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Eggnog Latte Mayhem, Whole Foods to Open New Store & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
The rain appears to be over for the moment, but I’m hearing we’re in for up to 40mph wind gusts. Hold on to your hats:
Supporters of I-594, the measure to expand background checks for gun purchases and transfers, are pleased with their success but say that this is only the beginning, KUOW reports. The group aims to expand its research and advocacy to pass laws in other states.
Be wary of downloading any third-party apps onto your iPhone these days. A new malware called “Wirelurker” is on the loose, targeting iPhone iOS systems via more than 450 infected apps sold through the third-party iPhone application store in China called the Maiyadi App Store. Time magazine breaks it all down here, including explaning why this could be (and could not be) the end of the world.
First Hill/Captiol Hill is getting a Whole Foods store. The specialty grocery store has signed a lease for a space at the corner of Broadway and Madison at the base of a 16-story apartment tower (lucky residents). Look for the 40,000-square-foot store to open sometime in 2018.
Like the fire of a thousand suns, Starbucks’ eggnog latte devotees took to social media and even created a petition to bring back the holiday drink after the company scrubbed it from its current latte lineup. Who knew the eggnog latte, which has been around for 28 years, had so many fervent fans? Rest assured: Starbucks added it back to the menu.
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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…