Rent’ relief
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    If you were among the first folks lining up last week to buy tickets for the national tour of Rent…

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    Age Before Beauty?
    Age Before Beauty?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    By the time I arrived at my neighborhood wine shop last Saturday, only six of the just-arrived 12 cases of…

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    Tottenham sets one up.
    Birth of the Booze
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Seattle bartenders create a bevy of designer cocktails.

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    The Grapevine
    The Grapevine
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Over the top As everyone in the wine business knows, pricing is as much a matter of marketing and mystique…

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    Ripeness Is All
    Ripeness Is All
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How do growers and winemakers know when grapes are ripe? You can pay a lab to measure parameters like total…

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    A breath of fresh A.I.R.
    A breath of fresh A.I.R.
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Online, everyone can be a DJ. That’s great news for alternative music fans.

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    Wiggle off to Bellevue
    Wiggle off to Bellevue
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Midwinter’s not the usual time for new arts initiatives, but Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center is bucking the trend, kicking off a…

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    Morris' Cavern community makes emotional symmetry.
    Back to Black
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Mark Morris returns to his dark side with an abstract masterpiece.

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    How clean is clean enough when you're next to a wetland?
    Toxic runway
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Piles of dirt pose problems for Sea-Tac.

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    Passport to Pleasure
    Passport to Pleasure
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    On the most glorious day of spring so far, Woodinville was the best place in the world for wine lovers…

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    Scarecrow Video Sold to Microsoftie Film Fans
    Scarecrow Video Sold to Microsoftie Film Fans
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    It’s official: Seattle’s unique Scarecrow Video has been sold at last, and to people who seem to want keep the…

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    Bach to the future
    Bach to the future
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Twelve releases in 12 months honor the late, great composer—with mixed results.

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    Between two worlds
    Between two worlds
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Tamim Ansary delves for the meaning of 9/11 in his own life.

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