Seattle Mag
Summer Sipper Recipes
Not sure of how to make use of tasty Washington gin? Here are three cocktail recipes
Gin and TonicA perfect G&T on the veranda as the sun sinks is a true pleasure. But to get there, you need four things: good ice, good tonic, good gin and a fresh, ripe lime.Ice cubes, you need decently sized ice cubes here, not cracked or tiny things2 ounces Washington state gin (any of the…
5 Reasons To Visit Pike Place Market Right Now
!–paging_filter–pspanYes, Pike Place Market is teeming with tourists this time of year, crowds of visitors clogging the streets and walkways, snapping shots of flying fish./span/ppIt’s mighty tempting to avoid the Market during the summer, but that would be a big mistake. As local farmers set up on the cobblestones and new places open and old…
Cocktail Mixers You Should Make, Not Buy (and How to Make Them)
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/five-essential-home-bar-tools” target=”_blank”In a previous post/a, we talked about essential bar tools you can buy. But when setting up your home bar, and especially when getting prepared to host a happening party, there are a couple mixers that I suggest you make, instead of buy. Partially because it’s fun, but also because what you buy…
3 Seattle Restaurants are Nominees for Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants
!–paging_filter–pIn a run-up to announcing their Top 10 Best New Restaurants in the country, Bon Appetit a href=”http://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/2013/08/top-new-restaurant-…” target=”_blank”has given us a peek at the 50 restaurants they whittled their list from/a. This longer list (from which final 10 will be chosen; look for that list in their a href=”http://instagram.com/p/ct6Qs0jYm3/#” target=”_blank”huge-looking Best Restaurants Issue/a in…
The Must List: PhinneyWood Festival and One Sublime Sale
What to do this weekend
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Hit the Streets/stronga href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/events/phinneywood-summer-streets-festival“strongbrPhinneyWood Summer Streets Festival/strong/abrFriday (8/9, 6 to 10 p.m.) — Walkers and wheelers reign supreme during this evening-long closure of Phinney and Greenwood avenues (between 67th and 87th streets). A celebration of the season’s long, warm nights, the temporary pedestrian paradise will be punctuated with art, live music, circus performers—and, of…
W Seattle’s Wear Wednesdays
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/index.html” target=”_blank”W Hotels/a have three passion points: music, design and my personal fave, fashion. Starting in August, the a href=”http://www.wseattle.com/” target=”_blank”W Seattle/a is launching a new monthly event aptly called Wear Wednesdays (WW)./ppI’m thrilled to report that emSeattle/em mag is a part of the inaugural WW on Wednesday, August 21 where our Seamless in…
UPDATED: Billy’s Tomatoes Aren’t at Farmers Markets This Summer (But We Know Where to Taste ‘Em)
!–paging_filter–pOuch! You might want to sit down./ppIn a blow to strongthose of us who live on a href=”http://food52.com/blog/1041-my-best-tomato-sandwich” target=”_blank”tomato sandwiches/a/strong (I prefer mine open-faced: toast bread, spread with mayo, salt and pepper, sliced tomatoes on top, salt again, napkin handy, devour, repeat) during August and September, strongBilly’s a href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billys-Gardens/206758832680785” target=”_blank”announced on their Facebook page /athat…
Il Corvo Selling Pasta at 2 Farmers Markets This Summer
!–paging_filter–pThis just in: strongMike Easton, pasta wizard extraordinaire and owner of Pioneer Square’s a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/il-corvo” target=”_blank”Il Corvo/a, is now selling his fresh pastas at two area farmers markets. /strong/ppEaston tells me that he’ll be selling the conchiglie pictured (along with other pasta shapes) at strongthe City Hall farmers market today /strong(10am to 2pm, 600 Fourth…
Red, White and Brew 2013 Recap
Over 500 people sipped the night away at our sold out Red, White and Brew tasting event, celebrating the wineries honored in our 8th Annual Best WA Wine Awards. Despite it being the one drizzly day of summer Seattle came out in full force to clink glasses with 18 different wineries and winemakers to taste…
Amazon Opens Fine Art Store (Wine and Cheese Not Included)
The Seattle megaretailer is crashing the fine art party
Amazon Fine Art (beta) launched today, right on the heels of the gigantic news that Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post (not a copy of the newspaper, but the entire newspaper). The timing has many people fretting about Bezos becoming king of the world, but until that happens we might as well explore the new…
Choke Shirt Company Makes Totes
!–paging_filter–pIn a continuation of our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nautical-nature“nautical-themed summer/a, check out these tote bags by Seattle-based a href=”http://www.chokeshirtco.com/products/extinct-tote” target=”_blank”Choke Shirt Company/a. Made out of durable cotton canvas, with sturdy webbed handles and a contrasting lining and adorned with three of the company’s most popular designs (an anchor, a dodo bird listening to a Walkman and an…
Shop Rivet Sway’s New Fall Collection Today
!–paging_filter–pI don’t need glasses, but with today’s (August 6) release of the new fall collection from local eyewear brand and online boutique Rivet Sway, I might have to inquire about fake lenses./ppSix of the 10 frames in its line have been unveiled (expect the rest in October), and each style has quite the cheeky name:…
Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post
!–paging_filter–pFile this under your unpredictable, out-of-the-blue Monday afternoon news: a href=”http://seattlebusinessmag.com/blog/bezos-buys-washington-post-1” target=”_blank”emSeattle Business/em magazine just blogged that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos /ais purchasing emThe Washington Post/em, according to the newspaper. br /br /emSeattle Business/em managing editor John Levesque writes:/ppemThe Post/em reports that Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the Post and…
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