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Amazon Haggling, Seahawks Likely to Win NFC West & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Washington marijuana companies report they are struggling to profit significantly due to a 25 percent excise tax the state collects on pot at each stage of processing: as it transfers from growers, to processors, to retailers. While Seattle’s Cannabis City has had over $2.5 million in sales in the past six months, owner James Lathrop told Crosscut, “We’re just struggling to stay alive.”
For renters and buyers both, it is grudgingly known that Seattle is becoming increasingly expensive. For those dreaming of buying here, Curbed now reports that you probably need to be making at least $75,000 annually to afford a median-priced house of $359,900. Find full details here.
Seattle-based beer maker PicoBrew released what they believe is the world’s first automatic beer brewing appliance. The Zymatic machine, selling for $1,700, is a Keurig for ale: Brewers attach a 5-gallon keg of water to the Zymatic, add grain and hops in their various compartments and let the brewing begin. Home brewers aren’t the only ones interested; Fremont Brewing recently bought their own Zymatic.
Students at Marysville Pilchuk High have had a challenging month since the October 24 shooting, but the girls basketball team received a lift yesterday when the Seattle Storm and Olympic basketball star Sue Bird made a surprise visit at practice. Bird told King 5 news her goal was to help the girls smile and get their thoughts off of the shooting briefly. “All the stuff you’re dealing with off the court? Let it go, school, homework, whatever it may be,” Bird told the team.
Finding the prices too high on Amazon? Now, with select products, you can click on “Make an Offer” to negotiate with the seller. The new program started yesterday with 150,000 collectible goods available for haggling, including sports memorabilia, coins, fine art and more.
Though this season has been rockier for the Seahawks, the Seattle PI predicts that according to new odds, our team—back in Beast Mode of late—will most likely win the NFC West division crown again and make the playoffs this winter.
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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…