Food & Drink
Brunch for Mom, Japanese Art on Display and Writer Anne Carson at Town Hall
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Brunchbra href=”http://bit.ly/10nOLz6” target=”_blank”Mother’s Day is Coming! Best Brunch Spots in Seattle/a/strongbrSunday (5/11, times vary) — Belly up to these favorite eateries for Mom’s big day. Still need to come up with a present? Visit seattlemag.com to find myriad gift ideas that are perfect for mum./ppstrongMust Relaxbra href=”http://bit.ly/1gcluzv” target=”_blank”New Day Spa Opens on the Eastside/a/strongbrLet…
Seventeen Seconds in the Life of a Boeing Experimental Test Pilot
Excerpt from 'Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter'
!–paging_filter–pOn the day I was born in December 1956, my father, Lew Wallick, was doing what he did for a living, what he loved best: testing airplanes for The Boeing Company. I admit I find it very cool that my birth certificate lists my father’s “Usual Occupation” as Test Pilot. On that day, Dad was…
Mother’s Day Pop Up at Fancy
!–paging_filter–pTwo of our favorite ladies, Sally Brock of a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/fancy“Fancy/a fame anda href=”http://lolafloral.com/” target=”_blank” Lola Event Floral’s/a Emily Ellen Anderson are pairing up for a pop-up flower shop on the Saturday before Mother’s Day (May 10) between noon and 5 p.m. to help you make your momma smile./ppChoose a large bouquet of Anderson’s artfully arranged…
Meet Local Artisans—and Snag a Sweet Mom’s Day Gift—at Le Objects for the Home on Saturday
This Saturday (5/10), 6 to 9 p.m., Le Objects for the Home (Georgetown, 1226 S Bailey St.; 206.604.4958) corrals Eric Mendelsohn of Time Beat Clocks and Lisa Deffacio of Fern Heath Design (see her “fleur” works above) as part of its “Meet the Maker” series in conjunction with the Georgetown Art Attack. As well as the chance to…
Spring Trends Event with Elizabeth Roberts
!–paging_filter–pSmart outerwear designer, a href=”http://www.elizabethroberts.us/” target=”_blank”Elizabeth Roberts/a is co-hosting a spring fashion event with a href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/directory/mercer“Mercer /aand a href=”http://mandymoonvintage.com/” target=”_blank”Mandy Moon Vintage/a on Tuesday, May 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. at a href=”http://sorellasalon.com/” target=”_blank”Sorella Salon Spa/a in the Issaquah Highlands./ppNosh, mingle, shop and enter to win a href=”https://www.facebook.com/FashionFirstSeattle” target=”_blank”Fashion First/a tickets, products from Oribe…
Barneys Fashion Director’s Top Mom’s Day Gift Ideas
!–paging_filter–pThere are all kinds of mom who get all sorts of things for Mother’s Day, from a kiss to something from Cartier, and everything in between. But if your mom is a a href=”http://www.barneys.com/” target=”_blank”Barneys/a kind of lady, we have the perfect list for you, straight from the style file of the store’s fashion director,…
Want to Talk About Death? Head to the Cafe
Over on our sister site, Seattle Health, editor Niki Stojnic reported on a rather difficult, serious-sounding subject: death. And more importantly the efforts of Bastyr University to make that subject a little less difficult and serious-sounding. Stojnic writes: Bastyr University is tackling [death] head on, inviting the community to discuss everything morbid at its Death…
Spectacular Creole Food at Fremont’s Roux
!–paging_filter–pWhat do you do when you take on the shell of a 72-year-old dive bar? If you’re Matthew Lewis, owner of Where Ya At Matt food truck, you use it to reinvent your mobile Creole mecca. After a long search for a brick-and-mortar location, Lewis opened Roux (4201 N Fremont Ave.; 206.547.5420;a href=”http://www.restaurantroux.com” target=”_blank” restaurantroux.com/a)…
The Hollywood Script Critique of Our March 2014 Issue
!–paging_filter–pJust days before the March Oscars broadcast, reader Kevin Barry e-mailed us a Hollywood-movie-script-style critique of our March 2014 ZIP code story. We wanted to act it out and film it, but were too busy planning our next “lazy and lowbrow” batch of stories. brbremInterior Conference room with ten person table, tastefully but sparsely decorated…
Gear Up for the Seattle Foundation’s Give Big
!–paging_filter–pThe Seattle Foundation’s one-day,a href=”http://www.seattlefoundation.org” target=”_blank” online-only Give Big event /ais back on Tuesday, May 6, from 12 a.m. to 12 a.m., encouraging you to donate to your favorite local arts, environmental, civic, educational and health-related nonprofit organizations. Browse SF’s extensive database of nonprofits to find the one (or several!) that calls to you and…
Photographer Matika Wilbur’s New Exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum
Photographer Matika Wilbur shows us what real Indians look like
!–paging_filter–p“What does it mean to be an indian? What is Indian enough?” These are questions artist Matika Wilbur asks her subjects as she travels across the country interviewing and photographing members of more than 560 federally recognized Native American tribes. You can hear the diverse answers via audio clips—and see the similarly varied portraits—in the…
Mossback Monday: $15 Minimum Wage News, Pot Lottery Results and Waterfront Makeover Contradictions
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-46.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-46″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday ” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Mom’s Day Out in Edmonds
!–paging_filter–pFive cute downtown Edmonds shops, a href=”http://zincartinteriors.com/” target=”_blank”Zinc Art + Interiors/a, a href=”http://www.walnutstreetcoffee.com/” target=”_blank”Walnut Street Coffee/a, a href=”http://www.rogue-boutique.com/” target=”_blank”Rogue Boutique/a, a href=”http://therefinerysalon.net/” target=”_blank”The Refinery Salon/a, and a href=”http://www.saetiashop.com/” target=”_blank”Saetia/a are opening their doors a little wider to mom’s of all varieties on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each shop is offering…
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