May 2010
Urban Safari: 2nd Ave in Belltown
Long known for its nightlife, Belltown
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Long known for its nightlife, Belltown’s Second Avenue has always had something for everyone—whether you’re up for burritos at Mama’s Mexican Kitchen and pinball at Shorty’s, tapas at Txori and jazz at Tula’s, or an evening of fancier fare at Tavolàta or Restaurant Zoë. Of late, a new crop of…
Shopping Around: May’s Shopping Finds
Luxurious and environmentally friendly handbags at The Bravern, a hip and affordable Queen Anne bout
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Bag lady Julie Berard’s luxe, veggie-tanned leather totesLuxury Pursuit It takes nerve to go up against handbag giants Ferragamo and Gucci, but Magnolia designer Julie Berard’s petite frame packs a ton of gumption. Her new leather handbag line ambitiously combines two often contradictory categories: luxurious and environmentally friendly. The…
Scoop: Seattle Soul
A new documentary shedding light on Seattle
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines A new documentary shedding light on Seattle’s once thriving funk and soul scene makes its local debut at SIFF Once upon a time, the city’s music scene pulsed with Seattle bands—groups that played original songs at packed venues nightly, groups whose records were in regular rotation at the local independent…
Editor’s Note: Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
Drive a few hours in any direction away from Seattle and you can be in just about any type of terrai
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Vacation, All I Ever Wanted One of the great ironies of working at the same place for a long time is that you accrue the maximum allotted vacation time but never really get to use it. Then there is this conundrum: My husband works at the University of Washington–Tacoma, our…
Local Authority: Kurt Hoelting Keeps It Local
In a quest to reduce his impact on the environment, Kurt Hoelting traded travel for a radically loca
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Name: Kurt HoeltingOccupation: Wilderness guide, meditation teacher, commercial fishermanMission: For one year, stay within a 60-mile radius of home, no cars or planesBiggest challenge: Getting to the ferryOn the irony of rural living: “One tends to be more bound to their car than they would be in the city.” Circular…
The Must List: May
Our top to-do's for May
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Our top to-do’s for May Find Your Inner SurferCLEAN WATER CLASSICJoin the hundreds of surfers and wannabes descending upon the coastal town of Westport this month for the ninth edition of the Surfrider Foundation’s Clean Water Classic competition, where top surfers in the Pacific Northwest are judged on their cutbacks…
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