Consider the price of beauty: Last time I went to my hair dresser, I wrote a check for $170. That was for a haircut, single process color and tip. A recent facial was $70, plus tip. Full leg and bikini wax with tip was almost $100. Eyebrow tint, $12. A nourishing body wrap was $90 plus tip. You do the math — I'm afraid to.
By Kathy Schultz | August 18, 2005
What do a steel mill, Lorquin's Admiral butterflies, a shopping center, coho salmon, Chief Sealth High School students, public art and an ancient bog have in common?
Answer: The Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail in West Seattle.
By Kathryn True | August 18, 2005
Short Trips
YAKIMA -- As I approached Fort Simcoe on the Yakama Indian Reservation a couple of weeks ago, part of the historical significance of the mid-19th-century Army fortress I had read about became clearer.
I drove south through Yakima on Interstate 82, then west off state Route 97 past countless hop farms and apple orchards as well as barren, almost desertlike conditions until I came to a large stand of oak trees at the base of the Toppenish Ridge.
From a distance, the stand -- which I soon learned surrounds Fort Simcoe -- looks like a giant oasis.
By Jeff Larsen | August 18, 2005
Museum location: 703 S. Second St., La Conner, Skagit County
By Cathy McDonald | August 18, 2005
