August 2021
Vibrant New Murals in Seattle
Several new paintings have popped up in spots both widely visible and delightfully hidden
Whether you consider them free art exhibits, neighborhood signifiers, welcome distractions while stuck in traffic or lone bursts of color on gloomy winter days, murals provide a vital backdrop to city life. When a new mural is painted, it’s often a revelation—why did we leave that boring wall blank for so long? Murals age with…
Texas-style Barbecue Comes to Seattle
Jack’s BBQ raises the bar for Texas barbecue in Seattle
For a guy who went to Texas A&M’s barbecue camp just a few years ago, Jack Timmons sure does get his brisket right. Before opening Jack’s in September, Timmons, a former marketing exec at Microsoft, spent 18 months hosting Seattle Brisket Experience dinners, slow-smoking dozens of briskets over post oak, mesquite and hickory in an…
What’s Next for the Harvard Exit
Seattle’s Harvard Exit succumbs to the city’s new priorities
The Harvard Exit, which screened its final film in mid-January, didn’t start out as an art house movie theater. The Woman’s Century Club (WCC), a group of progressive Seattle women founded in 1891, had the building constructed as a clubhouse for its burgeoning membership (which included Seattle Mayor Bertha Landes). A WCC history book explains…
Survival of the Richest: How Can Seattle be More Affordable?
In the face of so much prosperity, Knute Berger laments Seattle’s expanding poverty
An old colleague and friend recently sent out an appeal for help. Due to health and financial problems, he and his partner were struggling to make ends meet, and just before Christmas, they became homeless. He set up a PayPal account to receive donations. At the same time, my extended family was working to make…
Anger over ‘Ride the Ducks’ Ramp & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
A Queen Anne apartment building has experienced a bit of mayhem throughout the last few months. A thief broke in Sunday morning after he pried the building’s front door open and stole tools from a storage closet and (ew) rummaged through people’s laundry in the laundry room. In late December, a woman was caught on…
Pioneer Square Is the New Shopping Destination
Retailers are following in the footsteps of entrepreneurial restaurateurs
Seattle’s oldest neighborhood has seen boom times and busts over its 162-year history. It’s experienced prospectors and panhandlers, full occupancy and devastating vacancies. It is home to an arts crowd and a homeless community that coexist in a tenuous relationship. And these days, with a recent influx of notable restaurants, it is one of the…
How to Plan for Your Retirement
Just starting on the road to retirement? Here are 10 tips to get you started.
Find Your Sponsored Wealth Managers At the age of 25, retirement seems like it will never come. At retirement, 25 seems like it just happened yesterday. Such is the paradox of time, which may be why many of us are caught in our mid-40s or early 50s woefully unprepared financially for retirement. For those just…
Infographic: The ’50 Shades’ of our Gray February Weather
As the movie '50 Shades of Grey' opens, we explore just how painful the weather is in February
Tomorrow, 50 Shades of Grey (the blockbuster novel set in Seattle) opens as a movie–perfectly timed for our most punishing season. Here are some tips for finding pleasure in the pain that is February.
The Most Affordable Neighborhoods in Seattle
Our real estate market is settling down. It's the perfect time to buy if you know where to look
Note: This article was published in the March 2015 issue of Seattle magazine. And while home prices are changing all the time, we examined the issue of neighborhood affordability more recently in our March 2018 issue. You can read those stories here and here. You’ve heard the horror stories: Seattle-area home prices are rising out…
6 Tasty Destinations for Chinese New Year, Plus a Handy App
Internet-free Waygo app makes ordering from character menus a snap
Hail, Year of the Sheep (and/or Goat)! There is dispute about which animal the Chinese are honoring for their lunar new year official on February 19, but regardless, the cuisine is guaranteed to be luscious. Celebrate in style by eating your way through this range of sumptuous stops for Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine in the…
Must List: Asian American Film Fest, Valentine’s Day Fun and Contemporary Dance
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must WatchSeattle Asian American Film Festival(2/12 to 2/15, times vary) This year, the annual festival of films by and about Asian-Americans will be held at the Northwest Film Forum, with the customary mix of new shorts, documentaries and features offering fresh perspectives on contemporary issues—including opening night film To Be Takei, about the Star Trek…
Throwback Thursday: Coffee Culture in Seattle
A quick history of the defining roasters and coffee hubs in the 206
Seattle is a city where the freeze may be real, but our coffee is warm and inviting. Thus, on the second Thursday of each month, MOHAI hosts Seattle AntiFreeze, a social gathering meant to delve into other things besides the stereotypical nice-but-distant characteristic that sometimes defines us to newcomers. And in today’s installment, from 6…