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French-Italian Joli coming to Stumbletown this spring
Alums from Local 360, Toulouse Petit, and Monsoon offer oysters and Champagne Kickstarter event
If you haven’t heard, here it is: There’s a new French-Italian restaurant coming to the NW 65th Street corridor, and it is made up of a culinary dream team. Industry veterans Christopher Yamka (Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge, Bastille Cafe & Bar, Local 360) and Camille Yamka (Monsoon, Terra Plata, Roux) have partnered with the…
Bertha Gets Back To Work, Seahawks Head to Minneapolis & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Bertha the big tunnel-boring machine is ready to get back to work after multiple problems (overheating, a damaged cutter head and even the discovery of shells) caused delay after delay since the project began in 2013. According to Bloomberg Business, fixing the five-stories-tall, mostly underground drill was a giant task. To repair damages, a 120-feet…
Isola Homes VIP Party
Isola Homes VIP Party
On November 13th, Isola Homes hosted a VIP party to celebrate the opening of its brand new Experience Center near Safeco Field, where visitors shop for new homes using state-of-the-art visual and sensory technology. More than 150 guests enjoyed catered sips and bites, music, an interactive social media experience, swag bags, giveaways and more. …
Seattle Listed as Top Ten City for High Rent, and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
In response to Seattle’s growing homeless population, a new tiny house village in the Central District has been constructed and is nearing completion. According to the Capitol Hill Times, the village came about via a partnership between homeless encampment Nickelsville, property owner the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and the Low Income Housing Institute….
Eating in the dark: Blind Cafe returns to Seattle
Elevate your senses with this pitch-dark dining experience
What happens when you remove the visual experience from dining? Find out at The Blind Cafe, a traveling dinner-community-building-vision-impaired-awareness-event where a blind wait staff serves multiple vegan, gluten-free courses in the pitch dark. Native Seattle chef Johnny Williams of Sweet Pea Cottage School of the Arts will prepare the food and an as-yet-undisclosed band will…
Congressman Jim McDermott will not run for Re-Election
Who will (or will not) step up to take "Sunny Jim's" spot?
In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. Congressman for Life, Seattle Democrat Jim McDermott, has chosen not to run for re-election in 2016, thus shattering the silver…
Recipe of the Week: Penn Cove Mussels
Can't wait for the 2nd annual Pop! Bubbles & Seafood event? Serve up these mussels for dinner
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we really love our seafood. The beautiful, briny bounty from the sea is what makes Seattle such an exciting and popular culinary destination. So you can imagine how excited we are about our 2nd annual Pop! Bubbles & Seafood event on Saturday, February 20, wherein you’ll be able to sink…
New Blanket Line By Louie Gong Makes a Statement
Artist Louie Gong represents authentic Native American art with wool blankets
Raised in a Nooksack community outside of Bellingham, artist Louie Gong grew up with Native American art as an authentic reflection of his culture’s experiences. These deliberate symbols and stories, Gong says, are now misrepresented in mainstream, native-inspired retail. “It’s like taking the letters of a word and rearranging them so they make sense to…
A Peek Inside Interior Designer Brian Paquette’s Hip Capitol Hill Home
Brian Paquette invites us into his design studio (aka his Capitol Hill apartment)
Clients who come to designer Brian Paquette’s E Pike Street office for help in creating their dream home may not realize that the genesis for his boldly patterned, brightly colored interiors actually starts at a different address with a very different look. Paquette’s 1,000-square-foot apartment, a mere 15-minute walk from his now 7-year-old firm, is…
Pae White’s Command-Shift-4 at Henry Art Gallery
An installation at the Henry Art Gallery draws a line between art and tech
Los Angeles artist Pae White’s current installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Command-Shift-4, transforms the spacious lower gallery into a dynamic space where visitors are subject to sudden, disorienting perceptual shifts as they slowly wander through it. Although the title refers to the Apple computer keyboard shortcut that allows the user to create a screenshot…
Seahawks vs. Minnesota in Round One
Seattle faces the Purple People Eaters in a frosty (and winnable) Round One
The Seattle Seahawks are headed to Minnesota. After crushing the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, the Seahawks found themselves watching the scoreboard. Depending on who won in the Minnesota Vikings/Green Bay Packers game, the Seahawks could have been traveling to Washington, D.C. or Minnesota. The Vikes won, so Seattle is Minnesota-bound. Sunday’s rout was thanks in part…
Holy Korean cheesesteak! Marination opens downtown
Korean cheesecake and Aloha Tators among new menu items
As if 2016 wasn’t already poised to be the year of a dining in South Lake Union, we just got word that a new Marination location has opened at the corner of Sixth Ave and Virginia (2000 Sixth Ave.) At the 700-square-foot restaurant, you can expect all the classic Korean-fusion you’ve come to love –…
5 Great Champagne Cocktails to Have Out in Seattle
Bubbly cocktails perfect for ringing in the new year
It’s the end of the year, which is also the bubbliest time of the year, thanks to the rivers of Champagne and sparkling wine that are being imbibed out and at home. But while I would never turn down a glass of Champagne, I also think if you really want to send your seasonal fun…
Must List: Polar Bear Plunge, Free Day at WA State Parks
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must RockPatti Smith Rocks The Moore(1/4 to 1/5, 8 p.m.) Punk rock songwriter, musician and poet Patti Smith brings her world tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of her seminal debut album, Horses, to the Moore Theatre. Hear her sing the songs that helped make her an icon. Must Get OutdoorsFree Day at…
Recline that Seat–You Paid for the Privilege
Holiday travel can be stressful. So go ahead and recline that seat
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com. Not long ago I was seated next to a female stranger on a flight from Seattle to Chicago. As we reached cruising altitude, the passenger in front of my seatmate reclined his seat. Her response was immediate: she promptly—and sharply—thumped the back of the “offender’s” seat with her left…
Food and dining resolutions for 2016
Cooking with umami and seeking out other cuisines top my list
As a new year draws close, I’m supposed to vow to exercise more, find a worthy cause, and make more me time. While those tasks are on my resolution list, they’re not at the top. Cooking with umami is. As Seattle magazine’s food and dining editor, I spend a lot of my time thinking about…
Recipe of the Week: Three Ingredient Roasted Tomato Soup
Savor this simply delicious tomato soup by local food blogger Sarah Adler
The feasting has ended, your pants are feeling a bit snug and you’re exhausted by the hours you’ve spent hovering over the stove. Take a deep breath; the holidays are over and most likely, you don’t want to look at another sugar cookie or mash another potato ever again. Luckily, Sarah Adler, a local nutrition…
Empowering Teens Through Public Art
Local artist Kathleen Warren helps the youth of Seattle gain pride through creativity
Artist Kathleen Warren started volunteering with Urban ArtWorks after spotting some of the local nonprofit’s colorful murals around the city. Six years later, Warren, now the SoDo-based organization’s director, says she’s always been drawn to public art. “I’ve been in institutions like museums and galleries before that feel too sterile. It upsets me that it’s…
The Seahawks Lose Ugly in Week 16
The St. Louis Rams had the Hawks' number
What an ugly, ugly game. The question though is does that cruddy game–a loss to the St. Louis Rams 23-17–actually mean anything? It could mean a permanent fall (depending on the outcome of next Sunday’s games) to the sixth and final Wild Card spot for the ‘Hawks and a matchup against the Green Bay Packers…
The most anticipated restaurants of early 2016
From a Matt Dillon grill to a Josh Henderson coal-fired resto
What? You haven’t nailed down New Year’s Eve dinner and we’re already talking about 2016 restaurants? Sorry, that’s how the croissant crumbles. The first quarter of 2016 brings too many new restaurants to name – South Lake Union alone will be home to a boatload (pun intended) – but we’ve narrowed it down to our…
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