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Friends Feign Excitement About Bonfire Invitation

Friends of Seattle resident Emily Hennings are celebrating her bold showing of social initiative this week — an invitation to a Saturday evening Golden...

New Data Suggests Mariners Relievers Now Make Up 23% of Great Pacific Garbage Patch

In a joint effort between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, The Ocean Cleanup, and Major League Baseball, researchers have discovered that nearly a quarter...

City Considers Plan to Build Lids Over Downtown I-5

A local grassroots effort to build a Lids over a portion of Interstate 5 between Downtown Seattle and Capitol Hill moved ahead today as...

520 Bridge Twitter Feeds to Launch Weekly Podcast

The official and unofficial 520 Bridge Twitter accounts  announced today they’re crossing over into the podcast world this summer with weekly episodes of “Just...

Indefinite SR 99 Construction Also Applying For Historic Landmark Status

Hot on the heels of The Showbox music venue’s push for landmark status, another enduring city feature has applied for landmark status of its...

New Startup “WatR” Enters Home, Tends To Plants You’re Murdering With Negligence

WatR, a new startup described as Rover for house plants, is being hailed an overnight success for overwhelmed millennials struggling to provide the absolute bare minimum...

Edgy: This Alt Weekly Contrarian Knows What to Think After Seeing What Everyone Else Thinks First

Capitol Hill — Most opinions on current events posted online these days preach and pander to the choir.  Not so with edgy local columnist...

Seattle Has 50 Names for Salmon: Here Are 38 of Them

1. Copper River 2. King 3. Coho 4. Chinook 5. The Ol’ Silverskinned Boat Boarder 6. Shiny Lips 7. Milt Machine 8. Chum Salmon 9. Mookie Blaylock 10. He Who Shall Not Be...

“The Women’s World Cup Is a Joke” Says Man Who Hasn’t Seen Own Penis Since ‘97

Local sports fan Bart Thompson, whose general state of being could best be classified as a man-made environmental disaster, decided today to belittle the...

Waiter Resists Strangling Gluten-free, Dairy-free Pescetarian

Coworkers of Tilikum Place Cafe waiter Stephen Marlow celebrated a late dinner-rush win tonight when he managed to resist strangling yet another diner who...