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  • 3 weeks ago | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

    SNOHOMISH — A tantrum in a toy store was Kim Crane’s introduction to the gentle art of Japanese paper folding. When her mother refused to buy her an origami kit, 6-year-old Kim began tearing up the store. It was too much for Mom. “She broke down and bought it,” Crane said with a laugh. Crane was immediately smitten and spent hours learning how to fold ’em. “It just grew on me,” she said.

  • 1 month ago | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

    Take a road trip. Soak in a sunset. Get crafty. Have a craft beer. Get tatted or even tie the knot. Summer adventures abound in every corner of our region. New sights and tastes await. There is so much to experience. Here are some attractions and distractions to get your summer party started. Take it from there with The Daily Herald’s Best of Snohomish County 2024 list of top picks from over 60,000 votes by readers.

  • 1 month ago | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

    Take a road trip. Soak in a sunset. Get crafty. Have a craft beer. Get tatted or even tie the knot. Summer adventures abound in every corner of our region. New sights and tastes await. There is so much to experience. Here are some attractions and distractions to get your summer party started. Take it from there with The Daily Herald’s Best of Snohomish County 2024 list of top picks from over 60,000 votes by readers.

  • Mar 11, 2025 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

    EVERETT — Strap on this 25-pound musical breastplate, give it a squeeze, and you’re guaranteed to be the life of the party. Why sing the blues when you can play the accordion? With undertones of violin, organ grinder, piano, monkey, calliope and three-ring circus – the accordion can be silly or serious. Tchaikovsky or Devo. “You’ll find the accordion in nearly every style of music, worldwide,” said Joe Petosa Jr., third-generation owner of Petosa Accordions in Lynnwood at 19503 56th Ave. W.

  • Feb 24, 2025 | heraldnet.com | Janice Podsada

    From Monroe to Miami, there’s nothing like cozying up to a fire, whether it’s hot, cool or a hologram. Wood stoves, pellet stoves, natural gas and electric fireplaces, Mukilteo’s Travis Industries makes them all. “We sell fire in different forms,” said president and general manager Kurt Rumens, 70, who founded the business 45 years ago with one employee. Today, it employs 450. The Harbour Pointe plant sits on an 80-acre campus, dubbed the House of Fire.

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