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Peak Condition
The first powder report of the season has a way of inspiring urgency.
Skis come out of storage. Lift tickets get booked. Legs that haven’t seen a mountain in months are suddenly expected to carve, absorb and stabilize their way through a full day of downhill adventure.
That is why preseason conditioning matters. But preparing for opening......
Peak Condition
The first powder report of the season has a way of inspiring urgency.
Skis come out of storage. Lift tickets get booked. Legs that haven’t seen a mountain in months are suddenly expected to carve, absorb and stabilize their way through a full day of downhill adventure.
That is why preseason conditioning matters. But preparing for opening......
One-Piece Wonder
Tara Clark, founder and chief-fun-haver at TaraShakti, has a theory about skiing: The bravest person on the mountain is not the one dropping into some terrifying chute. It’s the grown-up wobbling around the bunny hill while a pack of fearless 6-year-olds flies past.
She would know. Tara didn’t grow up on the slopes and never quite......
One-Piece Wonder
Tara Clark, founder and chief-fun-haver at TaraShakti, has a theory about skiing: The bravest person on the mountain is not the one dropping into some terrifying chute. It’s the grown-up wobbling around the bunny hill while a pack of fearless 6-year-olds flies past.
She would know. Tara didn’t grow up on the slopes and never quite......
Winter’s Bounty
In November, when everyone seems to be elbow-deep in squash, the Northwest’s most compelling harvest is happening out of sight in the cold Pacific waters. Dungeness crab is hardening into its winter best while oysters sit tight in the bays, cool, plump and briny.
When we talk about eating seasonally, most often it’s about what is......
Winter’s Bounty
In November, when everyone seems to be elbow-deep in squash, the Northwest’s most compelling harvest is happening out of sight in the cold Pacific waters. Dungeness crab is hardening into its winter best while oysters sit tight in the bays, cool, plump and briny.
When we talk about eating seasonally, most often it’s about what is......
Find Your Bliss
About two hours northwest of Bellevue, Port Townsend is a good place to enjoy leisurely. Duck into a bookstore, linger over lunch or admire the Victorian houses, imagining which one you’d live in. Its sleepy port-town character makes a loose itinerary feel like a very good plan.
Port Townsend
Founded in the mid-1800s......
Find Your Bliss
About two hours northwest of Bellevue, Port Townsend is a good place to enjoy leisurely. Duck into a bookstore, linger over lunch or admire the Victorian houses, imagining which one you’d live in. Its sleepy port-town character makes a loose itinerary feel like a very good plan.
Port Townsend
Founded in the mid-1800s......
Hot Take
From the outside, Circle Wellness looks a little like a collection of very chic shipping containers dropped onto the shores of Lake Union. Located in Fremont, not far from Gas Works Park, the new spa is surrounded by all the usual signs of city life. Then you step inside and, almost immediately, everything goes quiet.
Circle’s......
Hot Take
From the outside, Circle Wellness looks a little like a collection of very chic shipping containers dropped onto the shores of Lake Union. Located in Fremont, not far from Gas Works Park, the new spa is surrounded by all the usual signs of city life. Then you step inside and, almost immediately, everything goes quiet.
Circle’s......
A Little Fancy
By the time Megan Baylous, founder of macaron empire Lady Yum, sits down for an interview with me at the Club, she has already stocked shelves at the Kirkland shop, covered for a delivery driver who called in sick and made a delivery herself. Such is the glamour of small-business ownership.
Somewhere in the middle of......
A Little Fancy
By the time Megan Baylous, founder of macaron empire Lady Yum, sits down for an interview with me at the Club, she has already stocked shelves at the Kirkland shop, covered for a delivery driver who called in sick and made a delivery herself. Such is the glamour of small-business ownership.
Somewhere in the middle of......
Tile Travelers
You can often hear a game of mahjong before you see it.
The tiles click and clatter against the hard surface as players “wash,” or shuffle, them—a sound often likened to a flock of sparrows taking flight. The association is fitting: In Cantonese, the game is called maa zoek (麻雀), or “sparrow.”
The Atrium is full of......
Tile Travelers
You can often hear a game of mahjong before you see it.
The tiles click and clatter against the hard surface as players “wash,” or shuffle, them—a sound often likened to a flock of sparrows taking flight. The association is fitting: In Cantonese, the game is called maa zoek (麻雀), or “sparrow.”
The Atrium is full of......
A Better Way Around
“Around the World in Eighty Days” was so 1872. What if I told you it’s possible in less than a month, and that the journey itself is every bit as memorable as the destinations?
As an expedition leader for TCS World Travel, my job is to shepherd guests from one awe-inspiring place to the next on......
A Better Way Around
“Around the World in Eighty Days” was so 1872. What if I told you it’s possible in less than a month, and that the journey itself is every bit as memorable as the destinations?
As an expedition leader for TCS World Travel, my job is to shepherd guests from one awe-inspiring place to the next on......
The Face of Healing
Years ago, when Dr. Wayne Larrabee served as president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), he invited the late Seattle artist Gary Faigin to one of the organization’s national meetings. Faigin stood onstage sketching two well-known surgeons while explaining how he studied a face—its proportions, asymmetries, planes and expressions. The......
The Face of Healing
Years ago, when Dr. Wayne Larrabee served as president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), he invited the late Seattle artist Gary Faigin to one of the organization’s national meetings. Faigin stood onstage sketching two well-known surgeons while explaining how he studied a face—its proportions, asymmetries, planes and expressions. The......
The Art of the Toast
A tradition from Georgia powerful enough to thaw our region’s frozen social scene...
The Art of the Toast
A tradition from Georgia powerful enough to thaw our region’s frozen social scene...
Rome, Revealed
With Alaska Airlines'new nonstop flight from Seattle to Rome, la dolce vita is more attainable than ever....
Rome, Revealed
With Alaska Airlines'new nonstop flight from Seattle to Rome, la dolce vita is more attainable than ever....
A Place at the Table
How Uwajimaya—now nearly a century old—became everybody’s store...
A Place at the Table
How Uwajimaya—now nearly a century old—became everybody’s store...
The Pain Train
Before Lycra became a lifestyle, some athletes at the (then-named) Bellevue Athletic Club were doing something that had never been done before: training for triathlons together, with coaches, structure and serious intent.
The United States in 1983 was deep in a fitness revolution. Jim Fixx had turned jogging into a national religion. Jane Fonda’s aerobics tapes......
The Pain Train
Before Lycra became a lifestyle, some athletes at the (then-named) Bellevue Athletic Club were doing something that had never been done before: training for triathlons together, with coaches, structure and serious intent.
The United States in 1983 was deep in a fitness revolution. Jim Fixx had turned jogging into a national religion. Jane Fonda’s aerobics tapes......
For the Record
We're busting some myths about forensic psychology....
For the Record
We're busting some myths about forensic psychology....
A Feast for the Eyes
We really do eat with our eyes....
A Feast for the Eyes
We really do eat with our eyes....
Way Out and Worth It
In a country characterized by vast distances and wild landscapes, Canada’s most awe-inspiring getaways reward those who venture far from the beaten path.
Two properties are especially worth the journey: Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. As Canada’s only Michelin Three Key hotels, they’ve both......
Way Out and Worth It
In a country characterized by vast distances and wild landscapes, Canada’s most awe-inspiring getaways reward those who venture far from the beaten path.
Two properties are especially worth the journey: Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. As Canada’s only Michelin Three Key hotels, they’ve both......
Making a Splash
SplashForward with Club member, Susan Papplardo....
Making a Splash
SplashForward with Club member, Susan Papplardo....
Storm Chasers
About 4 hours away from Bellevue, Iron Spring Resort sits on a bluff high above a 10-mile stretch of beach in Grays Harbor County. Lewis and Clarke stumbled upon the cove in 1805, but it’s main claim to fame arrived in the 1890s when the beach became known as the “home of the razor clam,”......
Storm Chasers
About 4 hours away from Bellevue, Iron Spring Resort sits on a bluff high above a 10-mile stretch of beach in Grays Harbor County. Lewis and Clarke stumbled upon the cove in 1805, but it’s main claim to fame arrived in the 1890s when the beach became known as the “home of the razor clam,”......
Wings Over Washington
The wild birds from the Arctic fly through Washington every fall and winter, arriving like sentinels of the season’s change. First to arrive in late September are the snow geese, flying in their loose “V” formations, sometimes in the thousands as they cross the sky.
They settle onto their desired landing spots in the open fields......
Wings Over Washington
The wild birds from the Arctic fly through Washington every fall and winter, arriving like sentinels of the season’s change. First to arrive in late September are the snow geese, flying in their loose “V” formations, sometimes in the thousands as they cross the sky.
They settle onto their desired landing spots in the open fields......
Carb Counter
You may think you’ve had a bagel—until you taste a Hey Bagel bagel. Then you get why other “bagels” aren’t really bagels; they’re just soft bread doughnuts. (And this is for the West Coasters among us. You East Coasters have generally grown up with real bagels, so I’m not trying to tell you something you......
Carb Counter
You may think you’ve had a bagel—until you taste a Hey Bagel bagel. Then you get why other “bagels” aren’t really bagels; they’re just soft bread doughnuts. (And this is for the West Coasters among us. You East Coasters have generally grown up with real bagels, so I’m not trying to tell you something you......
Pickleball for All
Club members Nathan and Elizabeth Talbot have given pickleball a home of its own....
Pickleball for All
Club members Nathan and Elizabeth Talbot have given pickleball a home of its own....
Recovery Mode
The unsung hero behind post-exercise rebound....
Recovery Mode
The unsung hero behind post-exercise rebound....
New Heights
In search of the mountain wines of Argentina....
New Heights
In search of the mountain wines of Argentina....
Making Waves
Discover the magic of open-water swimming....
Making Waves
Discover the magic of open-water swimming....
Hot Spots
Discover the Northwest's Most Unique Hot Springs Escapes....
Hot Spots
Discover the Northwest's Most Unique Hot Springs Escapes....
The Conservationist Next Door
Conservationists work to protect natural places and the life within them...
The Conservationist Next Door
Conservationists work to protect natural places and the life within them...
Mud, Sweat and Gears
the chaos and charm of cyclocross...
Mud, Sweat and Gears
the chaos and charm of cyclocross...
Santa Fe: The City Different
Santa Fe is a city born of a complex interplay between cultural influences, which makes it hard to define and totally unique....
Santa Fe: The City Different
Santa Fe is a city born of a complex interplay between cultural influences, which makes it hard to define and totally unique....
Paying it Forward
How one Bellevue Club member continues her family’s legacy of perseverance, ingenuity and good deeds...
Paying it Forward
How one Bellevue Club member continues her family’s legacy of perseverance, ingenuity and good deeds...
The Great Escape
Have you ever heard of Stehekin? It’s isolated, hard to get to and well worth the effort....
The Great Escape
Have you ever heard of Stehekin? It’s isolated, hard to get to and well worth the effort....
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