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This Week Then: Long Beach Turns 98
Plus: The story behind King County's name
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Oceanside Bounty On January 18, 1922, Long Beach incorporated in Pacific County, more than a century after Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled to the site on a well-trodden Indian trail and carved his name into the side of a tree….
Must List: Tet in Seattle, Bavarian Ice Fest, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SHARE CULTURE Tet in Seattle (1/18-1/19) This annual festival celebrates traditional Vietnamese culture and influence in the Northwest with art, food, music and other customs. The festival includes traditional lion dance, firecrackers, a cultural village, cooking competition and food eating contest. Come hungry! 11…
Seattle Travel Concierge Now Offers Genealogical Travel Itineraries
TCS World Travel uses your family history to create a personalized travel journey
This article appears in print in the January 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. It turns out that those detailed genealogy reports from the likes of Ancestry or 23andMe are good for more than stalking your second cousins on the internet. TCS World Travel, a luxury travel concierge based in downtown Seattle, will take this information and plan…
Explore Our Favorite Northwest Getaways
How to raise the bar of your travel experiences
This article appears in print in the January 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. From underwater tours of the Titanic to vacations planned around your heritage, it’s time to explore what the world has to offer. Seattle Travel Concierge Now Offers Genealogical Travel ItinerariesExplore the ‘Titanic’ with This Local Company This SummerSea-Tac’s New Alaska Airlines Lounge Elevates…
Where to Find King Cakes in Seattle
Find the celebrated Mardi Gras confection at these Seattle spots
As we warily await the beginning of Lent, bakeries are embracing one of the carnival season’s greatest gifts: king cake. This traditional Mardi Gras treat consists of a raised dough ring topped with a sweet glaze colored with gold, green, and purple sugar, giving it the regal appearance that its name suggests. If you’re overdue for a visit to the dentist, proceed with caution, as king cakes traditionally come with a plastic baby…
Must List: ‘Perpetual Vessels’ Premiere, Bridle Trails Winter Running Festival, ‘Present Tense’
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DANCE ON WATER Perpetual Vessels premiere (1/11) Created on a century-old steamboat in Anacortes, this site-specific dance film brings together choreographer Alice Gosti and filmmaker June Zandona to showcase the compelling talent of the Malacarne Dance Company. This premiere promises live performances and Q&A…
This Week Then: The History of Skiing in the Cascade Mountains
Plus: Seattle's Fisherman's Terminal turns 106
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Out for a Ski This week Historylink takes to the slopes with a look at the history of skiing in the Cascade Mountains. The sport first became popular here in the 1910s, mainly due to the efforts of The Mountaineers, who opened a ski lodge…
Washington and Seattle Lead US in Minimum-wage Rates
In the year ahead, workers in more than half of U.S. states will see increases in the minimum wage
Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia will raise their minimum wage this year, most effective as of Jan. 1, but the highest minimum wage in the nation will still be claimed by Seattle, according to a recent analysis by payroll experts Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. The report says the highest minimum wage…
Antique Photography Lives on at This Pioneer Square Studio
Locals can get a tintype portrait taken at Henrietta's Eye
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Despite tintype photography’s Civil War–era origins, you can hold a magnifying glass to such a photo and see individual threads of clothing. That’s because the image is made of molecular silver crystals, much smaller than pixels, and therefore doesn’t undergo the same blurry degradation…
This Week Then: How Seattle Children’s Hospital Got Its Start
Plus: Six Washington cities celebrate birthdays
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Bighearted On January 4, 1907, Anna Clise and 23 of her affluent women friends came together to found the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital Association. Nine years earlier, Clise and her husband, James, had lost their 5-year-old son to inflammatory rheumatism. Seattle had no physicians or hospitals…