November 2017
Person of the Year 2017: The Unexpected Activist
Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.
It’s been a year in which locals have taken to the streets time and time again—so frequently that barely a week or weekend has gone by without a protest, march or event spilling into Seattle streets and filling public spaces. From anti-Trump and pro-Trump rallies to Block the Bunker events, immigration rights walks, a tax…
Seattle’s Box Lunch Queen Has Made Work Day Meals Less Bland for 20-Plus Years
How Gourmondo built an order-in workplace delivery empire, one tasty boxed lunch at a time.
If anyone has been monitoring the evolution of the local business lunch more closely than Alissa Leinonen, we haven’t found that person. When Leinonen launched Gourmondo, Seattle’s leading catering and box lunch company, in 1996, it was a 470-square-foot café in Pike Place Market. Now, her team delivers more than 10,000 box lunches (ranging in…
Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Aneelah Afzali
Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.
The words of justice exhibit at Harvard Law School includes a quote from the Quran calling on believers to stand as witnesses for justice. For Aneelah Afzali, a 2003 Harvard Law graduate, these words not only reinforce the responsibility that comes with her faith, but also serve as a reminder of the many ways that…
Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Nikkita Oliver, Dominique Davis and Anne Levinson
Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.
From left: Fighting for justice, accountability and equal opportunity, Dominique Davis, Nikkita Oliver and Anne Levinson with the King County Jail in the background.
Most Influential Seattleites of 2017: Seattle Times’ Justin Mayo and Mike Baker
Seattle Magazine presents the Most Influential Seattleites of 2017.
In an era of “fake” news, Justin Mayo (left) and Mike Baker demonstrated the ongoing importance and power of in-depth reporting in their investigative series “Quantity of Care.”