The Pulse: Sun Baked
Subaru drivers and late bloomers
By Sarah Stackhouse July 11, 2025
Are you ready? We’re supposed to hit 80 degrees next week. Time to get creative with your fashion choices and cooling devices, Seattle. Also — who’s following the Tour de France? I tore through the Netflix documentary and now I’m all in. Jonas Vingegaard has my whole heart. I hope he pulls through after a rough stage five. Who are you rooting for?
Here’s what’s happening around town…
Seattle’s first Disability Arts Festival hits Pier 62 on Saturday, July 12. Music, art, clowning, and a mobility device pageant. Meet you there?
This pistachio cardamom soft serve at Spice Waala is so dreamy.
Nestlé is trying to stop Seattle Strong from using the word “Seattle.” Yes, really. The local cold brew company is fighting back, and it could use some help.
Seattle’s population just hit 800,000. That’s a lot of Subaru drivers (lol).
Always love seeing this happen here.
Maybe hold off on the fish leftovers for a few days.
Seattle Gay News Publisher Renee Raketty just wants a passport. What a headline!
The Arboretum’s waterfront trail is getting a $2.45 million upgrade. Long overdue.
Baseball puns and adoptable cats? Count me in.
Let’s hear it for late bloomers.
A crisp roundup of Puget Sound cideries, just in time for summer.
A Kent woman was arrested just days before her wedding. Now she’s asking an immigration judge to let her out. This is horrible, and we should all be angry and concerned.
Look at those views — plus your own little dock at this Mercer Island home.
This alley really got its act together thanks to the MID Clean Team.
Nordstrom is throwing a block party on Saturday to kick off its Anniversary Sale (July 12-Aug. 3).
The Seattle-to-Portland bike ride is this weekend. Shoutout to everyone pedaling more than 200 miles. I’m not doing it — but maybe next year? Who’s in?
Reader Comment of the Week:
On our story Cloudy with a Chance of Joy, the Seattle Art Museum chimed in:
We are too. Thanks for spreading the joy, SAM.
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