City Life
The Insider’s Guide to the Seattle Pride Parade
The Seattle Pride Parade features everything from bedazzled floats to co-workers marching in solidarity
This article appears in print in the June 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. The 44th annual Seattle Pride Parade (June 24, 11 a.m.‒2 p.m.; starting downtown at the corner of Fourth and Union; seattlepride.org) is the biggest draw of the Seattle Pride Festival’s weekend of events. As part of one of the largest, longest-running festivals of its…
Take a Stroll Along the New Washington Park Arboretum Trail
"This is one of the biggest moves in the Arboretum since it was created."
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. The new 1.2-mile paved stretch of trail in the Washington Park Arboretum is still awaiting its grand opening — now set for April 8. But pedestrians and cyclists are already testing out the long-planned addition to the park, which has been underway for…
Sign of the Times: ‘Rage Room’ Is the New Place to Smash Away Your Stress
Plus: Our guide on where to go to deal with stress in the age of anxiety
This article appears in print in the February 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. When it comes to letting off steam these days, there is no better sign of the times than last April’s opening of the city’s first “rage room”—a place where you can literally, legally break stuff. But that frenzy of fury might not be…
These Seattle Sisters are Stars in the Science World
Two Queen Anne sisters are going to infinity and beyond (and from the White House to the stratosphere).
Sisters Kimberly (left) and Rebecca Yeung show off their weather apparatus (along with Lego R2-D2, and a picture of their cat Loki, on the Popsicle stick) in their garage in Queen Anne
Work-Life Balance? Now, It’s All About Work-Life Integration
Some experts say it's the real key to happy, healthy and committed employees.
It’s midweek on a glorious day in Michigan, and Joe Decker, a strategic account executive for Bellevue-based Limeade, an employee engagement company, has just finished a client meeting. Despite a full calendar and imminent deadlines, Decker decides to take time to visit his grandparents, who live in Michigan, instead of hopping on the first plane…
Seattle Companies Are Seeing the Benefit of Primo Parental Leave Policies
Staying home with baby—and getting paid—isn’t an anomaly anymore.
The Gates Foundation’s generous paid leave benefit, open to men and women, allowed Chelsea Minkler to stay home for a year after her baby, Nora, was born. Better yet, Minkler was promoted while on leave.
These Local Companies Offer Seriously Cool Employee Perks
Free coffee and soda pop? A basketball hoop in the parking lot? Those were yesterday’s office perks. Today’s employers are finding other creative ways to stand out.
Art immersion Sasha Barr paints a mural at Seattle’s Facebook headquarters; the artist-in-residence program gives employees a window into the creative process.
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