Cougar Mountain Summer Retreat Cancellation Wreaks Havoc Among Bellevue Housewives

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed yet another beloved, annual tradition—the Cougar Mountain Summer Retreat—leaving housewives across Bellevue devastated in its wake. Cancellation of the long-awaited week of Chardonnay-drinking while watching young men chop firewood came...

Jay Inslee Will Announce New Escape Room Password Clue on May 31

Olympia, WA – Don’t give up just yet, shelter-in-place detectives: You’ve found the key to the safe containing the riddle which led to the map, but you are not out of the woods yet....

Dirty Nalgene Water Bottle Brews Own Kombucha

One University of Washington sophomore’s happy accident in a dirty Nalgene bottle has led to a flavor sensation hitting the University District: small-batch, hand-fermented kombucha. “The trick to get the texture just right is...

Recipe for Three-Day Existential Carrot Soup

Three days to make a carrot soup may sound like a big commitment, but the tasty results and hours of contemplation about the nature of human existence are worth it. If time (which we...

CDC Advises Public to Avoid People Who Go On Cruises

Amid fears that the Coronavirus may spread internationally, today the Center of Disease Control urged the general public to obnoxiously cover their mouths every time they see someone wearing a nylon fanny pack, socks...

Death Toll Climbs in Ballard Dessert Shop Turf War

Fighting between factions of Ballard’s trendy dessert establishments continued to escalate this week with no signs of abating. The Hot Cakes and Frankie & Jo’s alliance has been stone-cold in its ongoing face-off against...

Vegan Wants Authentic Southern Food Experience

Moments after being seated at Junebaby, Ravenna’s James Beard Award-winning Southern food restaurant, vegan Jenny Park formally announced to her friend and server that she could not wait to finally experience authentic Southern cuisine. Park...

Lake View Cemetery Pop-Up Christmas Market Actually Kinda Dope

Critics skeptical of the controversial location for this weekend’s Lake View Cemetery Pop-up Christmas Market were quickly quieted after realizing that it was actually kinda dope. “I was ready to be offended by the audacity of someone...

Pike Place Market Workers Begin Throwing Impossible Salmon

Pike Place Market’s famous fishmongers began a new Seattle tradition this week with the hurling of Impossible Salmon, the latest meat-like lab-made concoction from vegan-friendly company Impossible Foods. Fish throwers say they’re trying as hard as Impossible...

Single Xmas-Light Tumbleweed Rolls Down Abandoned Leavenworth Main Street

An eerie quiet has fallen over the festive town of Leavenworth as holiday crowds have abandoned the snowbound mountain hamlet, leaving only a lone, tangled tumbleweed of Christmas lights tumbling down Main Street. “Christmas is over and...