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    Clam Digging at Westport (And a Skateboarding Dog)

    Posted @ 01:53PM on 04/25/2011 by Lisa - Eat Drink
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    Razor clam digging was open at the ocean beaches for a five day stretch last week from Wednesday through Saturday. In Westport...
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    A Trip to Italy, A Fall into Love

    Posted @ 11:10AM on 03/08/2011 by Lauren - Home Garden
    Local author Michelle Merritt set out on a life changing journey after the death of her parents in 2007. in the toe of Southern italy, fel in love with an italian strager, chronicling every event along the way. Get lost in her book One Night in Rome,
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    The Hobbit House

    Posted @ 04:52PM on 02/22/2011 by Lisa - Home Garden
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    Even though the house is whimsical and full of personality at its core, it fits its environment.
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    Take Care of Your Heart

    Posted @ 04:42PM on 02/14/2011 by Lauren - Eat Drink

    Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, according to the American Heart Association. Every year about 785,000 Americans have a heart attack and another 470,000, who have already had one or more heart attacks, have another attack.

    Swedish, the largest, most comprehensive non-profit health provider in the greater Seattle area as wells as the region’s leader in personalized cardiovascular care, is recognizing February as “American Heart Month,” by getting people talking their hearts.

    Swedish will host free heart health seminars on three of their campuses— Redmond, Mill Creek and Cherry Hill—Feb. 23, 6-8 pm. Providing health tips and advice to prevent cardiovascular disease. Going through the basics such as diet, exercise and lifestyle, these informative seminars are ways to prevent the nation’s most deadly disease. 

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    Visit us at the Tacoma Home & Garden Show

    Posted @ 02:34PM on 01/27/2011 by Lauren - Home Garden
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    The Tacoma Home and Garden Show has taken over the Tacoma Dome with hot tubs, beds, mock kitchens, wind chimes, potted plants and hundreds of home remodel companies eager to share their past accomplishments that have pushed them forward in the industr

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    South Sound B&Bs

    Posted @ 11:00AM on 01/21/2011 by Lisa - Home Garden
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    Let’s be honest. Having the whole family over for the holidays is nice, but it’s also exhausting. Let someone host you for a weekend at a local bed and breakfast for some homey comfort away from, well, home. Perhaps it’s just what you need, a vacation close enough to drive to, but far enough to feel the stress melt. From turn-of-the-century Victorian mansions to modern abodes area B&Bs have it all, and then some.

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    Putting the Green in Evergreen

    Posted @ 01:14PM on 01/05/2011 by Lisa - In Print
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    Here's a sentence no one has probably ever typed before: “The fritter-fratters at the Flaming Eggplant are amazing.” Actually, Sharon Goodman, the director of residential and dining services at The Evergreen State College in Olympia may have typed it once or twice. The fritter-fratters are her favorite dish at the student-run Flaming Eggplant, a café on campus. “It involves making French fries with a variety of root veggies,” she says. “Fry them in oil, and serve hot!”

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    Beneath the Wreath

    Posted @ 12:00AM on 12/01/2010 by Anna - Home Garden
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    When Jerry and Barbara Garner first saw the 38-acre holly farm near Poulsbo on the Kitsap Peninsula, despite thereal estate agent’s warning of a hovel, she was charmed by the 1890s English Tudor cottage-style house. He was captivated by the spectacular view.

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    Easy Entertaining

    Posted @ 12:00AM on 12/01/2010 by Anna - Home Garden
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    Not a lot of families have an almost 7,000-square-foot house, but the Dencklas didn’t build a spacious and inviting home near Auburn’s Washington National Golf course for just the four of them – they love to host gatherings year round at their versatile home.

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    A Classic Love Affair

    Posted @ 12:00PM on 10/01/2010 by admin - In Print
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    Inside a Historic House in Tacoma
    by South Sound Staff, Photos by Dane Gregory Meyer

    You could say it was love at first sight. When Andrea and Dr. Tom Molloy were looking for a home three years ago, they fell for the 1908 house in the historic Stadium District in Tacoma they live in now. “This home was the first house we looked at,” Andrea said. “After viewing a large amount of other homes we realized we were comparing them all to this one. It is the only house that we had a clear vision of how our family would live in it and make it our haven,” she said.

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