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This Week Then: Looking Back on Seattle's General Strike

This Week Then: Looking Back on Seattle’s General Strike

Plus: The Seattle Public Library celebrates 116 years of being open

This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. In Solidarity One hundred years ago this week, on February 6, 1919, the wheels and gears in Seattle stopped turning as tens of thousands of workers in all trades and occupations laid down their tools in one of the nation’s first general strikes. The city-wide…

The 10 Best Sweet Treats in Seattle

The 10 Best Sweet Treats in Seattle

Midday or late at night, these 10 desserts are the best treats in town

Clockwise from top: molten chocolate cake from hot cakes; foie gras cake batter from Eden Hill; ube cheesecake from Hood Famous Bakeshop; bourbon butterscotch pie from A la Mode

Your Seattle Dining Bucket List

Your Seattle Dining Bucket List

We break down our favorite dishes by neighborhood

This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue, as part of the 100 Best Things To Eat cover story. Click here to subscribe. Get a PDF version of this list here. BALLARDBrimmer & Heeltap, breadCafe Besalu, ginger biscuitCafe Munir, hommous bil lahm ou snobarCopine, Dungeness crab saladDelancey, bacon and onion pizzaHood Famous Bakeshop, ube cheesecakeLa Carta…

Must List: Belgian Fest, Tunnel-to-Viaduct Run, Walk and Ride, Lunar New Year Fair

Must List: Belgian Fest, Tunnel-to-Viaduct Run, Walk and Ride, Lunar New Year Fair

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST POUR 10th Annual Belgian Fest Beer Tasting(2/2) Beer enthusiasts are encouraged to head to Fisher Pavilion this Saturday, where 32 of Washington’s favorite breweries, including Fremont Brewing and Optimism Brewing Company, will be pouring 101 tasty Belgian style brews. The festival will include an…

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Valentine's Dining, Tacos and Vegetarian Restaurants

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Valentine’s Dining, Tacos and Vegetarian Restaurants

This week: where to get fresh oysters, Seattle's best pasta and top brunch spots

Some of Chelsea’s favorite tacos in Seattle are from Taco Street

13 Best Things To Do in Seattle in February 2019

13 Best Things To Do in Seattle in February 2019

Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month

Tanya Tagaq, performing live at Toronto’s Massey Hall, visits the University of Washington’s Meany Center this month

Dateless in Seattle: Tips for Dating Amid Seattle's Chilly Freeze

Dateless in Seattle: Tips for Dating Amid Seattle’s Chilly Freeze

How to find that special someone in our notoriously bleak dating city

FATAL DISTRACTION: The Seattle Freeze is a thing; thaw it out by talking, advises a dating expert

Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s ‘Everybody’: Death, Life and Strobe Lights

Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s ‘Everybody’: Death, Life and Strobe Lights

Morality meets mortality (a smoke machine and other special effects) in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 2017 play

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody opens very promisingly in its current production (through Feb. 16) by Strawberry Theatre Workshop. A long tour de force speech by Justin Huertas segues nimbly from a funny preshow turn-off-your-devices request to some interesting background about the show (an updating of a medieval morality play that in turn was adapted from a Buddhist legend)…

This Washington Farm is Bringing the Maple Syrup Industry to the West Coast

This Washington Farm is Bringing the Maple Syrup Industry to the West Coast

An Acme family farm is making a pitch for local, sustainable maple syrup harvesting

IN THE TREES: In the fall of 2017, Devin Day (pictured) and Neil McLeod invested in a proper maple sugaring setup, including 2 miles of plastic blue tubing, tapped into trees and connected to a vacuum that sucks the sap out of the tree

7 Cooking Classes To Try in Seattle

7 Cooking Classes To Try in Seattle

Leave these local kitchens with skills you’ll keep for a lifetime

Cooking classes have long been the perfect way to learn something new, whether on a date night, with a big group or as a fun antidote to an empty weekend. Seattle has no shortage of classes taught by regional experts – read on for a list of some of the most distinctive options. But take…

Seattle's Chekhov-Only Theater Company Is Just What the Doctor Ordered

Seattle’s Chekhov-Only Theater Company Is Just What the Doctor Ordered

In its rigorous approach to Chekhov, The Seagull Project applies the work of the famous Russian playwright and physician as a salve for modern times

PLAYWRIGHT PRACTITIONERS: Members of The Seagull Project include, from left: Sunam Ellis, Julie Briskman, Gavin Reub, Alexandra Tavares, John Langs, Sylvester Kamara and Peter Crook (title role, Uncle Vanya) This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. There’s no easy prescription for moving forward in these divisive times, although the members of Seattle…

Celebrate Lunar New Year with This Local Beer Made from a 5,000-Year-Old Recipe

Celebrate Lunar New Year with This Local Beer Made from a 5,000-Year-Old Recipe

A Ballard brewery brings a 5,000-year-old Chinese beer recipe back to life

From left to right: Mijiaya historic Chinese beer, Buddha’s hand citron IPA and Lychee Sour

6 Stunning Jewelry Pieces to Wear Now 金点子:6款最惊艳珠宝

6 Stunning Jewelry Pieces to Wear Now 金点子:6款最惊艳珠宝

人们说太平洋西北区的前程光明灿烂。 以下这些亮闪闪的珠宝可以为此佐证。 They say the future is bright for the Pacific Northwest. Here is the bling to prove it.

今年,彰显个性的“宣言珠宝”大热,那么为何不戴上这款Turgeon Raine打造的黄金加钻石手镯来跟着风靡一把呢?416颗耀眼切钻镶嵌在18K黄金之间,回头率妥妥的。售价23,250美元。Turgeon Raine有售, downtown, 1407 5th Ave.; 206.447.9488, turgeonraine.com.  这对18K玫瑰金枝形耳环由荣获CDFA(美国时尚设计师协会)奖的设计师Irene Neuwirth打造,既可搭配休闲装扮,亦可佩戴其出席隆重的晚宴;售价2,620美元。Marios有售,市中心,1513 6th Ave.; 206.223.1461; marios.mitchellstores.com 如果有人善妒,她一定会时时牵念着这对由18K白金、80颗绝美切钻和令人叹为观止的蓝色托帕石打造而成的吊式耳环;售价5,825美元。Turgeon Raine有售,downtown, 1407 5th Ave.; 206.447.9488, turgeonraine.com.  您是否还在寻觅隐藏的瑰宝?到过Holly Zhang Pearl Gallery后就不必再寻寻觅觅了;在这里可以找到来自全球、令人艳羡的珠宝,包括这对来自澳大利亚南海13.7毫米的珍珠耳环,与18K白金和钻石珠联璧合,闪耀非常;售价7,350美元。Holly Zhang Pearl Gallery有售, The Shops at the Bravern, 700 110th Avenue NE, Suite 250; 425.449.8332; hollyzhang.com  有时,简单却可致远,比如这款不对称钻石项链,由东向西缀有祖母绿切钻,光彩夺目;售价11万美元。Alvin Goldfarb Jeweler有售, Bellevue, 305 Bellevue Way NE; 425.454.9393; agjeweler.com.  这款优雅而实用的“Twenty~4”不锈钢腕表由Patek Philippe(百达翡丽)推出,镶嵌着钻石和镀金罗马数字,是适用所有场合的完美配饰;售价12,140美元。Turgeon Raine有售,downtown, 1407 5th…

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