February 2008
Giddyup To Puyallup For Some Dang Fine Pie
Went to the Mother Earth News Fair at the Puyallup Fairgrounds yesterday to hear the “high priest of the pasture” Joel Salatin and, please don’t string me up, I was underwhelmed. Oh, he’s an entertaining speaker and the enthusiastic shouts of “Amen!” proved he was preaching to the choir. Maybe I was expecting too much,…
Art Zone Remembers Circus Contraption Performers Killed in Cafe Racer Shooting
Via Nancy Guppy from Seattle Channel’s Art Zone: Two of the people that died in the tragic shootings on May 30th were musicians Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese who performed with Circus Contraption. As we collectively grieve this devastating loss, Art Zone host Nancy Guppy shares a wonderful musical moment with Circus Contraption performing in…
The Misunderstanding of Scott Carsberg
A local culinary mastermind reflects on nearly two decades of sensational food.
Chef Scott Carsberg doesn’t breathe fire. But that’s not to say the capricious, James Beard Award–winning chef, whose eclectic Belltown restaurant Lampreia was on many food critics’ top-five lists for the better part of two decades, isn’t capable of magic. Carsberg has the skill of an alchemist, taking fresh ingredients and combining them into something…
Bridges for Dummies: Baby Raptors, Toll Hikes and Weekend Closures
A funny thing happened while I was going to my place of grudging acceptance this morning: I found this WSDOT photo of a baby peregrine falcon that lives with two siblings under the Ship Canal Bridge. A WSDOT biologist (yes! They have those!) and a professional falcon bander tagged the 3-week-old babes this week so…
8 Ways to Celebrate Tom Douglas Day
The head honcho of restaurants in this town is, without a doubt, Tom Douglas. Take it from us, this guy is good. Hence his regular appearances in our pages, most notably on our Most Influential People of 2011 list, not to mention his claiming the number one spot on our inaugural Food Establishmentt list. Oh…
Dale Chihuly’s Cool Collections Take Center Stage At New Cafe
There are some showstoppers at the new Collections Cafe, where Crush chef Jason Wilson collaborated on the menu with Space Needle executive chef Jeff Maxfield and resident chef Ivan Szilak. A tart salad tossed with watermelon rind pickles, the pressed pork sandwich wearing a crown of crunchy slaw and prawns bathed in salsa verde top…
Women’s Soccer, SIFF, Strawberries and More Weekend Musts
MUST CHEERSounders Women Home OpenerThursday (5/31) – There’s another Sounders team in town that deserves your “scarves-up!” attention: the Sounders Women. After generating off-season buzz by signing national team player (and former Husky star) Hope Solo, the women kick off the home opener against the Colorado Rush tonight. Say it with us: Gooooal! p.s. If…
Spirits for Sale: Get Your Booze at Big Chain Stores Tomorrow
Ready your jumbo-size shopping carts, Washington State’s new liquor privatization law goes into effect on Friday, June 1; and local stores aren’t wasting any time preparing their displays. Looking for a unique recipe to celebrate (or commiserate over) this watershed cultural shift? Regular Seattle mag contributor and spirits expert A.J. Rathbun has excellent recipes for…
Two New Must-Read Parenting Resources
Follow these local experts to find the very best for entertaining and shopping for your kids.
Tot StuffTottini, the beloved South Lake Union tot-gear shop, has a new bundle of joy: a brand-new blog for local parents, TotStuff (blog.tottini.com). Store owners Melissa Maffei and Melissa Van Flandern have recruited a cadre of local and national bloggers, such as Rebecca Woolf (girlsgonechild.net), Keli Faw (drygoodsdesign.wordpress.com), and Emily and Matt Baldwin (standardstyle.com/category/blog), to…
The Ultimate Father’s Day Pick
A personalized trinket that will make any dad feel like a rock star.
For the dad who has everything—except a recording contract—personalize a silver guitar pick. Bainbridge Island artist Carrissa Barbee imprints custom messages, kids’ names and/or birthdates onto standard-size sterling silver picks for a gift that says “You rock, Dad!”—even if all he ever rocks these days is a cradle. $35; the-silver-diva.com; allow seven business days for…
A Diaper Bag for Dads
This eco-friendly shoulder bag keeps dad equipped for all manner of duties. (Wink.)
Conquer the Father’s Day gift quandary with the coolest diaper bag in town: SoDo-based Metamorphic Gear gives new life to old sails and tarps by sewing them into sweet man-totes. Lake City dad Lindsay Lawrence makes the bags with 75 percent upcycled materials; they’re big enough to hold a 15-inch laptop (or about 15 clean…
