Food & Drink
Our Favorite Looks from the Nordstrom Designer Preview
The high-style set convened for a night of fall fashions, fabulousness
Racks and racks of beautiful garments lined the polished concrete floors at Pier 91, site of the annual Nordstrom Designer Preview Fashion Show, held on Thursday, July 23. Thirty-five models dressed in pieces from the dreamy fall collections of Christian Dior, Stella McCartney, Valentino and Dries Van Noten, to name a few, strutted their stuff…
Instagram Inspiration: A Lazy Person’s Iron Man
Not quite ready for a real triathlon? These chill games might be more up your alley (and more fun)
My family is hosting its 28th Annual Triathlon this weekend. It’s a triathlon for people who would rather relax than do sprints, which is the best kind of triathlon, and for most of us, the only kind. My dad started it with some of his college friends back in the day, which makes sense considering…
I Went Crabbing and Got Outplayed by All the Crabs
Spoiler alert: the trip was not a rousing success
My first mistake was forgetting to take the tag off my ring trap. I laid everything out at the end of the Shilshole Bay Marina pier—my rope still taped into a coil, my harness and caliper both still in the packaging, a pound of raw turkey legs, and my ring trap (a contraption made of…
Three Seattle ice cream stops to dip into right now
Nutty Squirrel comes to Phinney Ridge; Hot Cakes scoops up soft-serve in Capitol Hill
It’s freaking hot. And we have no idea how much longer it will last. Between last-minute camping trips and back-to-school shopping, make some time to indulge in some new frozen treats. Nutty Squirrel, Phinney Ridge After three years in Maple Valley (26636 Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road SE, Suite H-100), the family behind Nutty Squirrel has…
Recipe of the Week: Salted White Chocolate Lavender Cookies
Rachael Dart's salty-sweet cookies couple delightfully with a cup of tea
Seattle food writer Rachael Dart, of foodie blog Spache the Spatula, is back with a new mouthwatering cookie recipe. These morsels are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. They sound delicious all by themselves, but Dart suggests eating them with tea or coffee, or pairing two of them together to make an ice cream…
How to Kick Off Your Fantasy Football League in Epic Seattle Style
Tips for a successful, Seahawks-themed start to your fantasy football season
Do a Mock Draft (or seven) Mock drafting lets you try out strategies without the risk of getting stuck with a horrible team. For example, here’s the result of one ESPN mock draft I did where I tried to pick as many Seahawks players as possible. Round 1: Marshawn Lynch – RBRound 2: Calvin Johnson…
City of Storytellers: Essays from Some of Seattle’s Finest Writers
A new book celebrates Seattle’s vibrant literary scene
It’s easy to find stats that prove Seattle is a literature-loving city—we always land in the top three in the annual ranking of America’s Most Literate Cities, which doesn’t even take into account our many writing programs, reading series and independent word nerds writing books and creating literary magazines. But beyond the numbers are the…
9 Seattle-area Restaurants with Fantastic Views
Westward and Ray’s aren’t the only restaurants with killer vistas
BELLEVUEDaniel’s Broiler The “patio” dining area at this classic steakhouse is essentially a glass box attached to the outer wall of the 21st floor of a Bellevue Place building, and delivers views normally reserved for the Microsoft employees who work in the office towers nearby. Look beyond the maze of silver and gray cityscape and…
A ‘Jackass Tax’ and More if Knute Berger Ran Seattle
Thought experiment: Berger lets power go to his head
I have no intention of ever entering the political arena as more than an observer. Still, I sometimes fantasize, “If I were dictator of Seattle, what would I do?” In reality, it’s a terrible idea. I believe human nature is flawed, good intentions often go awry, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I can imagine…
Instagram Inspiration: Hooked on Books
Have you always wanted to read Murakami? Or Didion? Well, now's the time!
If you lend me a book, chances are I will finish it and return it to you within about four years. I’m great at starting books and terrible at finishing them. It’s a problem I’m working on. And as the summer draws nearer to the end, it seems like a perfect weekend to spend lazing…
Wacky Weather, Mercer Traffic & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Thunder rolls. Seattle got a break from its record-setting hot summer Wednesday when thunder and lightning storms struck much of Western Washington, knocking out power in nearly 5,000 homes in Rainier Valley, says KOMO News. The storm even forced an early end to outdoor practice for the Seahawks at their facility in Renton. It may…
The Must List: Blues Festival, ‘John Baxter is a Switch Hitter’ at Cornish Playhouse
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Laugh Cornish Playhouse Presents John Baxter is a Switch Hitter (8/18 to 9/27, times vary) Part of the Intiman Theater Festival and inspired by a true, and truly bizarre, Seattle story, this new play tackles the hairy question of how much gay is enough gay to qualify for the Gay Softball World Series. Must…
What to eat at the Seattle Street Food Festival
Sixty food vendors will sling everything from jambalaya to ice cream over three days
If you read our Big List of Free Things To Do in Seattle, you know that this weekend’s epic, three-day Seattle Street Food Festival is still free to attend but has moved from its original location in Capitol Hill to a roomier South Lake Union at Denny Ave & Ninth by Westlake. Hours are 3…
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