February 2021
Seattle Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards 2022
Some old favorites and some surprises
Food and Drink Best Restaurant: Ray’s Boathouse Best New Restaurant: Kobo Best Neighborhood Restaurant: The Birdhouse Best Outdoor Dining: Ray’s Boathouse Best Seafood: Ray’s Boathouse Best Takeout: Taku Best Food Truck: Sunny Up Best Pizza Place: Kobo Best Burger Joint: Dick’s Drive-In Best Barbecue: Wood Shop BBQ Best Fried Chicken: Taku Best Cheap Eats: Dick’s…
Seattle’s Ruinous Media Brings City’s Weirdness to its Music Podcasts
Ruinous Media captures the Seattle experience, and then some
Podcasts are full of murder, mystery, mayhem and sports. Seattle’s Ruinous Media is focusing on another genre, music, with a veritable cast of well-known Seattle characters who tell stories in an engaging and compelling way. Along the way, Ruinous has exported Seattle’s unique brand of “weird” to audiences across the United States and around the…
Provail Helped My Son Find His Voice
How Provail made a difference for my son
Dear Katie and Provail, As a mother of four children, one of the most memorable moments is when your child says “mommy” for the first time. I didn’t get that with my son, Jordan. At age 2, he lost his speech and was diagnosed with autism soon after. Now 12 years old, our family has…
Every Car Has a Story: She’s Got Drive. Seattle’s Tasha Mikko Has Become an Autocross Champion
And she’s working to get more women in the sport
Sure, everyone is watching Formula 1 (F1) documentaries these days but have you heard of a driving sport called autocross? And on a regular basis that women racers are on the podium? We have one of the best here in Seattle: Tasha Mikko. I have had the pleasure, and pain, of driving with Tasha when…
Seattle’s Former Columbia Congregational Church and Allied8: A Match Made in Heaven
The former Columbia Congregational Church was in disrepair before architectural firm Allied8 came to the rescue
The Columbia Congregational Church was harshly thrust into an uncertain future in the secular world. It was founded in 1891, two years before the Columbia City neighborhood. The densely forested site was ringed by marshlands and served as the gateway to the untamed Rainier Valley. At the time, it was a common practice to donate…
Book Excerpt: ‘Cotton Teeth’
When I was 28 years old, I was diagnosed with a late-stage cancer and given a prognosis of “three months at best.” At the time, my wife was eight-and-a-half months pregnant with our only child. Not wanting to terrify her with the news, I chose instead to take the train from New York City to…
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission Offers Hope, Healing and Help
Union Gospel Mission volunteers hit the streets
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members” — Mahatma Ghandi “Real Society” is a regular installment of the magazine to shine a bright light not on those who are already visible by virtue of birth or wealth. Instead, it creates space for those who are…
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Seattle Seen: A Trendy City With a Unique Sense of Fashion
These creators wear exactly what’s on their minds
“Fashion forward” is not the first attribute that comes to mind when considering Seattle culture. Nerdy, Nirvana, polar fleece, flannel, fish market, Microsoft, Amazon, billionaires, liberals and lumberjacks are sure to top that list. There are stylish people here, but what they wear is a point of view that reflects changing times and changing minds…
Publisher’s Note: The Very Best of Us
Helping make the world a better place
Don’t Give Up. With the Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade, the curbing of Environmental Protection Agency oversight of climate change and an extension of gun rights, things in our country have been looking a little discouraging lately. Rest assured, though, that there are heroes among us. Some historians believe that the default state…
Seattle Artifacts: A Man of History, Walt Crowley, Influenced Seattle’s Future and Preserved Its Past
Crowley worked tirelessly to promote civil liberties for people of all backgrounds and wasn’t afraid to reach across the political aisle for solutions
Nestled slightly above the hustle and bustle of Pike Place Market sits the office headquarters for HistoryLink, which has provided Washington state history for online readers since 1998. It predates Wikipedia by more than three years. My first visit there happened after a chance lunch encounter with Marie McCaffrey, the site’s cofounder and executive director. …