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Stories from Seattle: Something to Keep Your Mind Off the News

Stories from Seattle: Something to Keep Your Mind Off the News

Writer Drew Zandonella-Stannard launches a free text subscription service based on light-hearted laughs—just the thing we need right now

“The sign urges our neighbors to sign up for The Good List, even though it might pigeonhole me as the local eccentric shut-in.”

Drew Zandonella-Stannard

Cooking in Quarantine: Spice Up Your Apps with a Special Salsa

Cooking in Quarantine: Spice Up Your Apps with a Special Salsa

Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita has a cure to dress your salad or spice up your bruschetta

Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita has a cure to dress your salad or spice up your bruschetta

Tricia Romano

Stories from Seattle: Living Alone in a Former Sanatorium

Stories from Seattle: Living Alone in a Former Sanatorium

"Alone in this pandemic, I feel anxious and fragile—two things I can’t stand."

Water views: Good for quarantining.

Nicole Hardy

Walla Walla Brings Wine Month to You

Walla Walla Brings Wine Month to You

4 ways to (virtually) experience vineyards and wineries this spring

Connect with Walla Walla Valley Wine from the comfort of your home

Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance

Stories from Seattle: How Baking Helps Kate McDermott Cope

Stories from Seattle: How Baking Helps Kate McDermott Cope

"As long as I can smell the yeast blooming, and the pie baking, I know that I’m OK."

Freshly baked apple pie.

Kate McDermott

Stories from Seattle: "Venues in Seattle are Going to Close"

Stories from Seattle: “Venues in Seattle are Going to Close”

Steven Severin, co-owner of Neumos, is fighting to keep the music alive

Neumos’ co-owner Steven Severin

Tricia Romano

Cooking in Quarantine: Marmite’s Bruce Naftaly Offers Soup for the Soul

Cooking in Quarantine: Marmite’s Bruce Naftaly Offers Soup for the Soul

A simple stock recipe and a zucchini and mint soup to savor

courtesy of Marmite

Tricia Romano

Cooking in Quarantine: Maria Hines Has a Recipe (and a New Puppy) to Cure Isolation Boredom

Cooking in Quarantine: Maria Hines Has a Recipe (and a New Puppy) to Cure Isolation Boredom

Blackened shrimp, cheesy grits and dinosaur kale (new puppy not included)

courtesy of Maria Hines

Tricia Romano

Cooking in Quarantine: Bored of Your Cooking? We Asked Local Chefs to Share Some of Their Favorite Recipes

Cooking in Quarantine: Bored of Your Cooking? We Asked Local Chefs to Share Some of Their Favorite Recipes

Quarantine popcorn and biscuits from Heather Earnhardt of The Wandering Goose

Heather Earnhardt’s isolation comfort food? Popcorn.

Tricia Romano

Get Well Soon

Get Well Soon

It’s always a good time to start building a better you. Here’s where to start.

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Get Well Soon cover story. Click here to subscribe. For all its trendiness, the modern wellness movement taps into an innate human desire for self-improvement—not that you aren’t perfect just the way you are. Whether you’re looking to make big changes to your diet…

Andrew Hoge, Ariel Shearer, Danielle Hayden

Simple Ways to Wellness

Simple Ways to Wellness

Here’s how you can exert minimal effort for maximum results—and in some unexpected ways

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Get Well Soon cover story. Click here to subscribe. Trying to fulfill all your obligations—personal, familial, occupational—can leave you drained, as you forget (or forgo) your own self-care and wellness. “The ‘wellness’ industry has made health feel intangible and, in some cases, out of…

Danielle Hayden

Ebb & Company Brings Community Flavor to Ravenna

Ebb & Company Brings Community Flavor to Ravenna

The wine bar-slash-gathering space offers private dinners, craft workshops and more

Stephanie Eburah’s dynamic Ravenna space serves small plates and creative concepts

Jorn Peterson

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