COVER STORY WRITTEN BY RICHARD SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVE RINGMAN
ON THE COVER: As director of Seattle's largest and oldest public-defense agency, Bob Boruchowitz has made a career out of championing the fair fight on behalf of poor people in the criminal-justice system.

PLANT LIFE Pieces Of Art Mosaics make art that captures our memories. NORTHWEST LIVING A Trove Of Treasures A Federal Way foundation preserves a cache of the state's finest rhodies.

TASTE The Liquor Of Winter Nothing caps a winter walk like a cup of hot cocoa. NOW & THEN Monumental Events

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