Lisa Brunette
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Seattle & King County
On Sunset and Leilani
We're thrilled to bring a distinct new voice to Crosscut readers with today's piece on the closing of Sunset Bowl. I was introduced to the work of Seattle novelist Stephanie Kallos when writing a series for Seattle Woman on local women writers. Both Seattle transplants, Kallos and I discussed the im

Culture
Best of 2009: Enough about Seattle. What do you think of Seattle?
To deconstruct this city's personality, look first at its unique navel-gazing nature.

Culture
The Seattle swarm
No, it's not the name of the new major league soccer team [http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/328949.html]. It's a phenomenon. It's what happens when a restaurant, bar or other public establishment is deemed hip by Seattleites due to a series of write-ups in local publications, and hordes fl