Lifestyle
Will Congestion Pricing Help Seattle’s Traffic Mess?
The ‘period of maximum constraint’ is just around the corner, and even when it’s over, traffic downtown is likely to be worse than it is today. Can we toll our way out of this mess?
STOPPED UP: Today, traffic barely moves through downtown on Fifth Avenue during rush hour. Could congestion pricing help?
Dream Abs are Just an Appointment Away with EMSCULPT for Stomach Definition
While proper diet and fitness are key to living a healthy life, sometimes an extra step may be necessary to bring out those hidden ab muscles.
Sponsored by Glow Medispa Are you longing for those perfect abs? Have you tried eating healthy and exercising, but just aren’t seeing any results? While a proper diet and fitness are keys to living a healthy life, sometimes an extra step may be necessary to bring out those hidden abdominal muscles. Glow Medispa is proud to…
4 Urban Hikes to Burn off Your Thanksgiving Calories
These Seattle hikes will help you feel better about that metric ton of pie that you consumed.
Thanksgiving Day can be a loooooong day… with all the food, relatives and general chaos of a packed house. When the eating is done, there is only so much television and time discussing politics with the elders that you can take. That’s why we suggest heading outside for a little urban hiking. It will also…
The Chef in the Hat’s Latest Project? Perfume
The Chef in the Hat adds the role of perfumer to his résumé
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. You might expect to find an award-winning chef experimenting with new ingredients, but Thierry Rautureau, chef and owner of Loulay and Luc, is applying his skills to a new medium: custom fragrances. In July, he launched his new line, Chef in the Hat (the…
This Seattle Bathroom Remodel Takes an Old-School Approach
A Queen Anne fashion writer mixes patterns to create a bathroom imbued with old Hollywood glamour
WASHING UP: Owner Lisa Cole originally thought these heavy slate-colored, mirrored medicine cabinets would be too big for the small space, but they provide weight and simplicity; lower cabinets were custom made by Hewitt Cabinets
Furniture Chain Blu Dot Finds a Home in Seattle
The store bears the hallmark of a 60-foot custom collage installation, designed by Blu Dot’s visual team for the Seattle location
JUST LIKE HOME: Blu Dot’s Capitol Hill showroom boasts original, modern pieces from bedroom sets to storage solutions, plus a custom collage
Sip and Savor Your Way through Extraordinary Victoria
We asked two of the city’s hospitality superstars to share Victoria’s most extraordinary dining experiences.
Sponsored by Destination Greater Victoria Drinking and dining in Victoria is an extraordinary experience like no other. The city’s coveted location – surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and fertile farmland– attracts top chefs and bartenders from around the world eager to play with the city’s bounty of hyper-local ingredients. A mecca for culinary fans, Victoria is…
Refresh Your Home’s Look With These Bold New Wall Panels
Renton-based Lumicor debuts a cool new product for easy interior design
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Forget the saws, the grout, the elaborate calculations, the expensive contractors. You can change the look of your walls—dramatically, at that—in just an hour, using some double-sided tape. “I jokingly tell people that a 14-year-old could install this,” says Lumicor creative director Janell Dastrup…
AIA Home of Distinction: Inside a Wooded Whidbey Island Residence
A couple of Seattle artists find work-life balance among the trees in this forest retreat on Whidbey Island
“V” FORMATION: Architect Tom Lenchek of Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects used floor-to-ceiling windows and a polycarbonate clerestory on the back of the main residence to let in precious light; the west wing (left) is a master suite and guest quarters, while the east wing (right) features a dining room, kitchen, living room and large outdoor…
November Hike of the Month: Lake 22
Just over an hour outside of Seattle, Lake 22 takes you back in time
Want to take a step out of big city present day and step back in time? A hike to Lake 22 will fit the bill. The trail, a very moderate and relatively short hike, lies near Mt. Pilchuck, west of Granite Falls, off the Mountain Loop Highway. The area was designated a Research Natural Area…
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