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Love Letters: Seattle's Best Beaches Are for Everyone All at Once

No room to spread out? No problem.

06/27/2023 By Zoe Sayler

Lights, Camera, Tax Breaks

Can the Seattle Film Industry Solve Its Vancouver Problem?

Hollywood has shunned shooting in Seattle since its ’90s film heyday. A new studio and tax incentive aims to help our city recapture the spotlight.

06/22/2023 By Benjamin Cassidy

Electric slide

Love Letters: I’m Obsessed with Seattle’s Shareable Scooters but Hope They Don’t Kill Me

I didn't want to love these ugly hunks of metal, but they're just so dang convenient.

06/13/2023 By Allison Williams

Victory lap

Seattle Met Takes Home General Excellence Prize

It was a good week for Seattle Met at the City Regional Magazine Association awards.

06/12/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Feature

The Schism at Seattle Pacific University

How an anti-LGBTQ+ policy led to an existential dispute at a small Christian college, pitting students and faculty against the board—and placing the institution in peril.

06/08/2023 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Daniel Berman

Mehriners

The Mariners Are Okay. So Why Are They So Stressful?

Great pitching. A predictably frustrating offense.

06/05/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Up and Down Aurora

How an Immigrant Craftsman Gave Us the Aurora Elephant

We have a centuries-old artisan tradition to thank for one of Seattle's beloved roadside landmarks.

05/31/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Feature

Up and Down Aurora Avenue

The highs, lows, and possibilities of Seattle’s thorniest thoroughfare.

05/31/2023 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Chona Kasinger

Up and Down Aurora

Photo Essay: Aurora Across the Decades

From Canlis to car culture—to Colonel Sanders's brief tenure flipping burgers.

05/31/2023 Photography by Chona Kasinger By Allecia Vermillion Research by Jane Sherman

Up and Down Aurora

Can We Finally Fix 99's Problems?

Here's how Seattle's deadliest corridor could really, truly, actually, maybe get better.

05/31/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

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Up and Down Aurora

How I Grew to Love Aurora Avenue

State Route 99 is often written off as dangerous. But it’s become this writer’s cherished place for family bonding and self-reflection.

05/31/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Up and Down Aurora

Why Sex Trafficking Persists on Aurora

Survivors are leading belated efforts to advocate for victims. But the situation keeps getting worse.

05/31/2023 By Benjamin Cassidy

Borrowed Time

Love Letters: SPL's Libby App Has a Hold on Me

Seattle Public Library's e-reader platform is low-key, free, and makes my life immeasurably better.

05/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Diamond Dawgs

You Should Be Watching the Washington Softball Team

The Huskies pulled off one of the sport’s biggest comebacks on Sunday.

05/25/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Tacoma Aroma

Love Letter: The Muskoxen at Point Defiance Zoo Are Smelly and Steadfast

Somehow, the muskoxen of Point Defiance have become this writer’s personal shorthand for stability.

05/16/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Seattle Weather Blog

Fall, Winter, Summer? Seattle Is Skipping Spring This Year

Yes, it really was that cold in April. And yes, it really is going to be that hot in May.

05/12/2023 By Justin Shaw

Growing Pains?

The Seattle Kraken Are Not Normal

How do Seattle’s hockey darlings stack up against other local expansion teams?

05/08/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

City Connected

How Jarred Kelenic Connects with Seattle

We’re all just salmon swimming upstream, when you think about it.

05/01/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Dome Party

A Landmark Looks at 40

Andy Warhol wanted to cover it with a giant flower. Bruce Springsteen maligned it in Rolling Stone. From rodeos to K-Pop, the Tacoma Dome has aged with surprising grace.

04/24/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Travelogue

I Got Stuck on That Beached Ferry with My Cat

This is what it was like to be aboard the Walla Walla ferry when it ran aground on Bainbridge Island.

04/20/2023 By Haley Shapley

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