February 2008

UPDATED: Billy's Tomatoes Aren't at Farmers Markets This Summer (But We Know Where to Taste 'Em)

UPDATED: Billy’s Tomatoes Aren’t at Farmers Markets This Summer (But We Know Where to Taste ‘Em)

!–paging_filter–pOuch! You might want to sit down./ppIn a blow to strongthose of us who live on a href=”http://food52.com/blog/1041-my-best-tomato-sandwich” target=”_blank”tomato sandwiches/a/strong (I prefer mine open-faced: toast bread, spread with mayo, salt and pepper, sliced tomatoes on top, salt again, napkin handy, devour, repeat) during August and September, strongBilly’s a href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billys-Gardens/206758832680785” target=”_blank”announced on their Facebook page /athat…

Il Corvo Selling Pasta at 2 Farmers Markets This Summer

Il Corvo Selling Pasta at 2 Farmers Markets This Summer

!–paging_filter–pThis just in: strongMike Easton, pasta wizard extraordinaire and owner of Pioneer Square’s a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/il-corvo” target=”_blank”Il Corvo/a, is now selling his fresh pastas at two area farmers markets. /strong/ppEaston tells me that he’ll be selling the conchiglie pictured (along with other pasta shapes) at strongthe City Hall farmers market today /strong(10am to 2pm, 600 Fourth…

Red, White and Brew 2013 Recap

Red, White and Brew 2013 Recap

Over 500 people sipped the night away at our sold out Red, White and Brew tasting event, celebrating the wineries honored in our 8th Annual Best WA Wine Awards. Despite it being the one drizzly day of summer Seattle came out in full force to clink glasses with 18 different wineries and winemakers to taste…

Amazon Opens Fine Art Store (Wine and Cheese Not Included)

Amazon Opens Fine Art Store (Wine and Cheese Not Included)

The Seattle megaretailer is crashing the fine art party

Amazon Fine Art (beta) launched today, right on the heels of the gigantic news that Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post (not a copy of the newspaper, but the entire newspaper). The timing has many people fretting about Bezos becoming king of the world, but until that happens we might as well explore the new…

Choke Shirt Company Makes Totes

Choke Shirt Company Makes Totes

!–paging_filter–pIn a continuation of our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nautical-nature“nautical-themed summer/a, check out these tote bags by Seattle-based a href=”http://www.chokeshirtco.com/products/extinct-tote” target=”_blank”Choke Shirt Company/a. Made out of durable cotton canvas, with sturdy webbed handles and a contrasting lining and adorned with three of the company’s most popular designs (an anchor, a dodo bird listening to a Walkman and an…

Shop Rivet  Sway’s New Fall Collection Today

Shop Rivet Sway’s New Fall Collection Today

!–paging_filter–pI don’t need glasses, but with today’s (August 6) release of the new fall collection from local eyewear brand and online boutique Rivet Sway, I might have to inquire about fake lenses./ppSix of the 10 frames in its line have been unveiled (expect the rest in October), and each style has quite the cheeky name:…

Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post

Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post

!–paging_filter–pFile this under your unpredictable, out-of-the-blue Monday afternoon news: a href=”http://seattlebusinessmag.com/blog/bezos-buys-washington-post-1” target=”_blank”emSeattle Business/em magazine just blogged that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos /ais purchasing emThe Washington Post/em, according to the newspaper. br /br /emSeattle Business/em managing editor John Levesque writes:/ppemThe Post/em reports that Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the Post and…

Space-Travel Agent Stefan Bisciglia

Space-Travel Agent Stefan Bisciglia

A local space-travel agent aims to rocket your world

Stefan Bisciglia is selling tickets to space, and if you’ve got the cash, you’ve got a seat. The 27-year-old from Gig Harbor is one of only three accredited “space agents” in the Northwest trained by Virgin Galactic, the world’s first “commercial spaceline,” spearheaded by Richard Branson. Having begun his career working for his family’s luxury…

New Store: Maison Luxe

New Store: Maison Luxe

It’s been almost four years since Kelie Grosso decamped her interiors store, Maison Luxe, from its First Avenue digs to an appointment-only spot on an upper floor of a historic Pioneer Square office space. But as of April, Maison Luxe is back in the retail business, having taken over the airy Madison Valley storefront recently…

Mossback Monday: Seafair Was a Dud, Plus Seattle Votes Tomorrow

Mossback Monday: Seafair Was a Dud, Plus Seattle Votes Tomorrow

!–paging_filter–script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-7.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-7″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/p  

Coming Soon, Tickets Going Quickly: Salmon Enchanted Evening

Coming Soon, Tickets Going Quickly: Salmon Enchanted Evening

!–paging_filter–pspan Better hook some tickets soon to the feel-good cookout of the summer. The season’s first installment of Salmon Enchanted Evening sold out, with more than 450 folks feasting on one of the beautifully put together meals wrangled by Tom Douglas and his crackerjack crew./span/ppBeyond relishing the heck of a meal deal ($20 for the…

The Best Themed Restaurants in Seattle

The Best Themed Restaurants in Seattle

Kendall Jones explores the new wave of upscale restaurants with an escapist twist

It is ironic how we spend our days surrounded by a buzzing sea of humanity but live in relative isolation. Even when forced out among fellow humans, we commute with headphones on and eyes fixed to a handheld stream of text message conversations and social media interactions. We forge new friendships 140 characters at a…