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Heartbeat: The Marriage Malaise
Marriage rates are as low as they’ve been in a century. Here’s why it matters.
Is marriage becoming a bridge too far? I’ve been thinking about marriage lately. Or non-marriage, as it turns out. The stats for the last couple of years show fewer people marrying than a decade ago, people marrying later, and that while married people are happier than unmarried people, surveys show they are not as happy…
Letter to Seattle: Inspiring Imagination
Cornish helped budding artist embrace her creativity
Letter to Seattle is a new feature highlighting the good deeds and positive experiences in our region. This is a letter from Liz Tran, a former student at Cornish College of the Arts, a private art college in Seattle founded in 1914. Tran graduated in 2002 with a B.F.A. in painting and print art. Submissions…
Why Health Equity Matters
Everyone deserves good health care. Here’s how to make it happen.
The turbulent journey of Covid-19 has taught us many lessons about the strengths and weaknesses of our health care system. In particular, the pandemic has shone a bright light on long-existing disparities in health care access, experience and outcomes that affect so many populations and communities in the United States. As many of us have…
Cancer Research: Trials & Triumph
For Dr. Nancy Davidson, the fight against cancer is personal
Dr. Nancy Davidson spent more than 30 years as an oncologist before cancer truly hit close to home. In 2011, Davidson’s active, nonsmoking, 53-year-old sister, Leslie Davidson, received a diagnosis of non-small-cell carcinoma of the lungs. Two weeks later, Leslie was dead. “I seldom talk about it, but I’ve gotten better about it over the…
Reading Seattle’s ‘The Rocket’
A soaring journey through the early history of Seattle’s legendary magazine of music and culture
Shortly before Nirvana released its epic album “Nevermind,” a publicist for Geffen Records asked the band members how they might define the album’s success. Their answer? An appearance on the cover of “The Rocket.” It was a dream shared by many local bands. If you lived in Seattle during the 1980s and 1990s, you probably…
Seattle’s First Woman of Whiskey
Carolyn Sellar is blazing new ground as one of only a few Asian women in the world of whiskey
By day, Carolyn Sellar looks after apes, primates, lions and tigers. By night, she’s one of the country’s foremost authorities on whiskey. Sellar, a zookeeper at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo, also owns Adventures in Whisky, a Seattle company that has produced hundreds of whiskey-themed events across Washington state. Sellar is also a brand and marketing…
Books: ‘Outrage to Activism’
‘Undercurrents’ urges readers to look beyond the surface
Steve Davis is executive strategic adviser for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is a lecturer on social innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He recently served as the foundation’s interim director of the China Country Office, and as cochair of the World Health Organization’s Digital Health Technical Advisory Group. He is…
Top Doctors 2022
Seattle magazine’s 22nd annual list of the best physicians in the Puget Sound region
Many people have no idea how to find a doctor. They often rely on recommendations from friends or colleagues, or whomever their health system suggests. Personal referrals matter, but, in partnership with Castle Connolly, we’ve created a comprehensive guide of notable doctors throughout the Puget Sound area. For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has…
Fave Five
It’s time to rediscover all Seattle has to offer.
1. Get dressed it’s springtime in Seattle, where sunshine is a state of mind. So put on a bold, pastel printed Marimekko bucket hat from Pirkko of Finland, purveyors of modern iconic design. It’s a boutique filled with color, hidden in plain sight on First Avenue since 2010, just up from the Pike Place Market….
Heartbeat: Let’s Talk. Or Not.
Is conversation a lost art? The younger generation prefers texting over talking.
Welcome to my world! This is my first column (to be followed by others and podcasts). I spend a lot of time thinking about intimate relationships. If you’ve read any of my previous work as a professor at the University of Washington, or watched me on television, you know that I care about what keeps…
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