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The Needling’s 2019 Year in Review: Welcome to Seattle, Come Right In
Afraid the city skyline didn’t have enough construction cranes, local residents happily set aside the Seattle Freeze to welcome a few new guys to town
This article originally appeared in the December 2019 issue of Seattle magazine.
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue and is part of our of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe.
WARNING: What you are about to read is not true, accurate or representative of Seattle magazine’s professional opinion, but it sure is funny.
County Unveils New Sign for Children and Family “Justice” Center
After years of #NoNewYouthJail protests and advocates leveraging the project’s progress for better juvenile justice reform, King County finally pulled back the curtain on its completed Children and Family “Justice” Center in Seattle’s Central District. In a related move, King County—which built a Zero Youth Detention campaign while building a youth detention center—proclaimed doublespeak as its new official language.
KeyArena-bound NHL Expansion Team Officially Named the Seattle Not-the-SuperSonics
After years of speculation, the owners of Seattle’s NHL team confirmed its name would be the Seattle Not-the-SuperSonics, beating out potential team names that included the Sockeyes, the Totems and the Macklemores. “Any Seattleite stepping into KeyArena to watch professional male athletes do anything but play basketball is thinking ‘not the SuperSonics,’ so why not just roll with it?” the owners said. Ongoing rumors claim the team’s mascot will, most likely, be Not-Squatch.
Seattle is finally being graced with the almighty power of technology
Apple’s Arrival to Help South Lake Union’s Underserved Tech Community
For years, South Lake Union’s tech workers only had Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook and countless startups at which to spend their days earning the city’s highest wages. So, it was no wonder that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, in a major press conference, hailed the neighborhood’s long-awaited entrance of Apple as a landmark moment for the area’s sluggish tech economy: “Somewhere, somehow, Steve Jobs is smiling on us and spitting on Bill Gates right now, I just know it.”
Expedia’s new campus was artfully selected to evoke the desire for escape
Travel Destination Website Chooses Interbay for Headquarters
When go-to travel planning website Expedia sought a new campus on which its workforce could continue to thrive, its CEO, Mark Okerstrom, says Seattle’s Interbay was a no-brainer. “As George Bailey once said in It’s a Wonderful Life, ‘You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? Anchor chains, plane motors and SCRREEeeEEeeEEeeCH.’ Hot dog! Boy, we’ve got it all now.”
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Your Guide to Halloween in Seattle and Beyond
The Pacific Northwest was made for this time of year. Here’s how to celebrate it.
It’s spooky season in Washington, which means haunted farms, fall festivals, pumpkin carving, costume contests for pets and people alike, and more. Here are some of the best ways to celebrate Halloween in Seattle and beyond. Halloween Fun and Frights in Snohomish October 10-11, 16-18, 22-25, 29-31, November 1 Stocker Farms Visiting a pumpkin patch…
5 Cozy Fall Outings
Sweater weather is here. These five adventures make a strong case for getting out and embracing it.
Autumn is the absolute best. I start pulling out sweaters and scarves before the weather even remotely justifies it, then spend weeks happily overdressed. I love the whole production—noodle soups, spicy drinks, crunchy leaves, dark afternoons, fogged-up windows. Bring it on! Here are five ways to make the most of every minute. 1. Dates after…
Soapbox Project Founder Nivi Achanta Centers Community and Joy in Climate Justice
The Seattle organizer shares why taking action helps her stay hopeful—and how anyone can get started.
If you were asked to envision what the world could look like in the future, you might take a page out of a dystopian book. But what about imagining a future that feels more hopeful, one where you have access to reliable transit, green spaces, and opportunities to gather in community with others? That’s exactly…
Remember When the Eastside Felt Like a Road Trip?
Months after the Sound Transit 2 Line began crossing Lake Washington, Seattle and the Eastside feel a whole lot closer.
There’s a particular kind of optimism and happiness you feel when a city decides to connect itself to its own future. World-class cities invest in the invisible things that make everything else possible. They make it easier for ideas to collide, for workers to access opportunity, for culture to flow. The East–West light rail Crosslake…