Rachel Belle

A Seattle family has been on a waiting list with a rat breeder for a year after filling out a long, detailed application. The rats are bred to be superior to the lab rats sold at pet stores.

Seattle's Aaron Long donated sperm 100 times in 1994. Last year, he connected with some of his biological children. When they met, he fell in love with his daughter's mother.

In the Douglas Fir forests of western Washington, there are loads of coveted black and white truffles lurking beneath the soil. Truffle Dog Company will teach you to train your dog to hunt them down.

Shaughnessy Bishop Stall spent ten years getting drunk and testing out ancient and modern hangover cures for his new book, titled "Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest For a Cure."

PCC Community Markets has made the decision to remove all the self-checkout kiosks, removing them from all Seattle stores by the end of the summer.

39-year-old writer Jada Yuan was chosen by The New York Times to travel to 52 places in 52 weeks last year, sending her all over the globe for the trip of a lifetime.

If you think you can't afford a personal stylist, head to the thrift store with Sweet Kelly Anne Styling's Kelly Herzberg who will pull hundreds of pieces for you to try on.

Documentary family and wedding photographer Erin Covey won't shoot you wearing matching outfits and she won't line your family up and tell you to smile. She's all about capturing families in everyday moments, whether they're tender, playful or "mundane."

Cookbook sales are up 25 percent this year, including at Seattle's all-cookbook shop Book Larder. We explore why.

In his new book, "Thanks a Thousand" AJ Jacobs thanks everyone from his barista to the rubber growers who make the rubber for the tires that drive the truck that delivers the coffee beans to the cafe.