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Starter Kit: What you need to survive Seattle’s rain

Gear guides have their place if you’re a seasoned pro, but if you’re just starting a new outdoor activity, they can be forbidding and unhelpful. Enter Starter Kit, a new series that guides you through the essentials you’ll need to take on the Northwest's most popular sporty hobbies — no more, no less.

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An overhead view of the Enchant Christmas light maze in Arlington, Texas last year. Enchant Christmas will be at Seattle’s Safeco Field Nov. 23-Dec. 30.
Holiday Events Guide

A giant light maze, skating trail and marketplace take over Safeco Field this winter

Seattle is chock-full of AirBNBs that fall under the ?so cute you want to squeeze it to death? category.
Travel

Exploring the Puget Sound region’s unusual Airbnbs, from an island tree house to a Finnish-style spa  VIEW

Linda Thorson of Linda Thorson Design at the 2017 Phinney Neighborhood Association Winter Festival & Crafts Fair Credit: Breanne Durham
Holiday Events Guide

Seattle area holiday events 2018: festive fairs, markets and bazaars

Chef Cheetie Kumar makes gajrela, a carrot and cardamom pudding, at Garland, her restaurant in downtown Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 24, 2018. Kumar cooks dishes that blend childhood taste memories with the ingredients that speak of the South. (Juli Leonard/The New York Times) XNYT124 XNYT124
Food & Drink

Diwali’s exuberant desserts: recipes from a rock-star chef

Food & Drink

Feds: California vintner can’t use Oregon label on his wines

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A major California wine producer must stop using labels that imply a connection to Oregon pinot noirs. The Mail Tribune reports that the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has ruled that Napa Valley vintner Joe Wagner must surrender nine labels — including Elouan and The Willametter -- because...

Cheap Eats

Some of Seattle’s greatest food isn’t found at the priciest places

Wellness

Does Ambien cause sleepwalking? What about sleep-driving?

Plus: A connection between Viagra and vision loss, and tracking down a childhood cold medicine.

Pacific NW Magazine

Monday, November 5, 2018. PACIFIC TASTE Story is about cooking with cane syrup that is popular in the south. Wandering Goose uses it to prepare Spiced Steen’s Cookies. Steen’s is a famous cane syrup brand. 208361

Cane syrup, a Southern staple, makes its way to Seattle just in time for prime pecan-pie season

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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO by Scaglietti Patrick Ernzen ?2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

You know that red sports car you saw around Redmond? It sold for a record $48 million

Garden

If planted now, amaryllis plants like this candy-striped variety should bloom in 8-12 weeks.

Sure, you could buy a festive blooming amaryllis, but it’s so much more fun to grow your own

Summer Guide

Seattle beyond the Space Needle: Pick an itinerary and explore this summer

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‘Veep’ actor is moving from landlord to seller

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Rant & Rave

Rant & Rave: Recipe ripped out of library book

Readers rant about pages ripped from library book, rave about Garfield book store trip

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He thought ‘This isn’t working’ meant let’s break up. She wanted him to propose.

Outdoors

Guide to Washington's Hiking Trails

Pets

Having a ruff day? This story about George the skateboarding bulldog is sure to make you howl  WATCH