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Summer Guide 2011: Outdoor Movies
Looking for more summer events? Check out our 2011 Summer Festivals guide. Fremont Outdoor MoviesWacky flicks are the specialty of this, the series that started the whole outdoor cinema craze in 1992.Location: Corner of North 35th Street and Phinney Avenue NorthCost: n/aLine-up: 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/5, 8/6, 8/13, 8/27. Check Fremont Outdoor Movies for more…
Summer Guide 2010: Festivals
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines From the arts to food, here’s our guide to the area’s best summer fests. Looking for more summer events? Check out our Outdoor Music and Outdoor Movies guides. JUNE Edmonds Arts Festival6/18–6/20What to expect: One of the Northwest’s oldest and largest arts festivals, this three-day event takes place against the scenic…
Summer Guide 2010: Outdoor Music
Looking for more summer events? Check out our Festivals and Outdoor Movies guides. SEATTLE Seattle Peace Concert Series6/13–9/19Get out and enjoy Seattle’s city parks at these free, family friendly concerts held on Sundays featuring local and regional musicians. Canned food donations for Northwest Harvest appreciated.Must-see shows/bands: Adrian Xavier (8/29 Volunteer Park), Kuli Loach & Andy Coe…
Craving: Margaritas
Nothing like a cold margarita on a hot July day.
Nothing like a cold margarita on a hot July day. Here are five winners, all scratch margaritas using fresh citrus juice and house-made sweet-and-sour mix. We ordered them on the rocks in 16-ounce “pounders,” with and without salted rims. Alicia Arter La Carta de OaxacaThe brisk house margarita is invigorating, made with un-aged Sauza Silver…
Seattle Summer Guide 2010
Hallelujah! Summer is finally here!
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Hallelujah! Summer is finally here! As locals know, from the first moment the sun starts showing its big yellow head, we’re in our short sleeves and aiming to spend as many hours outdoors as possible. Looking for ways to fill those gloriously long days? Our annual summer guide features countless…
Out To Lunch: Sweet Iron Waffles
Waffles for lunch? Sweet Iron Waffles makes a distinctly persuasive argument
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Waffles for lunch? Sweet Iron Waffles makes a distinctly persuasive argument The waffle iron at Sweet Iron Waffles is a beast. It is to your home waffle maker as a Siberian tiger is to your cat. It runs on 50,000 volts of electricity and figures in the murder of a…
Home: Crib Notes
Some girls grow up surrounded by fairy tales, but little Anais Canlis
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Some girls grow up surrounded by fairy tales, but little Anais Canlis’ nursery has a more realistic narrative. Crib NotesBorn February 9 to glass artist J.P. Canlis and his wife, Leigh (who runs their gallery, Canlis Glass, and is also a contributor to seattlemag.com’s Balancing Act blog), Anais (pronounced…
Meet The Producer: Alvarez Farm
Since 1992, Alvarez Farm has provided a little of Seattle's summertime heat
Hilario “Larry” Alvarez is a jolly rancher who grows 155 kinds of peppers on his farm in Mabton, Washington. He has grown all his peppers organically since he started Alvarez Farm in 1992, and credits organic farming with making his business successful. About 25 of Alvarez’s peppers (which sell for $1.99 to $10 per pound,…
Tasting Notes: Cave B Winery
Freddy Arredondo
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Freddy Arredondo’s culinary background informs Cave B Winery’s approach to winemaking. Chef’s choiceMost winemakers aren’t lucky enough to have a vineyard right outside their wineries. Generally, they buy their grapes from vineyards near and far—sometimes staying involved in decisions on when to water and when to harvest but often deferring…
Cheap Eats: China Town’s Noodle King
A deft hand toss is Noodle King
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines A deft hand toss is Noodle King’s crowning achievement Royal TreatWhen I ordered the hot and spicy seafood noodle soup with hand-tossed noodles ($8.95; $6.95 with regular noodles) at Noodle King, the last thing I expected to see was owner Huiyu Liu making the noodles to order. I found myself…
Plenty to Like at Emmer&Rye
A menu of accessible crowd pleasers
Seth Caswell had spent 18 months looking for a home for Emmer&Rye when serendipity finally struck last winter. The chef, who left Stumbling Goat on Phinney Ridge in 2008, met with the owners of Julia’s restaurants, who were looking to close their Queen Anne location but were willing to remain partners in a new venture….
Restaurant Review: Phoenecia
If it weren
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines PHOENECIABefore he passed away last summer, Hussein Khazaal was one of those rare restaurateurs who really did treat his customers like family. His menu was a formality: I’m told he’d regularly sidle up to tables and chat long enough to gauge diners’ likes and dislikes before disappearing into the kitchen…
Food We Love: Full Tilt
Full Tilt
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Full Tilt’s ube ice cream will have you in a purple hazePurple ProsThe guys at Full Tilt Ice Cream like to have their fun. During my first visit to the Columbia City store (5041 Rainier Ave. S, #105; 206.226.2740; fulltilticecream.com), the man behind the counter offered a sample of a…
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