February 2021
Personal Health Records
New tools for Seattle’s tech savvy health consumers to track their health care details
!–paging_filter–pIt wasn’t long ago that a person’s personal health record was a box kept at home, overflowing with immunization records, lab results and past prescriptions, and there was a similar file at all the various doctors and clinics you visited. Nowadays, many of those records—along with doctors’ notes—are being offered online, with hospitals and companies…
Information Overload?
Do in-home genetic testing kits and body scans give us useful information about our health?
!–paging_filter–pMany of us are compelled, at one point or another, to do a little self-diagnosis when something—an itch here or a pang there—comes up. (WebMD is possibly the bane of many a doc’s existence.) Fortunately or unfortunately, there are more than a few ways to feed our need for self-diagnosis in the health realm, among…
Road Trip! 24 Hours in Vancouver
I just boarded the BoltBus for my 24-hour media road trip to Vancouver, courtesy of Tourism Vancouver. On tap for this whirlwind tour is a local beer flight tasting at the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park (I’ve never been and am told my usual footwear choices will not be acceptable for that trek), dinner atop Grouse…
The Top Kitchen Shops in Seattle Bellevue
Located in the former Dish It Up space on Ballard Avenue, Culinary Essentials (Ballard, 5320 Ballard Ave. NW; 206.789.1334), originally an expansion of Bellevue’s J Culinary Essentials (now closed), serves up plenty of tableware and cooking gear, including Man Law barbecuing tools. Long a bastion for the cooking crazed, J.F. Henry (West Seattle, 4445 California…
Where to Get Luxe Lighting
Seattle and Bellevue shops where you can score glam lighting to the max
Hansen Lamp Shade (Lake City, 10706 Lake City Way NE; 206.363.1635) has been lighting up Seattle since 1937, and it is still the place to go for restoration and repair of your loved lights old or new, and for a custom hand-sewn shade. Not to mention, it has 3,000 shades at the ready; you’re welcome…
Stores in Seattle with Artful Accents
Score signed prints by local artists, such as Aki Sogabe’s glorious kirie (paper cutting) of a cherry-blossom-swathed Space Needle ($30), handsomely framed at The Art Study (University Village, 4630 Village Court NE; 206.525.2400), which also has some beautiful bric-a-brac, including magnifying glasses ($14.95). C. Michele Interiors (Mercer Island, 7605 SE 27th St., Suite 102; 206.453.4771)…
Modern Design Store in Seattle: Digs
Ben and Gretchen Knudsen (shown above with their daughter Elke) opened their inviting home store Digs in Ballard (2002 NW Market St; 206.457.5709) last March, after five years of operating in Bellingham, and quickly made it a go-to source for fans of modern design with a Northwest sensibility. As well as showing love for new…
The Best Home Decor Shops in Seattle
Where to find great goods for every room in the house
Seattle and the Eastside certainly have their fair share of home shops–everything from lighting and green goods, to midcentury modern stores and consignment. We’ve rounded up the best of the best in each category so you can browse away and find the right shop for your need (or want) Modern Design Store Artful Accents Luxe…
Quirky, Non-Taxidermied Animal Decor for Your Home
Pepper your space with a sampling of the exotic
With a herd of taxidermy jutting from restaurant walls and roosting on store shelves, we channeled our wild sides and went in search of home décor of the faunal variety. But with a twist. These quirky creatures are crafted in a variety of materials, such as cardboard, papier-mâché and even wood, so they lend a…
Cookies on Capitol Hill: Hello Robin Wows
!–paging_filter–pRobin Wehl Martin opened her adorable blue- and white-trimmed jewel-box cookie shop Hello Robin em(522 19th Ave. E; 206.735.7970; a href=”http://www.hellorobincookies.com” target=”_blank”hellorobincookies.com/a)/em last December on the “it” corner of a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/capitol-hill-19th-new-12th“19th and Mercer/a, where she quickly fueled a brand-new Capitol Hill crawl that includes gourmet mercantile Cone Steiner (grab a pint!), Linda Derschang newcomer Tallulah’s…
Breaking News! Interior Designer Brian Paquette Opening Home Decor Shop in Pioneer Square
Well hello, Wednesday! We received word this morning that the fantastic designer Brian Paquette of Brian Paquette Interiors is in the process of securing a space in Pioneer Square for a brand-new home shop. Swoon. Paquette says the airy, simple and clean store (official name to come) will hopefully be located near Matt Dillon’s London…
Ethan Stowell’s Latest, Chippy’s Fish Drink, Now Open in Ballard
!–paging_filter–pAt long last, Ethan Stowell’s new fish and chips joint, stronga href=”http://www.ethanstowellrestaurants.com/locations/chippys/” target=”_blank”Chippy’s/a/strong, is open for business on Ballard Avenue./ppIt’s located directly next door to his other restaurant, stronga href=”http://www.ethanstowellrestaurants.com/locations/staple-fancy/” target=”_blank”Staple Fancy/a/strong, in the former Dutch Bike Co. space inside the Kolstrand Building (also home to strongWalrus and the Carpenter/strong and strongBarnacle/strong).nbsp;/pp“We wanted to have…