The Ultimate Guide to Winter Fun

Snowshoeing, skiing (and après skiing), snowboarding, sledding with or without dogs, and more. Also in this issue: We explore the trend of missing and murdered Native women in Washington and publish our annual list of the region's top dentists.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Monthly Planner

12 Seattle Events to Catch This February

Steve Jobs is an opera, a noir fest offers sympathy for the jaded, and a local expressionist returns.

01/29/2019 By Stefan Milne

Monthly Planner

11 Seattle Events to Catch This January

A winter music festival, real fake news, and Verdi’s operatic smash hit.

12/18/2018 By Stefan Milne

Plastic Classicism

Plastic Meets Instagram at Anthony White’s Exhibition

The Greg Kucera Gallery show finds the young artist in elated conversation with art history.

12/18/2018 By Stefan Milne

Eat & Drink

Of Broth and Bowls

13 Places to Hit the Soup Spot in Seattle

Cold climes call for warming bowls of chowder, pho, or gumbo.

12/18/2018 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Rosin Saez

Side Dish

By Tae Brings Hand Rolls to Capitol Hill

At this tiny counter, chef Sun Hong serves hand rolls to the lucky occupants of his seven stools.

12/18/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Review

Sawyer Is an Elegant Funhouse

Step right up to the Ballard restaurant that turns childhood memories into destination dining.

12/18/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Eat Here Now

What We're Eating Now January 2019

This month's favorites: pastries galore, hidden taco treasures, and hash browns inside a breakfast sandwich.

12/18/2018 By Allecia Vermillion, Rosin Saez, and Sean P. Sullivan

News Feed

Seattle Restaurant News January 2019

This month: smoky Tex Mex, ube cheesecakes, and restaurant expansions.

12/18/2018 By Rosin Saez

Taste Trend

Evergreens Salad Spins an Empire

The local chain isn’t quite as ubiquitous as Starbucks. Yet.

12/18/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Editor's Note

Seattle’s Sense of Snow

The city’s reaction to snowfall is comical, until it isn’t.

12/18/2018 By James Ross Gardner

Health & Wellness

Methodology

Top Dentists 2019

802 of the best practitioners in the Seattle metropolitan area.

12/18/2018 Edited by Sarah Nipper

Goal Rush

Why Can't Our New Year's Resolutions Stick?

Each year we set out with good intentions, but our resolutions are often short lived.

12/18/2018 By Aly Brady

Home & Real Estate

Habitat

How to Declutter Your Home

Tired of bric-a-brac covering every spare surface? Here are some tips on paring it back.

12/18/2018 By Stefan Milne

News & City Life

Slope Stories

A Short History of Washington's Bygone Ski Hills

Over the years, some of the state’s ski mountains proved as ephemeral as snowflakes.

12/18/2018 By Christina Ausley

Feature

Women Erased: How Washington Has Failed Missing Native Women

More Native American women have been counted as missing or murdered here than almost anywhere in the country. But authorities are at a loss on how to track, let alone stop, the trend.

12/18/2018 By Hayat Norimine Photography by Lindsey Wasson

Shade Index

An Inch-By-Inch Guide to Snow in Seattle

Your rain shell won’t save you now.

12/18/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Closer Inspection

Behind the Scenes of David Mikkelson's Portrait

See how we used a magnifying glass to get the final shot.

12/18/2018 By Jane Sherman

Your Best Shot

Reader's Lens January 2019

Each month we choose a photo from Seattle’s Instagram community to highlight in our print issue and online. (Tag #seattlemet in your posts for a chance to be...

12/18/2018