August 2021
Future File: Fashion First
After a taking a sabbatical during the 2013 season, Fashion First is back on this year in a big way on Thursday, September 11 at Showbox SoDo. Now in its tenth year, this popular runway show combines the most current trends from the region’s best shops (and a few designers) with a worthy cause for…
#Throwback Thursday: Pike Place Market, Then and Now
Celebrating Pike Place Market's 107th birthday
Happy Thursday! The work week is almost over and you’re probably getting a little bit of weekend-itis. Hang in there people and enjoy this Seattle summer day, even if there are too many clouds. This week for #TBT, we’re celebrating the 107th birthday of Pike Place Market (which is this Sunday, August 17). So we…
West Elm’s We Love Local Small Business Grant
If you’re a maker or designer, West Elm is interested in meeting you, checking out your work and considering you as a recipient of a $25,000 small business grant during their We Love Small Business Grant contest. One designer/maker will win the big cash prize, and three runners up with get the chance to be…
Seattle Music 2014: Soul Artists
The hottest bands of Seattle's soul scene
What’s your favorite current Seattle band? If you have trouble answering (or if you draw a blank after Macklemore), we’re not going to judge. But we are going to suggest it’s time to check in with the city’s thriving indie music scene. New local bands are exploring sounds, blurring genre boundaries (though we’ve wrestled them…
Recipe of the Week: Amy Pennington’s Citrus Mint Fizz
Cool down and fizz up with this refreshing, Vitamin C-packed drink
This week, Seattle-based chef, urban gardener, author and our very own Seattle mag contributor Amy Pennington reads from her latest book, Fresh Pantry: Eat Seasonally, Cook Smart and Learn to Love Your Vegetables. While you raid the Lake City Farmer’s Market this Thursday (open 3 to 7 p.m.!), make sure and stop by the Lake City branch public…
Seattle Music 2014: Indie Pop Bands
Shake it to the upbeat sounds of these local indie pop acts
What’s your favorite current Seattle band? If you have trouble answering (or if you draw a blank after Macklemore), we’re not going to judge. But we are going to suggest it’s time to check in with the city’s thriving indie music scene. New local bands are exploring sounds, blurring genre boundaries (though we’ve wrestled them…
Seattle Music 2014: Indie Rock Bands
Add these local indie rock bands to your must-listen list stat
My Goodness Gateway Band: SoundgardenThis heavy-rockin’ band with a grungy metal edge dropped its full-length album Shiver + Shake last summer to much critical success. In a way, their sound is simple, but don’t let the stripped-down guitar and drums fool you. As with similar-sounding rock/blues outfits (The Black Keys and The White Stripes), the…
Seattle Music 2014: Americana/Alt-Country Bands
From Shelby Earl to Star Anna, these are the bands rocking the Americana/Alt-Country genre
What’s your favorite current Seattle band? If you have trouble answering (or if you draw a blank after Macklemore), we’re not going to judge. But we are going to suggest it’s time to check in with the city’s thriving indie music scene. New local bands are exploring sounds, blurring genre boundaries (though we’ve wrestled them…
We’re On a Boat! Listening to Music! On Lake Union!
So… it’s a concert? On a boat… with its own beach? Yes to all.
Local music purveyor Seattle Living Room Shows has teamed up with Lake Union Charters & Adventures to put on an evening outdoor concert on a boat with a deck transformed into a sandy beach. On August 26 at 6:45 p.m. sharp, the intrepid Trek (a car-and-passenger ferry turned leisure zone) shoves off into the evening…
Veuve Clicquot’s Mail Truck Stops in Seattle
This luxe, yellow vehicle will be brimming with bubbly. What's not to love?
The Veuve Clicquot Mail Truck stems from Madame Clicquot herself, the French businesswoman who took over her husband’s wine company at the age of 27 upon his death. Inspired by Madame Clicquot’s correspondence style–snail mail–the glam rig, decked out in the company’s signature yellow color, is traveling around the country encouraging people to send handwritten…
Road tripping to Bainbridge Island: Where I Ate
I did something on Sunday that I need to do more often: get out of town. I grabbed a friend and ferried over to Bainbridge Island yesterday morning (barely a line!) to just decompress. Things started out shaky as we arrived starving to the Streamliner Diner for breakfast around 10:30 a.m. The line was a…