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Belltown Bar Closes, Escala Condo on Airbnb & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Another day, another Fifty Shades of Grey-related story: This time, someone posted an Airbnb listing for a condo rental in the Escala, fictional home to none other than Christian Grey, the novel’s steamy hero. Curbed Seattle reports the listing offered up “the chance to live in a 1-BR condo in ‘the sexiest building in the city,’ albeit for $257/night with a three-night minimum stay.” The notice of course received national attention, which is probably what tipped off the Escala sales office. Sadly, for Fifty Shades fans, the Airbnb listing has been removed due to the building prohibiting short-term rentals
It’s been such a mild winter so far this year that snow in the mountains is at record low levels, says The Seattle Times. The report states that our current snowfall levels are “possibly the lowest since the state began keeping annual counts 66 years ago.”
Belltown bar Cellars Restaurant and Lounge has been shut down temporarily following a shooting that happened two weeks ago. The eatery has a history of violent scuffles: three shootings have occured there since 2013.
It’s been one week since our beloved Seahawks fell short of winning Super Bowl XLIX. While some fans are shifting into Mariners mode, others are asking important questions like ‘Will Kevin Williams be back?’ or ‘How soon will injured Hawks make it back?’ Read all of theThe Seattle PI‘s 12 offseason questions for the Seattle Seahawks here.
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Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
YOUR VOTE MATTERS Everyone has a favorite restaurant, coffee shop, or local boutique. Call me old-school, but I will die on the hill that Caffe Vita has the best coffee in town. Disagree with me? Now’s your moment to speak up. Each year, we survey Seattle magazine readers, asking them to weigh in on everything…
Studio Sessions: Ling Chun
The Seattle-based artist brings playful color to ceramics and neon while exploring memory, transformation, and life between cultures.
For Ling Chun, creating begins with something sensed before it can be named. Working with clay, glass, light, and sometimes synthetic hair, the Hong Kong-born artist gives physical form to things that words cannot always hold. “For me, the magnitude of making goes far beyond the object that is eventually produced,” Chun says. “The object…
The Magic of PAX Is Stronger Than Ever
PAX West draws more than 100,000 people to Seattle each year. Co-founder Jerry Holkins reflects on what the gaming convention set out to change, how its community has grown and why gathering face to face still matters.
Access to game news as it was happening was difficult back in the day. Even with the advent of the internet, communication between game publishers and journalists was still a very elite affair. I used to fake credentials—via fax machine!—to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo, mostly just known as E3. It was simultaneously as loud…
Your Guide to Bumbershoot 2026
Navigate Seattle’s wildest end-of-summer weekend with 20 picks spanning Death Cab for Cutie, Blood Orange, wrestling, skateboarding and—obviously—movies made in 48 hours.
Four years after Bumbershoot returned with its quirkiness revivified, Seattleites broadly acknowledge the two-day multimedia extravaganza as a welcome finale to the summer festival season. Fests like Bumbershoot are designed around a choose-your-own-adventure model, but if you’re the kind of person who looked at this year’s sprawling lineup—featuring multiple bands, artists, and exhibits happening at…