Camano Island produces a bandit for our times
The author of a new book on the Barefoot Bandit talks about how the unlikely kid from Camano became a cult figure, greatly abetted by social media.
Sue Frause
Sue Frause is a Whidbey Island freelance writer and photographer. You can reach her at sue@suefrause.com.
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It's '94 all over again: Hooligans give Vancouver a bad name
After the Canucks' Stanley Cup loss to the Boston Bruins, rioters and vandals take over the city. Unlike rioters in 1994, though, some of these people might be caught because their photos are being posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Culture
A nostalgic case for a Seattle 'observation wheel'
Manchester, London, and Singapore have world-renowned versions of the old-style Ferris wheel. Will Seattle get its own?
Canuck fever in Vancouver
The city's got it bad, and you can savor the fever out on the streets and in the hotel lobbies.
Culture
Vancouver is aglow, one year after Olympics
This is a great month to take in the city's many tourist attractions, from the well-known SkyTrain and BC Place to a re-lit Olympic Cauldron and a native sculpture that inspired the official emblem of the 2010 Games.