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Best Places to Live: Bellevue
A growing tech hub across the lake.
Long known as a quiet, bedroom community to Seattle, Bellevue has emerged as one of the region’s social and economic power hubs. Boasting a diverse population and some of the state’s top-ranked schools, this Eastside city has experienced continued growth in recent years, with families and young professionals topping out its ranks of new residents….
Best Places to Live: Gig Harbor
For a quiet retirement—or just a slower pace.
In the south sound, gig harbor lures people with the promise of tranquility, space, and some of the most striking views in the region. The city’s picturesque history stretches back to the 1840s—it was named after the small captain’s gig in which the Wilkes Expedition first arrived—and it has evolved into a scenic community known…
Best Places to Live: Normandy Park
A place apart —but still close to everything.
Normandy Park is a place people choose deliberately. First laid out in 1929 as a suburb, the area grew after the city incorporated in 1953, but it was still home to fewer than 2,000 residents. Much of the land had previously been logged or farmed, and even as Seattle expanded nearby, Normandy Park took shape…
Best Places to Live: Black Diamond
Where to live if you want more space (and love the outdoors).
Black Diamond has always felt like a town apart—not just in distance from Seattle (39 miles), Renton (18 miles), and Bellevue (28 miles), but in pace and personality. Located in southeastern King County, the former coal mining hotspot dates back to the late 19th century, taking its name from the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company….
Best Places to Live: Woodinville
A close-knit, family-friendly community.
Say Woodinville, and the first thing most people think of is wine, but with a growing arts scene, independent agricultural ventures, and top-notch hospitality holdings, this formerly sleepy suburb is stepping up to become a coveted destination for buying a home. “It still feels like a true community, where people know each other and local…
Best Places to Live: Everett
For those looking to get in on the ground level.
Less than 30 miles north of Seattle, Everett was built from working-class roots, with industries such as logging, lumber, and aerospace manufacturing at its core. In recent years, the city has enticed an increasingly younger crowd attracted by housing affordability and job opportunities. “We’re seeing mostly working-age talent in their late 20s to early 40s…
Rearview Mirror: Spring Tea, an Arty Anniversary, and a New Look for Woodinville Whiskey
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
Last Weekend to See Red Angels Every once in a while, a piece of art comes along and metaphorically knocks your whole world akilter. It becomes a kind of touchstone for other work, and something you come back to again and again in your head. For me, one of those pieces is Ulysses Dove’s Red…
Sun Break
A spring trip to Southern California that ends under the desert sky.
The moment my family of four arrived at our Italian-inspired villa at The Resort at Pelican Hill along the coast in Newport Beach, California, it was clear: The pace of life is slower here. It was obvious from the outset that we wouldn’t have to lift a finger and that whatever we needed was within…
What Trump’s Climate Rollback Could Mean for Washington
A policy expert explains how repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding could weaken federal rules and shift more responsibility to states.
In February, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the repeal of the endangerment finding, a key rule that has supported federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions since 2009. Established during the Obama administration, the endangerment finding determined that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. That determination gave the EPA authority under the Clean Air…
Joint Effort
Rooted in the Northwest craft tradition, Mory Homes offers thoughtful furniture and storage solutions with an architectural point of view.
After more than a decade as the executive director of local lighting company Graypants, one of the cofounders, Jonathan Junker, decided to return to his architectural roots. In 2019, he was raising a family on Bainbridge Island when he opened his namesake studio. At first, Junker enjoyed the holistic approach to residential design; a few…
These Women Helped Shape Seattle
From early civil rights leaders to today’s chefs and writers, a handful of women whose work left a mark on the city.
Playwrights and authors. Mayors and activists. Chefs and restaurateurs. From its earliest days, Seattle has been shaped by the tenacity of powerful, creative, and innovative women. While there are far too many to include here, in honor of Women’s History Month, we wanted to highlight just a handful of the women whose work left a…
A Clear Vision for Growth
Local optometry clinic Eye Eye celebrates a decade in business and prepares to debut its first line of frames.
In Leschi Park, overlooking Lake Washington, towers one of Seattle’s many historic trees, a giant sequoia planted sometime in the early 20th century. Just down the street on Lakeside Avenue is the second location of eye clinic and shop Eye Eye, where Dr. Will Pentecost seems to be borrowing some of the leafy specimen’s energy….
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