Seattle Culture
Q&A: Top Doctor Ray Hsiao of Seattle Children’s Hospital Helps Kids With Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues
One of Seattle's top doctors shares insights into combating opioid addiction and on how Washington state is stepping up to integrate treatment of these complex issues.
Dr. Ray Hsiao focuses on helping kids with mental health and substance abuse issues
Seattle Children’s New Program Helps Families Live a Gluten-Free Life
For some, avoiding gluten is not a choice.
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue, as part of the Top Doctors cover story. Click here to subscribe. These days, it seems as though gluten, a protein found in wheat and some other grains (and in foods such as bread, beer, soy sauce and many others), is the trendy ingredient to avoid. And for good…
Q&A: Seattle Top Doctor Mahesh Mulumudi on Keeping a Healthy Heart
The interventional cardiologist at The Everett Clinic shares his thoughts on the latest in cardiology and how people can improve their heart health
With the help of a stethoscope attachment (on the back of his phone) and an app, Dr. Mahesh Mulumudi captures his heartbeat
High Fashion: Five Must-Have Cannabis Products to Elevate Your Green Style Game
These PNW-made designs are giving cannabis accessories a makeover
A burgeoning group of Northwest-based companies are giving the formally taboo topic of marijuana a makeover. Interior designer-turned-fashion maven April Pride of Van der Pop recently debuted a collection of stylish Italian leather stash bags thoughtfully lined with a waterproof zipper to conceal odors. Pride and others like her are infusing their cannabis-forward offerings with a focus on design that, in some ways, has made the green industry more approachable. And then, of course, there is the beauty industry’s latest “it ingredient,” CBD, a cannabis-based compound that is shown to…
AIA Home of Distinction: A Seattle Architect Takes On the Tiny-Home Challenge
In a Seattle tiny house village, two shelters work together to offer more than just a place to call home
The two-unit Parabay Home, located in Nickelsville Georgetown, is designed for a family with kids in one unit and adults in the other; facing glass windows keep everyone in view of each other. The space between the units creates a semi-private “yard.”
5 Smart Ways Baby Boomers Can Navigate Seattle’s Tough Housing Market
How to plan for the future and take advantage of a seller's market.
Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. Maybe it’s just my age (I prefer “mature” or “grown up” to “old”), but I often consider what lies ahead in the next 20 years. How do I want to spend my free time? Where do I want to spend it? How do I want to live? I find that many of my…
Winemaker Charles Smith’s Leschi Home Is One For the Ages
Scandinavian influence makes its way through this home on Lake Washington
Charles Smith and daughter Charlotte cozy up on the expansive sectional in the main living area. A big change he made to this space was removing a glass ceiling in the dining room—“It made the room seem vast,” Smith says—and replacing accordian doors that
Should You Become a Life Coach?
Five frequently asked questions, plus how to get certified in Washington.
Sponsored by Rich Cavaness and The Certified Coaches Federation The primary criteria for anyone to be qualified as a life coach isn’t a course as much as it’s the lessons they’ve learned from their journey, including victories and losses, frustrations and all the events that have given them the ability to offer perspective. Becoming a…
Showcasing the Best of the Seattle Suburbs
This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue, as part of the “Best of the Burbs” cover story. Click here for the rest of the story. My love of big cities is undoubtedly a direct response to growing up in a small one. Racine, Wisconsin, had a lot going for it back in the ’80s…
Best of the Burbs: The Next Generation of Seattle Suburbs
Living outside the city has always been an attractive option for many, but with housing prices in Seattle going up, up and up, the suburbs around us are more magnetic than ever.
The Issaquah Highlands, a planned community, offers city-like density and amenities in the burbs
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