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2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Bike-Share Program Is Having “A Year”
After rolling into town last year, the city’s many pilot bike-share companies cycled through an awkward testing phase. Here is our abridged review
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. The Pile UpCity sidewalks become littered—literally—with fluorescent orange (Spin), yellow (Ofo) and green (Lime) bikes, annoying pedestrians, businesses and homeowners—and posing serious problems for visually impaired and disabled pedestrians. Nonetheless, Bellevue, Kirkland and Mercer Island get in…
2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Sports Get Poetic
It was a banner year for the Storm. Mariners? Seahawks? Not so much.
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. BASKETBALLStorm win the championship!Stewie, Sue, et al.make Seattle proud. PRO FOOTBALLThe Legion of Boom—it’s gone. Oblivion looms.Pray for the Seahawks. BASEBALLMariners tease their fans. Again.Mariners miss postseason.Again. MORE BASEBALLIchiro rejoins the M’s,then gets cut. Sort of.But not…
Step into Blissful Living in the Heart of Downtown Seattle at West Edge
Now open, West Edge offers incredible amenities within walking distance of Pike Place Market.
Sponsored by West Edge Now open, West Edge is a progressively metropolitan apartment community that is transforming the residential experience in Seattle. Just one block from Pike Place Market, West Edge is located at the center of a vibrant and internationally renowned Seattle neighborhood. Residents have access to some of the greatest shopping and dining…
A New Ballard Shop Offers Help for Those Who Want to Reduce Waste
Eco Collective opened its doors in October
The owners of Seattle’s zero waste shop, Eco Collective, know your garbage can feel trashy. In October, the duo–Genevieve Livingston and Marimar White-Espin–opened a brick and mortar shop in Ballard (5201 Ballard Ave. NW), graduating from the 10-foot by 10-foot booth they’ve had at the Fremont Sunday Market since 2017. Inside, you’ll find necessities for…
This Week Then: Happy Incorporation Anniversary, Seattle and Spokane
Plus: The end of Prohibition in Washington state
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Growing Ambition This week HistoryLink notes several cities celebrating incorporation anniversaries, beginning with the state’s two largest, Seattle (shown above ca. 1872) and Spokane. Seattle’s first town charter was granted in 1865, but then voided in a political backlash. The Washington Territorial Legislature reincorporated the city on December 2, 1869, this time…
Must List: Enchant Christmas Light Maze, December Bird Walk, Urban Craft Uprising
Your weekly guide to Seattle’s hottest events.
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST ILLUMINATE Enchant Christmas Light Maze(11/23–12/30) Safeco Field is getting a magical makeover this winter, transforming into the world’s largest Christmas-themed light maze. Search for Santa’s twinkling reindeer in the massive maze, glide on the ice-skating trail, shop for holiday gifts at the Christmas…
These Seattleites Are Working Hard Not to Trash the Planet
“Zero waste is the goal, but it is not possible in our current infrastructure.”
WASTE AWAY: This Le Parfait glass jar, a type favored by national zero-waste guru Bea Johnson, is used by Stephanie Wall to hold her family’s small amount of trash
Dream Abs are Just an Appointment Away with EMSCULPT for Stomach Definition
While proper diet and fitness are key to living a healthy life, sometimes an extra step may be necessary to bring out those hidden ab muscles.
Sponsored by Glow Medispa Are you longing for those perfect abs? Have you tried eating healthy and exercising, but just aren’t seeing any results? While a proper diet and fitness are keys to living a healthy life, sometimes an extra step may be necessary to bring out those hidden abdominal muscles. Glow Medispa is proud to…
John Waters Answers Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Christmas (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Is Santa a home invader? Is the Elf on the Shelf a Christmas snitch? And in the era of #metoo, just who should be kissing mommy? Find out when “the Pope of trash” visits the Neptune Theatre Sunday, December 2 on his annual Christmas tour
For decades, since his 1972 film Pink Flamingos earned him his first wide recognition (or notoriety), John Waters has held court as America’s paterfamilias of perversion, gradually injecting his distinctive camp sensibility and gleeful appreciation for bad taste (nearly always more fun than good taste) into corners of culture from art galleries to Broadway. This weekend he brings his…
Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Local Calendars
Our curated list of locally designed calendars will keep you on track as you ring in the new year
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of our 2018 Gift Guide. Click here to subscribe. Ring in the new year with one of these fab local calendars:Ilee Papergoods ($24) Honeyberry Studios ($28) Nikki McClure ($18) Linnea Design ($29) Paper Delights, two locations, including Wallingford, 2205 N 45th St., Suite B; 206.547.1002 ($16.95) Jeremy Collins ($24.95)