POP CULTURE

Father's Day Gift Guide

We'll even laugh at all your dad jokes.

05/23/2022 By Zoe Sayler

BEER GEAR

Have Your Beer and Wear It, Too

Three giftable beer-merch pairings from PNW breweries, just in time for Father's Day.

05/23/2022 By Zoe Sayler

FATHER FIGURES

Father's Day Gifts for Every Type of Dad

Gifts as, uh, unique, as he is.

05/23/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Outdoorsy

The Subtle Shifts of the REI Co-op

As the annual sale kicks off at the Seattle-based outdoor recreation chain, REI has undergone small but notable changes.

05/20/2022 By Allison Williams

SAVE THE MONEY

11 Must-Haves from the REI Anniversary Sale

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

05/20/2022 By Zoe Sayler

How We Roll

In Seattle, Roller Skating Is a Fashion Haven

The city’s best-dressed community is also its most welcoming.

05/20/2022 By Zoe Sayler Photography by Chona Kasinger

Serious Business

Jon Mooallem’s New Book Finds Beauty in Being Ugly

In Serious Face, the Bainbridge Island–based writer quietly exalts the imperfection of everything, from the way we handle catastrophes to his own face.

05/20/2022 By Sophie Grossman

NET WORTH

Goal-Scoring Gear for Seattle Soccer Fans

With OL Reign back in SoDo and the recent addition of Ballard FC, we're a real soccer town now. Dress like it.

05/20/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Baron's Sino Kitchen & Bar Melds Contemporary Chinese Cuisine and the Finest Ingredients in Downtown Bellevue

A talented team melds the finest ingredients with traditional techniques

05/19/2022

Fruit Forward

The Complete Guide to Pacific Northwest Berries

How we eat, harvest, and love our juiciest local fruits, from strawberries to huckleberries and everything sweet in between.

05/19/2022 By Allison Williams Photography by Carlton Canary

Summer Reading

Orcas Island Lit Fest Draws Luminaries from the Puget Sound and Beyond

The San Juans, already a compact creative hotbed, become the epicenter of the region’s flourishing literary scene the first weekend of June.

05/18/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Italian Food in Seattle

Way more than pasta. (But also a ton of pasta.)

05/18/2022 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Built to Fit

Property Watch: A Midcentury Architect’s Home on Three Tree Point

An architect's imagination, Kubota landscaping, original details, and private tidelands combine in a waterfront dream home.

05/18/2022 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Short Stops

A Small-Town Coffee Shop Flourishes Deep in the Cascades

Sky River Coffee set up in an old Skykomish hotel to bridge history and community.

05/18/2022 By Allison Williams

Dismal Doppler

Seattle Can Officially Complain about This Gloomy Spring Weather

The authorities have weighed in.

05/17/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

ICONIC DUOS

Our Favorite Seattle Combo Shops

Beer and books. Coffee and bikes. Plants and tattoos. The more the merrier.

05/17/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Marble: Using technology to Disrupt the Seattle Rental Market

Traditional property management firms are long overdue for some innovation.

05/16/2022

Trailblazing

How One Tiny Mountain Town Welcomes PCT Hikers

When long-distance travelers find welcome in one of Washington's smallest communities.

05/16/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Enclaves

Has Ballard Lost Its Norway?

Thousands turn up for the Seventeenth of May. The rest of the year, finding Seattle’s Scandinavian community takes a little fishing.

05/16/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Review

When Tomo Broke the Internet

Brady Ishiwata Williams’s new spot in White Center defies description and draws a crowd.

05/16/2022 By Allecia Vermillion