Love & Wisdom

Key Lessons from the 2018 Most Influential People of the Year

Key Lessons from the 2018 Most Influential People of the Year

This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart

This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. The single most sobering moment of parenthood I’ve experienced since, of course, the day my first son was born, was when he started driver’s education last year. Parents/guardians were required to attend the first class with students, and the first words out of the instructor’s…

Meet the Former Amazon Employee Who Left Her Job to Write About Her Journey to Sobriety

Meet the Former Amazon Employee Who Left Her Job to Write About Her Journey to Sobriety

In her new book, former Amazon employee Kristi Coulter examines life without alcohol

Kristi Coulter left her job at Amazon to write full time. Now, her workplace is often Ravenna’s Third Place Books where she spends time writing

Meet the Vashon Island Artist Keeping Lettering Alive

Meet the Vashon Island Artist Keeping Lettering Alive

Suzanne Moore is among nearly 30 artists participating in the Seattletters International Calligraphy Conference in Bellingham this month

Suzanne Moore at work in her studio on Vashon Island

Most Influential People of 2018 Nominations Now Open!

Most Influential People of 2018 Nominations Now Open!

Nominate someone you think is making a positive impact in our city today.

Our city is undergoing tremendous challenges, many of them related to growing pains, even as the city—and country—continues to grapple with ongoing issues of race, inclusion, gender equity, gun violence, immigration and environmental concerns. In our annual Most Influential People story in our November issue this year, we want to celebrate the people who are…

Chef Tom Douglas Is Leading a Seattle Coalition to Save Bristol Bay

Chef Tom Douglas Is Leading a Seattle Coalition to Save Bristol Bay

The Seattle chef says we need to eat wild salmon to save them.

Have you noticed the billboard projection above Tom Douglas’ Palace Kitchen on Fifth Avenue? For the month of February, the projection rotated through slides all having to do with one subject: saving Bristol Bay. Located in southwest Alaska, Bristol Bay is one of the last places in the world to commercially catch wild salmon. As…

Who Was the Real Chief Seattle? A New Biography Separates Man From Myth

Who Was the Real Chief Seattle? A New Biography Separates Man From Myth

Knute Berger considers historian David Buerge's in-depth book that puts flesh on the city’s namesake

A new biography of Chief Seattle separates man from myth

Seattle's Romantic Stats this Valentine's Day

Seattle’s Romantic Stats this Valentine’s Day

When it comes to love and romance, how does our city compare?

This just in: Romance is dead in Seattle. According to Instacart, the grocery delivery service and the part-time love authority, we are number four on the list of most unromantic cities in the country. Instacart took grocery delivery orders and analyzed them based on “romantic terms” such as flowers, chocolate, hearts and champagne, among others….

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Chris Vance

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Chris Vance

Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.

Meet Chris Vance, the conscientious objector.

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Xochitl Maykovich

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Xochitl Maykovich

Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.

Tenants across Seattle may not know Xochitl Maykovich’s name (or how to pronounce it; for the record, it’s “So-chi”), but chances are they’ve benefited from one of the policies she has lobbied for as political organizer for the Washington Community Action Network (Washington CAN!). From a new city law that bans discrimination against people who…

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Ben Franz-Knight

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Ben Franz-Knight

Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.

Ben Franz-Knight in the plaza area of the Pike Place MarketFront expansion.

Sue Bird Comes Out as Gay, Dating Another Seattle Sports Star

Sue Bird Comes Out as Gay, Dating Another Seattle Sports Star

The Seattle Storm star opens up in a new ESPN interview.

The Storm star nearly came out during the 2016 Olympics.

How a Boy With a Crippling Injury Became Shoreline's Inspirational 'Running Man'

How a Boy With a Crippling Injury Became Shoreline’s Inspirational ‘Running Man’

Lamont Thomas chronicles relearning to walk (and run) in a new autobiography.

Lamont Thomas holds a copy of his new book, “The Running Miracle.”

Fourth of July Fireworks Can be Terrifying for Dogs. Here’s How to Help

Fourth of July Fireworks Can be Terrifying for Dogs. Here’s How to Help

5 ways to keep your dog from freaking out over fireworks.

If you have a dog, you may already be worrying about the snap, crackle and pop that inevitably come with our Fourth of July holiday and send dogs cowering. “Dogs are afraid of the fireworks simply because they don’t know what they are,” says Aly DelaCoeur, a Seattle-based dog trainer and founder of the dog…

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