Lifestyle
Carried Away: What to Bring to Make Traveling a Breeze
Style and social writer Andrew Hoge lists his picks for must-have travel essentials
This article appears in print in the January 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. Travel buffs frequently advise that it’s more important to spend money on experiences than on things. But even a minimalist jet-setter can’t travel without a little help. These hand-picked travel essentials are so stylish yet practical that you may keep them by your side…
Explore Our Favorite Northwest Getaways
How to raise the bar of your travel experiences
This article appears in print in the January 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. From underwater tours of the Titanic to vacations planned around your heritage, it’s time to explore what the world has to offer. Seattle Travel Concierge Now Offers Genealogical Travel ItinerariesExplore the ‘Titanic’ with This Local Company This SummerSea-Tac’s New Alaska Airlines Lounge Elevates…
New in Town: Consuming Art and Curating Comfort in Seattle
Uncovering Seattle connections to Artemisia Gentileschi and finding familiarity in new places
New in Town is a blog series dedicated to exploring Seattle anew. Every week I’ll highlight a place, person or thing I’ve uncovered on my mission to experience all Seattle has to offer. Read last week’s installment here. It’s an image I’ve seen hundreds of times—as misandrist memes across the internet, a patch on the…
New in Town: Exploring Seattle in 2020
Introducing a blog series dedicated to discovering Seattle anew
When you move to a new city, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all that’s on offer: new sights, new flavors, new people. But the truth is, it’s also easy to get overwhelmed while living in a city you know like the back of your hand. Abundant activity options can lead to indecision, and the next…
Antique Photography Lives on at This Pioneer Square Studio
Locals can get a tintype portrait taken at Henrietta's Eye
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Despite tintype photography’s Civil War–era origins, you can hold a magnifying glass to such a photo and see individual threads of clothing. That’s because the image is made of molecular silver crystals, much smaller than pixels, and therefore doesn’t undergo the same blurry degradation…
Ballard Used-gear Consignment Shop Makes Outdoor Adventures More Accessible
Wonderland Gear Exchange opened last fall
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Washington’s trails and slopes can challenge even the heartiest adventurers—but the steep cost of new gear presents one of the biggest obstacles to getting out there in the first place. Making adventures more affordable is one of the tenets of Wonderland Gear Exchange, a…
10 Years with Seattle Magazine: A Photo Retrospective
A decade into her tenure at Seattle and Seattle Business magazines, photographer Hayley Young looks back at some of her favorite images
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Lindy WestWriter, activistSeattle magazine, January 2014 “My assistant, John Vicory, and I drove for hours to pick up the wood stake that we propped behind Lindy for this photo, taken at her family’s property in Quilcene. I had Googled ‘how to make a burning…
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