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Georgetown Carnival, Hydroplane Races and Other Kid-Friendly To-Dos This Weekend

Georgetown Carnival, Hydroplane Races and Other Kid-Friendly To-Dos This Weekend

With summer just around the corner, we’ve got a host of fun things to do, see, and hear around the city to get you in the mood. On our radar: a show with hundreds of games, a carnival with all kinds of entertainment, a celebration along the waterfront, an adventure in the wetlands, a hydroplane…

Queen Anne Farmers Market Debuts With Loads Of New Food Vendors

Queen Anne Farmers Market Debuts With Loads Of New Food Vendors

OK, so it’s not the most brilliant day for the debut of the Queen Anne Farmers Market. But come on, we’re used to buckets of rain in June, right? Slip on your Wellies, grab an umbrella and let’s go. Why? Because this market – open from 3pm to 7pm every Thursday until October – features…

8 Ways to Celebrate Tom Douglas Day

8 Ways to Celebrate Tom Douglas Day

The head honcho of restaurants in this town is, without a doubt, Tom Douglas. Take it from us, this guy is good. Hence his regular appearances in our pages, most notably on our Most Influential People of 2011 list, not to mention his claiming the number one spot on our inaugural Food Establishmentt list. Oh…

Two New Must-Read Parenting Resources

Two New Must-Read Parenting Resources

Follow these local experts to find the very best for entertaining and shopping for your kids.

Tot StuffTottini, the beloved South Lake Union tot-gear shop, has a new bundle of joy: a brand-new blog for local parents, TotStuff (blog.tottini.com). Store owners Melissa Maffei and Melissa Van Flandern have recruited a cadre of local and national bloggers, such as Rebecca Woolf (girlsgonechild.net), Keli Faw (drygoodsdesign.wordpress.com), and Emily and Matt Baldwin (standardstyle.com/category/blog), to…

The Ultimate Father's Day Pick

The Ultimate Father’s Day Pick

A personalized trinket that will make any dad feel like a rock star.

For the dad who has everything—except a recording contract—personalize a silver guitar pick. Bainbridge Island artist Carrissa Barbee imprints custom messages, kids’ names and/or birthdates onto standard-size sterling silver picks for a gift that says “You rock, Dad!”—even if all he ever rocks these days is a cradle. $35; the-silver-diva.com; allow seven business days for…

A Diaper Bag for Dads

A Diaper Bag for Dads

This eco-friendly shoulder bag keeps dad equipped for all manner of duties. (Wink.)

Conquer the Father’s Day gift quandary with the coolest diaper bag in town: SoDo-based Metamorphic Gear gives new life to old sails and tarps by sewing them into sweet man-totes. Lake City dad Lindsay Lawrence makes the bags with 75 percent upcycled materials; they’re big enough to hold a 15-inch laptop (or about 15 clean…

Rovers, Luc Chef Thierry Rautureau Returns for Chance to Be Top Chef Master

Rovers, Luc Chef Thierry Rautureau Returns for Chance to Be Top Chef Master

Nope, you’re not having déjà vu: Thierry Rautureau was indeed on Season 2 of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. And now comes a promo proving The Chef in the Hat is returning to compete on Season 4, which premieres July 25th. Rautureau, the chef/owner of Rover’s and Luc, is the only cheftestant from the Northwest, and…

SIFF Trailer of the Day: Extraterrestrial

SIFF Trailer of the Day: Extraterrestrial

WHY: Suspense? Quirky humor? Barely restrained terror? Sign us up! WHEN: May 25, 27, 31 at various times and locations More info and tickets at siff.net.  

A Friendly Memo to Chris Hansen from a SoDo Neighbor

A Friendly Memo to Chris Hansen from a SoDo Neighbor

Dear Mr. Hansen, As the city eagerly awaits the results of your privately-funded transportation study that may (or may not) determine if a third professional sports venue in the SoDo neighborhood will cause insurmountable traffic issues, where two stadiums and a working port already frequently force things to a standstill, let us at Seattle magazine…

At Ma'ono, Spring Hill's Fried Chicken Wears a Hawaiian Shirt

At Ma’ono, Spring Hill’s Fried Chicken Wears a Hawaiian Shirt

An ambitious neighborhood bistro brings Hawaiian comfort food to West Seattle.

I know I wasn’t the only one in town who felt a little wistful upon hearing the news that Mark and Marjorie Chang Fuller were converting their West Seattle restaurant into a more casual, Hawaiian-themed eatery called Ma‘ono Fried Chicken & Whisky. Opened in May 2008, Spring Hill had tried to plant an ambitious “New…

Lucky 8’s China House Merely Passable [CLOSED]

Lucky 8’s China House Merely Passable [CLOSED]

The tongue-in-cheek suburban American Chinese spot disappoints

If you grew up, as I did, in suburban America, you likely ate at a place similar to the Chinese restaurant of my youth, the Golden Wok. Chunks of pork were fried in a stiff batter and served in a pool of ruby gloss; chicken was fried and then topped with a mellow sauce and…

The Ultimate Urban Wilderness Chair

The Ultimate Urban Wilderness Chair

Our hearts go pitty-pat when we behold the tricked-out Wilderness Recliner chair ($60; available at rei.com) by GCI Outdoor. Its profile is low enough to be welcome at outdoor plays and concerts, it reclines for intermission snoozing and has enough pocket space to keep sunscreen, bottle opener and playbill easily at hand. A plus: You…

30 Perfect Summer Nights in Seattle

30 Perfect Summer Nights in Seattle

Your guide to the best summer nightlife, arts and outdoor entertainment our city has to offer.

When it comes to endless summer nights, Seattle has the bragging rights sewn up: Around here, sunlight lingers into end of day (we’ll have 16 hours of daylight on June 21!), making for long, languid evenings that seem to stretch on forever. Sure, our nights are seldom hot—some years, we just settle for dry—but the…

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