Seattle Mag
The Struggle to Save Seattle’s Urban Trees in the Face of Development
In a changing Seattle, efforts are underway to measure and preserve our leafy canopy.
Not all neighborhoods have the same amount of tree canopy; some south-end areas have as little as 6 percent, while those in the north, such as Fremont pictured here, have a much higher percentage.
Amid Bakery Renaissance, Former Techie Takes Artisanal Bread to Insane New Levels
Modernist Cuisine’s Nathan Myhrvold is back with his follow-up work: a new, five-volume, 2,642-page cookbook set on bread.
The $625, five-volume cookbook set includes recipes, techniques and scientific information about making breads, from bagels to an intricate Brioche black and white spiral loaf.
10 Game-Changing Policies and Drivers Affecting Development in the Puget Sound
William Hillis, Broker & Research Editor at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty breaks down what this means for the future of Seattle and its surroundings.
Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. Perhaps it’s living together in a place of such abundant beauty and economic opportunity that brings out so many competing ideas about what our city and the region should look like, how people should live and commute, and what powers government should exert. Together with ever-greater diversity, attitudes on these matters in…
Skip the Long Lines & Expensive Tickets: Here’s Where British Columbians Go to Ski
Escape the lines, crowds and expensive lift tickets and head to SilverStar, one of British Columbia’s favorite ski resorts.
Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia is known around the world as a top ski and snowboard destination. But its international fame isn’t always the best news for skiers and snowboarders seeking solitude on the slopes, with prime resorts often being overly crowded as well as expensive. With so many pristine peaks in the…
Seattle’s Box Lunch Queen Has Made Work Day Meals Less Bland for 20-Plus Years
How Gourmondo built an order-in workplace delivery empire, one tasty boxed lunch at a time.
If anyone has been monitoring the evolution of the local business lunch more closely than Alissa Leinonen, we haven’t found that person. When Leinonen launched Gourmondo, Seattle’s leading catering and box lunch company, in 1996, it was a 470-square-foot café in Pike Place Market. Now, her team delivers more than 10,000 box lunches (ranging in…
On-Sale Date For ‘Hamilton’ Tickets in Seattle Announced
Here's how Seattleites can see the musical America's gaga over.
OMG!!! It’s time to freak the hell out, Seattle. Ticket information for Hamilton’s Seattle run at the Paramount Theatre has been announced. And it sounds like it’s a bit of a process. Given the after-market frenzy around events as hot as the hip-hop theater masterpiece, Ticketmaster is hoping to thwart the bots and opportunistic scalpers…