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Record High Temperatures, Uncovered Artifacts & More News
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Record Temperatures: In case you didn’t notice, last month was really, really hot. So hot, in fact, that KING 5 reports it was the hottest June in Seattle ever. The National Weather Service says that the average monthly temperature at SeaTac was 78.88 degrees–3 degrees warmer than the record high from 1992. Don’t expect this…
Cast Your Vote in Our Best of 2015 Readers’ Choice Poll
Vote now for your favorites in the city. Deadline is July 20
Our annual year-in-review story in December is always packed with editors’ picks for the best our city has to offer. But you also have a say: Vote for your favorites–everything from casinos to CrossFit studios–in our Best of 2015 Readers’ Choice poll. Make your choice right here by Monday, July 20. Winners will be featured…
Lesser-Known Seafair Events You Won’t Want to Miss
The Blue Angels are a Seafair staple, but don't miss these smaller neighborhood-based events
Whenever Seafair comes roaring into town, the Blue Angels and hydroplanes tend to steal as much thunder as they generate. But some of the best moments of the two-month-long summer celebration happen during the smaller, neighborhood-based events. Take the Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake (7/11), where families and friends attempt to keep hilarious dairy-container-buoyed…
‘Up’ House in Danger of Demolition, Homeless Encampments Announced
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Up house update: The late Edith Macefield’s famous little Ballard dwelling that inspired the 2009 Disney movie Up was purchased at auction this past spring, but it looks like the buyers have backed out of the deal. KUOW reports the buyers changed their minds “after it became apparent the building’s age and condition would make…
5 Festive Fourth of July Events
What to do before the fireworks show
Freedom, friends, and long weekend of fun is just a few hours away and we give you a list of things to eat or do before ooh-ing and aah-ing at the Seafair fireworks show. A visit to Cupcake Royale will have you humming our National Anthem after just one look at its red, white and blue…
Seattle Writer Shares New Memoir About Husband’s Memory Loss
Sonya Lea faced an identity crisis when her husband suffered severe memory loss
Consider the connective tissue holding a long-term marriage together: a web of understanding based on personal history—years of discussion, arguments, realizations, inside jokes, terms of endearment, intimate gestures, memories of private moments. Then think about a spouse suddenly losing all that backstory, and in the process, losing the personality that made you fall in love…
Apples, Clams & Pinot Noir: Belltown’s Shaker + Spear
Walter Pisano serves seafood chic at Shaker + Spear in Belltown
With picture windows overlooking Virginia Street and clean, crisp, modern lines, Shaker + Spear, the newly opened restaurant in the new Palladian Hotel, serves chef Walter Pisano’s take on seafood. And it’s a restrained one; Pisano, best known for his famed gnocchi and Tuscan plates at Tulio in the Hotel Vintage, takes an almost spa-like…
Marriage for All, Amazon Treasure Truck & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage In a landmark 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court just legalized gay marriage across all 50 states, NPR reports. It was previously only legal in 35, and given this decision, 14 states will be forced to remove their bans. Here’s some of the reactions from a few of Seattle’s leaders:…
Must List: Seattle Pride Weekend, Symphony Presents Disney’s ‘Fantasia’
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Fest 2015 Seattle PrideFest Sunday (6/28, times vary) Follow the rainbow-colored crosswalks in Capitol Hill and make your way downtown where LGBT (and straight) revelers will flock to the sidewalks along 4th Avenue for the 41st annual Seattle Pride Parade, which wildly winds its way toward the PrideFest celebrations at the Seattle Center. Must…
4 Great Seattle Bars for Outdoor Summer Cocktailing
Where to sip a summer cocktail outside in our fair city
Summer is well and truly here, which means your summertime cocktail imbibing should begin in earnest (if it hasn’t already). There’s something about drinking in summer that I love – the whole school’s out vibe that takes us back to being young again, perhaps. Luckily, we have a number of swell bars that are prepared…
New City Cabinet, Major Crime Bust & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Construction Cabinet: Mayor Ed Murray signed an executive order Tuesday morning to create a new city cabinet. Pending City Council approval, the new Office of Planning and Community Development would oversee the city’s current growth and population boom, says The Seattle Times. The cabinet would bring together planners from various city departments to address issues…
Free Outdoor Music Events
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy at gratis outdoor music shows
Given the number of free outdoor music options in and around the city this month, it would be wise to keep a “go bag” at the ready—stocked with a picnic blanket, sunglasses, nonperishable snacks and a thermos full of refreshment—so you can run off to soak up sun and songs at the drop of a…
Kraken Congee: Your New Pioneer Square Pit Stop
Pioneer Square’s new lunch stop bowls us over with congee and pork buns
After securing funding on Restaurant Startup, a CNBC reality show, chefs Garrett Doherty and Shane Robinson were able to create a permanent home for their 2-year-old pop-up concept, Kraken Congee, in early spring. The chefs took over a basement space in Pioneer Square from the owners of Little Uncle, and the hidden place has “best-kept…
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