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Best Exurbs Around Seattle: Why Some Locals Are Heading Way, Way Out of Town

Best Exurbs Around Seattle: Why Some Locals Are Heading Way, Way Out of Town

In search of affordable housing, some are trading a longer commute time for a quality of life that’s worth the drive.

Port Orchard’s waterfront is part of the town’s appeal

These Seattle Suburbs Have the Most Walkable Downtowns

These Seattle Suburbs Have the Most Walkable Downtowns

For those seeking an urban lifestyle, suburban cities with compact and walkable downtowns offer appealing amenities, such as local shops and restaurants, and small-town civic pride

Walkable downtown Kirkland encourages window shopping and people watching

The Best Seattle Suburbs for a Quick Commute

The Best Seattle Suburbs for a Quick Commute

Transit ridership is growing faster in the Puget Sound region than anywhere else in the country. Here are the suburbs where commutes are quick and easy

Kent residents board the Sounder Train at the downtown Kent station; the train ride to Seattle’s King Street Station is just 30 minutes

Best Seattle Suburbs for Affordable Homes

Best Seattle Suburbs for Affordable Homes

With the median price of homes in Seattle topping $690,000, it’s no wonder many people are willing to trade a little extra commuting time for a reasonably priced place to live.

You can find historic homes in Everett and also new homes that mimic the Craftsman style, complete with porches

The Best Seattle Suburbs For Nature Lovers

The Best Seattle Suburbs For Nature Lovers

It’s no secret that our local environment—from our shorelines to mountaintops and city parks to urban trails—is a major draw and can be an important consideration for home buyers in deciding where to live

The hike to the top of Poo Poo Point near Issaquah offers a stunning payoff.

Spotlight on Bellevue: The Suburb That's a City

Spotlight on Bellevue: The Suburb That’s a City

The one-time bedroom community has put the ‘urban’ in ‘suburban’

The Bellevue Collection, along Bellevue Way and NE Eight Street, with shopping, entertainment and restaurant options, has helped fill downtown Bellevue sidewalks with pedestrians

The Fastest-Growing Suburbs in the Seattle Area

The Fastest-Growing Suburbs in the Seattle Area

Buyers and renters seeking to escape Seattle’s frenzied market are heading to rapidly expanding towns south and east of the city

From left to right; Bakery Nouveau recently opened a location in Burien, joining a row of shops along bustling 152nd Street; Some of Kirkland’s 87,000 residents enjoy a summer event at Marina Park; Nearby, apartments and condos stretching out over Lake

Father John Misty Is Headlining the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party

Father John Misty Is Headlining the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party

Headliners also include BROCKHAMPTON and Dillon Francis. See the rest of the announced lineup here.

Josh Tillman will again return to the city he once called home when Father John Misty headlines the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party on Sunday, July 22. The enigmatic Sub Pop artist lived in Seattle for several years in the early 2000s, making music as a solo artist and later as the drummer of Fleet…

Brass Knuckle Bistro Is Now Open in White Center

Brass Knuckle Bistro Is Now Open in White Center

New sandwiches from The Swinery's butcher along happenin' 16th Avenue SW

Check out the Ed LaDou, Justham’s reinterpretation of a barbecue chicken pizza (with pork).

Raised Doughnuts Gets a Permanent Home

Raised Doughnuts Gets a Permanent Home

The popular pop-up will go brick-and-mortar later this spring

We can’t wait for Raised’s new shop to get fresh-from-the-fryer doughnuts.

Seattle’s Best New Wine Bar Is Also Its Smallest

Seattle’s Best New Wine Bar Is Also Its Smallest

South Park’s Left Bank may be small in stature, but we think it’s big in potential

Walk into South Park’s newest addition, Left Bank, on any given night and you’ll find a varying array of patrons. At the four-seat bar, a couple from the down the street sits on metal stools, chatting up guests over a glass of organic Gamay and can of Rainier. In the cozy corner alcove, old friends…

Seattleite: Brittany Nicole Cox Is One Of The Only Antique Clock Restorers in the Nation

Seattleite: Brittany Nicole Cox Is One Of The Only Antique Clock Restorers in the Nation

Repairing antique watchworks and vintage mechanical objects, Brittany Nicole Cox keeps in time with the past

Antiquarian horologist Brittany Nicole Cox, pictured in her Columbia City studio

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