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I live at Modera Shoreline, a decent community but they are hitting it *hard* with the forced entry notices lately. 5 times in the last 60 days, and none *required* except for this new one, annual fire alarm testing. Does this seem like a crazy amount of times to have entered my apartment within 60 days? Anyone else have experience with this?

I’m in town for a show this evening. Brought my trusty sling bag, selected because it’s tiny as far as bags go. Been in clubs with it around the globe without issue. Just saw Level1’s bag policy. Good god, anything larger than an iPhone max is prohibited. How strict are they? They list Bags: 4.5" × 6.5" max (strictly enforced) However, they only list two dimension. Which feels unfair because we exist in three dimensional space. Are we allowed no constraints on the third dimension? I somewhat doubt security would accept or appreciate my argument that the bag fits the listed requirement, should you ignore depth.

Hopefully posting my own house is within the rules - I’ll take this down if not. We bought a new construction home in 2023 that we’re selling so we can move back to Massachusetts to be with aging family and friends. It’s in a great location up in north Shoreline. It’s a quiet neighborhood with a nice park (Cromwell) less than .25 mile up the street, pickleball courts along with a fitness center are about .25 mile away, as well as the new Shoreline North light rail station is less than .5 miles away. Along with great schools. The house is a 3 story townhouse with a 2 car garage. It’s the end unit furthest back from the road, making it the largest one in the development and the only one with meaningful private outdoor space. We installed a patio with garden and water feature, as well as fully fenced dog run and powered dog door. Inside we also made the entry room into a full entertainment space by installing a bar top, kegerator, and wine fridge. And no HOA! https://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Shoreline/114-NE-180th-Street-D-98155/227674203

What happened specifically this year? I had zero good peaches or nectarines this summer. They went from underripe to mealy and rotton. Plums were fine at best. Figs have barely any flavor. I didn't even see a box of fully ripe strawberries. I know they would taste closer to an apple. Do I really need to pay 3x more for the stuff at met market in order to have flavor? (Most tomatoes are plastic, but that has been that way for a while.)

I'm from Texas and LOVE salsa. I've been struggling to find a really good salsa in the area. I would love recommendations!

As part of a Consumer Reports study last year, 39 volunteers loaded up virtual Instacart baskets of products from a Seattle Safeway store. They received a range of prices from $114 to $124 for the exact same goods. That study estimated that this type of price manipulation, if applied to a family of four, could result in cost differences as high as $1,200 a year. Back in 2019, the marketing arm of Kroger, the supermarket giant that owns QFC and Fred Meyer, boasted about collecting more than 2,000 data points on customers using past purchasing history and information bought from data brokers. ~ They already know 2,000 things about you. The only question Tuesday is whether they get to put a price on it.

Howdy all! Your Georgetown neighbor from Collins Family Orchards, Sean, here, checking in: Come visit us and the West Seattle Farmers Market this Sunday and if you’re lucky… you’ll be able to pick up the first and only harvest of Papples we have this year. Never heard of them? They look like an apple, taste like an apple, are juicy AF — but taste like a pear (with some almost tropical notes) because, well… it is a cross of a European and Asian pear. I had my first one ever today and ….. I’m going to be REEEAAAALLLLLLY SAD when they run out. Ps: we’ll also have the last of yellow peaches and white nectarines of the season, along with apples, pears, pluots and plums. 🤤 That said, have a great weekend! 👋

Chewy Inc., an online source for pet products, supplies, and prescriptions that expanded into brick-and-mortar veterinary clinics in 2024 — is opening its first Chewy Vet Care clinic in the Pacific Northwest today in Redmond. Chewy Vet Care Redmond is located at 16595 Redmond Way, Suite 155, in a retail space on the ground floor of the Eastline Grand apartments. The office includes two veterinarians, plus about a dozen support staff that include nurses, veterinary assistants, and office personnel. More veterinarians could be added as business dictates, Mita Malhotra, president of Chewy Health, said in an interview. Chewy, headquartered in Plantation, Florida, north of Miami, is no stranger to the Eastside; it has a large corporate office in Bellevue, where it has operated downtown since 2021. While exact staffing levels may fluctuate, the Bellevue office is generally home to around 700 employees, according to the company. Bellevue is one of Chewy’s four corporate hubs, the other two being in Boston and Minneapolis, and supports the broader Chewy business nationally with team members spanning a range of corporate functions, including technology, healthcare, product, and merchandising roles. The company initially expanded into the Seattle area, in part, because of its strong talent base, particularly across technology and related fields, the company said. Chewy Vet Care Redmond, meanwhile, is a full-service veterinary practice, offering routine and urgent care from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and Thursday through Sunday, with the office closed on Wednesday. For more complex specialty surgeries, Chewy Vet Care will work to bring outside specialists to the clinic to maintain continuity of care for Chewy customers, often referred to as “pet parents.” In some cases, Chewy may refer pet parents to an emergency hospital while maintaining customer contact throughout the process, sharing pet medical records with the hospital, and more, Malhotra said. “We want to hold your hand across the journey of your (pet’s) health and not just drop you into an emergency hospital” and move on, Malhotra said. “We don’t do that.” Chewy Vet Care combines veterinary care with Chewy’s broader healthcare ecosystem, including Chewy Pharmacy, Connect with a Vet, PetMD, and digital access to medical records and care information, according to the company. The decision to locate Chewy Vet Care in Redmond was driven more broadly by the attractiveness of the Seattle market for the clinic. Chewy research found a highly engaged, prevention-minded population of pet parents in King County, including high rates of annual veterinary visits and preventive/wellness care, according to the company. Some of Chewy’s findings on Seattle pet parents include: Seattle pet parents are highly engaged in their pets’ health, with 91% visiting a veterinarian at least once a year, and 59% going multiple times a year, and 65% saying wellness exams or preventive care are the most common reasons they visit the vet. The region also is a very active dog community, with 77% of local pet households owning at least one dog. Local dog parents called out dog parks, hiking trails and beaches as some of their favorite places to spend time with their pets, with places like Marymoor Park, Discovery Park, Alki Beach, and Rattlesnake Ledge in the North Bend area mentioned in Chewy’s regional survey. Additionally, pet-friendly restaurants and breweries like Fremont Brewing and Old Stove Brewing Co. were among places dog parents mentioned enjoying with their pets. Seattle pet parents also enjoy socializing with their pets, with 72% saying that seeing someone out with a pet makes that person seem more approachable, and more than half say their community has become more pet-friendly over the past year. 37% say they spend more on their pet’s health than on their own. Stats like that, including the high percentage of dog owners, plus Chewy’s corporate presence in the market, and customers’ love of the brand makes the area a natural place for Chewy to establish its first Northwest Vet Care office, Malhotra said. “The type of pet owner that’s in this area spends a lot of money on their dogs, especially the dogs’ health — they care a lot about health and wellness — so I think both of those things were also very interesting factors in us … wanting to come here,” said Malhotra, adding the company is “really excited to be part of the community and serve all the pet parents that live in the area.” With Redmond’s opening, Chewy Vet Care now has 24 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Washington. The company also purchased Modern Animal Inc. this year, which has 29 clinics, primarily in California, with 20, and Texas, seven, a deal Chewy called an important strategic step in its evolution into a fully integrated pet healthcare ecosystem, combining care, commerce, and services across the pet lifecycle. When the deal was announced in April, Chewy said in a news release that Modern Animal adds a scaled, tech-enabled in-person care model that accelerates Chewy’s clinic expansion and complements its existing health, pharmacy and Chewy Vet Care capabilities. In its 2025 fiscal year ended Feb. 1, 2026, Chewy Inc. reported $12.6 billion in net sales, spanning all of its categories. In its latest financial report, Chewy’s fiscal second quarter that ended Aug. 2, the company reported triple-digit revenue growth for Chewy Vet Care, according to an earnings call transcript. Malhotra joined Chewy in 2018 to build Chewy Pharmacy, now America’s No. 1 pet pharmacy, and went on to build Chewy Health into a multibillion-dollar business spanning pharmacy, pet insurance, virtual care, B2B technology, online education and now, in-person veterinary care, according to the company. Prior to 2018, Chewy was primarily a food and supplies company for pets, Malhotra told 425 Business. It launched the pharmaceutical business in 2018, delivered through e-commerce, “and very quickly realized that as customers think about their pets, where you buy pharmacy is one dimension of health, but really, there is this entire continuum of care that's underserved for pet parents, and nobody was stepping in and solving the problem of total healthcare accessibility and affordability from a pet parent perspective,” she said. “That's when we established Chewy Health, which is our healthcare vertical, which aims at making pet healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone.” Under that banner, Chewy then built its telehealth platform, compounded medications, pet insurance — all in the digital realm, she said, “and then as we kept building all these things, we realized, the next best extension would actually be physical care, because really, telemedicine and telehealth can only do so much because pets can't speak.” They need to be examined physically, she said. “We have everything around the pet and we have sort of care continuum, which is very convenient for customers, but if we can actually take (it to the) physical world and … deliver good care there and start to solve problems both for customers and vets, what could that look like?” she said — “and I think that was our sort of vision for Chewy Vet Care.” The company, which opened eight Chewy Vet Care clinics in 2024 and 10 last year, said it wants to open about 10 to 15 annually, Malhotra said, emphasizing a disciplined approach of quality over quantity — one that ensures establishing good experiences for clients and care teams.

I feel like every Seattle resident has at least one.

Hi everyone, looking for budget friendly photographers in and around Ballard/Seattle for a maternity shoot. We're only finding $500+ packages for just a couple dozen photos (0 raw). Our budget is around $300, not sure if thats unrealistic. Thanks!