Celebrate the Holidays with a Trip to Seabrook

This coastal town transforms into a festive destination full of events and activities during the holiday season.

Sponsored by Seabrook For those looking to plan a cozy winter getaway to the coast, Seabrook, Washington is transforming into a holiday destination. The beach town is hosting a packed schedule of festive events including a parade with Santa, free concerts, gift exchanges, holiday crafting and more. The lineup of activities is bursting with fun and…

Seattle Mag

This Under-the-Radar BBQ Joint is About to Become Your New Favorite Lake-View Restaurant

Barbecue, beer and water views? Almost too good to be true.

Brown food is sometimes the best food.

Chelsea Lin

The Many Ways Jenny Durkan Could Surprise Seattle

Is Seattle's new mayor really the "Murray 2.0" her detractors branded her?

As Durkan takes office, actions now speak louder than her campaign critics’ words.

Erica C. Barnett

Seattle’s Only Luchador Wrestling School Offers Hands-on Lessons in a Mexican Tradition

Netflix’s 'GLOW' may have put professional wrestling in the zeitgeist again, but it has nothing on Seattle-based Lucha Libre Volcánica.

Lucha Libre Volcánica’s only female luchadora, La Avispa, gets ready to rumble.

Danny Sullivan

Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Rick Horwitz

Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.

Rick Horwitz, center, promotes scientific collaboration in his role as executive director at the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Photographed on August 31 at the Institute’s South Lake Union offices.

Sally James

Washington-Made Sounders Beer Irks Some Fans, Causes Social Media Stir

Olympia's Three Magnets Brewing Co. made a beer to honor its favorite team, but not everyone was thrilled.

Things escalated quickly.

Michael Rietmulder

If We Could Only Eat Along One Seattle Block for the Rest of Our Lives…

Which singular city block has the city's best, and most varied, assortment of restaurants?

Rosellini’s bakery and The Fat Hen form an unstoppable breakfast duo along one of Ballard’s foodie-friendly blocks.

Chelsea Lin

The Do’s and Don’ts of Holiday Party Season

Be the perfect host or guest with these tips.

Seattle etiquette guru Arden Clise’s new book guides readers through tricky etiquette situations.

Caroline Craighead

SoDo Furniture Company Makes Going Green Incredibly Comfortable

EcoBalanza offers a stylish, safe and sustainable place to sit.

The Round D sofa from EcoBalanza is available in a variety of colors and nontoxic fabrics, starting at $7,455.

Max Rose

The Quirky Stories and Characters That Took Our Minds Off the Mayhem in 2017

This year’s "shiny things" were a welcomed respite from the news cycle.

Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. Poses like “downward-facing goat” were routine at the various goat yoga classes in the area, incorporating goats into a playful practice for yogis of all ages. The world’s largest rubber duck, Mama Duck, made a splash into the Thea Foss Waterway for Tacoma’s Festival…

Caroline Craighead

It Took Nearly a Century, But Seattle Found Its Second Female Mayor

Jenny Durkan emerged from a slew of candidates to take Seattle's top job.

Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. For all our self-congratulatory posing as a forward-thinking metropolis, Seattle seldom has strayed from (white) males when it comes to who runs this city. The lone female exception was a corruption- and bootleg-busting firebrand, Bertha Landes (1926–28). Landes was ousted by voters on her next…

Shannon O'Leary

Seattle Crime 2017: From the Gross to the Grotesque

The crime stories that shook Seattle.

Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. Two people were arrested at a Sammamish Papa John’s Pizza store (and three others elsewhere) during “Operation Extra Olives” (who says cops don’t have a sense of humor?) in June. The six-month-long King County Sheriff’s Office undercover investigation followed a tip that some employees were…