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HOME AND AWAY Rose grew up outside of Portland as the youngest of three children. Family traditions included road trips in the fam- ily station wagon, epic camping trips at Lost Lake, and bus trips into the city. "My parents were hip," she says. "ey always tried to give us more flavor to life than what we were getting in the suburbs." Rose hopes to instill a similar sense of adventure in Catherine and Everett. To that point, she and Frank enjoy bringing the kids downtown. ey frequent the WAC, of course, and Pike Place Market is another preferred destina- tion. During a recent trip, the family walked among the stalls, dodging tourists, smelling flowers, and stopping at their favorite market locale—Uli's sausage shop. "When we came back from Oktoberfest, this was like our tiny Munich," Rose says. But it's back home where the family really settles in. eir 1925 Tudor sits six blocks above Lake Washington. Inside, guests are treated to a private speakeasy dubbed e Pheas- ant Plucker. e name comes from an old tongue-twister turned catchy song, "Pheasant Plucker's Son." e room's rich wood walls, overstuffed leather chairs, and whiskey collection are tucked behind a door masquerading as a bookshelf. A place ripe with memories, e Pheasant Plucker is the epitome of Rose—thoughtful, welcoming and fun. Not to mention cray. Rose did some of the woodwork inside the speakeasy herself and also installed the faux-tin ceiling. "I'm pretty handy and artsy," Rose says. "I do many of the repairs in the house, and we do a lot of art with the kids." Her passion for creation makes Christmas and Mother's Day shopping easy. "I'm always asking for power tools," she says. PEOPLE FIRST Rose also puts her love for hands-on activities to work as a data manager at Gilead Sciences in South Lake Union. Aer bouncing around the nation from college to college in the 1990s, she settled down at Portland State, where she completed her undergraduate degree in science education and molecular biology. "e interactive nature of lab work really interested me," she says. "It wasn't like a history lecture where you're just sit- ting around taking notes. You actually get to do something." J E N N R E P P P H O T O G R A P H Y