On the Town

Met Picks January 2014

The top things to see or do in January.

01/06/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Concert

Seattle’s Singer-Songmaster Damien Jurado Returns with New Album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son

01/02/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Best of the City

Hidden Seattle

What you see isn’t what you get in this town. Some of the city’s best sights and eats aren’t easy to find, and some of the coolest jobs are done by people you’ll never meet. But that’s okay—we did all the digging.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

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Cool Jobs Behind the Scenes

The people who make Seattle move—and stop, and park—work their magic behind the scenes.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

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Art and Culture Under the Radar

There’s music, art, architecture, and performances around every corner in Seattle.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

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Shopping Secrets of Seattle

Great deals and free personal stylists require a little insider info.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

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Tucked-Away Bars and Off-Menu Eats

A Little-Known fact: Secret bites taste better.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

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Seattle's Private Places & Hidden Spaces

Peace. Quiet. Solitude. Impossible? Not in our favorite Seattle retreats, where you can walk, sit, and actually hear yourself think.

01/02/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Player's Club

Scene in Seattle: Board Games at Raygun Lounge

A night at a game mecca

01/02/2014 By Allison Williams

Passing Through

Charlie Murphy Was Born Funny

The natural-born storyteller brings his Acid Trip comedy tour through Seattle to ask what we think is normal.

12/13/2013 By Ariana Dawes

Watering Hole

Witness Serves Up Spirits for the Soul

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

QUIZ

Name the Reclaimed Item in These Seattle Restaurants

Salvaged building materials are to Seattle restaurant walls as seasonal produce is to Seattle menus—like the wooden angel rescued from a French chapel during World War II that hovers over Altura, or the tentacled chandelier spreading over the oyster bar.

01/02/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Article

News Feed: January

Dining dispatches from around the city.

01/02/2014 By Allecia Vermillion

Dining Out

Le Petit Cochon Gets Piggy in Fremont

Chef Derek Ronspies goes whole hog to deliver adventures in snout-to-tail dining.

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Editor's Note

Hiding in Plain Sight

Seattle's best-kept secrets are not always so secret.

01/02/2014 By Katherine Koberg

Q&A

Ask a Top Dentist

The Top 11 Dental Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask

01/02/2014

Habitat

Extreme Makeover: Kitchen Edition

Custom cabinets and vintage-inspired details give an outdated Laurelhurst kitchen new life.

01/02/2014 By Angela Cabotaje

Inbox

Letters

Letters to Seattle Met

01/02/2014

Rainmakers

The Cartoon Network

After a year of heartache, loss, and financial struggle, Fantagraphics asked its fans for a miracle.

01/02/2014 By James Ross Gardner

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Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

01/02/2014

Explainer

Washington’s Mad Cow Scare, 10 Years Later

Inside the hysteria that gripped the country in December 2003 when the country’s first infected cow was found in the Yakima Valley.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

News

One-Sentence Stories January 2014

A (really) brief recap of the news you might have missed.

01/02/2014 By Zosha Millman

Urban Renewal

The Bell Street Park Project Proves Sharing the Road Can Be Fun

Between First and Second Avenues, cars and pedestrians mingle. And everyone gets along.

01/02/2014 By Josh Feit

Mudroom

2014 Will Be the Year of the Gun in Washington State

With two dueling gun control initiatives on this November’s ballot, 2014 is shaping up to be a statewide firefight over firearms.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

Gray Like Me

Apparently, it’s a big damn deal to let your hair go gray. Who knew.

01/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Political Agendas

Ed Murray's To-Do List

Nine civic leaders, policy wonks, and activists share their priorities for the new mayor of Seattle.

01/02/2014

Quote Unquote

Model Railroader Al Lowe Lives on Little Rails

The train enthusiast and former video game designer will bring his engines and the mini-worlds they run through to the 40th Annual Model Railroad Show in January 2014.

01/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

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2014 Style Resolutions

25 Seattle designers, stylists, artists, and other well-dressed personalities are thinking about style for coming year.

12/17/2013 Edited by Laura Cassidy Illustrations by Lauren Mortimer

Weekend Pass

The McMenamin Experience

Two Portland brothers turned an affection for pubs into a sprawling hospitality empire. Plus: our favorite McMenamin hotels.

01/02/2014 By Allison Williams

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More Seattle Style Resolutions 2014

What and who your favorite Seattle designers, stylists, artists, and other well-dressed personalities will be wearing in 2014.

12/17/2013 Edited by Laura Cassidy