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425 Design

The process of good design is more than just choosing pretty pillows. It’s really about the business of finding great solutions for our client’s needs. This can take many forms: ... [more]

Better U

I’m not sure I have the courage to do this, not quite yet. How can I calmly begin to understand the mortality of my investment portfolio in 2008? What really ... [more]

Eye on Style

SAM FLAX NEW YORKWhat started as an art supply business from a pushcart in 1920 has over the years grown into an impressive art, gift and office supply business known ... [more]

Family Value

For some people looking forward during a recession, the future looks ominous and uncertain. Businesses owned and operated by the founding family’s third or fourth generation have a different perspective. ... [more]

From the Editor

What do you dream about?

Maybe it happens when you’re baking cookies — you know yours are better than anything Mrs. Fields has pulled out of the oven, yet she ... [more]

Inside and Outside Unite

Brian Hearst of Bellevue thought the lush, serene property on Cougar Mountain would be an idyllic place to preserve and enjoy the comforting ambience of ever-present Northwest greenery around his ... [more]

Inside Expedia

The downtown building is tall, yet unassuming amongst the other high-rises under construction and those already dotting the ever-growing Bellevue skyline. But behind those walls of windows are travel marketers, ... [more]

Life in the Trees

Pete Nelson wandered around his Fall City property in the dark looking and groping at trees, listening as the Raging River made its way around the point in the background. ... [more]

Power Lunches

Google. Expedia. Microsoft. Technology giants have become the business focus on the Eastside, but the truth is people have been doing business here for a very long time. So where ... [more]

Take a Hike

There is a place where the raw, pounding, awesome power of the sea coexists with serene natural beauty and calm. It is a primitive place where the powers of creation ... [more]

True Blue

As a new mother, there are a lot of things that change. Some of the things I miss most are quality time with my girlfriends and attending lovely parties. It ... [more]