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Michael Cepress is Having a Show
One of my most fave local designers, Michael Cepress, is hosting a show on June 21 at the Century Ballroom, featuring both men’s and women’s collections. This is excellent news for those of us ladies who love his menswear so much that we’ve considered having him make us a suit just to get to work…
Craft Cocktail Bars are Shaking Things Up
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to some of Seattle's best cocktail bars
BALLARDBastille Cafe & BarThe back bar has a certain sexiness and a lovely chandelier, but I like the more ornate front bar best, even if you are surrounded by the clatter of diners seeking French bistro fare. Sample the tangily refreshing Port Salut Buck (rum, cognac, lime, ginger, seltzer, bitters; $11) off the seasonally changing…
How Garfield High Defeated the MAP Test
How Garfield High School tipped the scales against a controversial standardized test
For students, the start of a new school year can feel like a blank slate, a chance to begin anew. This year, however, Seattle students (along with their parents and teachers) can be forgiven for experiencing a strong sense of déjà vu—the raging debate over standardized testing that dominated the 2012–2013 school year may have…
Barbecue in Style This Summer
The Incredible Egg It’s the Apple of the charcoal grill world with an entire culture unto itself—generating both popular cookbooks and festivals (Seattle’s is held in June). Fans of the Big Green Egg, known as “Eggheads,” love its ceramic domed design, based on Japanese kamado grills, that allows for maintaining very precise low and high…
Professional Tips to Help You Organize Your Kid’s Space
A professional organizer offers practical strategies for decluttering the kid-centric home
We do our best to keep a lid on all the stuff our kids collect, but have you taken a close gander at their play space or bedroom lately? Does it look like chaos? Given the way tiny toy parts seem to proliferate like bunnies, keeping them all in one place is a monumental Martha…
Raindrop-shaped Bangles from Baleen
Creative power couple Leah Lawrence, the designer and proprietress behind swimwear and mercantile Drifting Arrows (driftingarrows.com), and Billy Bartels, the designer of jewelry line Vim Beget (vimbeget.com) launched Baleen, a new jewelry collaboration last April. The two fabricate everything in their Ballard studio, mostly out of brass (to keep prices low, Lawrence says) with the…
Sarah Jessica Parker + Manolo Blahnik + Nordstrom = Your Mind was Just Blown
Update 10:14 a.m. Here’s what I just got from Nordstrom: The line will be called SJP (natch), will launch in January at select Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com and will include sandals, flats, pumps and boots ranging from $200-$400, “runway-worthy shoes at attainable price-points…top-notch Italian craftsmanship with luxe materials in unexpected color combinations.” OMG. WWD is…
Tom Douglas’s TanakaSan Opens Tonight at Via6
Sneaky, sneaky. Tom Douglas and Co. quietly teased the opening of TanakaSan on their Twitter last night: @HEYTanakaSan Anyone want to dine with us tomorrow? #OnTheDL followed by a confirmation: @HEYTanakaSan We’ll be open for the first time tomorrow night starting at 5pm #PEOPLEWHONEEDPEOPLE It’s on! Today’s the day! No website or menu appear online yet,…
Totokaelo End of Season Sale Starts June 15
My fave sale is from the most aspirational (for most) shop in town is about to drop. Totokaelo’s end of season sale starts Saturday, June 15, with all spring merch marked down 30 to 50 percent. That means deals on Rick Owens, Jil Sander, Uzi, Raquel Allegra, Carven, Won Hundred and many, many other coveted…
Rock Out(Side)
Tis the season for outdoor music festivals! Here’s what to expect at July’s biggest music bashes
Sub Pop’s Silver Jubilee: A 25th Anniversary Public Display of Affection. The grand dame of Seattle’s indie music scene, Sub Pop Records isn’t too old to throw a rager. This celebration takes place on the streets of Georgetown, an appropriately grungy ’hood for the label that launched Soundgarden and Nirvana. But the live music lineup…
Artist Warren Dykeman at Davidson Galleries
With bold paintings, a local artist finds beauty in imperfection
Warren Dykeman is looking for “the right kind of wrong.” A graphic designer by day, the Tri-Cities native and Seattle artist prizes an awkwardness in his mixed-media collages and paintings, which bring to mind graffiti, folk art, the oddly shaped humans of New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg and blobby landscapes by 1960s poster artist Peter…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Singer Shelby Earl
Nancy Guppy dishes with sweet singer/songwriter Shelby Earl
COFFEE DATE: Singer/songwriter Shelby Earl, whose debut album, Burn the Boats, Amazon.com named “#1 Outstanding 2011 Album You Might Have Missed.” Her new record, Swift Arrows, comes out on July 23 (with a release party at Columbia City Theater, 7/13).SCENE: Voxx Coffee on Eastlake Avenue, a sunny Wednesday in AprilSHELBY’S ORDER: Grande soy latte Nancy…
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