Important Faces in the Crowd Around the State

Busy CEOs are ordering in, but they still want the best

You know, the one in California

New and unusual options in outdoor dining

Car collectors are drawn to the smooth lines, the storied pasts, the powerful engines ... gas prices be damned

The Northwest has many offerings for those looking for a second home

Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

By Stewart D. Friedman

(Harvard Business Press, $25.95)

It?s been said again and again by business leaders that you can either be successful at work or have a good...

Important Faces in the Crowd Around the State

Washington now ranks as a world player in the wine industry

Even as the economy trends downward, restauranteurs bet our hunger for red meat will grow

A novice discovers fly fishing in the Northwest

The Long Shadows consortium brings world-class winemakers to Walla Walla

When it comes to outfitting a mega-yacht, creativity, rather than budget, becomes the limit.

Riesling returns to reclaim the white wine throne

Taking lessons in life, and learning to roll with the punches

Corporate retreats now include adventure travel to build camaraderie

Giving New Life to an Old House

Inspiration from Disney drives James Hammond's auto success

The Growing Trend in Corporate Jet Charters

Exceptional gifts selected to bring plenty of cheer

For those with the means and a taste for risk, start-up companies beckon

Links on Puget Sound Cause More than a Ripple

The Northwest's Après-Ski Scene

The largest privately owned automotive collection in the world - amassed over 50 years by a Tacoma businessman - is now the inspiration for America's Car Museum

BOOKS AND TALKS

University Book Store

Aug 1 Tao Lin: The literary blogger (aka The Reader of Depressing Books) reads from his debut collection of short stories, Bed, and his novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee. His fiction is known...

Smartphones, the category that the Black- Berry made so popular, aren't just workhorses anymore. The latest and most publicized of the bunch, Apple's iPhone, promises to neatly consolidate into one device a digital media player,...

For a change, consider teeing off on Vancouver Island

Make sure you choose a property that matches your lifestyle

I'm sitting at lunch at Pasta Piatti in Ashland, Ore., with Lewis the Dauphin, son of the King of France. He's eating a terrificlooking sandwich on foccacia bread and talking about some of his favorite haunts in town. Lewis...

Heli-fishing British Columbia?s Sunshine Coast