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Disappointed by the news that her favorite Queen Anne spa was closing, Suzanne Buchanan did what any spa-loving general contractor would do -- she opened her own spa, named it after her favorite aesthetician Elin Blix, and hired her.
By Kathy Schultz | January 4, 2007
The moment I heard chef and truffle-worshipper Kevin Blaylock yell, "Holy crap, I found a really big one!" as he scanned the fluffy, upturned soil in a patch of Douglas firs south of Olympia, I knew he'd hit pay dirt.
He knelt and picked up a dingy white orb about the size of a gumball, brought it to his nose and took a whiff so deep and passionate I thought he was falling in love with it.
From an aesthetic point of view, the ugly little truffle seemed hardly worth all the excitement.
By Tyrone Beason | January 4, 2007