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What You Need to Know About a Trip to Olympia

Population: 55,605Location: South Puget SoundDrive Time from Seattle: 1 hourAverage High Temperature in December: 45°Average Low...

An Ode to Seattle’s Independent Bookstores

Much of my debut novel, Storybook Ending, takes place in a Seattle neighborhood bookstore—one which bears, shall we say, an...

Little Beast Is Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year

The gray-brown sauce dripping off the lamb neck pie at Little Beast matches the shade of gloom that so often...

Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White...

Eat This: Meze Platter at Berna’s Bakery & Café

All dips are good dips at Berna's. In 2023, the hot trend was girl dinner: a meal of snacks, served...

De La Soil Grows a New Kind of Restaurant in Kenmore

Andrea and Cody Westerfield created a restaurant that meets the moment in De La Soil. As I romped and chomped...

There’s Nothing Like Old-School In-Person Connection

Ever since my debut novel, Storybook Ending, was published last spring—and even before that—I keep getting asked the same questions,...

Best Pit Stops on I-5 from Seattle to Portland

The stretch of Interstate 5 between Seattle and Portland is lined with landmarks. There's the weird sculptures in Toledo, the...

Expand Your Dumpling Universe

Silky skins are the star of E-Jae Pak Mor’s signature dumplings. Seattle’s paradisical dumpling scene leans heavily toward Chinese varieties,...

Pioneer Square’s Historic Cadillac Hotel Is Also Its Tiniest National Park

The Cadillac Hotel in 1971, shortly after Pioneer Square was admitted to the National Register of Historic Places. As anyone...

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