Seattle Culture
7 Ways to Pretty Up Your Home for Spring
Treasures and trinkets from local shops to breathe new life into your abode
Can you feel it? This hopeful season always carries with it a sense of renewal and expansiveness. Throw open your curtains, sweep away the dust bunnies and spruce up your decor with cheerful home accents that celebrate the revival going on outdoors. 1. Seattle’s Gnosis Picture Archive offers a multitude of reproduction natural history and scientific…
The Most Affordable Neighborhoods in Seattle
Our real estate market is settling down. It's the perfect time to buy if you know where to look
Note: This article was published in the March 2015 issue of Seattle magazine. And while home prices are changing all the time, we examined the issue of neighborhood affordability more recently in our March 2018 issue. You can read those stories here and here. You’ve heard the horror stories: Seattle-area home prices are rising out…
Home of the Week: Sophisticated Sky-High Condo in Belltown
Two floorplans merged to make one grand sanctuary with spectacular views at every angle
Sponsored Content. For more information on this listing contact Michael Doyle at 206.669.0203 or thriveseattle@windermere.com. Each week, we’re featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy of their ingenious owners or…
Family Affair
Learning about how to handle type 1 diabetes was a whole-family job
Group Health family physician Stephen Tarnoff got a dose of life on the other sideof the stethoscope when his son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Charlie Tarnoff was 5 years old, on the verge of entering kindergarten, when his family physician father, Stephen, began to suspect there was something wrong, because of symptoms his…
Support Gap
Peer support groups are lifelines when your disease doesn't fit your age
Less than a year after Judy Haley gave birth to her daughter, she began having trouble breast-feeding, so her doctor sent her to have a mammogram. The result was devastating for this then 39-year-old Washington State University business student—breast cancer. “It was overwhelming in every direction,” she said. She assumed the diagnosis meant the end…
Food Allergies and You
Curious about what causes food allergies and the latest research and treatments? The Studio, part of Pacific Science Center’s Wellbody Academy, just kicked off “Food Allergies: Game On,” an exhibit that showcases what local researchers are learning that can help stop, or at least better treat, allergic reactions and teaches you the mechanics of an…
Get Running!
Ever fantasized about running a 5K, or even a marathon? Now is the time to join up with many of the local run groups where peers in a variety of skill levels help get you outside no matter the weather, and experts are ready to help with advice on everything from shoes to soreness. Here’s…
What to Eat Pre and Post Workout
If you’re beginning a new workout routine as part of your 2015 resolutions, figuring out when and what to eat before and after exercising is an important component of keeping up your energy levels to sustain that fitness habit. For example, what to do when you wake up hungry but want to work out first…
Home of the Week: The Famous Vista 63 Home
Architect Ken Koehler's far-out, futuristic masterpiece is still up for sale
Each week, we’re featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy of their ingenious owners or designers–that you can steal for your own abode. At 3,942 square feet, this…
An Open and Airy Backyard Cottage
A 1920s Crown Hill bungalow gets a new, green backyard abode
Developers have been drooling over Kate Lichtenstein’s property. Located in a neighborhood filled with small houses, many of which are being torn down, the lot includes her beloved one-story, one-bedroom 1920s bungalow and until recently, a small, dilapidated shed in the backyard. “I get letters all the time from developers wanting to buy it,” she…
A La Carte Workouts
Any fitness buff will tell you one of the keys to staying active and fit is keeping your workouts interesting and challenging for your body and mind. There are only so many gyms and studios people who like a group vibe can belong to, however. Enter Fitmob, a San Francisco-based startup just launched in Seattle…
Child’s Play
Kids say the darnedest things, especially in situations they’re trying to make sense of, such as at the doctor’s office. With school back in swing, and cold and flu season approaching, we couldn’t resist asking pediatricians, “What are some of the funniest or most amazing things your kid patients have said to you?” “[From a]…
Team Player
As football season heats up, you’re likely to find Dr. Stanley Herring cheering on the Seahawks like it’s his job—because it is. He is a team physician for the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners, as well as a consultant for the University of Washington Sports Medicine Program and for the Seattle Storm. The spine and sports…
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