Archive | August, 2010

Kick-off Dinner to the Kick-off Lunch

Spend five minutes chewing the fat with Dr. Kevin Danaher and it’s anyone’s guess where the conversation will lead you. I just returned from breaking bread with the Executive Director of Global Exchange and the keynote speaker for tomorrow’s Sustainable September Kick-off Luncheon at the Masonic Temple. If tonight was the appetizer, I can’t wait for [...]

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Runway Renegades Recap

By Taylor Weech Spokane has a style all it’s own: a mix of high and low brow, city and country, grungy and funky. Beyond the surface of chain stores at the mall we have a growing array of local shopping options, many of which are run by young entrepreneurs. Boutiques like Swank and Lolo, vintage [...]

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Planned Planethood Against a Toxic Tomorrow

By The Apostate On a night like tonight is it easy to be concerned about air quality in Spokane. Yet irritants and toxins are often lurking in other unsuspecting parts of nature, such as our soil and water, as a direct result of human activity. With all of this valid concern about dangerous chemicals in the environment, it [...]

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Hair Suit

This woman is a hair product representative and was on a sales call to a downtown Spokane salon. I have a friend who put her son through Gonzaga Prep doing this work. It is not for the faint of heart. How can you not agree, Spokane is gorgeous and so are the people in it.

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The Old/New House Party for Bonnie Mager

The place was once a rickety old shell of a house, perched on the riverbank down in Peaceful Valley. The cause was revolutionizing a political environment that was stymied by the same old people giving the same old money to all the usual suspects. The house received a new lease on life with a geothermal exchange [...]

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