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Brewed Awakening

I have no thesis for this piece other than that I just really like Espresso Martinis right now.  Yes, they’ve been around forever (since the early ’80s when London bartender Dick Bradsell allegedly invented them after a supermodel asked for “something to wake me up, then fuck me up”). They go in and out of […] The post Brewed Awakening appeared first on The Stranger.

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 10–12, 2026

We’re here to help you make the most out of your weekend, offering cheap ‘n’ easy suggestions from Ballard Music & Seafoodfest to the Hot Off the Press Book Fair and from the West Seattle Summer Fest to the West Seattle Saunter. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week. FRIDAY LIVE […] The post The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 10–12, 2026 appeared first on The Stranger.

2026 MLB Mock Draft, Lookout Landing-style

It’s mock draft season and ahead of Sunday’s draft, any Lookout Landing staffer that Kate could beg/bribe/blackmail into taking part in our staff-wide mock draft has made their selections. As far as who chose to fake GM which teams, there were varied interests at play: some of us picked our “second teams” (may someone love […]

Slog AM: Another Bad Day for Boeing, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan Is Now Ash, Madison Square Garden’s Big Gay Security Dossier  

Standard Ryanair Flight: A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany had to make an emergency landing after a piece of the engine broke off, flew at a window, and dislodged it, nearly sucking a passenger out of the plane right after takeoff. His head and shoulders were out the window, according to Greece’s […] The post Slog AM: Another Bad Day for Boeing, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan Is Now Ash, Madison Square Garden’s Big Gay Security Dossier   appeared first on The Stranger.

Series Preview: Mariners (47-47) at Rays (54-37)

Did the Mariners have a tiny bit of momentum coming out of that homestand last week? You bet. Did they squander it all away immediately? Of course. After being swept in Miami, Seattle finds itself back at .500 and a half game behind the Rangers in the AL West. Just a year ago, the M’s […]

The Seattle Mariners 2026 mock draft roundup

Tis the season for mockery. No, the long-hoped for Make Some Noise x Whose Line Is It Anyway crossover hasn’t occurred beyond Wayne Brady, but with the MLB Draft just a day away, we’ve collected a round-up of mock drafts for readers to consider and compare the expertise of. As the prominent writings from minor […]

Mariners News: Bryce Harper, Munetaka Murakami, and Jordan Walker

Hi friends and happy Friday! The M’s appear to be limping into the All-Star Break, as an 8-4 loss to Miami completed the Marlins’ sweep and dropped the Mariners back to .500 on the season. They’ll finish off their Florida trip in Tampa heading into the Mid-Summer Classic. What do you need to see from […]

COLUMN | Seattle Had No Homicides in June. Don't Use It to Justify More Policing.

After Seattle's first homicide-free June in 56 years, Marcus Harrison Green asks who gets credit for safety — and who keeps getting cut.

Mariners pay for their mistakes, get swept in Miami

At one point Thursday, the Mariners theoretically had a chance to come away with a game from their three-game set against the Marlins. As it turns out, that chance was short-lived. The Mariners were swept away, losing the third and final contest in Miami 8-4. The game came unraveled in the bottom of the fourth. […]

47-47: Chart

Marlins 8, Mariners 4 Even the dumbest hits can turn into runs: Josh Naylor, +0.08 WPA Unfortunately, walks can also turn into runs: Bryce Miller, -0.31 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:

Mariners Game #94 Preview and Discussion: SEA at MIA, 7/9

The Mariners are on the brink of returning to .500 for the eleventh time this season as they aim to avoid a sweep by the Marlins in the second-to-last series before the All-Star break. They are coming off being shut out Wednesday in an uninspiring performance. They’ll call upon perhaps their most reliable starter of […]

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