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Author of the 3rd edition of ‘The Newcomer’s Handbook for Moving to and Living in Seattle,’ Maria is a freelance writer, accountant, single mother to two teens and turtle owner. Born as a 3rd generation Seattleite and raised on Vashon Island, she tried living in other cities but found Seattle owns her heart. Also, the turtle is unwilling to move again. She can be reached by email at m.a.c.author@gmail.com.

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More really cheap things to do in Seattle

Because I semi-sorta keep track of these things, I know you really liked my article "Really cheap things to do in Seattle." And I know that...
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Things to do for free in Seattle

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Seattle has events and entertainment priced to fit every budget, from high-end to free. In a recession, the free end of the spectrum is especially...
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$10 tickets to 10 games for the 10th anniversary of the Seattle Storm

It's been 10 years, and while the Seattle Storm only has one WNBA Championship to their credit (in 2004), that little factoid says nothing about the...
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Water Taxi resumes service Sunday, free service on opening day

60 degrees and sunny. That's the forecast for Sunday, April 5, just in time for the Water Taxi to resume service from the downtown waterfont to...
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Professional Bull Riders Tacoma Invitational this weekend

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There's very little in our brief history as a nation that has been as mythologized and romanticized quite as much as the American cowboy. There are...
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Harlem Globetrotters 2009 World Tour coming to Seattle, get presale tickets now

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Everyone knows what it's like when you get a song stuck in your head in endless mental replay. Since the minute I read the announcement that the...
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Rat City Rollergirls thunder into Key Arena March 7th

When the women of the Sockit Wenches, Derby Liberation Front, Grave Danger and Throttle Rockets skated into Key Arena on February 7th, over 4,000 fans...
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WWE No Way Out 2009 PPV live in Seattle on Sunday

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I told you in the beginning of January that tickets were still available to the live WWE No Way Out 2009 Pay-Per-View being broadcast from Key Arena...
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Paddy o' Dash is coming, make way for leprechauns and banshees

Are you a runner? Yeah, me neither except when I force myself for fitness' sake. Except there are a couple of exceptions to my "except" in...
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Best kept secret park in Seattle: Meadowbrook Pond

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Considering that this jewel of a park is owned by Seattle Public Utilities and it used to be a sewage treatment center it's hardly surprising that...
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