The authentic appeal of bars with a gift for being themselves.
“Mixing up Turks and Greeks generally goes over about as well as mixing up Hatfields and McCoys. . . . “
Chronic neglect and abuse of the mentally ill continues at Western State Hospital.
Less to Read, More to See A sampling of this year’s best photo books shows how a great picture is…
I e-mailed you a few years back and said that I was a virgin who was wondering if my spiritual…
Last week, a new billboard went up across the street from the Washington State Convention Center. On it, our good…
Nick Licata becomes the new Seattle City Council president, and six female finalists for a vacant seat are picked.
Cancer (June 21–July 22) Some people find the raucous rambunctiousness of children noisy and intrusive, but that’s rarely the case…
Time to stop second-guessing the monorail.
Arts & Entertainment
Hint: Rumsfeld speaks Fantasy Rumsfeldian.
“So now I’m told that while my illness was recently described as terminal, I can, perhaps, be saved. . . . I’m left with one of those too-simple questions: How much is the extension of a life worth? The answer, we learn from childhood: It depends. It depends on who I am. It depends on the accidental geography of my birth. It depends on how much wealth I have accumulated, how many friends I have, who they are. It depends a lot on dumb luck. . . .”
—”On Being Terminally Ill,” from Typing Love Letters to Create Time, a book I self-published in April 1991
What’s on your pet’s wish list?
I had a terrifying dream the other night: A great, unseen power operated an amusement park. Those who followed instructions…
How the candidates get to work
Pride At Work, a gay labor organization, holds its national convention in Everett.
The city says it will oppose renewal of the historic Blue Moon’s state liquor license.
HOW DID GEORGE W. BUSH manage to transform himself from leader of the free world into the world’s most determined…
TURF: URBAN LIVING
In an otherwise-colorful timber town, Angela Walker and her family are taking a stand against racism.
