Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Puget Sound Business Journal
(
www.bizjournals.com/seattle
)
Daily.
RealChange
(
www.realchangenews.org
)
Weekly paper focused on the city's homeless
community.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
(
www.djc.com
)
Focuses on the region's business
world.
Seattle Gay News
(
www.sgn.org
)
A weekly newspaper focusing on gay issues.
Seattle Magazine
(
www.seattlemag.com
)
A slick monthly lifestyle magazine.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(
www.seattlepi.com
)
The former morning daily, now online
only.
Seattle Times
(
www.seattletimes.com
)
The state's largest daily paper.
Seattle Weekly
(
www.seattleweekly.com
) Free weekly with news and entertainment list-
ings.
Stranger
(
www.thestranger.com
) Irreverent and intelligent free weekly, edited by Dan
Savage of 'Savage Love' fame.
Opening Hours
Banks
9am or 10am to 5pm or 6pm weekdays; some also 10am to 2pm Saturday.
Businesses
9am to 5pm or 6pm weekdays; some also 10am to 5pm Saturday.
Restaurants
breakfast 7am to 11am, brunch 7am to 3pm, lunch 11:30am to 2:30pm,
dinner 5:30pm to 10pm.
Shops
9am or 10am to 5pm or 6pm (or 9pm in shopping malls) weekdays, noon to 5pm
(later in malls) weekends; some places open till 8pm or 9pm.
Post
At time of research, rates for 1st-class mail within the US were 46c for letters up to 1oz
and 33c for postcards. For package and international-letter rates, which vary, check with
the local post office or with the online postal-rate calculator (
http://ircalc.usps.gov
). For
other postal-service questions, call
800-275-8777 or visit the US Post Office website
(
www.usps.com
)
.
Seattle's most convenient post office locations are:
Main branch
(301 Union St;
8:30am-5:30pm Mon-Fri)
University Station
(
206-675-8114; 4244 University Way NE, U District)
