Food & Drink
On the Bright Side: Despite Zune, Microsoft Still on the Map
I know. We’re all bummed that Microsoft’s Zune player has officially gone the way of the cassette tape. But on the bright side: Microsoft has added to its search engine, Bing, a special airport map function that lets you find the Burger King at SeaTac Airport within a moment’s notice. Phew! Back on top.
West Seattle Stands the Line: Mobile Chowdown Recap
Cheers to everyone who came out to West Seattle Junction and helped make Mobile Chowdown VI a huge success – including the weather. An estimated 5,000 or more hungry people showed up to enjoy delicious foods from our participating food trucks, which churned out an incredible quantity of food (considering the square footage of kitchen…
Red Tricycle Recommends: Kid Friendly Events Sept 30 – Oct 2
This weekend’s roundup includes a date night out (or in!), a super-fun pool party, a concert with lots of fiddle tunes, a two-day neighborhood celebration, a wildly popular fish festival and parade, a family day on the trails, and a show with the famous Fee-fi-fo-fum giant. If you’ve got multiples, be sure to check out…
The Must List: Nordic Fashion, Oktoberfest and Mobile Food Trucks
MUST GAWKFriday (9/30) – Nordic Fashion Biennale Opens Surely there is no better name than Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, the New York–based Icelandic artist famous for her outlandish sculptures, installations and costumes made of braided hair and wildly woolly fabrics. Arnardottir, who also goes by the handle “Shoplifter” and is a frequent collaborator with Björk, is the…
Meet Me at Mobile Chowdown This Sunday, October 2
The foodie trucks are coming! The foodie trucks are coming! If I were more musical, to really celebrate I would compose a jingle the likes of Coca-Cola’s joyous “Santa Packs are Coming” (to my dismay, a few savvy editors here do not remember this commercial, which confirms my suspicion that I am a nerd –…
Kindle Fire Enters the Tablet-Hunger Games
News of Amazon’s trio of new gadgets released today is spreading like wildfire — namely about the hopeful iPad competitor, Kindle Fire. Local news site Tech Flash reports: The Kindle Fire’s strengths lie in a swift Web browser running on Amazon’s EC2 cloud, Amazon’s souped-up version of the Android app store, connections to the retailer’s…
Recommended Reading (Once You’ve Finished Seattle Mag, of course)
This weekend, I made lemonade out of having no WiFi in a crowded airport terminal and indulged in reading whole articles published in physical magazines I don’t work for. Find a way to swim to your own quiet, unwired island sometime this week and check out my favorites: 1. Louis Menand’s essay in The New…
A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name (If You’re a Nerd)
Julia Hughes and Ross Maddox are hosting the inaugural Nerd Nite in Seattle. These community gatherings are part of an international organization devoted to exchanges of highly nerdy and topical information in a highly boozy and social environment. We sent a few questions over to Julia and Ross to get a feel for just how…
Meet Seattle Busker Gregory James Blanke
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The fourth in a five-part series: While you read, listen to this live performance of “Living Waters”, an original piece by Gregory…
The Must List: A Symphony Worth Rioting For and Other Things To Do This Weekend
MUST TASTEBeer & Cheese Pairing Beer has found its place in the culinary world – and it’s in surprisingly gourmand company. Local taste makers are pairing beer with cheese to stimulate and satisfy complex, hops-loving palates. Check out our Beer and Cheese Pairing Guide from the October cover story this month, in which Warren Peterson,…
The Picture Gets Bigger at Henry and Oscar’s
“I’m bringing back the two-martini lunch.” So says Mark Stern, founder of the Big Picture movie theater, of his new venture, Henry and Oscar’s. He’s harkening back to a time when men were men, women were women, and going out meant a big steak, high heels and the owner of your favorite establishment might have…
New Distillery Coming to SoDo
Ian MacNeil, local entrepreneur and glass art champion recently moved to Dallas. But that has not cancelled his plans to open a new business in SoDo, just a block or so away from Safeco field. Using a handmade copper still from Germany, he plans to produce artisan scotch, gin and vodkas at this craft distillery…
UPDATE: Neighborhood Farmers Markets Extend Season!
It was a miserably cool, long, neverending, agonizing spring. We’ve all recovered; those few weeks of 80 degrees were especially appreciated by kids and sprinklers alike, not to mention those of us itching to jump into Lake Washington some time in 2011. But for farmers, the slow start meant that peaches, tomatoes, eggplants and all the other…
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