April 2021

Ellen DeGeneres Is Filming Her First Netflix Special in Seattle

Ellen DeGeneres Is Filming Her First Netflix Special in Seattle

She'll be at Benaroya Hall this August for her first tour in 15 years

Ellen DeGeneres is going on tour for the first time in 15 years, and that tour will conclude in Seattle at Benaroya Hall, a performance she’ll be filming for an upcoming Netflix special. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ellen’s stand-up sets on Aug. 22 and 23 will be filmed for a special expected to air…

Q&A: Former Astronaut Mark Kelly on Luxury Watches, Seattle and Flying Bezos' Rocket

Q&A: Former Astronaut Mark Kelly on Luxury Watches, Seattle and Flying Bezos’ Rocket

For Mark Kelly, great style isn’t rocket science.

Astronaut. Pilot. Author.  This is how many of us know Mark Kelly. The former NASA commander and U.S. Navy Caption’s dynamic career spans several decades and boasts various accolades including the Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the NASA Exceptional Service Metal. He is also one of only four individuals who have visited…

Cocktail of the Month: Grandeza Old Fashioned at Moctezuma's Restaurant & Tequila Bar

Cocktail of the Month: Grandeza Old Fashioned at Moctezuma’s Restaurant & Tequila Bar

Northwest-made Grandeza liqueur introduces hints of citrus and vanilla to a legendary tipple

This article appears in print in the June 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. The History: Curiously, the history of this descendant of the old fashioned starts with the margarita. Bernie Garcia, owner of Moctezuma’s Restaurant & Tequila Bar (a bustling, welcoming spot with Mexican decor and situated on the outside edge of the Southcenter mall), came up…

Are These Seattle's Prettiest Pastries?

Are These Seattle’s Prettiest Pastries?

Meet The Bakehouse 55, a Redmond-based wholesale company bringing beautiful croissants to a cafe near you

That croissant is a star, but the peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie was great, too.

Get Some After-Dinner Desserts at this New Spot on Capitol Hill

Get Some After-Dinner Desserts at this New Spot on Capitol Hill

Get your sit-down sweets at R&M Dessert Bar

Treats at R&M Desserts include, clockwise from top, lemon raspberry tart, key lime tart and Japanese cotton cheesecake

Seattle Breweries Are Celebrating Pride Week with Glitter Beer

Seattle Breweries Are Celebrating Pride Week with Glitter Beer

Redhook and Mollusk are among the breweries getting in on the latest sparkly craft beer trend: edible glitter

This story originally ran on Washington Beer Blog. Follow Kendall Jones on Twitter at @beerblog In the world of beer, some trends pass in the blink of an eye while others last for years or even decades. A dozen years ago, a lot of people though the IPA craze was just a passing fancy and…

Up Your Workout Wardrobe With These PNW Products

Up Your Workout Wardrobe With These PNW Products

Wipe the floor in our locally made fashion-forward, fitness-focused studio workout picks

This article appears in print in the June 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. While our fair city is just a short trip away from scenic hikes and water activities, it’s no secret that the popularity of studio fitness classes, from vinyasa yoga to barre to Orangetheory, continues to grow. Luckily, there are plenty of Pacific Northwest–based companies…

The 80-Year-Old-Environmental Activist Who is Suing the President

The 80-Year-Old-Environmental Activist Who is Suing the President

Seattleite Raelene Gold of "Great Old Broads for Wilderness" is ramping up efforts in the age of Trump

GOLDEN GIRL: Raelene Gold at the trailhead of one of her favorite hiking spots, the Seminary Trail at Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore

With the Help of Bike Share, Ballard High School Students Pull an Awesome Senior Prank

With the Help of Bike Share, Ballard High School Students Pull an Awesome Senior Prank

The school parking lot was filled with Lime Bike and Ofo bicycles

As a parent of two teenage boys, the last few weeks of the school year is like a slow, torturous, drip of a march to the end with finals, concerts, awards programs, last day parties and potlucks and signup genius lists to volunteer for this that and the other. So when I pulled in today…

Seattle Remembers Anthony Bourdain

Seattle Remembers Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain: "I love Seattle. I’ve had many happy experiences there. From the beginning of my writing career, it’s a town that has welcomed me."

Anthony Bourdain at the North Star Diner & Shanghai Room in Seattle while filming "Parts Unknown" in 2017

Nachos and Waffle Fries Join Forces for a Wildly Addictive Bar Snack

Nachos and Waffle Fries Join Forces for a Wildly Addictive Bar Snack

Step aside, totchos

This article appears in print in the June 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s been a few years since totchos—Tater Tots dressed up like nachos and rendered almost unrecognizable by the heft of so many condiments—stormed Seattle’s bar food scene. New, family-friendly Roosevelt sports bar The Westy—an outpost of the popular West Seattle joint of the same…

Edmonds Scores Great New Seafood Restaurant and Fishmonger

Edmonds Scores Great New Seafood Restaurant and Fishmonger

These might be the greater Seattle area's best fish and chips

Eat these. Now.