November 2010
Scoop: Good for You
Health Month makes getting healthy an interactive we adventure
Yes, this is the month we’re going to stop eating pizza and start going to the gym every day! Definitely. Well, probably. OK, maybe? When it comes to getting healthy, many of us have trouble with stick-to-it-iveness—largely because we assign ourselves unachievable goals. That’s where recently launched Health Month (healthmonth.com) may help. Invented by Seattleite…
The Must List: November
Our Top To-Do's For November
Sway: Brandi Carlile with The Seattle SymphonyIt’s a long way from busking and playing gigs at the Tractor Tavern for homegrown country-pop icon Brandi Carlile, who returns to town as front woman for the Seattle Symphony. Carlile’s latest album, Give Up the Ghost, reveals the singer at her rawest and most honest. Come and see…
Editor’s Note: The Steaks are High
Meat is in, it's not only Lady Gaga going ga-ga over meat
When Lady Gaga donned her meat dress for the MTV Video Music Awards the week before we shipped this magazine to the printer, it wasn’t quite what we had in mind to bring attention to meat. (But seriously, didn’t that dress drape nicely? And butcher string to lace up the “shoes”? Brilliant. Note to self:…
Clark Bowen of CB’s Nuts
CB's Nuts founder Clark Bowen hits out of the park
Clark Bowen first began roasting peanuts to satisfy a personal craving. The Washington native grew up snacking on peanuts produced in small, local roasteries. As time passed and larger corporations bought out the brand he had come to rely on, the quality of his favorite salty snack diminished. Searching for the perfect in-shell peanut proved…
Cravings: Kickin’ it with Kimchi
Kimchi's flavor is one of a kind, adding serious punch to many dishes
Usually made with cabbage, this Korean side dish is traditionally pickled in brine and buried underground to ferment for a few days. It is thought to have many health benefits, such as improving gastrointestinal function. Kimchi’s flavor is one of a kind—a spicy, savory taste adding serious punch to many dishes. Here are four local…
Out to Lunch: Savatdee
The flavors of Laos and Thailand beckon from Savatdee's exotic menu
Hey, you like fried rice, right? Who doesn’t? Well, I’ve got the dish for you. It’s like the love child of fried rice and popcorn chicken, with some lettuce wrapping thrown in for good measure. It’s called nhem mou ($11), and you’ll find it at Savatdee on the special menu of dishes from Laos. The…
Datebook: New Exhibit at Nordic Heritage Museum
Architecture and nature coexist peacefully in a new exhibit at the Nordic Heritage Museum
Good news for Dwell magazine groupies (present company included): Ballard’s Nordic Heritage Museum is hosting an exhibit that will have you geeking out over gorgeous modern architecture, and possibly packing up and moving to Norway. Featuring stunning photographs and architectural models, Lost in Nature: The Architecture of Jarmund/Vigsnæs showcases contemporary work by a prominent Oslo-based…
Grey Matters: Expense Account
Seattle is trying to build pricey new roads while it struggles to fill potholes in the existing ones
A weird contradiction of our times is that we the public are pulled toward two opposite extremes. Specifically, we are exhorted to take on ginormous new public projects while cutting back on almost everything the government does that is actually useful, albeit unglamorous. The downtown Seattle deep-bore tunnel, the expansion of the 520 bridge over…
Hot Button: How Green is Thy Lumber?
Seattle's green building community questions which wood is good enough
Say you’re an environmentally conscious consumer looking to build a new deck. You head to Dunn Lumber on Lake Union and stare at seemingly identical stacks of lumber. Which is the most eco-friendly? It’s hard to tell. Should you just buy the most expensive wood and assume it must be the greenest? What about that…
Health: Fred Hutch provides phone service
Under contract with the National Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch provides a service vital to people see
Special CallingUnder contract with the National Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch provides a service vital to people seeking communication and compassion. The calls come in from anywhere and everywhere, landing in a quiet warren of cubicles inside a South Lake Union building. “I just found out I have Stage 4 cancer in my throat,” drawls a…
Outdoors: Seattleites Cyclocross
Seattleites embrace the roughest sport on two wheels
Cross BreedingSeattleites embrace the roughest sport on two wheels Small wonder that cyclocross, a bicycle racing sport that most closely resembles BMX for grownups, is big in the bike-crazy Pacific Northwest, where riders don’t mind getting dirty in the quest for ever more challenging outdoor experiences. Also known as CX or just ’cross, the sport…
Spotlight Minis: Art, Books, & Music
Local Art That Matters
Meet Your MarkerARTIST: John Sutton of local installation art trio SuttonBeresCuller SHOW: Panoptos, for which the group has raided the Henry Art Gallery’s permanent collection, hung a selection of art salon style (floor to ceiling), and constructed a custom-made apparatus that holds a high-def camera and moves on an X/Y axis. Viewers operate the camera—either…
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