Roadblock

What the Amazing Race Should Have Done in Seattle

The 35th season of the reality show competition concluded in our fair city. But talk about missed opportunities.

12/14/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

What’s Kraken?

The 2024 Winter Classic Seattle Kraken Fan Guide

From watch parties to a skating series with everyone’s favorite troll.

12/14/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Bah Humbug

Why the Elf on the Shelf Is Not Welcome in My Home

The holidays are hard enough without inviting this creepy interloper into our lives.

12/06/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Throne of Lies

Are Malls Dead? Maybe, but Mall Santa Isn’t

Eighty years after a Seattle photographer snapped the first Santa picture, the tradition still feels like magic.

12/04/2023 By Zoe Sayler

Asked/Answered

Are Houses on Candy Cane Lane Required to Put Up Lights?

Seattle's favorite neighborhood Christmas destination got its start after a newspaper contest in the 1950s.

11/27/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Fix You

How to Fix Sea-Tac Airport

Pickeball courts, cookies, and perks for taking transit: 10 ways we think our local travel experience could be improved.

11/20/2023 By Allison Williams

Asked/Answered

Can You Drive Between the Monorail Columns on Fifth Avenue?

We're not asking if you do it, we're asking if it's legal.

11/13/2023 By Allison Williams

Dining Guide

Best New Restaurants 2023

Seattle's dining landscape defies easy themes—and that's a good thing.

11/08/2023

Love Letters

Loak Toung Is the Perfect Neighborhood Restaurant

This mom-and-pop Thai joint in a Tacoma strip mall is everything you could ask for.

11/06/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

ICYMI

The Weirdest Seattle News of 2023

Steamy Kraken fan fic, Costco sushi, and inflatable dinosaurs.

10/24/2023 By Angela Cabotaje, Eric Nusbaum, and Seattle Met Staff

Love Letters

Ballard's Creepiest Curiosity Shop Reminds Us to Be Weird

Fancy stuffed roadkill, glowing uranium dinner plates, and a real human skeleton? This is the place.

10/23/2023 By Allison Williams

Owl Prowl

How (and Why) to Start Bird-Watching in Seattle

Birding is gaining popularity in Seattle as a way to connect with nature—and with fellow humans.

10/19/2023 By Olivia Rosane

Dress to Impress

Funny Halloween Costume Ideas for Topical Seattleites

Some people aren't cut out to be ghosts and goblins; they'd rather be Green Jacket Lady.

10/13/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Love Letters

Youth Soccer Is My Family's Benevolent Fall Overlord

It's wet, it's time-intensive. Here's why we do it anyway.

10/09/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Lit Life

Here Are the 2023 Washington State Book Awards Winners

Consider this your fall reading list.

09/26/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Coronavirus Chronicles

What’s Up with Covid-19 in Seattle Right Now?

All you never wanted to know about the new vaccine, variants, masking, and more.

09/19/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Asked/Answered

Why Is It Called Capitol Hill?

A story of real estate speculation, creative self-promotion, and one man's failed effort to move the state government to Seattle.

09/18/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Cougs vs. Everybody

The Decline and Fall of the Pac-12

How big money destroyed a historic conference, endangered the Apple Cup, and left Washington State football behind.

09/15/2023 By Christian Caple

Love Letters

My Favorite Sea-Tac Airport Breakfast

It comes from a salad chain that doesn't usually serve food in the morning.

08/21/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Ohana Strong

How to Support Maui Fire Victims from Seattle

Where to donate, and how to support our local businesses that are pitching in.

08/16/2023 By Seattle Met Staff