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Summer is special for Japanese Americans. On July 4, they celebrate their American independence, and by the end of July, it’s time for the Bon Odori festival

– where people of all backgrounds are welcome to pay homage to their ancestors through folk dances, and enjoy-ment of arts, cra� s and food. FYI: the barbecued musubi at the Seattle Bon Odori is heaven in a rice ball!

In L.A., there’s even a Nisei Week Aug. 13-21, a cel-ebration of Japanese-American heritage that also brings together diverse communities through arts and cultural education.

We don’t have a Nisei Week in the Northwest, but we do have the Aki Matsuri festival Sept. 10-11 at Bellevue College. We also have a community dedicated to preserv-ing these traditions, such as Stan Shikuma and the youth members of Kaze Daiko, a taiko drumming troupe he coaches, featured in our cover story.

� is community transcends labels, “Eastsider” or “Se-attleite,” as well as race. Everyone from Jaymi Matsudaira, a fourth-generation Japanese American, to Tom Brooke, a hakujin (white person) and president of the Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association belongs (or even people somewhere in-between such as yours truly – a Japanese-Filipina-Irish American).

If you’re moved by the heroic cinema of Akira Kuro-sawa, or have worked or studied in Japan and saw Mt. Fuji (Mt. Rainier’s twin) with your own eyes; if you’re a self-proclaimed anime nerd or Pokémon master – come as you are. All are welcome to carry on the traditions of Japan.

Participate. Seek out taiko performances and other cultural events. Dance at the Bon Odori. Support Uwa-jimaya and other Japanese businesses. Learn martial arts. Make sure your little ones know who helps seeds grow and makes the wind blow (“Totoro!”).

Keep the traditions alive in your own way.

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The tiny dining room and bright round sign outside Max’s World Kitchen might mislead passersby into thinking it’s just another lunch spot on Front Street in Issaquah.

Unbeknownst to them, they’re missing out on a gem that has local foodies lining up.

They might also overlook Chef Edna Noronha, who graduated top of her class from the nation’s most pres-tigious culinary school, Culinary Institute of America.

She celebrated Max’s first year this June.Raised in Goa, India, Noronha’s cooking sticks true

to her Portuguese and Indian roots. Her mom still makes her curry powder, a collection of 26 spices.

She’s a perfectionist about the taste of her food, but so low-key she uses her silver valedictorian prize bowl for jellybeans.

In addition to a couple curries, she offers a take on British Colonialism – fish and chips with a thin batter that offers crispness without hiding the fresh Alaskan cod.

“I want to feel the fish,” Noronha says.She couldn’t help but add some heat, a pinch of cay-

enne, in the tartar sauce.The fish tacos are built in layers. The dry cabbage is

topped with a creamy white dressing slightly sweet-ened with honey. The house-made hot sauce is just enough to warm the mouth and bring balance to sweet and sour.

The menu is filled with signature dishes, some she’s carried from her childhood.

For dinner, try the African chicken with piri sauce. She leaves the skin on the boneless chicken breasts, keeping it moist. It’s blackened on a grill and finished off in the oven.

Watch out for the “hot” piri sauce, unless you need something to clean out your sinuses.

All of the puff pastry is made in house, making her pastries fluffy and flakey. Try the one stuffed with chicken curry, it’s like a hot pocket made in heaven.

The menu also has some Asian dishes.It’s surprising that she can have such a diverse menu,

and execute everything so well, says Norma Rosenthal, a regular at Max’s. “We haven’t found a single dish there that we didn’t love.”

Issaquah has a lot of chain food options, but it doesn’t have many chef-owned restaurants, she says. “It’s one of those hidden treasures that people just don’t know about.”

Most customers take their orders to go, but there are three small tables and a bar facing the street.

She also has a selection of local beers and Portuguese wine.

Noronha’s Portuguese influence comes from Goa, which was once colonized by Portugal.

Growing up watching American film, she decided as a girl she was going to the U.S. One of 11 children, her siblings laughed at the thought.

She was working in Dubai, when she earned a stu-dent visa to study business in California.

Noronha married soon after graduating, and stayed in the country.

Still swearing that her mother is a better cook, she says her pallet developed when her mom continually asked her to taste food.

She chose a career in business and got a job working in credit collections, when she began bringing in food for her coworkers. It was so tasty, they asked her to cater an event.

She then realized her greatest pleasure is making people full and satisfied, she says. “It’s like a mother cooking for her kids.”

She was in her mid-40s, when she decided to go to culinary school.

“I told my mom, I have to do it. I only have one lifetime,” she says. “I’m in the greatest country in the world, you go after your dreams.”

She worked at a couple nice restaurants after gradu-ating, before asking her husband to buy her a place. They purchased Remmy’s Catering three years ago.

She opened Max’s in the storefront of Remmy’s a year ago, but kept the large kitchen for catering.

The cafe is named affectionately after her German Shepherd, she says. “He tastes all my food.”

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When the sun � nally emerges, the Eastside does, too. A� er all, when you’ve only got four months a year of “summer,” you embrace it in every way possible.

Restaurant owners power wash the patios, crank up the umbrellas and move tables and chairs outside. Once again, it’s time for Margaritaville.

For the Bellevue Grill, on the � rst green of the Bellevue Municipal Golf Course, outdoor eating usually picks up in May, when golfers � nish a round and request to sit in the patio area. � e restaurant features 20 seats and a scenic view of the golf course and mountains.

“People want to eat outside when it’s sunny,” says Salvatore Lembo, owner of Firenze Ristorante Italiano and Pizzeria Guido & Wine Bar in Crossroads mall.

� at usually begins for his restau-rants in June. Guido’s o� ers pizza while Firenze delivers on � ne dining. Both have outdoor patios. � ose lucky enough to snag a spot will be pleased with the spacious outside area.

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Village OriginalsIssaquah productions have a ticket to Broadway

When Robb Hunt, Village � eatre executive producer, sat down for the Is-saquah premiere of the musical, “Million Dollar Quartet,” little did he know the next time he’d see the show open it would be on Broadway.

� e piano-thumping production, a portrayal of rock ‘n’ roller Jerry Lee Lewis, won a Tony Award for acting in June, 2010, a year a� er the ground-breaking “Next to Normal” production picked up three of the prestigious Broadway awards.

While these shows made it to the bright lights and big city, they started o� as mere staged readings in the Village Originals program, anchored by the Festival of New Musicals.

Entering its 11th year, the festival Aug. 12-14, is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to see how a new musical comes to life � rst-hand. With close to 100 artists, a dozen directors, and authors from across the county, this invitation-only event allows “starring-level” theater members and above to help shape the next round of original productions. Staged readings are presented, and the audience is asked to provide feedback a� erward.

Village � eatre is one of the few resi-dent theaters in the nation that develops new works — two of which are presented as part of the theater’s mainstage season.

In some ways, the Issaquah theater may be more well known in New York City than in the Paci� c Northwest.

Hunt says people on the plateau o� en head to Seattle for their arts, not

considering there could be a quality the-ater in Issaquah. Of course, when they do � nally check out Village for the � rst time, it’s a di� erent story.

“� ey truly enjoy what they see,” he says.

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Powerof Taiko

Pounding their drums with wooden bachi sticks, some of the drummers in Kaze Daiko may only be in elementary school, but the sound they’re making is powerful; it shakes the dusty walls of Seattle’s Japa-

nese Community and Cultural Center.Each of the nine members and three apprentices in

Kaze Daiko, a performing youth troupe, takes a yoga-like lunge. From this position, they play the Japanese drum, or taiko. Apprentices include 8-year-old Grady Spors, who looks as if he weighs less than the chu-daiko (medium-sized drum) in front of him. � e three college-age Matsudaira sisters, the most veteran mem-bers, giggle and chat between practicing songs.

Next month, the drummers will wear red happi

coats and black tabi shoes when they perform at the Aki Matsuri festival on Sept. 10. Today, they rehearse in basketball shorts, sweatpants and T-shirts.

� eir head instructor, Stan Shikuma, observes from behind his spectacles, arms crossed in front of his slen-der frame. He approaches one of the young drummers to demonstrate a sequence she’s struggling with.

It typically takes a year of weekly practice before new drummers have mastered the entire seven-song repertory.

But even before they become polished performers, just watching a rehearsal is exhilarating.

Graceful as dancers, powerful as martial arts mas-ters, the young drummers strike their instruments to achieve a sound that, at times, is as thunderous and elemental as rolling thunder.

“If you’re close enough, you can literally feel the vibrations,” Shikuma says.

Taiko is a synthesis of rhythm, movement and spirit – the spirit stems in part from use in Buddhist temples, Shikuma says. Drums have been used in Japan for cen-turies, but it’s only within the 20th century that taiko has emerged as a performing art.

While bene� ts of being in a taiko troupe include performing at Mariners games, it also connects youth with Japanese culture – a motivating factor for those of Japanese ancestry.

Especially for the group members who commute from the Eastside.

With a lack of Japanese temples and community centers in Bellevue or around the plateau area, some of these young people regularly cross the water to prac-tice taiko in Seattle – and to stay connected to their heritage.

UNCERTAIN FUTUREEighteen-year-old Jaymi Matsudaira of Sammamish

is one of them. With her grandparents’ generation, the nisei, dying out, and an increasing number of Japanese Americans marrying people of non-Japanese ancestry, she fears the traditions are slowly fading.

� at’s one of the reasons it was important for Mat-sudaira to study Japanese language in high school and commute to Seattle with her two sisters for taiko.

“I’m proud of being Japanese,” says Matsudaira, a fourth-generation American. “It gives you an identity and values: Be modest. Be humble. Persevere.”

COMMUTEIn addition to having more taiko o� erings, Seattle

is also where most Japanese events, such as the Bon Odori festival, take place.

� is may be due to a more established community, says Shikuma, who points to historically Japanese neighborhoods such as Seattle’s Beacon Hill, Rainer Valley and the Chinatown International District, once a Japantown before World War II.

With the exception of the Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association, the businesses and organizations on the Eastside o� en cater to Japanese nationals as opposed to Japanese Americans, he says.

Take, for example, the Seattle Japanese School on 124th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue. In the U.S. for a limited time, businessmen send their children to the school on Saturdays so that they will be able to re-integrate into Japanese schools.

EASTSIDE PRESENCE� at’s not to say there are no Eastside Japanese

Americans.Somerset resident and lawyer, Yukio Morikubo,

along with a dozen or so families in the South Bellevue area, attend Seattle Betsuin Buddhist temple – a hub

[more TAIKO on page 11 ]

Keeping Japanese culture alive through an ancient art form

BY GABRIELLE NOMURA

THE BEAT GOES ON: Kaze Daiko youth taiko troupe rehearses. The drummers range in age from 8 to 20 and mostly all come from the Eastside and Seattle. GABRIELLE NOMURA photo

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But while he regularly visits Seattle, Morikubo says he’s been pleased with the increase of Japanese cultural offerings on the Eastside, including Uwajimaya and the Aki Matsuri festival at Bellevue College, Sept. 10-11, which includes food, crafts, martial arts demonstra-tions and performances.

MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY Tom Brooke, President of the

Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association (ENMA), organizes Aki Matsuri.

While Brooke says he may be a “hakujin” (white person), he gained a passion for Japan in his eight years of living in Kobe – where he met his wife.

Aside from people of non-Japanese ancestry, some “hapas,” mixed-race Asian or Japanese Americans, possess a cultural pride

their parents or grandparents never had, due to the pressures to Americanize in the wake of World War II.

“There’s a solid core group of people who are very connected to their Japanese-ness,” Morikubo says, adding that some of those people are of mixed-race.

HOPEToday, the Japanese-American community in Greater Seattle includes people

of different backgrounds, as well as people from the city and suburbs.In the 11 years of Kaze Daiko, a quarter or more of the young drummers have

come from Bellevue, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Sammamish.New generations of taiko performers will help fuel the art form, one that’s

already celebrated and listened to internationally.“It’s kind of like jazz, which started off African-American,” Shikuma says.

“Today, people all over the world listen to and play both jazz and taiko.”A global appreciation for taiko is one way Japanese culture will live on. The culture isn’t dying, it’s changing – and gaining new demographics of

supporters, Shikuma says.Taiko will never shed it’s Japanese roots. But it will continue to grow

with help from Germans, South Africans and Americans of all ancestry.

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Jaymi matsudaira, 18: This Sammamish resident and University of Washington freshman is proud of her Japanese heritage. CHAD COLEMAN photo

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� ough sunshine may be rare in this part of the country, when those bright rays do shine down on all of us there is certainly no shortage of libations. Brewers around the Paci� c Northwest are adept at creating � a-vors that suit all seasons, and summer is no exception. Here are several brewers creating tasty concoctions to cool you o� a� er a hot day.

Redhook Ale - Wit http://redhook.com/beers/wit/ Woodinville-based Redhook o� ers a new twist on

the tried and true Belgian-style wheat beer. � e Wit features an infusion of ginger into the mix, which gives the beer a little more bite than your average wheat selection.

Pyramid - Curveball Blonde Alehttp://www.pyramidbrew.com/our-brews/curveball Many residents will be familiar with this one. It is an annual favorite of Seattle-based Pyramid, and a staple at Mariners games. Pyramid describes the beer as a "crisp, clean-tasting cold lagered ale."

Black Raven - Sunthief Kristallweizenhttp://www.blackravenbrewing.com/Redmond-based Black Raven produces some regular favorites of those at � e Scene. � ough not a sum-mer-only selection, the Sunthief Kristallweizen is an outstanding light selection, perfect for any occasion. "� e Sunthief is a � ltered German-style wheat beer (Kristallweizen) that is rarely produced in the U.S., according to Black Raven's website. "Light in color and alcohol, the Sunthief features subtle banana and clove components layered onto a � avorful wheat and pilsner malt base."

Snoqualmie Falls - Wildcat IPAhttp://www.fallsbrew.com/Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Co. features a number of light beers to help one cool o� a� er a day in the mountains. � is summer, the company is o� ering Pre-Prohibition Pilsner. A great selection for summer available year-round is the Wildcat IPA.

Issaquah Brewhouse - White Frog Alehttp://www.rogue.com/locations/rogue-breweries.php� ough the Brewhouse was bought by Oregon-based Rogue Ales, it still produces several favorites on the Eastside. � e White Frog Ale, a Belgian-style ale with tinges of banana and orange in the � avor is a favorite in the summer months. It combines the light content with a high level of � avor.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle is called “Washington’s � agship winery” — and for many good reasons. Hundreds of thousands visit the winery annually and, thanks to strong national and global distribution, Ste. Michelle might just be the most visible Washington winery in the world.

But few wine lovers know about the wines we’re reviewing today because they are pet projects of Ste. Michelle’s winemaking team. � ese gems alone make it worth joining the wine club. You’ll bolster your wine geek street cred by pulling one of these out at a dinner party of a� cionados.

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Limited Release The Druthers Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $80: One of the most expensive wines produced by Chateau Ste. Michelle weighs heavily on the side of opulence, too. � e wine is � lled with the � avors of boysenberry, Luden’s cough drops, cinnamon buns and plumminess. � e tannin structure is rather fascinating with its texture of cotton ball, and there’s a � nish of salted caramel.

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Limited Release Grenache, Wahluke Slope, $25: � e aromat-ics are � lled with strawberry fruit leather, blueberry, blackberry and Chinese Five Spice powder. In the mouth, it’s akin to a handful of sweet marionberries.

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2008 Limited Release Austral, Columbia Valley, $20: Ste. Michelle built its red winemaking facility west of Paterson in the mid-1990s, where this wine is cra� ed. It is a Southern Rhône-style blend of Mourvedre (53%), Grenache (35%) and Syrah that opens with aromas of black cherry, cherry tomato, Nutella, black pepper ground cumin, sandalwood and a whif of meat. Delicious � avors are found with hints of cassis, plums, blueberry, dried � gs, cured bacon, chocolate, cinnamon and rice pudding.

Chateau Ste. Michelle 2009 Limited Release Oak Oval Gewurztraminer, Columbia Valley, $17: While their red wines are made at the Canoe Ridge facil-ity, Ste. Michelle cra� s its whites in Woodinville. Among the toys there is a small oak tank meant to add mouth feel to selected white wines. Here is winemaker Bob Bertheau’s � rst wine from the tank he calls “� e Fuder,” and there’s no sacri� cing acidity in this drink o� the Jones Two Gun Vineyard near Quincy. � ink of lemon curd, honey and yellow grapefruit as you drink this, which should pair nicely with a brat.

Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman are the editors of Wine Press Northwest magazine. For the freshest reviews, go to www.winepressnw.com/freshpress.

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How to watch football – that was one of the first things China-born Peter Ku had to learn when he came to the U.S. in 1963.

“Of course, in Asia, what we call football you call soccer,” says Ku, who was perplexed by the father in his host family who could sit in front of the TV watching the game for hours.

Mastering English was another challenge. Ku, who thought he was pretty proficient in the language, could barely understand what his professor was saying in his first graduate school class at the Univer-sity of Minnesota.

But he didn’t give up.With the help of friendly class-

mates who lent him their note-books, Ku would eventually go on to earn his Ph.D. and later, become Chancellor Emeritus of Seattle Community Colleges

“I’m one of the happy immi-grants,” says the Bellevue resident. “I feel grateful and blessed with a life in this country where, if you work hard, you can be successful.”

Ku is part of the “second wave” of Chinese in the U.S. who came to this county between the mid-’30s and late ‘60s, mostly as students seeking degrees, professional jobs and citizenship.

This group is often overlooked by historians, who’ve paid more atten-tion in the past to the “first wave” of Chinese immigrants with more dramatic stories. The first wave built railroads, created Chinatowns and faced severe discrimination, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 banning immigration from China.

But now, Ku’s and his generation’s stories will live on in Dori Jones Yang’s new book: “Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle.”

A former foreign correspondent in Hong Kong, Yang, a Newcastle resident, is now an author of several books, including acclaimed young adult fiction, “Daughter of Xanadu”

and “The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang.”

In her newest work, Yang used her journalist skills to interview 35 Chinese Americans who im-migrated to the U.S. between 1934 and 1968. She hopes her work will provide a more complete under-standing of the Chinese immigrant experience.

She also refers to the people she interviewed as the “lost generation,” because most of them were cut off from the land of their birth and unable to even check in on relatives left behind under communism.

“If they had stayed in China or Taiwan, they would have been the best and the brightest, respected leaders of their country, but instead they struggled with English and faced many challenges as they tried to succeed in America,” Yang says.

In 2009, Maria L. Koh, one of the interviewees, commissioned Yang to create this book of oral histories inspired by the Japanese American legacy project, Densho.

The book is, “a work from the heart,” Yang says, because she un-dertook it as a tribute to this group, (which includes her husband, Paul Yang), and not to make money.

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“We came [to the U.S.] more or less partially educated already. Dur-ing the first 20 years here, we didn’t dare lift our heads or speak out. Men and women would say, ‘Where are you from? Where are you really from?’ I never wanted to say Shang-hai because I didn’t want anyone to think I was a communist.”

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He was an original cast-member on FOX’s MADtv, has had roles in some of the decade’s funniest movies, “The Hangover” and “Old School,” and has lent comedic commentary on Tru Tv’s “World’s Dumbest.” But Bryan Callen is getting back to his comedic roots, taking the standup trail and touring the country after an eight-year hiatus. Callen, a Bronx native, has been performing his sets consistently for five years, after a couple of famous pals’ work motivated him to get back to doing what he loved.

scene: When did you start doing standup?BC: I started my first year of standup literally 17 years ago. Then I took eight years off.

scene: What got you back into it?BC: (Comedians) Dane Cook and Joe Rogan. I just watched both of them and was so inspired. They seemed to be putting out so much power and having so much fun. I was always writing it, but I just stopped doing it. I don’t even know why.

scene: Who are the funniest people off-camera or offstage that you’ve had the opportunity to work with?BC: The two funniest people I’ve met off-camera are Zach Galifianakis and Artie Lange. As far as being raw funny off-the-cuff, they are two of the funniest human beings on the planet. And, of course, there’s my friend, Jimmy Burke, but you don’t know who he is.

scene: Have you ever been heckled to the point where you thought, ‘I just want to shut this guy up’?

BC: Yeah. I was on a college tour one time and I was joking about being a Special Forces soldier. A guy started telling me that his buddy was a marine and that I was being insulting. My father was a marine and the last thing I’d do is insult marines. I usually love hecklers, because I’ll say something witty. But this time, I dropped the mic and basically told the guy that if he wanted to get up on stage I’d be happy to fight him. It was the first time I let go of my comedy and was like, ‘You wanna fight?’ scene: Was your comedy better after that?BC: It was, actually.

scene: You recently starred in “The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall And Felt Superbad About It.” When you do a parody like that, are you scared of offending anyone by spoofing their films?BC: No, because if you’re going to parody a Judd Apatow movie, your spoof better be funnier than those movies. Here is the problem: They weren’t even close to as funny as the Judd Apatow movies. I doubt he wakes up worried about my interpretation of his movies. I wish he’ d hire me for one of his real movies because I love the guy.

scene: You’ve been involved with both “Hangover” movies, first as Eddie Palermo, owner of Best Little Wedding Chapel and then as the smarmy Bangkok strip club owner. With rumor of a third film, do you expect to be involved?BC: I doubt it. But, when (screenwriter and “Hangover” director) Todd Phillips calls, I drop everything and show up. It’s just too much fun.

Bryan Callen will perform at the Parlor Live Comedy Club Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. For tickets and more information, go to parlorlive.com or bryancallen.com.

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‘Round about May of each year, morning shows and magazines start their annual onslaught of stories and top 10 lists to help us get

ready for “Bikini Season.” This always cracks me up and not just because I live in Seattle.

I can agree with labeling summer “Bikini Season” simply because wearing a bikini during the rest of the year might be uncomfortably drafty or damp. However, given the number of people who actually wear bikinis, or rather SHOULD be wearing bikinis, a better name might be “Strategic Cover Up and Calculated Skin Exposure Season.”

Despite the tiny percentage of people who can comfortably showcase their ass-ets in bits of Lycra, there is a recent proliferation of businesses devoted to waxing body hair, presumably in preparation for bikini season or other less-than-fully-clothed pursuits.

What’s up with that? When did we get so hirsute?

For years, men and women have democratically split the body hair removal burden; men have traditionally focused on managing the hair on their face, nose and ears (eww), while women sought smooth legs, underarms and a bikini line free of fringe.

But somewhere along the line, women and men (see: manscaping) have developed an increasing hair phobia and now hair removal is big business, and honestly, a major time suck.

Two weeks ago, I noticed three Bellevue businesses specializing in hair removal, all on the same block; Blackbird Waxbar, La Petite Belle (Nails and Wax) and Helen Salon and Wax Bar.

Is wax the new coffee? Are we on the verge of a bare revolution? Will Waxbucks replace Starbucks or will

we start to see cheaper, faster wax franchises pop up on every corner; maybe Wax King or Wax in the Box. Wait ... nevermind.

I should have seen this coming. In addition to regularly having my brows waxed by Nicole at Bellevue Gene Juarez, I trust Nadia at Gene Juarez to keep me fashionably groomed in all the other right places, which is funny because I am most definitely not prepared for bikini season in any other way.

What do I mean by “fashionably?” You’ll be happy to know I have given the matter careful thought and consideration. My children, specifically Sistafoo, are notoriously indiscreet, so my goal with everything, from bikini waxing to wine consumption, is to practice moderation so as to not stand out during comparative playground chats. That way, if Sistafoo sees me naked, she will not be able to reveal any extreme secrets that might be repeated at another family’s dinner table.

My goal is to neither set trends, nor lag behind. This apparently makes me somewhat conservative.

A couple years ago I met a salon employee who specializes in bikini-area hair removal. In my mind his name is Sir Wax-a-Lot. He told me he does 16 standard designs PLUS custom. It required my most valiant efforts to stifle my gasps as he described the many designs he has permanently etched on his clients, including homage to different hobbies, like parachuting.

Naturally, I immediately sat him down for a chat and asked if he had a portfolio, preferably one with pictures.

I was disappointed to learn that he had stopped documenting his work after one of his customer’s husbands showed off a wallet-size photo of his artistry at a bar.

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Being fashionable and leaving a lasting impression is important if you attend Seattle or Eastside events. Knowing that the camera can � ash at a moment’s notice means you must always think about how what you wear will look once that � ash has gone o� .

You may have a closet full of designer clothing, but if you do not dress for the occasion, you will never look like a lady or gentleman. When you attend an event wearing an inap-propriate out� t, your con� dence plummets, as does how others perceive you.

� e key is always to be well-dressed and well-groomed. When selecting an out� t, make sure it showcases your body in a � attering manner: not too tight or too short (in general, a women’s dress length should not exceed 2 inches above the knee); is age appropriate; does not showcase too much cleavage; and does not show o� too much leg, hip and upper-arm.

It is OK to show o� that you go to the gym in your clothing choices, but be discreet. Most of us have a body part that we are unhappy with, so we can learn how to camou-� age and discreetly draw attention to what we feel looks great.

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Heather Baker, Rian MacLeod, Jessica Blixseth at the Seattle Art Museum Garden Party in Medina: � ese beautiful ladies know how to dress and pose for the camera. Duell Fisher for Team Photogenic © 2011

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Tuesday, 8-29 p.m. Movies in the Park, “How to Train Your Dragon”: Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bel-levue.

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – Free Concert, “Ev-eryday Jones”: Symetra Financial Center, 777 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

Wednesday, 8-3Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – Free Concert, “Kris

Orlowski”: Ten20 Tower, 1020 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

7 p.m. Kidd Valley Concerts in the Park, “Boys of Greenwood Glen”: Gene Coulon Park, 1201 Lake Wash-ington Blvd., Renton.

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Newcastle Concerts in

the Park, “� e Front Street Cats”: Lake Boren Park, 13011 S.E. 84th Way, Newcastle.

Thursday, 8-4Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – free concert, “Emerald City � rowdown”: Bellevue Galleria, 550 106th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mostly Music in the Park, “Shrinking Heads”: Mercerdale Park, 77th Ave. S.E. And S.E. 32nd St., Mercer Island.

8:30 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. Movies in the Park, “Monsters vs. Aliens”: Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bellevue.

3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bellevue Farmer’s Market: First Presbyte-rian Church, 1717 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Shakespeare in the Park, “� e Comedy of Errors”: Luther Burbank Park Amphitheatre, 2040 84th Ave S.E., Mercer Island.

Friday, 8-511 a.m. to Noon “Verdi” by Janell Cannon: Lewis Creek Park Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., Bellevue.

5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Aloha Picnic and Dance: Highland Community Center, 14224 Bel-Red Rd., Bellevue.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Shakespeare in the Park, “� e Comedy of Errors”: Luther Burbank Park Amphitheatre, 2040 84th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island.

Saturday, 8-65:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Music in the Garden: Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue.

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Get Cra� y Kinetic Sculpture: Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bellevue Farmer’s Market: First Congre-gational Church, 752 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

Sunday, 8-77 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mostly Music in the Park, “Back Burner”: Mercerdale Park, 77th Ave. S.E. And S.E. 32nd St. Mercer Island

Tuesday, 8-92-4 p.m. Celebrate Summer Dance: North Bellevue Com-munity Center, 4063 148th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

9 p.m. approximately; Movies in the Park, “Shrek Forever A� er”: Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bellevue.

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – free concert, “New Age Flamenco”: City Cen-ter Plaza, 10903 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue

Wednesday, 8-1011 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Treasure of Twin

Valley Dairy – his-tory program: Kelsey Creek Farm Park Amphitheater, 410

130th Pl. S.E., Bellevue.

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – free concert, “Jay Roberts and Don Mock”: Group Health, 11511 N.E. 10th, Bellevue.

Thursday, 8-11Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – free concert, “Buckets

of Rain”: Bellevue Galleria, 550 106th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Teen Summer Bash: Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue.

Friday, 8-1210 a.m. to Noon Local Area Hike – Coal Creek Park: Redtown Trailhead (Cougar Mountain) on Lakemont Blvd. S.E., Bellevue.

7 p.m. “Charlotte’s Web” – Bellevue Youth � eatre: Mey-denbauer � eatre, 11000 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue.

Saturday, 8-131 p.m. to 3 p.m. Nature Printing – Creative Nature Workshop: Mercer Slough Environmental Educational Ctr., 1625 118th Ave. S.E., Bellevue.

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Get Cra� y Kinetic Sculpture: Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue.

Sunday, 8-142 p.m. to 3 p.m. “Wolves: A Legend Returns to Yellow-stone” movie: Lewis Creek Park Visitor Center, 5808 Lakemont Blvd. S.E., Bellevue.

7 p.m. Concerts at Marymoor “Arrival: the Music of Abba”: Marymoor Park, 6046 W. Lk. Sammamish Pkwy. N.E., Redmond.

Tuesday, 8-169 p.m. Movies in the Park, “� e Karate Kid”: Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bellevue.

Noon to 1 p.m. Shakespeare in the Park, “As You Like It”: Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St., Bellevue.

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Live at Lunch – free concert, “Perry Acker”: Expedia Building, 333 108th Ave. N.E., Bellevue.

Friday, 8-2610 a.m. to 6 p.m. Art in the Garden: Sculptures and garden art. Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main St.. Bellevue.

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Medina Rambler

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Downtown Bellevue Townhome

3 bedrooms2.25 bathrooms1,802 SqFt HomeImpressive renovationSlab granite kitchenGenerous master suite3rd floor bonus/bedroomPrivate deckSecured parkingMLS# 238889$575,000

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