Seattle Met

Seattle Metropolitan, commonly known as Seattle Met, is a monthly magazine that serves the Seattle, Washington area. Launched in March 2006, it offers a variety of articles covering local events, notable individuals, dining options, restaurants, popular spots, and attractions in Seattle.

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#210744

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#46193

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#1998

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Just add water: Lake Union’s best-kept spa secrets

13 hours ago | seattlemet.com | Ben McBee

You breathe in the warm smell of wood and exhale slowly, swirling the steam that’s working hard to extract the stress from your body. On the surface, you are the picture of relaxation, gazing through a wide window into dark, tranquil waters. How does that sauna? This isn’t a daydream or a social media video posted to entice your envy. Check your bank account — there’s no sign of a recently purchased plane ticket to Scandinavia.
Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and the Executives Who Built Microsoft

2 days ago | seattlemet.com | Adam Willems

Amble through the quiet suburban streets of Redmond and it might not quite feel you are in a place that has shaped the entire region—and globe—in its image. After all, many Microsoft leaders are equally nondescript, tending to blend in with the programmers and engineers who make up the tech giant’s ranks.
Yoka Tea Is Pouring, De La Soil Cooking, and the Wayland Mill Baking

5 days ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

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. New in the NorthDirt candy: On Monday, long-running farm-to-table pop-up De La Soil officially opens its permanent location inside Copperworks Kenmore.
Seattle Food Trends, Summer 2025 Edition

5 days ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

The many meals I eat to compile guides to the city’s 50 best restaurants, best new restaurants, and top tasting menus for $100 or less give me a lot of time to notice the tiny details that can set a restaurant apart and the little patterns that emerge at any given moment. Some of these trends deserve to be served up to customers on a silver platter; others leave a bad taste in my mouth. Take a nibble of this season’s trends, listed from sweet to sour.
Why You Can’t Find King’s Mozzarella’s Mind-Meltingly Good Cheese

6 days ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Local Mexican markets sell a variety of queso Oaxaca brands, but none match the full, rich flavor and soft glossiness of the woven cheese I buy at farmers markets from King’s Mozzarella. The freshness, of both the local milk used to make the cheese and the cheese itself, makes all the difference. Or, it did, until November.
How Microsoft Engineered Tech’s Anti-Fashion Workforce

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Zoe Sayler

It’s 1996, and Bill Gates, dressed in his signature look—wire-frame glasses and a crewneck sweater over an open-collared shirt—sits across the desk from a suit-and-tie-wearing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Leno’s pointed jokes about casual dress code prompt groans of sympathy for the rumpled billionaire. “In the computer world, they were saying you sort of set a fashion trend,” Leno says. “The trend must be not to pay much attention,” Gates replies.
The Compline Choir at St. Mark’s Is More Than Just a Refuge

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Haley Shapley

Well Well Well is Seattle Met’s regular health and wellness column, covering the sometimes surprising ways we can support our physical, emotional, social, and environmental well-being. I’ve lived two miles away from St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral for more than a decade now, but it took a book written by an author who was born in Switzerland, grew up in Montreal, and lives in Washington, DC, to alert me to something special that’s been happening there every Sunday since 1956.
Washington Writer Anne Helen Petersen Studies Culture

1 week 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.
Here Are Some of Microsoft’s Most Memorably Forgettable Products

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Adam Willems

A half century of product releases and, well, there’s bound to be some half-baked gizmos and doodads. From a hygge-inspired mnemonic-forward computer portal to an MP3 player released five years too late, not every invention coming out of Redmond has offered a worthwhile return on investment. Bob had it all. With an interface resembling a cozy home interior, Bob was intended to provide a more accessible portal through which users could access a range of computer programs.
When Will The Wayland Mill Open? Which Reuben's Will Close?

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

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. It’s been nearly a year of anticipation for the latest venture from Yasuaki Saito, the brilliant restaurateur behind Saint Bread, Tivoli, and Post Alley Pizza, and the wait isn’t quite over yet.