Queen Anne Avenue on a bustling Sunday.

Cleveland High School is the site of a parents summit on Saturday (Aug. 20).

The Port of Seattle. (Chuck Taylor)

Lisa See

Inchin serves food that people who grew up in India remember as the type served in Chinese restaurants there.

The view of Seattle's skyline from Bellevue College.

Collin Tong's parents when they married.

Minority populations in the central Puget Sound area. Click on the map for a larger view. Color code in this order: a. 2 to 20% minority; b. 20 to 28%; c. 28 to 35%; d. 35 to 50%; e. 50 to 75%; 75 to...

The Bellevue skyline.

Gov. Chris Gregoire at a Langley rally during the 2008 campaign, when political winds were blowing in favor of Democrats.

Arbutus Walk, an eco-density project in Vancouver, B.C.

Seattle will host the 71st annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Noodles or nails, take your pick. Noodle Boat restaurant sits in a strip mall in Issaquah.

Rally participants: King County Executive Dow Constantine, State Rep. Sharon Tomiko-Santos, County Councilmember Larry Gossett, and community leader Bob Santos.