Food & Drink
Two New Mobile Apps for Seattle Dog Lovers
A pair of new apps helps connect Seattle’s canine companions
Think of it as Tinder for pups: The mobile app BarkHappy, which recently launched in Seattle, allows users to set up profiles for their canine best friends, find pup-friendly businesses and connect with other dog lovers nearby to set up playdates. Your dog might not be the only one who finds his soul mate through…
If ‘Star Wars’ Characters Ruled the World, Vashon Ranked Most Liberal
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Homeownership among millennials is down from 43 percent in 2005 to 35.8 percent in 2015. According to a study done by Smartasset.com, an online interactive financial site, this decline may be due to the housing crash, the flexibility of renting and the high cost of education. What does this mean locally? The study found that…
The Best Things We Ate (and Drank) in 2015
We Seattle mag print and digital staffers like to eat and drink. Here's what we liked best
The last time I polled our Seattle mag staffers to find out what one dish, one morsel, one bev or brew from the past year they liked best was in 2013. Ah, what a year. Rachel Hart chose the bratwurst with kim chee potato salad at Schooner Exact; our former food editor Ali Scheff chose…well…
The Year in Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh
We look back at the people, places and events that defined 2015
Seattle’s boom continued, but so did the associated growing pains. We had a summer of glorious sunshine, but the hot, dry weather cost the environment dearly. Teachers finally received a fair(er) wage, but lawmakers failed to make a plan to fund our school system. Rent increases slowed, but they’re still increasing. And of course, the…
Recipe of the Week: Lobster Grilled Cheese
Queen Anne entertaining whiz Heather Christo upgrades a comfort food classic
‘Tis the season to treat yo self, so indulge in this flavorful upgrade of a comfort food classic! A grilled cheese sandwich is normally a go-to, running-low-on-groceries meal, but the simple addition of lobster transforms this dish into a savory delicacy. Local foodie, cookbook author and trained chef Heather Christo created this sandwich after gaining inspiration from a…
Holiday Gift Wrapping Party, Daily Deals at Clementine
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Holiday Gift Wrapping PartyWhere: 208 1st Avenue S.What: Looking to have some last-minute gifts wrapped? Searching for an excuse to indulge in holiday drinks? Pioneer Square-based retailer and bar, E. Smith Mercantile, is hosting a holiday gift wrapping party this Friday from 5-9 p.m. Guests are free to shop the store or to bring presents from home and…
Aktionsart Unifies Art and Tech
The nonprofit organization supports projects where the two disciplines intersect
Julia Fryett, the director of Aktionsart, moved through the dark, graffiti-covered corridors of an abandoned school on Westlake Avenue in South Lake Union last fall. Wearing a black raincoat and holding a cup of coffee in her hand, she spoke about her current project. It was the last day the nonprofit organization would occupy the…
Seattle-based Glowforge is Sculpting the Future
Just don’t call the laser cutter/engraver a 3-D printer
Seattle startup Glowforge smashed crowdfunding records in the fall of 2015, raising almost $28 million (the original target was $100,000) in 30 days. But what the heck is it? Although it’s been referred to as a 3-D printer, the product is actually a laser cutter/engraver, says Dan Shapiro, Glowforge’s CEO and cofounder. Whereas 3-D printers…
New Filson Flagship Mixes Wilderness and Art
The new space houses the brand's production center as well as a retail shopping area
While Filson is celebrated for its outdoor heritage, the outfitter’s new flagship store on First Avenue is inviting Seattle shoppers to explore the great indoors. Opened this past November, the 6,500-square-foot store highlights the history of the retailer’s iconic, outward-bound clothing, gear and accessories with windows into the brand’s production center on the first floor,…
Top New Year’s Eve dinners
From a full-blown Roman fete to green juice and caviar parties
I’m weary of New Year’s Eve prix fixe dinners. Visions of assembly line steaks and rubbery fish give me the shivers. But, we did our homework and sifted through some of the finest restaurants to bring you this list of unique top-notch dining and foodie experiences to ring in 2016 in Seattle. We plan to…
Where to See Amazing Holiday Lights
Go forth and experience some of the Seattle area's best holiday light displays
Residents around town pull out all the stops when it comes to decorating for the holidays. Case in point: the famous (er, infamous?) Seahawks-themed spectacle known as the Hawk House in Kirkland. So here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the city’s flashiest, most fabulous and most meticulous holiday light displays that will fill…
The Best Men’s Winter Fashion Looks
We've rounded up our favorite holiday looks, from black-tie to casual Sunday
With menswear’s retail growth outpacing women’s, we keep hearing it for the boys. From black-tie trimmings to casual Sunday, we’ve rounded up the top looks for any mister to master this holiday season. : Yellow 108 “Luke” vintage wool felt fedora in “EJ grey,” $90, and Form Function Form button-stud chronograph watch, $129, Hammer + Awl (Madrona, 1137 34th Ave.;…
Painter Cable Griffith Unveils New Works at G. Gibson Gallery
The exhibit Sightings elicits awe and pleasure
Painter Cable Griffith’s landscapes bring an electronic pulse to pastoral scenes, fusing the order of human-built infrastructure with the chaos of the natural world. The smooth surfaces and rounded contours of his trees, islands, hills and rivers; the deeply saturated palette with its warm, backlit glow; and the stilted perspectives and cartoonish sense of scale…
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