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

Not Carding

A Fare-Free Weekend Ushers in a New ORCA Card System

Riding public transit in Seattle is more enticing on Saturday and Sunday.

05/13/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

$750K Showdown

Price Point: Eastlake Castle Condo vs. West Seattle Vintage Charmer

Both these homes are listed for around $750,000. Which one do you think is the better deal?

05/13/2022 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Sky Light

How to Watch This Weekend’s Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

The moon will turn orange Sunday—if only the clouds would get out of our way.

05/13/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Green Machine

Jim Stewart Allen, aka Broccoli Guy, Is Seattle's Biggest Sports Fan

"I want to be a professional broccoli dancer, and I think that’ll someday become true."

05/13/2022 By Allison Williams

Bruce Surfaces this May at Seattle Rep

Based on the book The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb, Bruce is a world premiere musical you can really sink your teeth into.

05/12/2022

South by Northwest

Renee Erickson's Opening a New Bar

King Leroy is definitely the first Erickson project to make its own jalapeno poppers in house.

05/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Salty Salish

Guide to Tide Pooling and Beach Combing around Seattle

Searching for squishy sea life is a singularly Seattle sport.

05/12/2022 By Allison Williams

On the Trail

Three Plotlines to Follow in Washington State’s Midterm Elections

We’re already off to the races. But there's still time to catch up.

05/12/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

A Hot Tub with a View

Property Watch: An Offbeat Hood Canal Cabin

This water-view home is around an hour from any surrounding city—but incredibly close to the forest and mountains.

05/11/2022 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Surprise

A Common Roadblock Delays Two of Seattle's Biggest Projects

A pair of pivotal transit corridors won't be completed as quickly as originally thought.

05/11/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy