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These 100-plus-year-old Abodes Are Quintessential Single-family Seattle Dream Homes
Nothing says classic Seattle like a Craftsman in Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge or Wallingford
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Strikingly modern forms might dominate glossy magazine pages (including ours) these days, but for many, the quintessential single-family Seattle dream home comes from the past: the Craftsman, a style of house that was built from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Small wonder,…
This Week Then: Looking Back on Notable Floods in Western Washington
Plus: Remembering Douglas Q. Barnett, founder of Black Arts/West
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. The Rains Came November is here, and in Western Washington that usually means wet weather. On November 16, 1897, massive flooding in Snohomish County began destroying access to the town of Monte Cristo, eventually putting an end to the community’s mining boom. And on November…
Must List: Winter Beer Taste, Romanian Film Festival, PNB’s ‘Locally Sourced’
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST TASTE 32nd Annual Winter Beer Taste: Stranger Beers (11/16) Try different local beers while helping support nonprofit programs for seniors, children and people in need in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood at this long-standing charitable event. A ticket gets you ten tastes of beer and…
Nonstop to Sun Valley – Idaho’s Winter Playground
Sun Valley, the unpretentious ski town where wilderness and adventure meet community and culture, has something for all visitors in winter
Sponsored by Visit Sun Valley Sun Valley feels like a world away, but it’s closer than you think. The picturesque Idaho mountain town feels quaint but plays big. It’s an almost impossibly balanced destination that offers some of the best outdoor adventure and culture to be found anywhere in the region, while somehow avoiding the…
Movers & Shakers: Seattle’s Most Influential People of the Year 2019
Meet this year’s class of our Most Influential People: 35 Seattleites who are altering the fabric of our city
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. We are the crane capital of the country, and that means we are still growing at an astonishing—and sometimes unnerving—rate. With exceptional growth come exceptional people, and we celebrate them here. These luminaries help elevate…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: ‘Seattle Times’ Reporter, Dominic Gates
As a reporter on the aerospace beat, Gates extensively covers the Boeing 737 MAX crisis
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Where were you when Boeing’s bad news—that the corporation had ignored flaws in its 737 Max system, which resulted in two international plane crashes in five months—broke this year? It’s likely that many of those…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Gov. Jay Inslee, US Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Judge James Robart, Ryan Vancil
From climate change to police accountability, these four public officials are bring important issues to the spotlight
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. As the first major presidential candidate from Washington state since Scoop Jackson ran in 1976, Governor Jay Inslee took his seat on the national stage, while the state basked in reflected glory. Although he dropped…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Recompose Founder, Katrina Spade
Spade's company will be doing the composting work once the Washington state human composting law goes into effect in May 2020
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. People across the country did a collective double take when Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation in May that would make Washington state the first in the country to allow human composting, effective starting in May…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Singer-songwriter, Brandi Carlile
On top of her Grammy wins, Carlile is the cofounder of the Looking Out Foundation, which funds humanitarian causes
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. The six Grammy nominations and three wins Brandi Carlile earned for 2018’s By the Way, I Forgive You proved that, finally, the rest of the country loves the Ravensdale native as much as we Washingtonians…