Last night, Parent Map, a "Monthly Newsmagazine and Online Resource for Puget Sound Parents", hosted UW Emeritus Professor of Psychology Dr. John Gottman for a talk called "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work," as part of their Pathways lecture series for parents. New parents can check this site out. more ›

SEATTLEST BOOK CLUB PICK: For March, we're reading Jonathan Raban's Surveillance, set in a not-so-distant future, when everyone's actions are highly monitored. Get a head start on the conversation by hearing from Raban himself. (We'll know if you went or not.) more ›

If this were the Marvel Universe, John Gottman would be an X-Man. He's the marriage researcher who can, famously, watch a couple talk to each other for an hour and then predict with 95% accuracy whether or not their marriage is going to last. more ›