March 2016

Queen Anne Beerhall has Standouts, Confusing Cash-Only Grill

Queen Anne Beerhall has Standouts, Confusing Cash-Only Grill

Just say prost to the European experience of Queen Anne Beerhall

The early word? Frustrating. Weeks after Queen Anne Beerhall opened in the former Cotton Caboodle facility on the southwest slope of Queen Anne Hill, amateur and professional critics slammed the Old World biergarten’s hit-or-miss food and confusing, cash-only bratwurst grill. So, I waited nearly three months after the hall’s September opening to take my family…

New Book From Eli Sanders Joins the Pantheon of True-Crime Stories

New Book From Eli Sanders Joins the Pantheon of True-Crime Stories

Reflections on a story of violence and whether our city could have done more to prevent it

Seattle has been home to some of the country’s ablest writers of true crime; the late Ann Rule, whose book about Ted Bundy, The Stranger Beside Me, is a classic of the genre. Jack Olsen produced deeply reported books, such as the complex story of Spokane’s South Hill rapist, documented in his book Son. Author…

Take a Trip to Seattle's Nearby Hot Springs

Take a Trip to Seattle’s Nearby Hot Springs

Soak your stress away in Goldmyer Hot Springs

Where: Goldmyer Hot Springs, enclosed in the thick foliage of Cascade forest, 45 minutes southeast of Seattle. Why: To soak in good-for-you sulfur springs, sheltered by a secluded cave. Snow-covered bike trails and waterfalls are close by, and the lack of campers in early spring means it’s easier for visitors to get in. Spring Awakening:…