January 2008
Sarah Loertscher Jewelry Trunk Sale this Weekend
Here’s your chance to grab hot-off-the-runway style: Local jewelry maven Sarah Loertscher just returned to town after runs at Los Angeles’ and El Paseo’s fashion weeks, where her innovative sculptural jewels were paired with Project Runway alum Mila Hermanovski’s new collection. Now, Click! Design That Fits in West Seattle is hosting a trunk show of…
Four Divine After-Dinner Cocktails
Last month, on this very blog, I wrote about the aperitif, that drink consumed before a meal to start the meal, and the conversation, off on the right note. However, a meal is like a shelf full of scrumptious books, and without a bookend on either side, the books, or courses, spill over onto each…
Titanic Concert at 5th Avenue Theatre Sings the Songs of the 99 Percent
I am so glad the 5th Avenue Theatre is bringing Titanic – The Concert to the stage this weekend (April 13-15) – and not because it’s the 100th anniversary of the ship’s tragic sinking. I had the opportunity to watch a rehearsal yesterday and from just that glimpse, the show promises to be more powerful…
The Artists Defining Glass Now
Chihuly put Seattle on the map, but a new batch of Northwest glass artists are redefining the medium
^ “Glass is one of those materials that have been incorporated into so many of the banal parts of our landscape; commercially, domestically and technologically we use it and are surrounded by it. We throw it away, crush it, melt it, refill it, break it, clean it and re use it.” >>> Seattle artist Rebecca…
Prepare to Die of Cuteness: The Narwhal, a Mobile Oyster Wagon, Coming This Summer
We can all stop coming up with ideas now; the lastest, greatest one will soon be a reality. Ladies and gentlemen, if you thought you liked Renee Erickson for her chic Walrus & Carpenter and the enchanting Boat Street Kitchen and Cafe, just you wait! She’s now dreamed up a mobile oyster wagon that she…
7 Best Restaurants That Define Seattle Dining Now
Our Best Restaurants 2012 list has a new spin: Here's where to go to taste Seattle now.
If you took a culinary snapshot of 2012, what would it taste like? Beyond the strong locavore focus and the eager seasonality of menus, Seattle restaurants have a unique spirit, a feel all their own. We celebrate this special Seattle flavor by calling out the restaurants that define our city—and the trends they exemplify. This…
Best Happy Hours at Restaurants
For half-price wine lists, cheap cocktails and sublime dishes we’d happily pay twice as much to eat.
A puny dish of sodden calamari, a sad plate of flabby, lukewarm wings, a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon—it’s the dreaded not-so-happy hour, wherein a restaurant offers you “bargains” like these if you get there early enough. That’s just not going to cut it. Our mission: Discover the restaurants with the absolute best food served…
Seattle’s Food Establishment: Inaugural List
Seattle magazine's inaugural list of the 70 most powerful players in the Seattle food scene.
Who keeps Seattle’s food engines running? Who has the power, the respect and the influence to set trends, challenge the status quo and reshape the culinary landscape? We sussed out the people and institutions who have had—and continue to have—the most substantial impact on how we eat, what we eat and what we’ll want to…
Happiest Happy-hour Bartenders
These five local mixologists are keeping it real at happy hour with humor, warmth—and a mean drink.
Bryn LumsdenRob Roy, BelltownWith a calm manner that isn’t shaken (even if a group of 15 shows up suddenly), and a literary charm that extends to everyone and anyone sitting at the bar, Lumsden is unflappably friendly even while making a passel of the snazziest and firmest fizzes in town. He’s as classic a bartender…
Best Cocktail-Centric Happy Hours
Where to go in Seattle for the best happy hour cocktails, and what you should order.
Sun Liquor DistilleryCapitol HillSun Liquor Distillery is an essential happy-hour stop. From 5 to 7 p.m., you can gaze lovingly at the shining still that sits in a room behind the bar while sipping a seasonal cocktail special, such as the Martine (gin, dry vermouth, angostura bitters and a lemon twist; $7), made with Hedgetrimmer…
The True Meaning of “Happy Hour”
Cocktail expert A.J. Rathbun explores the history—and beauty—of happy hours.
Today, the term “happy hour” is ingrained in communal cocktail thought, but its origins are unclear. Although a few facts are available, it’s fairly difficult to pin down the definitive history of how those two words first came together. In the 1920s, the phrase “happy hour” was used by the Navy for a period of…
Best Food Trucks 2012
Seattle magazine's favorite mobile eateries.
Best Sweet/DessertThe silken ice creams from Parfait (parfait-icecream.com) are made from scratch (unlike many other ice creams in town, which are made from an ice cream base) and come in sensational flavors like Meyer lemon, mellow and yellow; and mint stracciatella, with bits of dark chocolate and fresh spearmint-infused cream. Two flavors for $4; in…