Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Best New WineryEfeste WinesDaniel Ferrelli, a second-generation Italian, had been making wine at home for years. In 2004, joined by his son-in-law Kevin Taylor and family friend Patrick Smith, he followed his passion and formed Efeste Wines (pronounced F-S-T, after the first letters of their last names). The trio…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   You don’t have to live in Hollywood to get your celebrity watchin’ fix. Get the thrill of seeing your favorite stars (on television) at local Oscar night parties. For the glamorous at heart, here’s our roundup of noteworthy Oscar celebrations: And, be sure to check our Arts+Culture blog this weekend to…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   This month we highlight the creativity and, um, small mindedness of tilt-shift photographers who make real-life landscapes look like scale models. We swapped emails with Erynn Rose, a Seattle photographer embracing this trend to find out more about this interesting photo genre. What is tilt-shift photography?Official tilt-shift photography is…

Category: Articles   According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 is the year of the rat: a critter widely respected and considered resourceful, perceptive and enterprising—or, wily, cunning, slightly scary and pretty much unstoppable. In Seattle, where rats could practically be the official city mascot, we’re finally allowed to be proud of the skittery underbelly of…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   With the Wing Luke Asian Museum and Northwest African American Museum unveiled this year, and SAM’s new space and Olympic Sculpture Park in full swing, we tapped into one of the city’s best-kept secret shopping resources to bring you inspired ideas for this season’s gift-giving: our local museum gift…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   Bio: Fleet Foxes was born when Robin Pecknold, 22, lead singer/songwriter, and Skye Skjelset, 22, guitarist—who began their musical collaboration while students at Lake Washington High School—joined with Seattleites Casey Wescott, 27, keyboardist; Christian Wargo, 31, bassist; and Josh Tillman, 27, drummer. Why they’re on the list: After signing…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   No one ever said style grows on trees. But this Sunday’s Thread Show at Fisher Pavilion, one of the largest platforms for local and emerging designers, will certainly provide much-needed nourishment for the city’s fashion-hungry. Seattle magazine has sponsored this event for years because we love the unique pieces–ranging…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Bask in the last remaining days of summer by frolicking in this sapphire blue cap sleeve shift dress from Alula, the Seattle-based fashion-design trio of Beth O’Leary, Chelsey Burton and Katrina Thomson. With perky fabric-covered buttons adding pizzazz to the collar, this to-die-for silk noil number also has a…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   In her role at 4culture (4culture.org), Paige Weinheimer has been an integral part of many local funding programs for artists. In 2007, she organized the largest and most successful Poetry on Buses campaign since the program’s inception in 1992. In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   SAM Gallery’s annual Introductions show brings up-and-coming Northwest artists to light. So you’re thinking that Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Seattle Art Museum would look awesome in your living room (it matches the sofa!). Well, forget it. Even if you could afford to shop there, SAM’s collection is not for…

Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines   Makes one 9-inch pie Kate McDermott’s Blackberry Pie FillingIngredients: 1 recipe for double pie pastryThe Pie and Pastry Bible’s recipe on Epicurious.com is a great option.  Filling:6 cups fresh picked (about 1 1⁄2 lbs.) blackberries3⁄4 cup sugar plus 2 tbsp. for sprinkling on top of pieA very small grating or…