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Creative Ideas for Small Front Yards
A little imagination goes a long way in a petite landscape
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Whether you live in an urban area or a beach cottage on the coast, if your home is sited close to the street, landscaping the front yard can pose quite a challenge. Let these thoughtfully designed petite front yards inspire you to go beyond the typical lawn-plus-foundation-plantings combo, and…
The Best Thing Our Beer Writer Ate This Week
Kendall Jones on Citizen Six's Korexican crunchy chicken wings
Here’s what Seattle magazine beer scribe Kendall Jones, also of the Washington Beer Blog, had to say about the crunchy wings at Citizen Six in Interbay: “Like any good fried chicken, these double-fried wings and drumettes are crisp and crunchy on the outside but tender and juicy on the inside. What sets them apart from…
Travel to North Carolina for City Employees Banned and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
A national tour of Hamilton, the Broadway musical based on author Ron Chernow’s biography of founding father Alexander Hamilton, will hit the Paramount Theater stage for the 2017-2018 season. The performance features a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway showtunes. Subscribers who renew their subscription for the 2017-2018 season will be…
14/48 BoomBox Coming to the Royal Room April 2
The fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants musical performance will wow
Imagine being a musician. Then imagine being assigned a musical theme one afternoon and having to compose–over the next 24 hours–five minutes of original music that will be given to a band filled with some of the city’s best musicians who will then perform that piece in front of an audience 24 hours later. Sound…
New Video: Eli West’s “Give Me Your Love & I’ll Give You Mine”
The new tempered instrumental is a sweet joy
Often in today’s music scene, there’s a push for the four-on-the-floor, the dance track, the club hit or the thing that will make your body move. But the mind and body are, of course, moved by more than one style. Sometimes it’s the long, drawn out wait, the musical stretching and sonic patience that does…
La Cocina Oaxaqueña Serves Up Great Mole Negro
Misael Dominguez's delicious mole is not to be missed
Good mole is cloaked in secrecy. This is especially true of mole negro, the chocolatey, rich Oaxacan sauce that gets its smoky-sweet complexity from the aromatic herb hoja santa. Misael Dominguez makes the best mole negro I’ve had: spicy with hints of licorice and cacao. Dominguez was a founding member and manager of Ballard’s La…
It’s Been a Rough few Weeks for Seattle Trees
Do we need a community refresher course on how to live with trees?
It’s been a lousy couple of weeks for Seattle trees. The Seattle Times reports an absolute tree massacre in West Seattle where someone cut more than 150 maple trees in a publicly owned greenbelt on a steep slope. You’d think even the most sheltered, idiotic, knuckle-dragging Seattleite would know the consequences of clear-cutting a steep…
Sound Transit’s ST3 Draft Released and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Sound Transit has released a draft of its ST3 proposal. The 25-year plan heavily emphasizes the importance of light rail at a cost of $50 billion. Some of the highlights include much-needed connections to West Seattle and Ballard, DuPont, east to Issaquah and north all the way up to Everett, the Seattlepi reports. The final…
Scratch GINiology in Edmonds and More Spirted News
Boozy news from Seattle and beyond
While we’ve had a few sunny days lately, it certainly doesn’t feel as spring-ish as I like to believe late-March usually is. Thankfully there are lots of flowers blooming, and our local distilleries, cideries, and bars are blooming too. Check out the below for a few choice examples. Scratch Distillery GINiology Class: What is your…
Seattle Musician Joe Reineke Talks Macklemore, Surviving Cancer
The Orbit Audio owner and musician reflects on life in music
A few weeks ago, Seattle musician Joe Reineke (The Meices, Alien Crime Syndicate) played a show with indie rock band Joseph Giant at the modest Lo Fi performance gallery on Eastlake Avenue. He strapped on his bass guitar – an instrument he doesn’t normally play at gigs – complete with thumping flatwound strings and rocked. …
An Unconventional Easter Sunday Service Brings People Together
The performance, at Capitol Hill's Century Ballroom, shines with colorful sets and costumes
Pastor Kaleb’s Easter Sunday Service is not your typical day in church. This is church as Willy Wonka or the Mad Hatter might have envisioned it. The service though belongs to Seattle performer Kaleb Kerr, and it’s a polychrome extravaganza; a wild, all-inclusive spectacle of humanity’s hardship, comedy and fellow feeling. Pastor Kaleb has no…
Must List: Easter Brunch Spots, Joanna Newsom at the Paramount
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must BrunchWhere to Go for Easter BrunchSunday (3/27, times vary) Easter is on Sunday, March 27. If you haven’t already made reservations for brunch with the whole family, now’s the time. Herewith, spectacular brunches—some with endless mimosas—found all around Seattle. Must VoteCast Your Vote in our Washington Wine Awards SurveyWe know our readers love Washington…
Be Part of Seattle History with a Personalized Market Charm
Individualized trifles will help raise funds for Pike Place Market's 'MarketFront' expansion
This article originally appeared on our sister site, Seattlebridemag.com. What could be more meaningful than a personalized gift that gives the receiver a piece of Seattle’s history? The Pike Place Market Foundation is raising the roof, literally, by transforming a surface parking lot into an extension of the market we’ve all come to know and…
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