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Houzz Tour: A Seattle Remodel Channels Palm Springs
Indoor and outdoor living merge atypically in this Pacific Northwest home
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. You often hear about a house being really well built, and that was definitely the case with this remodeled 1908 Craftsman. But “well built” and “well laid out” are two entirely different things. “The whole way it was set up prevented you from having any connection to the view…
Go See This Art Installation on Alki for Earth Day
The work by Seattle's Electric Coffin in partnership with Value Village will be up through tonight
As part of its Rethink Reuse campaign, which aims to start a conversation around the impact that textile waste has on the environment, global thrift retailer Value Village picked West Seattle’s Alki Beach as the site for its large-scale Earth Day art installation. The installation was designed by Ballard creative firm Electric Coffin (I’m a…
Café Nordo’s ‘To Savor Tomorrow’ is First-Class Fun
Story, food and atmosphere work together to create a theatrical experience
Those who aren’t already familiar with Cafe Nordo would be forgiven for assuming it’s a place to grab a cup of coffee. But what they’re really serving up in the Pioneer Square space that was once home to Elliott Bay Book Company, is an immersive production where story, food and atmosphere work together to create…
The Must List: Japanese Cultural Festival, Arcade Lights & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must TastePike Place Market’s Annual Arcade LightsFriday (4/22, 7 p.m.) Head to Pike Place Market for the annual Arcade Lights Tasting Festival in the North Arcade. Enjoy a night of artisanal foods, beers and Washington wines. Indulge in unlimited snacks and use your five tokens to taste locally crafted drinks. Must SeeTrees in Bloom at…
Recipe of the Week: Rhubarb & Banana Sherbet
Amy Pennington whips up a simple sherbet
Excerpted from Fresh Pantry: Rhubarb. Kindle Edition. Homemade ice pops, more icy than creamy, make a simple and easy frozen dessert. All ingredients are thrown into a blender and puréed—no fussing with ice cream makers needed. This sherbet recipe is almost as easy, and is also a great way to use old, blackened bananas. The…
World’s first La Marzocco cafe and showroom opens in Seattle
Cafe and showroom will feature rotating Roasters in Residence program
Nothing goes better together than music and coffee. Maybe that’s why Italy’s La Marzocco, a leader in espresso machine innovation, has opened its first cafe and showroom inside KEXP’s New Home in Seattle Center. We’d like to think they chose Seattle because of our cutting edge music scene and coffee culture, but it’s actually because…
Seattle Rapper, Spekulation, releases new song protesting Uncle Ike’s
The rapper points out the hypocrisy on 23rd and Union
The trope imposed on people who smoke marijuana has always been that they’re lazy, zoned out and unthinking. It’s a lame and lazy characterization. Want proof? Just look to Seattle rapper, author and admitted smoker, Matt “Spek” Watson, who this week (on 4/20) released the first single, “Uncle Ike” from his anticipated new record, Nine…
Exclusive Premiere of Fly Moon Royalty’s New Record
'Delicious Trouble' poised to gain the Seattle band the attention of a national audience
Fly Moon Royalty’s new record Delicious Trouble is a musical feast. It’s a delectable collection of songs that’s deep on groove, long on soul, and now has the band poised to gain the attention of a national audience. Stream it now right here. Blending elements of R&B, Hip Hop, Electronica and Pop, DJ Action J…
Westland Open House Tonight And More Weekend Fun
Drinking events aplenty during the month of April
Don’t miss out – there are loads of fun, tasty, and even charitable drinking and eating events coming up this week, weekend and through the rest of the month. Read the below with a calendar in hand. Westland Named World Craft Producer, Plus Open House Tonight: SoDo’s Westland Distillery was recently named the World’s Craft…
Four Weekly Fresh-Meal Delivery Services to Try
Here, we break down the keepers
On-demand dining apps such as UberEATS and BiteSquad have saved me from succumbing to day-old office doughnuts. Now, a slew of meal delivery kits—complete with dinner recipes and fresh ingredients, often chopped and premeasured—take it a step further for folks who still want to cook but are short on time. Add to that the onslaught…
Fit for a King: Seahawks’ Earl Thomas III Says “I Do”
Is Thomas' kingly attire the start of a new bridal trend?
This article originally appeared on our sister site, Seattlebridemag.com. This past Saturday, Seattle Seahawk Earl Thomas III tied the knot with long time love Nina Heisser. The high school sweethearts exchanged vows in style at the Chateau Cocomar in Houston, Texas. While the bride looked absolutely stunning in her blinged-out wedding gown, the groom opted…
Timberland Opening at Bellevue Square
The outdoor retailer brings its hiking boots, outerwear and more to Bellevue on April 22
Outdoor retailer Timberland, known for its rugged and well-made men’s and women’s footwear, outerwear and more, will open a 2,900-square-foot store in Bellevue Square on Friday, April 22. The shop will be the brand’s only Seattle-area location; it currently sells its wares via various authorized retailers around the city. Located on the second floor next…
Sip on The Carreras Cocktail at Artusi
A mix of Peruvian pisco and French spirits, this drink takes you on an international journey
Cocktail: The Carreras This delightful springtime drink uses the Campo de Encanto brand of pisco—the much loved brandy made in Peru and Chile—as its base. It’s a little odd that pisco, an amiable and mixable grape-based spirit that’s also available from a number of other brands, isn’t used more often in cocktails, although its…
Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches at The Cookie Counter
The Cookie Counter makes the best in town
Chelsea Keene and Chris Olson of The Cookie Counter make the best vegan ice cream in town. If you haven’t experienced their creamy, organic, coconut-milk-based ice cream sandwiches sold from their roving (June–September) blue 1974 Volkswagen bus named Mavis, take heart: You can now customize your own sammie ($5) at the couple’s new 850-square-foot café,…
Author Lindy West Talks About Her New Book ‘Shrill’
Lindy West discusses fat, feminism and her new memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Columbia City–based writer Lindy West got her start as an arts reporter for The Stranger, and now focuses on topics that include pop culture, social justice and body image for GQ and The Guardian. Her first book, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hachette Books, $26) is released May 17. Why did you decide to…
Something for Everyone in a Seattle Family Room
Family members downsize to a home that will shorten their commutes and give them more time together
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Long commutes to Seattle were eating up time that the members of this family of four would have preferred to spend together. So they made a life-changing decision to trade home size for location, moving to a much smaller house in a walkable neighborhood downtown. The downsize meant they…
National Film Festival for Talented Youth Begins April 28
The four-day festival will highlight a film from local 17-year-old filmmaker Wynter Rhys
In 2007, three teenagers had a vision for growing youth-made film in Seattle. Jesse Harris, Jocelyn R.C. and Kyle Seago founded their non-profit, The Talented Youth, and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), a showcase for filmmakers age 24 and under. Since its inception, the fest has blossomed into a four-day event that…
The Best Thing Our Food & Dining Editor Ate This Week
Rotisserie chicken finally makes its mark in Seattle
Three words. Charcoal. Rotisserie. Chicken. In my former life as a San Francisco Bay Area food critic, I became quite the passionate eater of pollo a la brasa. It didn’t help that my husband came from a family of serious rotisserie chicken eaters in Washington, D.C., where there is a sizable Peruvian population in and…
Seattle’s Porch.com Debuts New Service, Partners with Wayfair
The home services platform launches its Porch Retail Solution and partnership with Wayfair.com
Local home improvement services platform Porch.com, which enables homeowners to find the right handyman, designer, landscaper, house cleaner etc., for their home-prettifying projects, has partnered with Boston-based online home decor shop Wayfair.com to implement its new Porch Retail Solution service across 15 U.S. markets, including the Seattle, Tacoma and Bellevue metro area. The new service…
Top 4 Ways to Get Fit in Seattle this Spring
Where to work up a sweat in and around Seattle
Sponsored by Coors Peak Seattle is one of the fittest cities in the U.S.—we ranked eighth in a recent poll by the American Fitness Index that looked at how the 50 largest metro areas stack up in terms of preventive health behaviors and the amount of community resources that support physical activity. With our ample…
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