Food & Drink
8telier at Wear Wednesdays
W Seattle continues its Wear Wednesdays series on September 17 with 8telier, a new Seattle-based label that will very soon be well known for its chic, wearable, comfortable and slightly edgy clothing. We wrote about them in our current October issue—read all about them here then head downtown to the W for your chance to…
Gap’s #Dressnormal Pop Up Comes to Seattle
Sometimes a fashion phenomenon comes along that unexpectedly catches fire and this year, it’s Normcore. In case you’re out of the loop, Normcore is all about dressing, wait for it, normally. Which means sensibly, anonymously—conspicuously inconspicuous—in mom jeans, practical shoes, fleece and often an oversized tee shirt with a logo on it from the 90s…
Top 5 Things I Ate Last Week
A week of eating summed up in 5 snapshots
It was another week of marathon eating and most of it was good. Here are some of the highlights of my last 7 days of feeding: Fried chicken at 99 ParkThis new restaurant just off Bellevue’s Main St. is not even a month old, yet they’ve already come to the astute conclusion that a…
Time in a Bottle: Next Step in the Washington State Time Capsule is Here
Knute Berger packs a time capsule for 400 years in the future
For 25 years, I’ve been waiting for the future. And it’s almost here. At least, the next step in a long chain of events leading to the year 2389 has arrived. It all started in 1989, when Washington celebrated its centennial of statehood and I was hired by the state’s Centennial Commission to come up…
The Must List: New Barbecue Resto, the Seattle Design Festival Continues
What to do this weekend
Must NoshJack’s BBQ Opened This WeekNearly six months after announcing that he was turning his famous Seattle Brisket Experience pop-up into a real-life restaurant, Jack Timmons has finally opened Jack’s BBQ. Go now for meat, meat and more meat. Must Meet and GreetTV Host Giuliana Rancic Comes to TownSunday (9/14, 9 to 11 a.m.) —…
#Throwback Thursday: Washington State Fair Way Back When
From 1900 to 2014, the state fair tradition lives on in Washington
“The Valley Fair” as it was formerly called started in the fall of 1900 as a means to help local agricultural and dairy farmers, miners, and manufacturers exhibit and sell their products in a community setting. The first fair took place on October 4th, 1900 and was only a three-day event. Admission for the whole…
Seahawk Jeron Johnson’s Top 10 Things to Do in Seattle (Plus One We Made Up)
The strong safety for the Seahawks dishes on what he likes to do in Seattle
Seattle Seahawks strong safety #23 Jeron Johnson is now in his fourth season with our Super Bowl-winning team. Johnson had eight tackles this preseason and was mic’d up during the August 16 Seahawks/Broncos game. (Skip to around 1:52 for his sound bites during warm-up and to see the former Boise State player’s high energy–not to…
Our Picks for What to See and Do This Fall
This season’s arts lineup is packed with picks that will have you applauding for more
Coming-of-age choreography, sci-fi ceramics, film noir, new memoirs, kinky boots and the great society—pick your poison in one of the categories below for this season’s most impressive arts events, plus the new arts venues that are popping up all over town. VISUAL ARTS DANCE NEW ARTS VENUES THEATER LITERATURE FILM MUSIC
What to Do This Fall: Music Events
From opera to a jazz fest, our picks for the best musical acts in town
JAZZThe Earshot Jazz Festival features more than 50 performances, including an opening-night birthday tribute to Thelonious Monk, “Monk 10/10,” featuring 10 of Seattle’s best jazz pianists playing works by the jazz genius, and a 10-piece ensemble led by local jazz pioneer Wayne Horvitz. Seattle’s avant-jazz scene is well represented at the fest, with performances by…
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