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Scoop: Cast-off Couture
The RE Store
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles The RE Store’s Eighth Annual Haute Trash Fashion Show on April 17Our economy may be in the Dumpster—but that’s not the reason one of the city’s most anticipated fashion shows features couture crafted entirely from castoffs. Timed to coincide with Earth Day festivities, the RE Store’s Haute Trash Fashion…
Bike Friendly Cities: How Seattle Stacks Up
Think we
Category: Articles So you think we’re bike-friendly? From Copenhagen to Portland, take a look at how we compare to our competition.Portland, OregonThe first version of the Rose City Bicycle Plan was drafted in 1973. Portland’s current bike master plan was written in 1995 and is continually updated by city transit agencies, a Bicycle Advisory…
The 10-year Bicycle Master Plan
Written in late 2006 and early 2007 by a consortium of bike advocacy groups, city officials, consult
Category: Articles Time to complete: 10 years, beginning in 2007Estimated cost: $240 million (in 2007 dollars)Miles of bike lanes, paths, sharrows and signed bike routes in 2006: 67.6 Miles of those facilities recommended to be completed by the end of 2009: 201.2Miles of those facilities recommended to be completed by the end of 2016:…
Recipe: Marionberry Tart with White Truffle Honey
Lorna Yee shows off her sweet side with this month's Key Ingredient recipe
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Marionberry tart with white truffle honey crème fraîcheServes 8 for dessert Sweet tart dough (pâte sable)Makes enough dough for two tarts 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour2 tablespoons cornstarch2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into half-inch cubes1/3 cup granulated sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 cup heavy cream2 egg yolks Whisk the cream and…
Goods: Must-have Local Goods
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Dome DelightAlthough bicycle helmets offer much-needed noggin protection, they don’t typically do much for your image. Not true anymore, thanks to Portland-based Nutcase Helmets’ line of fun, brightly colored headwear, including this black-and-white striped dome accented with orange Gerber daisies. The creations, by company founder and graphic designer Michael…
Wellness Issue: Finding Balance
What
Category: Beauty Articles When a young kid loses his balance, he may fall—but he probably won’t break his hip. The same isn’t true of older adults, whose balance can become impaired with age and lead to serious injuries. (A 2006 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that falls are the…
Wellness Issue: Expert Advice on How to Eat Well
Eating well is always important
Category: Articles When Cynthia Lair hears people talk about eating right, she wants to tell them it isn’t complex. If you don’t have an illness related to food, this veteran nutrition and cooking teacher at Bastyr University, host of the hilarious online cooking show Cookus Interruptus (cookusinterruptus.com) and author of Feeding the Whole Family,…
Wellness Issue: Spring Retreat
A weekend wellness getaway at Cave B In at Sagecliffe
Category: Articles Eastern Washington’s gorgeous Cave B Inn at Sagecliffe, overlooking the Columbia River, is hosting a yoga and wine weekend with nationally recognized yogi Angela Gargano, April 24–26 (from $975/person). Daily yoga workshops, wine events and cooking classes with Shauna Scriver, executive chef of the resort’s Tendrils Restaurant, will leave every sense sated….
Explore the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Experience Washington state history! Read an expert's recommendations for can
Category: Arts + Events Articles Michael Herschensohn, A-Y-P Exposition Centennial Program Manager for the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, shares his recommendations for can’t-miss Centennial activities around Seattle this year. 38th Annual Northwest Folklife FestivalIn May, the 38th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival officially kicks off the A-Y-P Centennial celebration with a recreation…
Perfectly Polished: Keep Your Mani-Pedis Longer
Local experts Jane Park and Lisa Hahn of Julep Nail Parlor offer advice on how to curb your salon sp
Category: Beauty Articles Sure, the economy is tight, but you want to look your best, right? We went to the city’s foremost nail parlor, Julep, to ask owner Jane Park and lead vernisseur and innovation manager, Lisa Hahn for advice on how to get the most out of your favorite beauty treatments. Billed as the…
Top Interior Designers: Fresh Four
Interior Designers With a Talent for Crisp, Clean Looks
Category: NW Home Articles A Medina kitchen got a French chateau makeover, with useful touches like exterior fabric that doesn’t stain in the kitchen nook, colors reflecting the lake outside, lavastone countertops imported from France and a mosaic to match. Amely Wurmbrand started her Seattle-based firm, Amely Wurmbrand Designs (206.542.0447; amelydesigns.com) in 1999, where…
Find Archived Photos of Your Historic Home
Think of it as Google Street View, circa 1910
Category: NW Home Articles Think of it as Google Street View, circa 1910–discover how to get photos of your pre-1930s Seattle house Discover the biography of your very own home by obtaining an original photo of your pre-1930s roost. Puget Sound Regional Archives provides a free and user-friendly service to assist you with your…
Hot Button: The Fall of Little Saigon
Big development is coming to Little Saigon. Will the community survive intact?
Category: Articles Quang H. Nguyen’s story, in many ways, is the story of the Vietnamese American community. Uprooted by war, displaced to a new country and culture, Nguyen and his family were among the 45,000 Southeast Asians to settle in Washington state between 1975 (the fall of Saigon) and 1985. “My parents came here…
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