Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, we’ll honor L7 bassist Jennifer Finch, who passed on Saturday at the age of 59. I’ll explain the true meaning of Pop Loser, which I found at the Hilary Duff concert. Plus,...
Now that the World Cup is over, we have an opportunity to consider an important development that’s related to local and regional sports. Though many think of Seattle as bookish, it’s a huge sports city. Even without the Sonics,...
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed the Seattle Transit Measure (STM), an ambitious package to fund more than 100,000 hours of additional transit service in the city over the next 10 years. This November, voters will decide whether they...
City Light price hike is going to happen. The city council unanimously approved a rate increase of 9.5 percent in 2027, and another 9.5 percent in 2028. According to Seattle City Light, the extra cash is needed to “meet...
Universal free school meals now, or universal free school meals later? That is the question.
Tomorrow, the Seattle City Council will either pass a bill to enact Katie Wilson’s universal meal program for Seattle Public Schools students intact or pass...
Every August, before I thought about lesson plans, I went shopping for snacks.
When I taught elementary school in a Washington, DC neighborhood shaped by generations of segregation and concentrated poverty, I kept food in my classroom because I knew...
Seattle might not see many truly scorching days each year, but when they happen, they tend to happen all at once. One day the weather is in the 60s and raining; the next it feels like the Sound itself...
Summer Savory not your vibe? Check out N/A Summer Sweet instead.
In June, when the temperatures creep above 70, I leave the Manhattans behind, and start sniffing out margaritas, mai tais, anything with orgeat that helps me pretend I’m on...
Summer Sweet not your vibe? Check out Boozy Summer Savory instead.
I’ve never drunk alcohol. I heard a Minor Threat song when I was 14 and swore off booze right then and there. But few things are more pathetic than...
I’m a straight woman in her early thirties dating a straight man in his late twenties. We’ve been together for two years. We kept things casual for the first sixteen months or so. When we had our “define the relationship”...
