Civics and Culture

Elects and pro cricketers at Tollgate Farm Park

Elevate Cricket in Incoming Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle Parks Levies

Move aside pickleball, it's time to give another rapidly growing sport in the Puget Sound the limelight. “Cricket has seen an exponential growth in...

Saints Of All Colors

Later that same night the trio from this story came back. The shortest of the group was now wearing a mask. "Hey again!" "Hey! I got my...

Summer in the Inside Passage: Riding the Alaska Ferry

There are three very important things you need to know about taking the Alaska ferry from Bellingham, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. First, the trip...
Entrance gate to T-Mobile Park with crowd going through ticketing, looking upward towards soft clouds and banners for Vegas and Seattle.

The NHL Winter Classic Can Accelerate Seattle’s Sonics Boom

Seattle’s big hockey Winter Classic success at the ballpark offers lessons to nightly sports on the other side of town.

A Christmas Market That Doesn’t Suck Is Still Elusive for Seattle

Holiday merrymaking should involve more whimsy, less rigmarole, and less price gouging. Seattle still hasn't cracked the code to create a true Christmas market that...

The Urbanist’s Corrections and Regrets of 2023

Journalistic integrity demands we review the tapes for the last year, and own up to our failings. Here are the corrections and regrets for 2023.

Getting Some Diversity Off My Chest

  We addressed "the whole bathroom thing" in my previous post. While we're on a roll, let's settle another issue--the one where people tell me...

Bravado

We talked about all manner of things. Charles went by Leonard too, interchangeably, though I never learned the reason why; a middle and a first...