At Ilmu, Rashed and his wife, Katie Fairoz, channel more than a decade of creativity stifled by immigration difficulties, ...

One of the best views in this second-story bar is a window seat that overlooks Hing Hay Park. Or perhaps it's along the bar ...

“This is one of the only times it’s accurate to yell, ‘Thar she blows!’” That’s the advice from EJ Tilt, the naturalist aboard the Puget Sound Express catamaran as we depart for a day of whale ...

Despite sitting just 75 miles northwest of Seattle, British Columbia's island city feels distinctly foreign. A Canadian capital with European flair, Victoria's signatures include fancy tea, a walkable ...

The golden god first appeared in suburban Washington in 1977. Let’s put aside for the moment whether Ramtha is best described as a god, or the God—or a ghost, or an alien, or a total fiction.

Marcus Lalario never used to want keys to his businesses. “I would always end up at one of my bars after hours drinking.” Usually he’d hand them off to a general manager. “Just to remove the ...

The blank screen was already intimidating enough. Then, out of nowhere, an incorporeal know-it-all popped up to make us feel even worse about the novel notion of word processing in the mid-’90s. “It ...

Dominic Sivitilli is 45 feet below the surface off the west coast of San Juan Island in 2017 when his scuba diving partner waves him over. It’s been a long day, and the University of Washington grad ...

Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend.

Northwest Seattle’s sleepy enclave crescendos between Carkeek Park and Aurora. Highway-adjacent renters enjoy the quick trip to the park. Park-adjacent homeowners enjoy ignoring the highway.

Leah Merchant drew an uneven breath and felt it catch in her throat. The Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer was grateful for the dimness of the theater, which obscured evidence of the tears she’d failed ...