OMG - the Wickaninnish Inn is a doggie paradise too. Jammu and I must make a trip :-)

Quoted: CityDog Magazine's Doggone Getaway to Wickaninnish Inn

I didn't even know such events existed. Next year Jammu and I will attend!

Quoted: 'Tis the season to celebrate our furry, four-legged friends and what better way than at the fifth annual CityDog Yappy Howlidays Muttmixer! This "howliday" event of the year -- hosted by Seattle's own CityDog Magazine -- takes place Wednesday, December 9th, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the swanky and dog friendly W Hotel.It's Seattle-style merriment at its best, with close to 100 pooches of all shapes and sizes decked out in stylish collars, reindeer antlers and holiday sweaters, while their equally festively bedecked humans sip cocktails and mix and mingle with fellow dog lovers. Dane + Dane Studios will be on hand to take holiday portraits, perfect as a keepsake memento or holiday card. And, each guest will go home with a holiday swag bag, courtesy of CityDog, loaded with treats and other goodies.The event is free to attend, but CityDog is asking guests to bring a donation of pet food for the West Seattle Food Bank to help struggling families feed their pets this holiday season. Here are the kibbles and bits...When: Wednesday, December 9th, 6-8 p.m.Where: W Seattle Living Room | 1112 4th Avenue | Seattle | 206.264.6000 Why: To celebrate the holiday season doggy style!Please visit www.citydogmagazine.com for more information about this fabulous, fur-filled (in a good way) event! Guests are asked to RSVP with the number of people and pooches in their "pawty" to rsvp@citydogmagazine.com. About CityDog MagazineSmart, city-savvy and fun, CityDog Magazine brings the joys of life with our four-legged friends to dog lovers throughout the West -- Seattle, Portland, San Francisco -- and everywhere in between. Launched in 2005 by Seattle-resident and avid dog lover Brandie Ahlgren, each quarterly issue of the print magazine overflows with informative, insightful and often humorous articles on topics from cool canine products and the latest doggie trends, to regional activities for people and their pooches. For a sneak peek at the current issue, visit www.citydogmagazine.com!

Comments from folks who know more about Indian politics than I do? I'm not an expert in Indian politics but the politics of this situation seem like a huge issue. I can't understand why creating a new state is the right answer here. Increasing bureaucracy isn't going to help these people get better access. That requires increasing democracy. Plus, doesn't this just fuel other secessionist movements?

Quoted: Twenty ministers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh resign in protest at the decision to create a new state in its north.

yes, so a day after I finished spending 4 hours merging each of my contacts in google, one by one (whittling my contacts from 1000+ to 600ish), of course google releases the one button to merge all duplicate contacts option. seriously!?!?

quoted: Managing a big address book can be a challenge, so it's no surprise that the top request for Google contacts is a fast, easy way to merge duplicate contacts. You've been able to merge contacts one-by-one for a while, but now we've added a single button that merges all your duplicate contacts at once. To clean up your contact list in one fell swoop, just click the "Find duplicates" button in the contact manager, review the merge suggestions (and uncheck any suggestions you don't want merged), and hit the "Merge" button.

bigoted rants from glen beck are the norm, i know. but just because they are the norm doesn't mean we should ignore and let them slide. this is sickening. seriously sickening.

quoted: Thus, within the span of a few minutes, Beck implied that there are no quality medical schools in India; implied that medical care in India is a shoddy imitation of real health care; implied that the entire nation is an undeveloped backwater without even so much as indoor plumbing; and compared the Ganges River, a holy body of water for one of the world's oldest and largest religions, to a disease.

haven't even read the whole article yet - but LOVE these.

Quoted: A foam roller, a ball, your own fingers: All can be therapeutic devices when used properly.

the annoying thing about the following is that I was raised vegetarian and the only people who made me uncomfortable were the meat eating kids who made fun of me. perhaps tolerance needs to be taught in those homes rather than expecting that vegetarian kids eat highly processed fake meat options...

The experts she quotes strongly suggest that parents allow some leeway, such as “allowing kids to eat meat at friends’ houses or restaurants or packing snacks and lunches that look like chicken nuggets or hot dogs but are actually made from soy or wheat gluten.”

on the mayoral race in Seattle... this is truly the game changer:

Broadhead (winning candidate consultant): And this campaign was an eye-opener for me. If you gave me the choice, next cycle, of having the vote of the immigrant and refugee community in Seattle … and having, basically, the downtown checkbook, that would be a no-brainer for me. The immigrant and refugee committee … delivered votes for us.

This reminded me a lot of thanksgivings growing up - we'd bring Indian food to our friends' house, they'd have the turkey - we'd all enjoy the festivities. And, I really like this quote - which has been said in different ways by many and always rings true: The people leaving the country that they love take a picture of that country and then they bring that picture with them and they raise their children in the vacuum of that picture.

What happens is that the country evolves but that picture never does, so there's an interesting dynamic that occurs where you - transplanted first generation child often time is more in tune with the older traditions of the country that your parents left than the people who are actually living there at that time.

Quoted: Thanksgiving is perhaps the most American holiday; for immigrants, the feast is often a fusion of old and new culture. Chef Michael Psilakis talks to Renee Montagne about what he will be putting on his Thanksgiving table. He's the chef of the New York restaurant Anthos and author of a new cookbook, How to Roast a Lamb.