July/August 2024
Foot Traffic Rises Again in Downtown Seattle
Downtown Seattle Association: Slow recovery continues
Nearly 1.9 million visitors came downtown last month. Downtown averaged 85,000 daily workers, a 16% increase from February 2023. That, however, is only 57% compared to the same period in 2020, right before the pandemic.
Seattle Podcast: Tom Mara and Beth Barrett Are SIFF’s Dynamic Duo
Tom Mara planned to retire when he left Seattle nonprofit radio station KEXP after two stints totaling 34 years. That didn’t last long. In August 2022, Mara accepted the CEO job at the Seattle International Film Festival. Here, he and longtime Artistic Director Beth Barrett discuss how SIFF became one of the largest film festivals
Kitchen Conversations With J. Kenji López-Alt
The Seattle chef discusses online feedback, appropriation, and his goals as a noted food writer
Currently, he's juggling projects for his YouTube channel, working on a new cookbook aimed at everyday cooking, writing another children's book, and launching a podcast with Deb Perlman of Smitten Kitchen.
Cream of the Chop: Top Chef Kaleena Bliss
Washington native competes on popular Bravo cooking competition
Seattleites will spot a familiar face on the latest season of Top Chef, set in Wisconsin this year. Chef Kaleena Bliss competes for the coveted title on the longstanding cooking competition franchise, now in its 21st year.
New and Classic Wineries Collide at Taste Washington
The event, now in its third decade, showcases more than 200 Washington wineries
Brian Carter has been participating in Taste Washington since its inception in 1998, when it was held at the historic Paramount Theatre. At the time he was teaming up with Harry Alhadeff to craft wines under the Apex Cellars, Washington Hills, and W.B. Bridgeman labels...
Lauding Black History, Sports, and Diversity
Seattle celebrates Black History Month, sports achievements, LGBTQ+ awards, and a thriving creative economy
The Seattle/King County Clinic recently offered free health care to those in need for four days at the Seattle Center. More than 3,000 volunteers contributed to the initiative, and more than 2,900 received health care services worth more than $2.6 million...
Cabo: A Fresh Take on an Old Favorite
The perennial winter getaway has a few new tricks up its sleeve
Who, in the throes of Seattle’s dark wintery grip, doesn’t love Cabo? Whether renting a house in the Pedregal or a suite in Palmilla, Seattleites have been enjoying desperately needed sun and delectable Mexican food at the southern tip of Baja California for decades. But with consistency comes complacency. Old favorites become old has-beens. The…
