Seattle Mag
March Shopping Finds
Veritables goes east, Joy street gets pretty and tabletop coasters show Seattle love.
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Earrings ’n’ ThingsTwo years ago, when Shannon Koszyk (then co-owner of the now closed Fremont boutique Enexile) quit smoking, she wanted something to do with her hands. And so she began crafting regal jewelry from flea-market finds of rosaries, vintage European medals, semi-precious stones and luminous pearls. After her…
The Goods: Iconic Coasters
This month's shopping find
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Add a touch of city pride—and vintage charm—to your coffee table with this collection of marble coasters inspired by Emerald City icons. Etched onto tumbled Italian Botticino marble tile, the images in the antique-looking four-piece set include our first City Hall, Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and a…
Datebook: Dirt Alert
A local MacArthur genius explains why our soil is suffering
Category: Arts + Events Articles 3/9 • David Montgomery is dirty. A geomorphologist at the University of Washington’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences and recent recipient of the coveted MacArthur genius award, Montgomery not only studies dirt, he rocks his own garage band named Big Dirt. At Town Hall, he’ll talk about his…
Urban Safari: Edmonds
Edmonds' tiny downtown area continues to fill with one-of-a-kind shops, galleries and more
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Just 15 minutes north of Seattle, Edmonds’ tiny downtown area continues to fill with one-of-a-kind shops, galleries and more At the center of downtown Edmonds—a short walk from the waterfront and ferry dock—rests a swath of shops and homes that a century ago catered to a thriving logging industry….
Wellness Directory
When someone asks the ubiquitous question
Category: Beauty Articles Yoga8 Limbs Yoga Centers, Capitol Hill, 500 E Pike St., 206.325.8221; Wedgwood, 7345 35th Ave. NE, 206.523.9722; West Seattle, 4546 1/2 California Ave. SW, 206.933.9642; 8limbsyoga.com Bikram Yoga College of India, Fremont, 1054 N 34th St.; 206.547.0188; bikramyogaseattle.com Colette Crawford, Seattle Holistic Center, North Seattle, 7700 Aurora Ave. N; Wallingford, 4649…
The Medicine Cabinet
Whether you
Category: Beauty Articles Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Wallingford, Madison Park, West Seattle What you’ll find: This compounding pharmacy (one that customizes medication) can change pills to liquids, and make medicine more palatable for kids. Pharmaca fills all kinds of prescriptions—natural or not. Store shelves are packed with vitamins, supplements, power foods, natural bath and beauty…
Alternative Treatments
From elimination diets to homeopathy, we asked local experts to weigh in and reveal where to go for
Category: Beauty Articles Seattle’s abundance of alternative treatment providers might have something to do with our close ties to Asia or the fact that Bastyr University, one of the world’s leading natural health organizations, is located right in our backyard. While this confluence has led to a lot of options for nontraditional treatments—elimination diets,…
Preemptive Strike
What
Category: Beauty Articles What’s that saying—an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Benjamin Franklin’s oft quoted maxim has been wholeheartedly embraced by local experts who offer a wide range of strategies to keep you at the peak of health. Nip obesity in the budWith Americans bearing the weight of their love…
Party Like You’re at the Oscars!
For the glamorous at heart, here's our roundup of the Oscar night celebrations in Seattle
Category: Arts + Events Articles You don’t have to live in Hollywood to get your celebrity watchin’ fix. Get the thrill of seeing your favorite stars (on television) at local Oscar night parties. For the glamorous at heart, here’s our roundup of noteworthy Oscar celebrations: And, be sure to check our Arts+Culture blog this weekend to…
Meet the Producer: Belle Epicurean perfects French
Category: Eat + Drink Articles There are few things Carolyn Ferguson loves more than rolling croissants—a pastime the French-trained chef calls her “biggest stress relief.” She gets plenty of opportunity as the co-owner of Belle Epicurean (Downtown, 1206 Fourth Ave.; 206.262.9404), a French patisserie she runs with her husband, Howard (and named in part…
Cravings: Relish the Reuben
March madness brings with it a hankering for the warm, gooey goodness of a perfectly made Reuben
Category: Eat + Drink Articles March madness brings with it a hankering for the warm, gooey goodness of a perfectly made Reuben 74th Street Ale HouseThe piping-hot 74th Street Red Reuben is made with Boar’s Head lean corned beef braised in Blackthorn Hard Cider, sliced and piled onto rye bread along with Swiss cheese,…
Cheap Eats: Meat in the Market
Beer, brats, and a place to sit, now at Uli
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Beer, brats, and a place to sit, now at Uli’s Since opening Uli’s Famous Sausage in Pike Place Market in 2000, German-born sausage-maker Uli Lengenberg has provided market-goers and local restaurants (including Steelhead Diner, Etta’s and the Maltby Café) with fresh and varied sausages: spicy merguez, herbed lamb and,…
Review: Slice of the Times
Grab a slice of pie at one of Seattle's many new pizza joints
Along with economic turmoil, last fall brought an embarrassment of affordable pizzerias. September saw the debut of ’Zaw (multiple locations including Capitol Hill, 1424 E Pine St., 206.325.5528), where quirkily named take ’n’ bake pizzas, such as the Vietzawm ($17/15-inch pie), come heaped with local ingredients. But the real story is that these cook-at-home pizzas…
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