Food & Drink
10 Best New Year’s Eve Dinners 2018
Ring in the new year with options for every palate
Everyone knows New Year’s Eve should be enjoyed with a plate of fabulous food and a festive drink in hand. We found the best places to dine while you reminisce on the wild ride that has been 2018. Party hats and noisemakers optional. Itto’s Tapas Chips and dip at home can be fun, but if you’re looking to take it up…
Local High School Teacher Gets an A+ in Style
Newport High School's Carolyn Marino earns bonus points for style both in and out of the classroom
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Carolyn Marino leads a double life. By day, she shapes young minds as an English teacher at Newport High School in Bellevue; in her off-hours, she updates her lifestyle blog, Hey Pretty Thing, often showcasing a new fashion find. Her personal style takes a…
Seattle Opera at the Center Is the New Crown Jewel of Seattle Center
It's a civic center, cultural resource and treasure chest, all in one
It could be a jewelry box, or perhaps a treasure chest. At street level are all-glass walls; above, small panels of scrim—arranged as if fragments of a larger scrim had been broken up and scattered by the wind—can be lit up to glow and sparkle and programmed for variable lighting effects. This is the attention-getting…
This Week Then: The Start of University of Washington’s Crew Team
Plus: How an aircraft carrier supplied electricity to the city of Tacoma for nearly a month
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Out for a Row On December 15, 1899, students at the University of Washington accepted an offer from developer and rowing aficionado E. F. Blaine to help establish a rowing club on campus. Within a year enough money was raised and support garnered to build two four-oared rowing…
Must List: A Bonsai Solstice, ‘Jane Eyre, The Musical’, Snow Day in Denny Park Kickoff
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST PRUNE 5th Annual A Bonsai Solstice (12/16) For one night only, the Pacific Bonsai Museum illuminates its collection after dark for a special, seasonal viewing experience. Flashlights (or phone flashlights) are recommended in order to navigate the space, and seasonal treats including hot beverages and tasty crepes, along with live acoustic music, enhance your tour through the carefully cultivated trees. 4–7 p.m….
Eating out in Seattle? First, Consult Our Expert
Plus: Where to take groups and out-of-towners. Our food and dining editor tackles your culinary questions
Every Wednesday, our food and dining editor, Chelsea Lin, takes to our Instagram (@seattlemag) to answer your burning questions about Seattle’s cuisine scene. Questions from the last two weeks are compiled here, and cover topics from places to trust with your holiday, to where to find those foods you’re homesick for (chili burgers, Turkish food, teppanyaki, oh…
5 Best Ways to Experience the Holidays Like a Real Seattleite
Don't miss the events locals have been adding to their seasonal short list year after year
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Seattle really rolls out the red carpet for this most wonderful time of the year. Whether you are new to town or have been celebrating the holidays here for decades, these are the events locals have been adding to the seasonal short list year…
Seattle Author Reveals What She Learned About President Trump in New YA Book
In ‘Unpresidented,’ Martha Brockenbrough documents Trump’s life, times and the current political era for young readers
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Regarding Martha Brockenbrough’s latest young adult (YA) book, Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump (ages 12–18, Feiwel and Friends, $19.95), we asked the Seattle journalist and author, “What are the two most interesting things you discovered about the president?” “Trump’s love of crowds cheering…
This Week Then: How 5 Nuns Established Health Care in the PNW
Plus: Looking back on the Seattle Sounders' first MLS Cup
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Provident Souls On December 8, 1856, the Sisters of Providence arrived at Fort Vancouver, where they quickly established a boarding school, an orphanage, and St. Joseph’s Hospital. Their mission was to build and operate schools and hospitals throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 1878 they opened their first hospital in Seattle,…
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