Seattle Mag
Allison Kramer of Chihuly Studios, Style Icon
Tall Tale: Allison Kramer of Chihuly Studio is a fixture on the local arts scene, spending her days in galleries and her nights at fundraisers and events—where she often turns heads in perfectly cut clothes that complement her statuesque 6-foot-frame. “I always joke I’m built like a birch tree, tall and straight,” she says. “So I’m…
In Puyallup, Rhubarb Grows on the Dark Side
A Puyallup farmer is growing winter rhubarb indoors, in the dark—and the results are remarkable
Forget the pie—when Tim Richter was a kid, he’d peel the skin off ruby rhubarb stalks, straight from the field, and pour sugar down the scooped center. “That was it,” he says. “That was our Sour Patch [Kids]!” Today, the fourth-generation farmer doesn’t eat nearly as much rhubarb as you might expect, considering his family…