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In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Nerd Nostalgia

This Windows 95 Tutorial Was an Attack on Cool Kids

In the video that stars Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, the nerds finally get their revenge.

07/31/2015 By Matthew Halverson

The Sporting Life

As the NHL Takes Expansion Bids, We Look at Seattle’s Competition

The puck stops...where?

07/31/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Concert

Seriously, Let It Go

As Broadway star Idina Menzel comes to Seattle, we imagine her frustration of moving past her 'Frozen' megahit.

07/29/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

Top Things to See and Do in Seattle: August 2015

Alabama Shakes howls with chart-topping roots rock, Three Dollar Bill Cinema shares cinematic bedtime stories outdoors, and Mumford and Sons brings a loaded Stopover Festival lineup to Walla Walla.

07/29/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Eat & Drink

Patio Watch

Patios to Visit Before Summer's End

Here's where we'll be sitting outside this month.

08/01/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Trends

There’s a Shortage of Cooks in Seattle Restaurants’ Kitchens

Seattle’s boom means good help is awfully hard to find.

07/28/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Review

The Alpha Omega Ouzeri

Thank the Greek gods for Thomas Soukakos.

07/27/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Pour

Ghostfish Brewing Makes Good Beer, Minus the Gluten

To make his gluten-free beverage, brewer Jason Yerger relies on various millet malts with a supporting cast of buckwheat, quinoa, and wild rice…and tons of tinkering.

07/27/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Review

Canal Market: Big Flavors, Perfect Pastries

Portage Bay’s new Canal Market offers all this, plus oven mitts and groceries.

07/27/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

Careless When Wet

08/01/2015 By James Ross Gardner

Health & Wellness

Top Doctors

Top Doctors 2015: Adventures in Medicine

Patients share their experiences, from breast cancer to chronic pain, gender identity, and childhood anxiety.

08/04/2015 By Jeanny Rhee, Aoife Reilly, Christina Tiberio, and Atoosa Moinzadeh

Home & Real Estate

Habitat

How to Petproof Your Home

And still have nice things.

08/05/2015 By Angela Cabotaje

News & City Life

Explainer

What's Behind the Jimi Hendrix Park Delays?

It’s been almost a decade since the City of Seattle named a park after its greatest musical icon, and the project is only just now under way. What took so long?

08/04/2015 By Matthew Halverson

Hair 2015

How a Seattle Stylist Is Disrupting the Overseas Sex Trade

Matthew Fairfax has found his true calling in Cambodia

08/04/2015 By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

The Pacific Northwest Drought Is Real

The drought really is here—it just doesn’t look the way you thought it would.

08/03/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Questions Answered

Rachel Whitehurst Isn’t Your Mom’s Makeup Tutorial Vlogger

The Seattle transplant explains the secret to her curse-tastic success.

08/03/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

How I Got Here

The Origin of the Salmon Cannon

The CEO of Whooshh Innovations explains how he started at the Gorge Amphitheater and wound up with a fish flinger.

08/03/2015 By Darren Davis

Quote Unquote

Jamie King Isn’t Above Tattooing Tech Bros

“Probably a third of the guys I tattoo work for Amazon.”

08/03/2015 By Matthew Halverson

Gaming

Inside the Seattle Indies Expo

In the shadow of PAX Prime, the Seattle Indies Expo is a rallying cry for local independent game developers.

07/30/2015 By Darren Davis

Essay

Tear Through the World in Wild Disguise

Ivan Doig was a Northwest legend. Before he died this past spring, the Seattle novelist had one last message to share.

07/30/2015 By David Laskin

Power Lines

Zeytuna Edo and the New Seattle Traffic Safety Measures

How a young girl’s near fatal accident changed the face of Seattle traffic safety.

07/29/2015 By Josh Feit

Style & Shopping

Hair 2015

Survey: Stylists Weigh In

We uncover their likes and dislikes, pet peeves and pet causes—and answer that age-old question: Is it okay to text during a haircut?

08/04/2015 By Aoife Reilly

Hair 2015

Longtime Barber Thomas Kearney Opens the M Room

Downtown’s newest import merges Euro style with old-school barbershop service.

08/04/2015 By Amanda Zurita

Hair 2015

Oh Naturale: Seattle’s Natural Hair Movement

Instead of forcing curly, kinky hair into a slicked-down ’do, the latest movement lauds locks in their unique, untamed state.

08/04/2015 By Jenni Moore

Hair 2015

Who Does Your 'Do?

Some of the city’s best coiffed share the talent behind their signature hairstyles.

08/04/2015 By Seattle Met Staff

Hair 2015

The Howse That Gary Built

A year ago this month the Seattle salon world lost Gary Howse, one of its most instrumental visionaries.

08/04/2015 By Amanda Zurita

Hair 2015

The Long Bob Is the Haircut of the Moment

Skilled stylist and salon owner Lisa Power breaks down the must-have haircut of the season.

08/04/2015 By Amanda Zurita

Hair 2015

Hair! Behind the Scenes

Thaddeus Valentine of Valentine's Men's Grooming Salon turns model Annie Yu's hair into a headline

07/20/2015 Videography by Ana Raab Edited by Lou Daprile

Hair 2015

Quick Style

Lisa Power demonstrates how to go from shower to styled in 10 minutes

07/20/2015 Videography by Lou Daprile

Hair 2015

Melt With You

Style Editor Amanda Zurita gets a color melt from Essensuals London

07/20/2015 By Amanda Zurita

Travel & Outdoors

The Columbia River

Where to Stay and Play on the Columbia River

From the lake to the mouth, make the most of your next trip along the river.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

Where the Wild Things Are

A guide to the animals in and along the Columbia River.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

This Is What Washington’s Tiniest Ferry Looks Like

Who’s says there’s no such thing as a free ride?

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams

The Columbia River

The Atomic Graveyard on the Hanford Reach

The Hanford Reach was the top-secret site of America’s biggest technological achievement—or one of its deadliest. Now it’s simultaneously a toxic dump and a pristine expanse of river.

07/24/2015 By Allison Williams