Life & Style
10 Years with Seattle Magazine: A Photo Retrospective
A decade into her tenure at Seattle and Seattle Business magazines, photographer Hayley Young looks back at some of her favorite images
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Lindy WestWriter, activistSeattle magazine, January 2014 “My assistant, John Vicory, and I drove for hours to pick up the wood stake that we propped behind Lindy for this photo, taken at her family’s property in Quilcene. I had Googled ‘how to make a burning…
Seattle-area Trio Launches a New Decision-making App
Easily corral friends’ opinions with Sujjest
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Three Seattle-area natives have created an app to simplify the process of reaching consensus. Sujjest (available for Android and iOS), born out of frustration with email chains and chaotic group texts, was devised by three friends from the South End who wanted an easier…
Murano Senior Living Helps You Care For Your Loved Ones
During intense times of changing needs, Murano personalizes their care to meet the needs of the people important to you
Sponsored by Murano Senior Living The holidays are quickly approaching, which means many of us will be heading home for the holidays and spending more time with family. Sometimes, a visit home for the holidays can open our eyes to the fact that our loved ones are getting older and it may be time to…
Seattle Photography Studio Uses Vintage Equipment to Capture Auras on Film
According to Aura Aura's owners, the '70s-era camera technology converts a person's energy to color, which shows up on the portrait as a sort of rainbow-hued halo
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Freelance photographer Alex Lee says he’s a technical, rational person by nature—yet his new project is rooted in the abstract and requires a small leap of faith. In April, he launched the Seattle location of Aura Aura, a Detroit-based business (started by his sister…
New Book ‘Be an InventHer’ Advises Women How to Make Their Ideas a Reality
A Q&A with the local authors about the entrepreneurial guide
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. “Why not you?” ask authors Mina Yoo and Hilary Meyerson in their new book, Be an InventHer: An Everywoman’s Guide to Creating the Next Big Thing (Sasquatch, October 22, $19.95), a manual for women eager to transform their creative ideas into marketplace reality. Yoo…
Seattle-based Fuchsia Inc. Brings International Artisan Goods to Locals
Afshan Abbas is creating a market for Pakistani artisans—and bringing unique pieces to Seattle
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. People kept asking Afshan Abbas where she got her distinctive shoes. This happened so often that the Seattle businesswoman, who hails from Pakistan, decided it was time to introduce the footwear to the rest of the world. In 2016, after raising more than $60,000…
Expert Advice: 5 Tips for Parents Helping Teens With the College Search
University Prep college counselor weighs in on parental support
Sponsored by University Prep With this year’s college admissions scandal news wafting in and out of our newsfeeds, it’s an interesting time to be a parent of a high school junior or senior. It’s one more piece of news at a time when families are hit with a barrage of college information. With all the…
Seattle Senior Living Now Has More Perks Than Ever
New Murano Senior Living community provides best-in-class care and a giveaway for the whole family
Sponsored by Murano Senior Living Today’s retirees find themselves faced with endless decisions to make about what to do next. Some of these choices are a part of what makes retirement the next big adventure, like Where should I travel to now that I have the time? and What new hobbies should I try? But…
The Works on First Hill Reignites the Seattle DIY Spirit
With her business, Kellie Phelan is tapping into the DIY community
IT’S ALL ON THE TABLE: Kellie Phelan readies the big wooden table for a class in canning. The table is central to her business where people gather to learn a skill, and connect with each other
20 Years of Style With Ballard Tastemaker Curtis Steiner
Artist and curator Curtis Steiner has spent a lifetime cultivating an eye for the beautiful and esoteric. This year, he celebrates 20 years of selling his style in Ballard
Steiner in his Ballard shop, where he sells his own handmade cards and jewelry pieces in addition to found objects, antique jewelry and other artists’ work
A Seattle Woodworker Is (Still) Turning Bathtubs Into Works of Art
Catching up with Nathie Katzoff of NK Woodworking a year after our story about his gorgeous wooden tubs went viral
NK Woodworking’s $30,000 wooden bathtub is so stunning that Seattle magazine’s March 2018 article about it accumulated more than 320,000 views in just a handful of days (and thanks to the magic of the internet, it continues to regularly top our best performing stories). We thought we’d check in with founder and owner Nathie Katzoff…
Science be Damned, Spiritual Crystals Are Making a Major Comeback
From home décor to jewelry, crystals are having a moment again.
Need to mend a broken heart? Rose quartz crystal can help with that. Or ward off bad energy? Try wearing a black tourmaline crystal. AJ Crecelius of NW Crystals (Ballard, 2221 NW 56th St.; 424.419.9789), a shop selling healing crystals since 2015, believes that the metaphysical properties of certain stones can help cure ailments like…
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