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Check Out Freelance Photographer Andrew Waits’ Gallery of Boondocking Portraits
!–paging_filter–pIf you’ve ever dreamed of packing up your car and living on the road, Seattle freelance photographer Andrew Waits has done a pretty good job of revealing what it might look and sound like. I had coffee with Waits this week—he’s shooting a story for our March issue (yay!)—and he revealed he was putting the…
Closet Rx Solves the ‘Nothing to Wear’ Problem with Organization
!–paging_filter–pIt’s a statement uttered by many people while staring into the closet: “I have nothing to wear.” It’s also a sentiment that Barbara Malone and Julienne Kuttel, proprietors of closet-organization and personal-style consulting company Closet Rx (Capitol Hill, 501 E Pike St.; 206.660.3456; a href=”http://www.closetrx.com” target=”_blank”closetrx.com/a), believe is usually untrue. “People are often blind to…
A Look at ‘Question Bridge: Black Males,’ the New Video Installation at Photo Center Northwest
!–paging_filter–p“What do black men have in common?” “Who are you and what is your purpose?” “Do you really feel free?” In emQuestion Bridge: Black Males/em, the new video installation at Photo Center Northwest (PCNW), African-American men pose such questions, and African-American men answer, in straight-on, close-up, unadorned video recordings. Produced by actors Delroy Lindo and…
Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe Makes a Smart Splash in Capitol Hill
A revamped technical bookstore brings science and math to the masses
!–paging_filter–pAda’s Technical Books and Café (Capitol Hill, 425 15th Ave. E; 206.322.1058; a href=”http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com” target=”_blank”seattletechnicalbooks.com/a) invites browsers to touch, inspect and discover—just as a scientist might. Named after Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, the bookshop has recently relocated to a sleekly renovated old home (designed with Seattle architects Board and Vellum and built by…
Writer Kim Fu Discusses Her Debut Novel ‘For Today I Am A Boy’
Belltown-based writer Kim Fu makes her debut with a gripping, insightful novel
Kim Fu, 26, grew up in Canada as the only writer in a family of scientists and engineers. Perhaps that experience is what enabled her to so vividly capture the feeling of being an outsider in one’s own family in her powerful, timely debut novel, For Today I Am a Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $23)….
Gift Shop Charley + May to Close
!–paging_filter–pSad news out of Queen Anne today: Gift shop a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/charleymay“Charley + May/a is closing at the end of January. “After three years the shop is not self sustaining,” said owner Lauren Formicola in her email to the public, “and growth of the shop is limited due to location, space and low pedestrian traffic.”/ppSwing by…
Refresh Your Beauty Regimen with These Three Local Skin Body Care Lines
Put your best face forward with local body care lines
!–paging_filter–pJanuary is all about refreshing your outlook, which might just involve a new skin care line. Robyn Bradley and her husband, Tyler Moore, built their La Connor business, Pepperjack Home (106 First St., Suite D; 425.330.0204;a href=”http://www.pepperjackhome.com” target=”_blank” pepperjackhome.com/a), on eco-sensitivity. Their body care collection includes soaps made with a local microbrew (good for a…
Must Shiver and Shake at Leavenworth’s Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival
One wintry music fest is on tap January 10 11
!–paging_filter–pFeaturing such excellent local bands as Hey Marseilles, Telekinesis, The Lonely Forest, The Moondoggies and Cataldo, the first-ever Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Leavenworth is the chillier counterpart to summertime’s Timber! Outdoor Music Festival. If dancing doesn’t warm you up enough, there’s always the hot toddy garden. 1/10–1/11. a href=”http://www.timbermusicfest.com” target=”_blank”timbermusicfest.com/abrbr/p
AstroTwins Power: Activate (at Nordstrom)
!–paging_filter–pA few weeks ago I had my aura and past lives read by parfumeur and clairvoyant a href=”http://www.eaudeyosh.com/” target=”_blank”Yosh/a at a href=”http://www.barneys.com/” target=”_blank”Barneys/a (apparently I have a lovely champagne blush color around me and was a Mayan shaman in a past life, but I bet she says that to all the girls) and next week,…
Menswear Moment: Suitsupply Now Open
!–paging_filter–pAmsterdam-based men’s wear shop a href=”http://us.suitsupply.com/en_US/home” target=”_blank”Suitsupply/a, has opened downtown on Fifth Avenue, in a 3,800 square foot space once home to Z Gallerie and perhaps an art gallery or two. The Seattle store is Suitsupply’s tenth stateside shop, joining other outposts in New York City, Atlanta and Denver./ppIn addition to suits, which start at…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Stage Director John Langs
Nancy Guppy talks shop with stage director John Langs
!–paging_filter–pAcclaimed director John Langs has a long history of working in the Seattle theater world, and in 2012, he moved here permanently to become ACT Theatre’s associate artistic director. This month, he directs one of Seattle’s most beloved and madcap theater traditions, 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival (1/10–1/18; a href=”http://www.acttheatre.org” target=”_blank”acttheatre.org/a).brstrongLOCATION:/strong Langs’ office at…
Start off Sweet with Formulary 55
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/closed-formulary-55“Formulary 55/a owner Cory Smith has a creative streak that just cannot be contained. Her popular body care line, a href=”http://www.sweetpetula.com/” target=”_blank”Sweet Petula/a, is going strong and the lines she stocks in her cute Ravenna store are fresh and interesting. She really knows how to keep things feeling new. This time, but generously discounting…
Leah Dawn Design’s Ring Stack
!–paging_filter–pThis unisex a href=”http://leahdawndesign.com/collections/stacks/products/ring-stack-mens” target=”_blank”ring/a from jewelry design Leah Dawn is tough, modern, chic and sleek. Individual bands are soldered together to form one chunky, substantial and totally rad ring. BAM./p
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