🌄 For the sightseer

• Sunrise Point
• Emmons Glacier
• Mount Fremont Lookout

🧗 For the thrill-seeker

🍴 For the gourmand

🌟 Travel tips

• Great Women of Folk and Country | Thursday, July 11 | 7:30 p.m. | The Royal Room, 5000 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle | $20-$25 | Some of Seattle’s finest musicians are getting together to celebrate legendary artists like Emmylou Harris and Joan Armatrading.
• The Daily Beans with Allison Gill and Dana Goldberg | Thursday, July 11 | 7:30 p.m. | The Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle | $30-$60 | This woman-owned news podcast likes to add just a little bit of snark into its broadcast to keep things interesting.

• West Seattle Summer Fest | Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 14 | Times vary | West Seattle Junction, 4413 California Ave. SW, Seattle | Free | This three-day festival turns West Seattle into one big party with live music, a kids zone, and lots of neat stalls to shop from.
• Sapphira Cristál: The Cristál Ball Tour | Friday, July 12 | 8 p.m. | Neptune Theatre, 1303 NE 45th St., Seattle | $29-$39 | This drag performer is a phenomenal lip-syncer, but she really turns heads when she lets that classically trained, operatic, six-octave vocal range loose.

• Hot Off The Press Book Fair | Saturday, July 13 | 5-9 p.m. | Fantagraphics, 1201 S. Vale St., Seattle | Free | That to-be-read list isn’t long enough yet. Shop from over 50 regional and national comic book + zine artists.
• Electric Feels | Saturday, July 13 | 9 p.m. | The Showbox, 1426 First Ave., Seattle | $18-$28 | Dig the skinny jeans out and bop to indie-electric bands with a bunch of other ex-Tumblr users.

• 3rd Annual Seeking Cultura Mexican Filipino Tianguis Block Party | Sunday, July 14 | 12-5 p.m. | Seeking Ferments, 1011 Valley St., Seattle | Free | Shop from 60+ vendors, drink at the beer garden, and sway along to live musical performances.

• A $1.55 billion transportation levy will officially appear on Seattleites’ ballots this November after Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle City Council approved the legislation earlier this week. The levy will fund projects like street maintenance, sidewalk repairs, and more. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• Seattle City Council unanimously passed new legislation that makes it easier for developers to convert existing commercial buildings into apartments. The bill exempts certain design review requirements that typically slow down construction. Exemption from Mandatory Housing Affordability requirements didn’t make the cut. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• Grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons released a list of stores they’re planning to divest as part of a proposed merger. Out of hundreds on the list, 124 Washing stores were included — 16 of which are in Seattle proper. Washington has the largest amount of stores that could be impacted. (KING 5)

• Seattle’s first Indian Consulate is eyeballing a different downtown Seattle location for its next home base. A city-issued permit detailed tenant improvements for the “Consulate General of India” at the Federal Reserve Bank building at 1015 Second Ave. The estimated cost for improvements is $2.2 million. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• A new Capitol Hill cafe, which hopes to serve as a hub for Latinx and LGBTQ+ Seattleites, is expected to open in late July. Bonito will have ready-to-eat plates from Rojo’s Mexican Food, a rotating lineup of pop-ups and events, and an environment that fosters community among its guests. (Eater Seattle)

• Mercer Island is urging residents and biz owners to conserve water during the ongoing heat wave. Water use skyrocketed with rising temps, depleting the city’s reservoirs at a rate that refilling can’t match. Continued high rates of water usage risks the reservoir falling below the amount needed for firefighting abilities. (Seattle Times)

• The Seattle Paine Field International Airport ranked No. 3 in Newsweek’s list of top 10 small airports in the US. The airport received recognition for its new-ish terminal that offers locally sourced foods, modern interiors, and lounge-like environments for passengers. (Puget Sound Business Journal + Newsweek)

• Even with 21 new prospects recruited for the Washington Huskies’ 2025 class, the football team’s head coach Jedd Fisch said he’s not quite done looking yet. Hear from the local experts on who he might recruit next with Locked On’s daily, Huskies-focused podcasts.
  

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