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The Vanishing Dream of Owning a Single-Family Home in Seattle
Looking for a newly built, ‘traditional’ single-family home in the Seattle market? Good luck with that.
Residential development in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is emblematic of the trend toward packing two or more dwellings onto what used to be single-structure parcels.
The Hops Capital of the World is in Eastern Washington
With 75 percent of the nation’s hops grown in Yakima, this year's harvest is one of the most anticipated by brewers around the world.
In 1868, Charles Carpenter, a farmer’s son from New York state, moved to the Yakima Valley, where he started his own farm near the town of Ahtanum, just south of present-day Yakima, and planted his first hop fields. He soon recognized that this place was particularly well suited for growing hops, with its average of…
Seattle Magazine is Looking for Fall Interns
Love writing? Eager to gain journalism experience? We want to hear from you.
Seattle magazine is currently seeking interns for internships to begin in early fall. Interns are the eyes, ears and feet of the magazine—applicants should have an enduring curiosity about the city, a love of writing and the written word, strong attention to detail and an enthusiasm to learn the fundamental skills of journalism and publishing. For more information…
Here’s What the Solar Eclipse Looked Like in Seattle
Did the eclipse live up to the hype? Seattleites give mixed reviews.
It finally came. The sun-blocking moment folks have been freaking out about for months, dropping serious cash for weird and wild viewing packages in the process, arrived Monday morning. Here in Seattle, the solar eclipse was only at 92 percent, but people flocked to a number of solid viewing locations around the city for the…
Stuck at Work? Watch a Livestream of the Solar Eclipse Here
Of course there's a way to watch the eclipse without getting in trouble with your boss.
Maybe you slept on snagging a pair of coveted eclipse glass or haven’t yet made your own DIY viewers. Or perhaps you’re one of the few diligent employees not playing hooky and costing the economy $700 million today. While there’s still time to set your out-of-office auto reply and get to one of these great…
Seattle is Virtually Sold Out of Solar Eclipse Glasses. Here’s How to Make Your Own
Missed out on eclipse glasses? Take it back to elementary school with this DIY projector.
An August eclipse was once responsible for thousands of deaths. During the Peloponnesian War, the Athenian general Nicias delayed a critical retreat because he interpreted an eclipse as a warning to keep his troops in place. A disastrous defeat followed, the beginning of the end of Athens’ time as the center of western civilization. [Gulp.]…
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