Seattle Mag
Revamp Report: Dot’s Delicatessen Reopens Tonight as Dot’s Charcuterie Bistrot
!–paging_filter–pBack in January, Allison Scheff a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/big-changes-store-dots-and-change-me-well” target=”_blank”broke news/a that Dot’s Delicatessen would be closing its Fremont doors to make way for a revamp that would ultimately see it transform from corner deli to strongDot’s Charcuterie Bistrot/strong. And tonight, ladies and genteleman, is the night of a href=”https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=742240149120978set=a.39514565383…” target=”_blank”the grand reveal/a.nbsp;/ppThis new version no longer…
Local Homes For Sale on Cul-de-Sacs
For reduced traffic and more privacy, get in the sac
!–paging_filter–pThe cul-de-sac—icon of suburbia—has fallen out of favor with urban planners seeking greater connections between neighborhoods and transit-friendly throughways. For car-eschewing, density-seeking millennials, they are a punch line. But houses tucked away on cul-de-sacs (and their accidental cousins, dead-end streets) are still a big draw—often selling at a premium—for buyers seeking less street traffic, and…
Eight Brilliant Design Ideas to Help You Organize Your Home
From shoe closets to food pantries, smart solutions from local homes will get your house in order
Nathan Hartman of Kerf Design (Interbay; 206.954.8677) has been making Seattle-area kitchens hip and tidy with his custom plywood cabinetry for years. Now he has a stylish storage option designed for the whole house, the Kerf Wall. Prompted by clients’ calls for adjustable wall-mounted shelving, the Kerf Wall (which first debuted as a prototype for…
Homeowners Opt for a Spa-Like Feel in their Magnolia Home
A midcentury modern home in Magnolia lightens up
!–paging_filter–pSeveral years ago, after living in Switzerland for 11 years, Mark and Jo repatriated to Seattle, where the couple had hoped to continue the cosmopolitan car-free existence they had adopted in Europe. But when they saw the semisecluded spot nestled along a curving, quiet Magnolia street while house hunting, they began to rethink that plan./pp“I…
3-D Acrylic Chandeliers Bring a Splash of Color and Whimsy
Acrylic sealife: The Octopus chandelier by Nicole Ketchum
!–paging_filter–pA job interview for a product designer job at Michaels craft store back in 2011 was the impetus for Nicole Ketchum’s new and clever endeavor, Chandelier by Nicole Ketchum (a href=”http://www.chandelierbynk.com” target=”_blank”chandelierbynk.com/a). “[Michaels] wanted us to come up with a 3-D product for Halloween,” says the Shoreline-based surface pattern and product designer. “I did not…
Modern Quilts for Your Home
!–paging_filter–pBallard mom Season Evans grew up around the quilting traditions of the Mennonite and Amish communities of southeastern Pennsylvania, “where quilts could be bought from barns and roadside stands,” she says. She taught herself to quilt while in college in Kutztown, Penn. After a brief foray into publishing, Evans, 34, found herself getting serious about…
Team Behind Marination to Open ‘Good Bar’ in Pioneer Square This Summer
!–paging_filter–pIf the stars align, Pioneer Square will be getting a pair of awesome neighbors right around June./ppLast December, stronga href=”http://ilcorvopasta.com/” target=”_blank”Il Corvo/a/strong’s Mike Easton a href=”http://seattle.eater.com/archives/2013/12/03/mike-easton-is-opening-a-ro…” target=”_blank”announced/a he’s opening a Roman-style pizzeria in the old Pacific Commercial Bank building on 2supnd/sup and Main and now, Kamala Saxton (right) and Roz Edison (left) of stronga href=”http://marinationmobile.com/”…
New Greenwood Bar Teachers Lounge Gets High Marks for its Cocktails
Greenwood’s Teachers Lounge provides a lesson in good cocktails and tasty nibbles
Right off the busy intersection of 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue, lies Teachers Lounge (8505 Greenwood Ave. N; 206.706.2880). Owned and staffed by Perryn and Desiree Wright (he’s formerly of Cicchetti and was the original bar manager at Copper Gate, which is where she bartended and made cocktails), the Lounge is in what used to…
What to Eat at Pike Place Market: Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt
!–paging_filter–pHeavy on the tongue, creamy and thick as pudding, the only giveaway that you’re eating yogurt is that inimitable tang, the high note that lingers after each bite. Served in shallow pans in a manner reminiscent of gelato, Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt is made in Georgetown and served at a small counter in Pike Place…
Style Tips from Dapper Nordstrom Personal Stylist Brent Martin
The dashing Brent Martin pontificates about the art of dressing
!–paging_filter–pstrongOrigins of style:/strong “I can remember in the early 1980s when I was in sixth or seventh grade asking for a pink sweater and subscriptions to emVogue/em, emInterview/em and emGQ/em for Christmas,” says 41-year-old Nordstrom personal stylist Brent Martin—requests that made him quite an original in small-town Colorado, where he grew up. Today, Martin, who…
New Seattle Hot Sauces: Bonache Turns Up the Heat
Local flavor purveyors are spicing up Seattle tables
!–paging_filter–pIf you’ve chosen a side in the Tabasco versus Sriracha debate, you may need to rethink your position. There’s a new contender in the battle for taste buds—straight outta Ballard. Bonache (pronounced “bone-atch,” a word that founder Marc Olsen’s child invented) aims to add big flavor to food without scorching your palate. The line of…
Writer Adrianne Harun on Her New Novel ‘A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain’
Adrianne Harun’s haunting new novel portrays a hard-luck town along a Pacific Northwest highway
For the past 45 years, young women—mostly First Nations—have disappeared along Highway 16 in British Columbia. Some were found murdered, others were never seen again. This tragic road, called the Highway of Tears, is the inspiration for Port Townsend writer Adrianne Harun’s hypnotic new novel, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain…
Countdown to Seattle Dances! Meet Dancer Duell Fisher of Team Photogenic
!–paging_filter–pThis Saturday, March 1 at Fremont Studios, eight notable Seattleites will don their dancing shoes and boogie down for a href=”http://www.seattledances.org/” target=”_blank”Seattle Dances!/a, a benefit fora href=”http://www.plymouthhousing.org/” target=”_blank” Plymouth Housing Group/a (PHG), an organization that helps secure housing for the homeless. This is the fifth year that PHG has held Seattle Dances!, which pairs celebrity…
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