Lifestyle
Why Many Seattleites Now Use a Personal Concierge
The popularity of personal concierge services is skyrocketing as busy professionals and harried parents seek to free up their schedules
A HELPING HAND: Mom and dance studio owner Maygan Wurzer (foreground) says that her part-time personal assistant, Peggy Padua of Pepper’s Personal Assistants, gives her more time to invest in her work and family
Maturing Markets Look to Downsize to an Elevated Urban Lifestyle
NEXUS is a stand-out high-rise condominium in downtown Seattle with resort-style amenities
Sponsored by Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty A new urbanization trend is sweeping Seattle as more empty-nesters and retirees are seeking to downsize their domestic responsibilities, harvest their capital gains from single-family assets and reinvest that equity into a better, streamlined in-city lifestyle with perks. After years of child rearing, home maintenance, and living a more…
Seattle’s Bicycle Benefits Program Offers Cyclists Discounts Across the City
Cycling to work can get you deals at your favorite neighborhood coffee shops, breweries and restaurants
May is National Bike Month, and among all the obvious reasons biking is great (exercise, lessening carbon emissions and reducing transportation costs) the Bicycle Benefit Program is another incentive to get people pedaling around the city. To join the program, cyclists must make a one-time $5 sticker purchase from any participating location and stick it…
Seattle’s Bike Everywhere Day Introduces the Two-Wheeled Lifestyle to All
If you’ve been planning on getting your bike out of the garage, May 17 may be the day to do it
This Friday, May 17, is National Bike Everywhere Day! Last year, Cascade Bicycle Club counted nearly 20,000 Seattleites pedaling to work, school, home or to the local coffee shop. Cyclists stopped at more than 120 “celebration stations” to get hydration, swag, high fives and a sense of Seattle’s cycling community. This year will bring even…
Seattle’s High-Tech High-Rise Tops off With a Grand Affair
NEXUS is now 93 percent pre-sold. The final 28 condominiums recently released for sale.
Sponsored by Realogics On April 11, a series of events atop the Peak Lounge in the Kinects Apartment tower transformed this sky-high venue into an informative neighborhood showcase and a celebration for hundreds of current and prospective homeowners at NEXUS. Presented by Seattle magazine, the exhibition included The Downtown Seattle Association, Lid I-5, NHL Seattle, Waterfront Seattle, the…
What’s the Future of Golf in Seattle?
A new report takes a swing at the sustainability of the city’s four courses
Each year between 2009 and 2017, an average of 238,189 people played rounds of golf on the city’s four municipal golf courses. But that number doesn’t appear to be high enough to sustain the city’s operation of those courses. That’s the conclusion of a recently released report by three consultants (Lund, Scanlan, and Cocker Fennessy)….
How to Survive the Viaduct Closure
How to get by during the looming 'period of maximum constraint'
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Think of it as Y2K for Seattle traffic: the imminent gridlock that’s predicted for the three-week period when the downtown slice of State Route 99 is shut down, starting on January 11, in preparation for the opening of the tunnel that will replace it….
5 Best Ways to Experience the Holidays Like a Real Seattleite
Don't miss the events locals have been adding to their seasonal short list year after year
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Seattle really rolls out the red carpet for this most wonderful time of the year. Whether you are new to town or have been celebrating the holidays here for decades, these are the events locals have been adding to the seasonal short list year…
Politics Over Dinner? One Seattle Woman Says It’s OK
With the ‘Make America Dinner Again’ initiative, Emily Lewis wants Americans across the political divide to learn how to talk—and listen—to each other
TABLE TALK: As the Seattle chapter head of Make America Dinner Again, Emily Lewis, pictured here at the Pound Arts Building, leads the way for respectful dinner conversation
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