The second day in Iran was the worst for me. It started with a poor choice of clothes. My yellow, shear, short-sleeved vintage shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons is one of my favorite warm weather shirts. But I didn’t realize how see-through it was until I wore it in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where men […]
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They say that with the Seattle Sounders, the world’s game has come to Washington, but soccer is not the only “new” sport in the region. Spokane TrailQuest, formed in fall of 2007, has brought Mountain Bike Orienteering to the Northwest. This bike scavenger hunt event is popular in Europe and around the world, but so
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This month is loaded with local music do-gooders. Which is to say, some seriously cool stuff is happening. Fittingly, both items highlighted in the coming paragraphs involve local promoters PATRICK KENDRICK and ISAMU JORDAN (but seriously, doesn’t everything in Spokane music?). June sees the return of one of Spokane’s most enjoyable musical traditions, that of
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Triathalon Revolution Terri Schneider Mountaineers Books, 2009, 301 pages Triathletes are A breed apart; especially those athletes who aren’t satisfied to survive but must excel at three very different athletic pursuits. Most don’t realize the modern day triathalon didn’t exist until 1974—and the first announcement read “bring your own bicycle.” In Triathalon Revolution, Terri Schneider
