News & City Life

Dingers

Cal Raleigh Is Our Goofy Home Run King

The Big Dumper is reminding Mariners fans that good things can actually happen.

07/15/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Represent

This Couple Is Riding Every Bus in King County

And eating lunch at the end of every line.

07/15/2025 By Mike Nolan

Spectacles

All the Razzmatazz at This Year's Seafair

It's not all about the Blue Angels.

07/10/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach and Seattle Met Staff

Represent

The World’s Greatest Ichiro Memorabilia Collector Lives in Florida

Ray Gerkey thought his hobby needed a focus.

07/09/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Good Rep

Pramila Jayapal Is Tougher than She Looks

And she has a certain president in her sights.

07/03/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Chona Kasinger

Feature

The Tree of Life Is Falling Down

How one death-defying spruce became the mascot, tourist trap, and spiritual center of the Washington coast.

07/02/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Mac Holt

Keeping Fremont Weird

Gentrification or Not, the Solstice Parade Marches On

Once a year, Fremont recaptures some of its old spirit.

06/18/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Pedestrian Pilot

Can Pike Place Market Actually Break Up with Cars?

The long-awaited goodbye is sort of, kind of, maybe here.

06/16/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Lights, Camera, Plankton

How to See Bioluminescence in Seattle’s Waterways

There’s a natural laser show happening in Puget Sound. But you have to be patient to see it.

06/12/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Foul Tip

A Menu with No Good Options

Why so many restaurants are switching to service charges—and what that means for diners.

06/09/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Feature

A Midsummer Nightmare

How the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire turned into a nightmare for its volunteer performers.

06/03/2025 By Nathalie Graham Photography by Jovelle Tamayo

Campus Life

Microsoft’s Move to Redmond Reshaped the Eastside Forever

You can feel the repercussions all the way in Renton.

05/20/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

No go

The Worst Weekends of Seattle Summer, Ranked

Bad traffic, big festivals, and the horror of freeway closures.

05/19/2025 By Allison Williams

Know Your Place

You Can Trace a Century of Seattle History Through the Henry Art Gallery

A railroad tycoon with a fondness for landscape paintings built Washington’s first public art museum in 1927.

05/13/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Status Symbols

The Meaning of a Microsoft Blue Badge

It’s not just about perks. But yes, it’s about perks.

05/13/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

C-Suite

These Are the Leaders Who Built Microsoft

What would Seattle look like without Bill Gates and his cohort?

05/12/2025 By Adam Willems Illustrations by Òscar Climent Ollet

Microsoft 50

How Microsoft Engineered Tech’s Anti-Fashion Workforce

Bill Gates and the rise of the no-style style icon.

05/07/2025 By Zoe Sayler

Interview

Anne Helen Petersen Has Serious Thoughts on Random Subjects

The Culture Study writer made her own niche covering sorority rush, celebrity gossip, and millennial burnout.

05/06/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Charity Burggraaf

Book Club

The Fight to Keep Seattle Schools Open Isn’t New

Life imitates art in our book club selection Supersonic.

05/05/2025 By Thomas Kohnstamm

Oops

Here Are Some of Microsoft’s Most Memorably Forgettable Products

Where would we be without the EasyBall?

05/05/2025 By Adam Willems

Seattle Met