Step onto the docks at Port Townsend's Wooden Boat Festival this weekend, and you'll find yourself surrounded by authenticity. Or so it seems. Our architecture critic, a serious boatbuilder himself, looks at what that elusive concept really means.
Haggen, who died at 80, took over the family grocery business, built a powerhouse company, and never lost his small-town values. A friend since childhood pays tribute.
Mariners are still a loser, but the food's getting better out in the cheap seats. Go early, leave early, and bring along some diversionary entertainment.
Free trade has forced the Okanagan Valley to step up its winemaking game, which has launched British Columbia into the forefront of the Northwest winemaking world.
