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Aug 25 2020

💥 The Seattle Sounders hand Portland a ‘sound’ defeat

Plus: Mayor Durkan vetoes city council’s revised budget

It’s a new week folks and we’re already a fifth of the way through it. (If your brain still hasn’t totally turned on yet cause you’re reading this before your coffee, that means it’s Tuesday.)

On Sunday, the Sounders returned to the field and defeated our great nemeses to the south—I will say that we may be sworn enemie
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Aug 21 2020

🚦 Will Seattle give electric scooters the green light?

Plus: New research that shows how racism and ecosystems relate

Congrats, we’ve made it to Friday! Can you believe we only have one more Friday left before it’s September? Makes me want to squeeze out every last second I can of this bizarre summer.

If you’re tired of visiting the same neighborhood park week after week, The Stranger’s Chase Burns suggests Fremont Peak Park—to be enjoyed with takeout, of course.

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Aug 20 2020

🍏 The mother of all (PNW) apple trees

Plus: AG Bob Ferguson sues to stop U.S. Postal Service changes

Hang in there folks, it’s Thursday, which means we’ve almost reached another weekend

Not the proudest moment for this UW alum, but the university’s Greek Row made the New York Times on Tuesday thanks to its high number of COVID cases. Hard to wonder how that
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Aug 19 2020

🐶 The best morale boosters you’ve ever “dog”-gone seen

Plus: Paranoia over mailboxes being removed and locked

Hey Hey, it’s Wednesday. I have just returned from an excellent adventure up to Guemes Island, and I cannot recommend a getaway— to the socially distant wonderland that is the outdoors—highly enough. Specifically, somewhere the night sky is illuminated by the stars and not city lights, and where the air is free of the sound of sirens—crazy how we get so used to hearing them.

The pandemic has brought to light a lot of different things for me — and apparently for Th
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Aug 18 2020

👋 Bye-"By"- George?

Plus: An augmented reality art show to help sustain the BLM movement

Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Did you survive the weekend’s heat? Seattle had its hottest day in 11 years, plus a little light show on Sunday night.

So now that you guys know I’m a Storm fan, you can imagine how pleased I was to see one of th
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Aug 14 2020

🏟 Take *my cutout* to the baaaall game

Plus: Seattle Public Schools will start the school year online

Congrats, we’ve made it to Friday! Another weekend awaits and Sunday could be very hot, just FYI.

Speaking of summer, we have a quick question. For those of you who have been watching live sports on television: How do you feel about the cardboard cutouts filling the stands or the fake crowd noise bein
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Aug 13 2020

🍺 Tired of working from home? Try a brewery

Plus: A look into the salaries of SPD employees

Welcome to Thursday. We’re in the home stretch and it looks like a nice hot weekend awaits us.

If you haven’t gotten the chance then you might want to plan on checking out the Perseid meteor shower these next few days. It should be visible through August 26 but weather service meteorologist Justin Pullin read more



Aug 12 2020

🏀 A Storm of social justice

Plus: Seattle City Council votes to cut SPD’s budget by 7%

Hump day is here—happy Wednesday! Whew, there was a lot of news that happened on Monday night that didn’t make it into Tuesday’s newsletter. We will get to those headlines later but first, some big non-political news.

There’s going to be a lot to miss come fall—Halloween parties, high school dances and now college football. The Pac-12 read more



Aug 11 2020

👫 Making global connections—in this day and age?

Plus: Check out this list of cocktail recipes from local chefs and bartenders

Happy Tuesday everyone! Saturday’s grey skies were warmly embraced by everyone it seems—yet again proving just how needy we are when it comes to the weather. 🤷‍♀️

Let’s try something new this week. I want to hear from you—what is your favorite local hidden gem in your neighborhood? The list of restaurants and stores that are closing because of the pandemic is read more



Aug 07 2020

🚲 Jump for joy—more bikes are on the way plus electric scooters

Plus: Seattle City Council continues to review its remaining budget for the year

You guys we made it, it’s Friday! How ’bout that rain yesterday? It was both refreshing but also made me have intense flash-forwards to what awaits us this fall and winter…and spring.

Sorry about the mildly late newsletter yesterday folks. Was reminded that a certain green substance 🍁 is still not legal everywhere and may have been the reason our account to send out the newsletter was flagged. 😬

But it’s alright because I’m back today w
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