Allison Williams

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

Every year, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport becomes a bigger global hub, its spokes reaching across borders in every direction. New links form to Asia and Europe, putting us one annoying TSA security line away from bigger and better escapes. While Sea-Tac (otherwise known as SEA) struggles with ever-increasing passenger loads and has proposed building a whole new terminal by the 2030s, we’re increasingly taking off elsewhere, on runways and waterways from Mukilteo to Tacoma.

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

“Is there a pool?” It’s a question both eternal and essential. The answer I got on one vacation, from the friend who’d picked the cheap hotel in the remote Canadian town of Revelstoke, caught me off guard: “No, something better,” he said. “The hotel gives you free passes to the town pool.” Visions of municipal-grade concrete and dingy locker rooms came to mind. Beginner lessons and lap swimmers all crammed together, shrieks echoing off the walls—hardly a vacation vibe.

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

Summer weekends should represent all that is good in the world. Nice weather! No work! Outdoor brunch! And yet every Friday from now until fall brings a new slate of gridlock on the roads and mayhem across the city. But which weekend is the worst for getting around? We ranked this summer's possible shit shows. May 23–26The first three-day break of the summer comes early this year, rudely popping up already even though May just started (right?).

3 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

It's Been a rough year for the outdoors. The national parks especially; the Association of National Park Rangers notes that the park service has lost 12 percent of its workforce so far this year from cuts by the Trump administration. Most parks were already struggling to adequately staff, update, and maintain their facilities. What's more, Washington's biggest public spaces have faced a host of other challenges recently, from fires to washouts to broken bridges.

1 month ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

When the University of Alabama sorority rush became a TikTok phenomenon in the early 2020s, Anne Helen Petersen wasn’t the only journalist to write about it. But in her analysis of the trend—the shifting face of Southern femininity, alumni power structures, white supremacy—there was also a real affection for the young girls squealing with excitement and showing off their rush outfits.