Food & Drink
Cameron Levin’s B Line Debuts at Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pSnatch up one of the last reservations available for the premiere of Blanca, designer a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/cameron-levin-seeing-ruby-red“Cameron Levin’s/a new summer collection, exclusively ata href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/butch-blum” Butch Blum/a, on Sunday, May 4 from noon to 5 p.m./ppEnjoy margaritas, access to special pieces from both Blanca and Levin’s last line, Ruby, and styling tips from the women herself./ppEmail a…
Online Retailer Moorea Seal Opens Belltown Shop
!–paging_filter–pLocal gal a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/article/designer-watch-moo…“Moorea Seal/a, she of the keen eye and 869,129 Pinterest followers, has conquered philanthropic a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/jeweler-moorea-seal-opens-…“online shopping/a and set her sights on brick and mortar with the launch of a new store in Belltown./ppSet to open on May 9, the Moorea Seal store will stock the same hip, interesting and innovative jewelry…
Seattle Opera’s ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ Opens, Mexican Restaurants for Cinco De Mayo and Tilth’s Edible Plant Sale
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Seebra href=” http://bit.ly/1iJ1bym” target=”_blank”Seattle Opera’s emTales Of Hoffmann/em Opens/a/strongbr(5/3 to 5/17, times vary) — Seattle Opera’s season finale concerns a poet who experiences tragic love with a robot-doll, a soprano of delicate constitution and a devious courtesan—or at least that’s what he tells his drinking buddies. Spoiler alert: This time, it’s poetry that conquers…
Kate Moss Topshop Collection Hits Nordstrom
!–paging_filter–pOn Wednesday, April 30, crazy coveted a href=”http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/topshop” target=”_blank”Kate Moss Topshop collection/a is making its debut at areaa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/nordstrom” Nordstrom/a stores (and online)./ppMoss has made a splash in the fashion world from the beginning of her career in 1988, ushering in the heroin chic of the 90s that played alongside the Amazonian supermodels of the…
A Fresh New Space and a Fresh New Line for Seattle Clothing Store Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pAfter nearly 40 years at Fifth Avenue and Union Street, beloved Seattlea href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/butch-blum” clothing store Butch Blum /amoved shop in March to a gleaming new space at the base of the Two Union Square building. In addition to this new retail lease on life, Butch Blum and his wife, CEO Kay Smith-Blum, brought in Cameron…
High-Tech Workout Wear for Men
!–paging_filter–pNew men’s sportswear start-up a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/sodo-apparel-lands-outside-westlake-center“Sodo Apparel’s/a sleek, simple and functional line of workout wear for men is made with high-tech fabrics that breathe well, allow adequate range of motion and wick moisture away from the body. Manufactured in Spokane, each piece is incubated and tested by volunteers, who put the clothing through their workout…
The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift: Custom-Crafted Silhouettes
Local artist Kerry Cook shares the classic art of silhouettes
!–paging_filter–pDistinctive, striking—and, ahem, a perfect Mother’s Day gift—custom-crafted silhouettes are like snapshots from another era. While the heyday of the silhouette may have come and gone, it remains a popular way to capture a child at a certain age, thanks in part to practitioners such as Bellevue’s Kerry Cook (a href=”http://www.papershadows.com” target=”_blank”papershadows.com/a), who honed her…
Mossback Monday: Meet Sound Transit’s ‘Baby Bertha,’ Amazon News and the Coming Coffee Apocalypse
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-45.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-45″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Tomorrow’s Tastemakers: Jonathan Proville of Il Corvo
Welcome to Tomorrow’s Tastemakers, a recurring column that focuses on Seattle’s new guard of culinary influencers. Jonathan Proville, 31, is one of the rockstar cooks at Il Corvo. He was born in Los Angeles to French parents, who moved the family back to France when J.J. was 10. He went to college in Montreal for…
Diane von Furstenberg Opens First Northwest Store in Bellevue Square
!–paging_filter–p2014 is a landmark year for renowned designer Diane von Furstenberg: Her iconic wrap dress turned 40, and on May 1, she opens her 95th store, in Bellevue Square near Center Court. “The Seattle area is so gorgeous,” says von Furstenberg. “Itnbsp;is blessed with the most beautiful nature and filled with so much creativity and…
Mark Your Calendar for Seattle Tilth’s Edible Plants Sale
Seattle Tilth’s Edible Plant Sale takes place on May 3-4. Take your pick of tantalizing veggies, including heirloom varieties and an extensive selection of culinary herbs, edible flowers and drought-tolerant perennials. There’s also plenty of summer gardening plants, aka “warm season” crops, like tomatoes, peppers and squash. The Early Bird Sale Friday (5/2) 5-7 p.m.,…
The African American Film Festival, a Nate Silver Lecture and ‘Bethany’ Shines at ACT
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Seeembra href=”http://bit.ly/1f82nMi” target=”_blank”Bethany /a/ema href=”http://bit.ly/1f82nMi” target=”_blank”On Stage at ACT/a/strongbr(Through 5/4, times vary) — A middle-class woman hits the financial skids after the economic downturn, forcing her to use whatever means necessary in order to get her daughter out of foster care—including squatting in a foreclosed house occupied by a possibly unhinged man. Laura Marks’…
Want to Survive a Tsunami? You’ll Need One of These
A local engineer invents a sphere that can survive a tsunami
!–paging_filter–pDeeply troubled by recent natural disasters in Japan and Indonesia, former Boeing engineer Julian Sharpe saw a need to reimagine tsunami survival. His solution? The Survival Capsule (a href=”http://www.survival-capsule.com” target=”_blank”survival-capsule.com/a), a brightly colored, buoyant sphere, 4.5 feet in diameter, designed to enclose and protect people in the event of tsunamis—such as the towering wall of…
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