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Go Out and Play: Kid-Friendly Activities in Seattle
We’re highlighting the best kid-friendly activities that Seattle has to offer — complete with art classes, animal encounters, and outdoor fun.
May 29, 2025 07:28 PM
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Dylan Aycock
Two people walk on a paved bath underneath large pine trees, passing a bench surrounded by green grass.
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25 local parks to enjoy in the Seattle area
We’re highlighting the 25 best parks that the Seattle area has to offer — including Discovery, Woodland, and Marymoor Parks.
April 15, 2024
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Victoria Bardega
A rack displays colorful, quilted jackets made up of patches of repurposed fabric.
Culture
10 year-round art walks in Seattle
Peruse local vendors and art of all mediums at these recurring art walks in Seattle neighborhoods.
April 12, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
A street-facing sign reads "Japantown: Welcome to Nihonmachi, established 1891" and depicts a green illustration of Mount Fuji, with a row of businesses lining the street behind it.
City
A brief history of Seattle’s Japantown, Nihonmachi
Post-war vacancies, a decades-long preservation project, and upcoming Sakura Matsuri festivities.
April 10, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
A team of Sound Transit crew stand around the new Lynnwood Station during a tour of the space. A lit-up blue, pink, and yellow hummingbird sculpture stands in the middle of a terrace near the station entrance.
Airports and Transportation
Sound Transit announces opening dates for four northern Link Light Rail stations
The Shoreline South, Shoreline North, Mountlake Terrace, and Lynnwood light rail stations will open on August 30, 2024.
April 4, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Travel and Outdoors
How to host a block party in your neighborhood
Block a street from traffic and host a neighborhood cookout, an outdoor rollerskating rink, live music performance, or a Pride event.
March 25, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
A collage shows images of Siberian Miners Lettuce, a magnolia flower, a Douglas Fir, a salmonberry flower, and a dandelion.
Travel and Outdoors
Tune in to your inner gatherer: 5 spring plants to forage in the Pacific Northwest
Here’s when, where, and what to look for when you go foraging in the spring — plus, some recipes for when you get back home.
March 21, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
Discovery Park in Seattle with a lighthouse and the water in the background
Travel and Outdoors
A look at the history behind Seattle’s 37 Olmsted parks
37 of our local parks were designed by the same landscaping design firm that created New York City’s Central Park.
March 15, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
The sun sets over the labyrinth at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Culture
Get lost in these labyrinths around Seattle
We can guide you to the labyrinths around town... but we can’t guide you out. You’ll have to do that on your own.
March 11, 2024
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
An aerial photo of the University of Washington quad shows all of its cherry blossoms in peak bloom. A smattering of people are also gathering below to take in the blooms under a sunny sky.
Culture
Where to check out Seattle’s cherry blossoms
They’re pretty, pink, and a reminder of the fleeting existence of beauty in this world.
March 6, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
A photo of orcas out in the Puget Sound.
City
US Coast Guard launches traffic control for whales
The new pilot program hopes to prevent whale deaths by directing boats to give them more room.
February 23, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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How to sailgate at UW Huskies games
Enjoy pregaming on the water
August 23, 2024
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Four people stand in front of the space needle with running numbers pinned to their shirts. They each hold up the medallion of a medal hanging around their necks from completing a marathon. Everyone is smiling.
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Running clubs in Seattle
Get up and active at these running clubs happening all around Seattle.
August 22, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
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Food
Washington state dubs September as “Eat Local Month”
A variety of pop-up events and festivals centering local foods and farmers are cropping up in King County throughout September to celebrate the region.
August 22, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
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SEAtoday Editors Alina and Madeline make their KING 5 debut
Alina and Madeline sat down with New Day Northwest host Amity to chat about all things canned cocktails, pork rinds, and the meaning behind “very mindful, very demure.”
August 21, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
The four members of the Beatles are pictured leaning out of a window at the Edgewater hotel in order to fish in Elliott Bay.
Culture
Reliving Seattle’s bout of Beatlemania
The world’s most famous rock band The Beatles visited Seattle for the first time in 1964 and it rocked the city. Here’s what happened.
August 21, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Culture
Washington State Fair Food: unofficial power rankings
Hop into those stretchy pants — you’ll want to save some room for these Washington State Fair eats.
August 20, 2024
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Gabe Guarente
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Real Estate
How difficult is it to buy a home in Seattle?
This NBC tool utilizes home prices, interest rates, and availability (among other factors) to determine just how difficult it is to buy a home in King County.
August 19, 2024
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Brianna Williams
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Culture
Pick two: Create your dream life in Seattle
Life in Seattle is already great, but a few tweaks could really make it a paradise. What does your dream life look like in the Emerald City?
August 19, 2024
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Connor Jacobson
A bottle of red wine from Spain stands amid two stacks of books and one book in the foreground that's open to display its pages with black lettered ink on white paper.
Business
Bar for book-lovers coming soon to Ballard
The Ink Drinker aims to appease Seattle’s book-lovers with a tame drinking atmosphere + ways to connect to other bibliophiles.
August 16, 2024
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Madeline Ewing
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Young home ownership is on the rise in King County
King County might have some of the highest home values in the country, but that hasn’t stopped millennials from jumping back into the homeowner market after decades of decline.
August 14, 2024
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Madeline Ewing