Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Can Kerry Sear’s latest venture in the new Four Seasons rise above hotel restaurant status? It’s a Tuesday night in early winter, and the bar at Art Restaurant in the new Four Seasons hotel, open since November, is flying. Servers weave and swerve, balancing trays of cocktails, doing their…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Sitting in front of the legendary sushi chef Shiro Kashiba as he swiftly rolls his wrist, shaping and warming each piece of perfect fish, all the while goodheartedly teasing those lucky enough to snag one of the 12 sushi-bar seats at his 15-year-old Belltown establishment, there’s no mystery as…

Category: Beauty Articles   When walking out of a downtown yoga class—mind clear, soul full, body limber—it can be a bit jarring to come face to face with the city’s cacophony of traffic, noise and pollution. So when Seattle-based yogis and wellness seekers want more than an hourlong respite, they head for one of the…

Category: Beauty Articles   From Thai to Mayan, acupressure to Swedish, there is such a variety of touch therapies that pros prefer the phrase “bodywork” to the old-fashioned “massage.” But while many consumers are familiar with Swedish massage—the lightest touch and first technique taught in massage school—most are a bit less clear on “fascial stretch…

Category: Beauty Articles   If you think holding a “plank” has something to do with a piece of wood, you’re probably a yoga beginner. Understanding the difference between some of the most popular types of yoga will help you choose your class, long before anyone asks you to strike a warrior pose. Hatha: Ideal for…

Category: Articles   We catch up with local musician Eric Elbogen, a modern-day one-man band, to learn the pros and cons of going it alone With the release of his CD Oohs & Ahhs this month (March 3), Eric Elbogen of the band Say Hi—which has earned acclaim from Rolling Stone and The New York…

Category: Articles   The Rolling Huts beckon you to the Methow Valley Where: The Methow Valley, in north-central Washington. Why: The charming trio of valley towns (Mazama, Winthrop and Twisp) are set in gorgeous scenery and feature miles of cross-country-skiing and mountain-biking trails. Don’t Miss:  Winthrop’s annual Hot Air Balloon Roundup Weekend (3/6–3/8), including the…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   A new DVD shows you how to lose it without losing your voice Have you looked at your 401K lately? Tried to park on lower Queen Anne on a Friday night? Squeezed onto a standing-room-only Metro bus next to a cell-phone yapper? You may feel you have ample reason…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   An expert on Seattle’s first world’s fair reveals rare treasures from a century-old event that put our city on the map Many people assume that Seattle’s first world’s fair was in 1962, when the Space Needle and Monorail made their futuristic appearances. But in 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (often…

Category: Articles   It’s not just for pandas anymore—bamboo’s popularity among humans is spreading like, well, bamboo. Having been pegged as a sustainable resource, groves of the tall, leafy stalks are readily converted into everything from flooring to dishware to textiles. But while bamboo has a rep for proliferation, the current craze for the woody…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   From the Seattle Sounders FC opening game to series of Elevator Plays by Annex Theatre, we’ve hand-picked the best of the best events for the month of March1. Celebrate Women’s History MonthWomen’s Votes, Women’s Voices Our state has a long history of politically motivated women (leading right up to…

Category: Articles   New albums by three local bands offer diverse tunes to beat the February blues If you’re starting to doubt spring will ever arrive, take Barsuk Records’ 10th-anniversary re-release of indie band Death Cab for Cutie’s debut album Something About Airplanes as evidence of cyclical rebirth. Originally released on Barsuk in 1998, it…

Category: Articles   The School of Essential Ingredients( January 2009, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24.95 ) With her first novel, The School of Essential Ingredients, Seattle writer Erica Bauermeister sets a lovely table with delectable writing, and invites readers to consume each page. Bauermeister, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Washington (where she also…