February 2021
Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham
The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.
If I were to summarize the sensation of attending Northwest Tune-Up, Bellingham’s three-day bike and music festival, in one image, it would be watching Tomomi Nishikubo—a Japanese street trials biker—doing acrobatic acts of derring-do on his bike while Seattle rockers Thunderpussy shred in the distance. My second lasting impression of the festival would be rounding…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Oren G. Townsend, M.D.
Internal medicine, Providence Swedish
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Industry Entrées
Seattle’s newest spots to eat, drink, and gather with friends.
Roma Roma Capitol Hill It seems like roman-style pizza keeps trying to catch on in this town, then disappearing, then popping back up in a fresh incarnation. (See also: Pizza by Ruffin, the recently departed Sacro Bosco, and the long-departed Bar Taglio.) At 12th and Olive, Roma Roma is the latest attempt. The skipped-over element…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Kristin Conn, M.D.
Family medicine, Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
The Power of a Long Weekend at Rancho La Puerta
A transformational stay at the wellness industry’s original holistic retreat.
“You have to go on the breakfast hike; it’s one of my favorite experiences here.” I was about 15 minutes into my orientation at Rancho La Puerta, a pioneering wellness resort in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, when that week’s docent, a woman with gray curly hair and chic, dark-framed Gucci glasses, made this pronouncement. We…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Jillian Worth, M.D.
Family medicine, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Bainbridge Island Medical Pavilion
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores That Bring People Together
Jump on the Northwest’s most famous mode of transportation and visit an indie bookstore—they’re thriving across the Puget Sound.
Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…
Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…
Can political disagreement make you happier?
“Happiness” is the last thing many of us expect to find on a call with a stranger from the opposite political side. But when Axel Bouchon and his team placed one very unusual phone booth in deeply liberal San Francisco, California, and another in deeply conservative Abilene, Texas, that was exactly what they were hoping…
Studio Sessions: Jennifer Leigh Harrison
Seattle artist Jennifer Leigh Harrison uses layers of paint and abstraction to explore what we carry beneath the surface.
Jennifer Leigh Harrison’s paintings are dense with movement. Color and texture gather into mosaic-like fields, as if they have been fractured and reformed. There are places in the work where a frenetic buzz seems trapped between the canvas and the first layer of paint. That energy runs through Patterns of Belonging, her current exhibition at…
Opening Night: This Tiny Pioneer Square Restaurant Is About to Be Standing Room Only
In the former Salumi space, Doris serves martinis and playful snacks at tables close enough to make a new best friend.
Welcome to Opening Night, our new column about hot new restaurants around Seattle. For our debut edition, we went to a media preview at Doris, a teeny-tiny Pioneer Square spot that oozes style. Longtime Seattleites may get a bit of a shock when they walk into Doris. The narrow, hallway-shaped space on the corner where…