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How to Plan a Detailed Road Trip
Sebastian Simsch made me do it. Well, he didn’t really make me do anything but he definitely lured me onto the open road. While I was catching up with the Seattle Coffee Works owner at his then just-opened Ballard store a couple of years ago, he started telling me about a road trip he had…
Seattle International Film Festival Organization Turns 40
At 40, our favorite film festival becomes farsighted, plus what to see at the fest
!–paging_filter–pOn a warm afternoon in mid-March, the sun is streaming through the tall windows of the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/events/siff-film-center“Seattle International Film Festival /aoffices. It’s the kind of miraculous spring day that locals would never consider rebuffing by heading into a movie theater to sit still in the dark. But for the last 40 years, SIFF has…
Early Jamie Joseph Mother’s Day Trunk Show at Essenza
!–paging_filter–pJoin the team at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/essenza“Essenza /ain Fremont for their annual Mother’s Day a href=”http://www.jamiejoseph.com/” target=”_blank”Jamie Joseph/a extravaganza trunk show on Saturday, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m./ppIf you’re a fan of Jamie Joseph’s gorgeous hand-faceted and distinctive rings you really haven’t lived until you’ve seen hundreds of them sparkling back at you…
Why Women Should Get Excited for This New Dating App
A new dating app puts women in the driver’s seat
!–paging_filter–pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/0514_sirenapp.jpg” style=”float: left; margin: 10px;” height=”232″ width=”350″Women who’ve tried online dating know the drill: spend hours crafting a profile that precisely reflects the individual you are (and the individual you’d like to meet), set it live and get instantly bombarded with requests from men using a scattershot approach (send enough emails and something’s bound…
Outdoor Music Festivals In and Around Seattle
From Sasquatch to Bumbershoot, make summer even sweeter with a wealth of outdoor music festivals
!–paging_filter–pThis was the year Sasquatch grew a bit too big for its britches. After adding a second full weekend of live shows to the wildly popular music fest at the Gorge Amphitheatre, event promoters had to cancel the bonus round due to weak sales. But never fear, the Northwest offers plenty of ways to get…
Mossback Monday: San Francisco’s BART Trains Boast Seahawks Colors, Oso Lawsuits More News
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-44.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-44″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Celebrate the 70s with Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pAs a kick-off celebration for their 40th anniversary, a href=”butchblum.com” target=”_blank”Butch Blum/a is pulling out all the style stops on Friday, April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. for a celebration of all things 1970s. Enjoy 70s-style cocktails and party games with appetizers from a href=”http://thechefinthehat.com/loulay/” target=”_blank”Loulay/a and a chance to win a $70 Butch…
Seattle mag’s Earth Day Run is Here, Last-Minute Easter Brunch Recommendations and Happy Record Store Day
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Runbra href=”http://bit.ly/1lT7OQW” target=”_blank”Gear Up for Seattle Magazine’s Earth Day Run/a/strongbrSaturday (4/19, 9:30 a.m.) — Celebratory pints from West Seattle Brewing Company and sustenance from the Chopstix and Curb Jumper food trucks will be at the ready when you cross the finish line of our fun 5k run along the Alki waterfront. There’s still time…
East Meets West Spring Trunk Show at Momo
!–paging_filter–pJoin the crew at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/momo“Momo/a, the International District/Chinatown’s chicest shop, for a spring trunk show and happy hour on Wednesday, April 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. when they welcome a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/kickstart-lu-line-no-1“Lu/a, a clothing line by Jenny Fort and Pearlesque, a collection of diaphanous layering pieces from West Seattle’s a href=”http://chodos-irvine.com/” target=”_blank”Margaret Chodos-Irvine/a./ppThe two…
April Showers: Rain Jackets for Women
!–paging_filter–pWe love the rain slickers designed and made in the US by husband and wife team Brittany and Scott Freeman for a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/man-meets-wild-fathers-day-gift-guide” target=”_blank”Freeman Seattle/a. But up until this moment, with the release of their women’s style, they were only available for guys./ppThe woman’s Freeman jacket—in addition to two-ply waterproof and breathable outer layer, flannel…
The Junction’s Tax Free Day and Trunk Shows
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://wsjunction.org/” target=”_blank”West Seattle’s Alaska Junction/a is playing host to a popular a href=”http://wsjunction.org/blog/tax-free-day-april-19/” target=”_blank”shopping day/a on Saturday, April 19 where participating vendors are offering sales tax-free shopping, along with other deals and discounts, to entice shoppers across the bridge./ppConcurrently, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/clementine“Clementine Shoes/a is hosting a trunk show of a href=”http://gnipoos.com/index.html” target=”_blank”Gnipoos/a, a line of…
Summer in Seattle: The Sandals You’ll Want to Wear Every Day
!–paging_filter–pBorn on the isle of Minorca off the coast of Spain, avarca-style sandals—with the distinctive rubber tire tread soles, greased leather uppers and heel straps, and a suede lining—are a popular choice of footwear in the Mediterranean as much for their simple construction as for their durable style. Riudavets (a href=”http://www.riudavetsusa.com” target=”_blank”riudavetsusa.com/a) has been hand-making…
Road Trip Memories: Knute Berger Recalls His First Trek Across the Country
!–paging_filter–pI’m old enough to remember when Seattle was the end of the road. brbrWhen I was young, Seattle seemed like a city walled off from the east by mountains and surrounded by water on the west. Provincial we were, but also isolated and little known, a jumping-off spot for even more remote places. “Gateway to…
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