August 2021
Real Road Trips: Discover Oregon’s Outback
A nine-day tour of eastern Oregon
!–paging_filter–pI’ve been on board a Palomino named Daisy for so long, I’m afraid to get down, because I won’t be able to get back up again. I haven’t peed in nine hours and I share that information with Kara, the gal riding next to me. She says, “Yeah, I know how you feel,” then energetically…
Real Road Trips: Eastern Washington
A six-day tour of eastern Washington
!–paging_filter–pWe’d lived for several years in Seattle, but barely been outside the city—and never east—and we’d heard things were “different” over yonder. So during our sons’ spring break, we lit out for our first-ever road trip as a family, with a loose agenda, an old-fashioned atlas, a willingness to take Yelp advice and plenty of…
Five of Seattle’s Free Hidden Gems
!–paging_filter–p style=”text-align: left;”img src=”/sites/default/files/article/travel/0614gvc.jpg” height=”250″ width=”350″/ppWhether you’re a first-time visitor or a seasoned local, you’ll find plenty of things to do in Seattle. In addition to famous sights like the Space Needle and Pike Place Market, Seattle offers some lesser-known but equally fun — and best of all, free — experiences to enjoy./ppstrongBill Melinda Gates…
Mossback Monday: Minimum Wage, Drones and Ballmer’s Deal for the Clippers
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-48.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-48″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Book Bindery’s New Chef and Shaun McCrain’s Next Chapter
!–paging_filter–pCome end of June, stronga href=”http://www.bookbinderyrestaurant.com/” target=”_blank”Book Bindery/a/strong in *Queen Anne will be closing for good, re-emerging in August with a new name and a new chef./ppBy way of press release, the owners behind the winery-adjacent restaurant along the Ship Canal announced that Nico Borzee, most recently of stronga href=”http://artusibar.com/” target=”_blank”Artusi/a/strong, will be stepping into…
From Green Jell-O to Greens
!–paging_filter–pA hospital is the last place you’re likely to think of when looking for a good meal. But Seattle’s foodie and farmers’ market culture is sending canned beets and green Jell-O the way of the dodo, with local hospitals making fresh, sustainable—and most of all tasty—food a part of their offerings for patients and their…
New Natural Health Store in Capitol Hill’s 19th Mercer Development
Seattle’s longtime herbal expert opens a new home for natural health
!–paging_filter–pAre you ready for a reishi-tini? The healthy mocktail—made from reishi mushroom and lemon balm extracts, lemon juice and limeade with a lime twist—is one of several made to order at the new offshoot of Tierney Salter’s popular natural health store, The Herbalist. Having recently celebrated 30 years in business in Ravenna, Salter begins a…
W Seattle’s Wear Wednesdays: Jewelry Showcase
!–paging_filter–pJune’s a href=”http://www.traceseattle.com/wearwednesdays” target=”_blank”Wear Wednesdays at the W Seattle/a (5 to 7 p.m. on June 4) is a jewelry showcase featuring two great local designers, a href=”http://www.joannamorgandesigns.com/” target=”_blank”Joanna Morgan Designs/a and a href=”http://mashaosoianudesign.com/product-category/jewelry/” target=”_blank”Masha Osoianu/a./ppMorgan will be bringing pieces from her Talisman, Signature and Scavenger collections, which we lauded in the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/best-accessory-designer-tie-joanna-morgan“2013 Seamless in…
New York Up-and-Comer Ji Oh at Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pKay Smith-Blum has been buying clothing for a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/butch-blum“Butch Blum/a for 40 years and definitely has the eye for it—given the shop’s continued success. During a recent buying trip to New York, Smith-Blum journeyed way past Canal St. on Broadway in the rain, dodging pothole and mud-flying from taxi-cab wheels, to visit designer a href=”http://jiohny.com/”…
Restaurant Openings, Closings More
!–paging_filter–pKeeping track of restaurant news can be a daunting task. Here’s a round-up from the past week to help you manage./ppspan style=”font-size: large;”OPENINGS/span/ppstrongCapitol Hillnbsp;/strongbrThe guy behind stronga href=”http://taphousegrill.com/” target=”_blank”Tap House Grill/a/strongnbsp;is opening a massive pub called strongStout/strong.nbsp;a href=”http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/05/capitol-hill-fooddrink-stout-m…” target=”_blank”emCHS/emnbsp;has intel/anbsp;on the 5,700-square-foot space that will be moving into the Sunset Electrical building on Pine and…
Meet The Saint’s New Chef and the Story Behind His Amazing Tacos
!–paging_filter–pTaco lovers, listen up. Two words why you need to get to stronga href=”http://www.thesaintsocialclub.com/” target=”_blank”The Saint/a /strongas soon as possible: Álvaro Candela. He’s the guy behind the wildly popular Monday taco nights at Matt Dillon’snbsp;stronga href=”http://www.sitkaandspruce.com/” target=”_blank”Sitka Spruce/a/strong that ended last month when Candela accepted the job as executive chef at Capitol Hill’s “tequila salvation”…
PNB Performs ‘Giselle,’ a Jazz Festival in Bellevue and Music Video Madness at EMP
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Seebra href=”http://bit.ly/RCK4TQ” target=”_blank”Pacific Northwest Ballet Closes the Season with emGiselle/em/a/strongbr(5/30 to 6/8, times vary) — Giselle—everyone’s favorite jilted-bride ghost—returns to Pacific Northwest Ballet, this time with all new sets and costumes created by acclaimed French designer Jerome Kaplan. Principal dancer Kaori Nakamura takes lead in this season ender, which also happens to be her…