August 2021
Combatting Childhood Trauma
Teachers in Washington are pioneering efforts to help children deal with traumatic experiences
It’s a late spring morning at West Seattle Elementary and as usual, morale is running high. Counselor Laura Bermes high-fives students as they walk through the door. Principal Vicki Sacco greets teachers while cradling Bingo, her watchful Chihuahua. The children walk single file to their classrooms, and a bespectacled special guest bounds upstairs to talk…
New 24/7 Pet Emergency Facility
Seattle Veterinary Specialists gives Seattle residents a go-to for pet emergencies
Until recently, a pet emergency in Seattle meant a stressful drive in the black of night to a veterinary ER in Wallingford or Lake City—or to Shoreline, Lynnwood, Renton and beyond. But with the opening last month of Seattle Veterinary Specialists (SVS) (First Hill, 805 Madison St.; svs.com), South Seattle residents can breathe a little…
A Bellevue Designer’s Modern, Award-Winning Furniture
Mark Dellplain learned his love of woodworking from his father, who built wooden boats
When 2008’s economic downturn forced then graphic designer Mark Dellplain to reassess his career, the Bellevue resident made an unusual decision: He bought a boat. “Growing up on Vashon Island, I watched my father build wooden boats,” Dellplain says. “He died when I was 7, and I wanted to see what it was about working…
Charles Smith’s Jet City Winery Opens in Georgetown
Charles Smith brings his wild ways—and wildly successful winemaking facility— to Georgetown
Any day now, grapes from the 2015 vintage in Washington will be harvested from vines, placed into bins in temperature-controlled rigs, hauled over Snoqualmie Pass and trucked to Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, where a team, likely dressed in black, will receive them at a 32,000-square-foot refurbished former Dr Pepper bottling plant. Truck after truck will arrive,…
Italian Restaurant Vendemmia Wows in Madrona
A new hot spot in Madrona is proof there is restaurant life outside Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square
It took years of self-reflection and culinary-ladder climbing for Anacortes native Brian Clevenger to open his first restaurant, Vendemmia, in Madrona. Vendemmia is the Italian term for a season’s grape harvest, a reminder of the chef’s devotion to seasonality and quality ingredients. First, in order to master refined Italian cuisine, Clevenger cooked in the right…
What’s Wrong With This House: Downtown Penthouse
This swanky pad in a downtown high rise has been on the market for 782 days. Why?
Each month, we crawl through real estate listings on various websites searching for homes–in all sorts of price points and locations–that for some reason, just haven’t found the right person or family to call their own. Sad. But why haven’t these seemingly lovely dwellings sold? Almost a year ago we featured this one (which shockingly…
National Public Lands Day and How You Can Help
How shifts in the ecosystem affect our national parks and why Mount Rainier needs some fixing
Once a year, everyone is invited (for free!) to enjoy tranquil vistas and participate in a little fall cleaning at our parks, canyons, rivers and streams during National Public Lands Day (9/26; publiclandsday.org). Volunteers throughout the country have planted more than 100,000 trees and maintained or built more than 1,500 miles of trails since the…
Recipe of the Week: Cherry Lavender Beer Margarita
Enjoy this sweet-and-sour tequila and beer cocktail by Heather Christo
Are you wasted away in Margaritaville, searching for your lost shaker of salt and thinking to yourself, “this margarita I made is bland and lacking an enjoyable fruity aftertaste”? Well, it could be your fault if you haven’t tried local entertaining expert, food blogger and former chef Heather Christo’s fresh take on the drink, the…
The Big List of Free Things to do in Seattle
Sometimes, the best things in life are free. Enjoy these wallet-friendly activities
Nothing in life worth having comes cheaply, right? Well, except for a whole page worth of gratis things to do in Seattle for the rest of this month and many, many more. Explore a new museum, watch a drive-in movie or enjoy a taste of soothing Japanese tea—all while leaving your wallet on your nightstand. …
Meteor Shower-Watching Spots, Free Day at WA State Parks
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Look up: You might be able to sneak a peek at The Perseids meteor shower Tuesday and Wednesday night until dawn thanks to potentially positive weather conditions. Earth will be passing through Comet Swift-Tuttle’s trail, which means skywatchers have a chance of seeing quite a few fireballs should the sky be clear. Geekwire has rounded…
Seattle’s new pizza restaurants
Chicago and Wisconsin styles top the list of soon-to-open pizzerias
By the close of 2015, Seattle will be home to a handful of new pizza restaurants. Here’s the not-so-skinny on cheese, crust, and fixins from Frelard to Capitol Hill. Happy early New Year. Ian’s Pizza on the Hill What: Small Wisconsin pizza chain doing kooky toppings (think: quesadilla flavors on pizza) and other entree-on-a-pie concepts….
Two Cocktail Recipes to Make Now
The libation you hold in your hand says a lot about you. Hold off on drab and dull standards (the Sazerac and French 75 are so 2014) and accessorize with a new class of cocktail. Head bartender Chad Phillips drops a few hints from the sophisticated Pennyroyal bar (Belltown; 2000 2nd Ave; 206.448.1111; pennyroyalbar.com) that…