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SEAtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love
Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.
October 21, 2025 11:17 AM
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Retail
Gift Guide: Our Editors’ picks for the 2023 holiday season
See what Editors Gabe and Alina are shopping this year.
November 30, 2023
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Sarah Leonhardt
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Food
Jerk Shack’s Belltown location permanently closed
Chef and owner Trey Lamont has his eyes on other downtown locations, though.
November 7, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Business
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos moves out of Seattle
He’s headed to sunny Miami after calling the Pacific Northwest home for almost 30 years.
November 3, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Culture
SIFF announces reopening date for former Cinerama
The theater has some pretty sweet amenities, too.
November 1, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Retail
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: 38 gifts you can buy right now
Shop the most popular gifts of the 2023 holiday season, plus gifts that support small businesses and the best holiday wrapping paper to tie it all up in.
November 1, 2023
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City
Bon voyage: Preliminary designs for all-electric Kitsap Transit ferry released
The new 150-person vessel would travel on the Seattle-Bremerton route.
October 24, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Food
Filipino fast food fave Jollibee plans first Seattle location
The franchise plans to open the location in late 2024 on Rainier Avenue.
October 19, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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Food
Restaurant and gaming venue Pinstripes expanding to Bellevue
The Chicago-based company is known for its bocce and bowling opportunities.
October 18, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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A guide to the Seahawks’ 2024 season
Football is back — here’s how to stream the games, eat and drink at Lumen Field like a pro, and cheer on the Hawks.
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Travel and Outdoors
Where to view salmon migration and spawning in Seattle
Observe the annual occurrence of Seattle’s salmon migration at a variety of local rivers + learn more from the area’s naturalists.
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Reading clubs in Seattle
Turn some pages at these independent reading clubs that meet regularly in Seattle.
September 3, 2024
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Travel and Outdoors
Remembering Seattle’s hottest day on record
Seattle’s hottest day on record was June 28, 2021 when the Emerald City hit 108°.
August 30, 2024
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Travel and Outdoors
Seattle named top Labor Day weekend destination by AAA
If you’re planning on traveling into or out of Seattle during Labor Day weekend, prepare for a lot of road and airport traffic — especially with Sea-Tac airport’s web systems still down.
August 29, 2024
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Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail Lynnwood extension opens
The new Sound Transit Link Light Rail Lynnwood extension includes four new stops north of Northgate — and the whole area is celebrating.
August 29, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Seattle Aquarium’s multi-million dollar Ocean Pavilion is now open
The Ocean Pavilion brings the Coral Triangle’s teeming reef ecosystem to Seattle with thousands of new animals and plants + state-of-the-art digital storytelling.
August 28, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
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Culture
Seattle Asian Art Museum premieres Korean art exhibit + new hours
Seattle Asian Art Museum, which is now open on Wednesdays, features “Meot” — a collection of traditional and contemporary Korean art.
August 27, 2024
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Madeline Ewing