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Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards 

Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards 

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

YOUR VOTE MATTERS Everyone has a favorite restaurant, coffee shop, or local boutique. Call me old-school, but I will die on the hill that Caffe Vita has the best coffee in town. Disagree with me? Now’s your moment to speak up. Each year, we survey Seattle magazine readers, asking them to weigh in on everything…

Studio Sessions: Gabi Nirino  

Studio Sessions: Gabi Nirino  

Working with textiles to explore ideas connected to nature, community, and womanhood, Buenos Aires-born Gabi Nirino never stops experimenting with her medium. 

Gabi Nirino carries bag of materials with her almost everywhere she goes. Cloth, thread, yarn, textile scraps, collected fibers—the pieces inside are a network of inspiration waiting for her hands. “You can work with textiles anywhere—on the floor, on a plane—which is why I always carry a project in my bag,” Nirino says. “It’s like…

Rearview Mirror: A Buzz at Salish Lodge, Gourmondo’s Next Steps, and a Spooky Casino

Rearview Mirror: A Buzz at Salish Lodge, Gourmondo’s Next Steps, and a Spooky Casino

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

NEXT STEPS, UNBOXED If you’ve lived in Seattle for any amount of time—especially if you work in a corporate setting—it’s likely that you’ve eaten something from Gourmondo, the longstanding Seattle catering and boxed-lunch company. Founded in Pike Place Market by Alissa Leinonen, Gourmondo recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with the announcement of Leinonen’s newest culinary…

Studio Sessions: Liz Tran

Studio Sessions: Liz Tran

After 26 years in Seattle, artist Liz Tran returned to Oregon, but her impact on our city’s art scene will always remain.

Liz Tran’s work blooms with color, energy, and emotion. Bright drips and drops, petal-like shapes—in Tran’s skillful hands, canvas, paint, and fabric burst into dynamic studies of nature, transformation, life. Born and raised in Oregon, Tran spent the past 26 years in Seattle, returning to her hometown, Eugene, to be closer to her family—and the…

Rearview Mirror: Jimothy Fever, a Fresh Art Fair, and Goodies in Woodinville 

Rearview Mirror: Jimothy Fever, a Fresh Art Fair, and Goodies in Woodinville 

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

Unofficial mascot mug Really, is there anything else worth talking about right now? Jimothy has been in the collective consciousness for a little more than two weeks now, and I—along with most everyone I know, the entire city, half of the country, and a slice of the world—am obsessed with him. I don’t know if…

Enjoy a Summer Cocktail with SennzaFinne

Enjoy a Summer Cocktail with SennzaFinne

The makers behind this local, small-batch amaro brand are passionate about capturing the region’s flavors.

Joey and Gillian Diedrick are the kind of people you meet and instantly think: They are so cool, how can we be friends? Longtime staples in the Seattle hospitality industry, at establishments including Eden Hill and How to Cook a Wolf, the Diedricks are smart, funny, super knowledgeable about cocktail history and culture—and they produce,…

Six Books by Washington Authors for the Last Month of Summer

Six Books by Washington Authors for the Last Month of Summer

These local reads are worth squeezing in before fall.

Looking for your next summer read? Discover 6 must-read books by Washington authors, featuring local book recommendations and top Seattle reading spots.

Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis  

Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis  

With an interest in how bodies retain memory, emotion, and experience, the award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Jade Solomon Curtis presents an immersive work at Seattle’s historic Union station. 

Discover choreographer Jade Solomon Curtis and her immersive dance installation, Keeper of Sadness, at Seattle’s historic Union Station this August.

The Power of a Long Weekend at Rancho La Puerta

The Power of a Long Weekend at Rancho La Puerta

A transformational stay at the wellness industry’s original holistic retreat. 

“You have to go on the breakfast hike; it’s one of my favorite experiences here.” I was about 15 minutes into my orientation at Rancho La Puerta, a pioneering wellness resort in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, when that week’s docent, a woman with gray curly hair and chic, dark-framed Gucci glasses, made this pronouncement. We…

Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae

Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS  The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…

An Interior Unfolding at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay

An Interior Unfolding at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay

On Kauai’s North Shore, a better mind, body, and spirit is just one stay away.

On a recent trip to Kauai, I learned three things about myself. I don’t do well being totally alone with my thoughts. Even when I think I’m packing light, I’m overpacked. I have been working out wrong for my entire life. OK, that last one might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it turns…

Kick Off Your Summer With a Copy of the July/August Issue, Out Now

Kick Off Your Summer With a Copy of the July/August Issue, Out Now

The annual Top Docs list is in, along with a look at today’s most popular health and beauty trends, travel for wellness, a summer books package, and more. 

Every year, Seattle magazine publishes the Top Docs list—a comprehensive, peer-nominated catalog of the best regional doctors in every field, from Allergy & Immunology to Sports Medicine. It’s a helpful resource beyond recommendations from family and friends that highlights exceptional practitioners in the area who are trusted by their industry colleagues. To supplement the list,…

Rearview Mirror: World Cup Fervor, New Local Music, and Soccer-Themed Art

Rearview Mirror: World Cup Fervor, New Local Music, and Soccer-Themed Art

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

Experience World Cup 2026 fervor in Seattle! From Death Cab for Cutie’s new album to soccer-themed art at Railspur and Seattle Center sand sculptures.

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