February 2021
2014 Washington Wine Awards: White Wine Winners
From chardonnays to rieslings, these are the white wines that wowed our judges
For more award-winning Washington wines, read our complete 2014 Washington Wine Awards coverage, including the Best Emerging Winery, Sommelier of the Year, Red Wine Winners and more, right here. White Wine of the Year Chateau Ste. Michelle 2012 Eroica Riesling Columbia Valley, $22 Year after year, Eroica Riesling wins awards and impresses judges. After winning…
Summer Reading
What doctors are reading off the clock
Spring and summer puts us in mind of sun and light reading fare—so we wanted to ask some of the busiest professionals we know, doctors, to confess to their guilty pleasure reads—the books or magazines that help them unwind from high-intensity days. We’re not entirely convinced that some of the more serious fare quoted qualifies…
Seattle Magazine’s 2014 Washington Wine Awards
This year, we're going back to the classics
For the past nine years, the Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards have taken the measure of Washington’s wine industry as it has matured from upstart on the national scene to a world player. We’ve followed winemaking trends, from the local boom in Bordeaux-style reds and unoaked Chardonnay to praise for our earthy Syrah and world-class…
Heart Leader
King County has the highest survival rate of cardiac arrest in the world–that’s according to analysis by county officials, who put the survival percentage for 2013 at 62 percent–other urban areas such as Chicago or New York City rank in single digit percentages. That number has gone up dramatically in the last decade, and is…
Tracking Rays With an App
We love our Seattle summers, but fret about all that sudden intense sun exposure. Enter Brightly, an app created by Seattle startup ARO that monitors your sun exposure. Enter your location and skin tone and the program does the rest, letting you know things like when it’s time to get shade, reapply sunscreen. Users can…
City Parklets: Who Needs a Space to Park, Anyway?
These creative uses for city parking spaces are a bit controversial
It’s called a parklet and it’s got some people confused. Jennifer Wieland, public space program manager at SDOT, attributes the confusion to a misunderstanding of what parklets actually are. “They’re small public spaces that fit in easily with the urban landscape and are designed to have a very small impact on the streetscape.” Started as…
Converse x Missoni: Exclusively at Nordstrom
Converse and Missoni have collaborated on a sneaker line since 2010—they’ve done eight together—and today they’re releasing their latest collection, sold exclusively through Nordstrom. Expect classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneaks done up in Missoni’s iconic zigzag pattern in a variety of colors (the go-with-everything black and white style is our fave, with the purple…
A Meaty Menu at Madrona’s Red Cow
Ethan Stowell's newest eatery seeks to break the restaurant-closure curse in Madrona
It looks like the revolving door of restaurants at this Madrona address may be standing still awhile. Before Ethan Stowell scooped up the cute space across the street from Bottlehouse back in February, it was home to a rotation of eateries that began with Cremant, followed by June and Restaurant Bea. Now, Stowell has brought…
Here’s Where I’m Taking My Parents to Eat When They Come Visit Seattle
My folks are coming to Seattle for a visit in a couple of weeks and I’m already making a list of where I want to take them—specifically, newer spots they haven’t been since the last time they were here almost a year ago. The parents have been coming to visit me in Seattle for more…
Scavenger Hunt! NuBe Green Challenges You to a Social-Media Contest
NuBe Green (Capitol Hill, 1527 10th Ave.; 206.402.4515), purveyor of cool, mostly U.S.A.-made goods, has launched its first nation-wide scavenger hunt. The Great NuBe Scavenger Hunt actually involves very little scavenging per se. Instead teams (you can form yours from friends and family located anywhere in the country) are challenged to perform a series of…