Editor’s note: June gloom
May 31, 2013 – 9:47 am | No Comment

Dear reader,
June can be a doozy of a month in the Northwest.
For many, it’s the last month of school. That last, winding road on a long stretch of learning.
For others, it means summer Fridays …

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The sweetest solution
January 8, 2013 – 11:49 am | Comments Off
The sweetest solution

BY ANDY PERDUE AND ERIC DEGERMAN
Washington’s original wine grape is once again the state’s most dominant variety, both in quality and quantity.
While this might seem like old news — great Riesling has been growing in …

The comforts of home
January 7, 2013 – 10:23 am | Comments Off
The comforts of home

STORY AND PHOTO BY SAMANTHA PAK
With a cobblestone walkway, lined with lush green vegetation, leading up to a small house with a stone-and-brick exterior, The Stone House looks like something out of a fairy tale.
Standing …

In the neighborhood
January 4, 2013 – 9:27 am | Comments Off
In the neighborhood

BY KEEGAN PROSSER
Where to find cheap drinks, yummy eats and good times indoors this winter [I.D. required]
BELLEVUE
Mustard Seed Too
1428 156th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98007
425-746-8852
A mainstay in Bellevue since 1974, Mustard Seed Too boasts 5,000 …

Gala, auction raise $4.8 million for The Hutch
January 3, 2013 – 10:01 am | Comments Off
Gala, auction raise $4.8 million for The Hutch

BY ROSE DENNIS
The 37th Annual Fred Hutch Gala on Dec. 1 raised an amazing $4.8 million for research in new treatments in both bone marrow and T-cell transplantations.
Hosted by the Grace Heffernan Arnold Guild and …

The serious side of David Alan Grier
January 2, 2013 – 10:20 am | Comments Off
The serious side of David Alan Grier

BY KEEGAN PROSSER
David Alan Grier has been a regular in the entertainment industry for quite some time – getting his start on the National Public Radio’s drama adaptation of “Star Wars” in 1980s as the …

Nightlife in January
December 28, 2012 – 10:29 am | Comments Off
Nightlife in January

Bake’s Place
1-3/4; 17/18; 31: Patricia Lee Allen
1-19: Impossible Bird
1-26: Crème Tangerine
155 108th Avenue NE Bellevue. 425-454-2776
More: www.bakesplacebellevue.com
Beach Cafe
Live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m.
1170 Carillon Point, Kirkland. 425-889-303
Benaroya Hall
1-11/12: Loudon Wainwright III and Dar Williams
1-20: …

Editor’s note: New Beginnings
December 28, 2012 – 10:23 am | Comments Off
Editor’s note: New Beginnings

Dear reader,
If I’ve learned anything in the past few weeks, it’s this: life is precious, and if you’re gonna live it, then you might as well live it well. Work hard, play harder and love …

The Heart of Italy
December 20, 2012 – 9:49 am | Comments Off
The Heart of Italy

BY RAECHEL DAWSON
When Don Curtiss and Michelle Quisenberry were married in a little town in Tuscany, Italy they fell in love with more than each other. The town of 11,000 was more than a …

Serving Grace
December 17, 2012 – 9:29 am | Comments Off
Serving Grace

Loud and About Column by Heija Nunn
Holiday traffic is the type of pressure cooker that tests even the most patient among us. Everyone has someplace to be and I was supposed to be there ten …

Vegas thrills, close to home
December 14, 2012 – 10:55 am | Comments Off
Vegas thrills, close to home

BY SETH TRUSCOTT
The strains of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” can still get Lisa Rasmussen moving.
As a 7-year-old, Rasmussen’s first record was Joan Jett and The Blackhearts’ 1981 classic. To this day, the record continues …