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Five Father’s Day festivities
Father's Day is Sunday, June 21! Make plans to celebrate Dad
Not sure where to take pops this Father’s Day? We’ve got you covered from Pike Place to Woodiniville. Just depends on what kind of dad you’ve got – bratwurst-lover or ice cream fiend. Read on to find your fatherly spot on June 21. The Hollywood Tavern, Woodiniville Traditional dads will relish the chef’s burger made…
Editors’ Picks: Our Favorite Happy Hours in Seattle
Feeling thirsty? Check out these staff picks for happy hours around the city
Oh, happy hour! That magical time of day when drinks and appetizers are half-off and worries seem to melt away. Read on to discover our favorite places to unwind after a long day at work. Bitterroot BBQ Located in: Ballard Who picked it: Jessica Yadegaran, food and dining writer, Seattle magazine Why: “Braised beef and…
An Urban Oasis in Phinney Ridge
Seattle landscaper Scot Eckley creates a unique outdoor living space for a Phinney Ridge couple
After Jay and Katharine Petersen, an electrical engineer and a marketing consultant, respectively, finished building their contemporary-modern home on Phinney Ridge in 2013, they wanted to tackle the surrounding mismatched patches of yard—including a sloping, lumpy lawn. The couple brought in Seattle-based landscape designer Scot Eckley to help transform the hodgepodge into a reason to…
Queen Anne’s Pottery Princess
Mandy Shoger of Foxtail Pottery creates gorgeous clay dinnerware in Queen Anne
For potter Mandy Shoger, home is where the hollowware is. “Incorporating something handmade into your daily routine is so special,” says Shoger, who uses stoneware clay from Washington and Oregon and hand-throws custom dinnerware in her Queen Anne studio. “I think we’ve lost that in America: using products at home created by your own community.”…
The Coolest Handcrafted Furniture on Capitol Hill
Furniture company Brackish makes their items out of salvaged materials
Designers Andy Whitcomb and Forest Eckley are redefining the term “homemade” with their handcrafted furniture company, Brackish. Their made-to-order line, from bar carts to bookshelves, features wood and some metal salvaged from buildings that have been torn down blocks from their Capitol Hill studio. “It’s bittersweet because we hate seeing older buildings go, but love…
Affordable Seattle: What’s all This Change Doing to our City?
Will we all be Lake Unionized into oblivion?
In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com 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. Back in early 2013, I wrote, “The next mayor will have to possess skills that will help Seattle…
37 Summery Things to Do in Seattle You Didn’t Know Existed
The best in-city adventures for a picture-perfect warm-weather season
Let’s be honest, having a good summer in Seattle doesn’t take a lot of ingenuity. It’s sunny and warm: Get outside! Marveling at the blue skies and the novelty of not wearing a jacket offers sufficient stimulation for most of us locals. But for those who seek to push the fun a bit further, we…
The Best Sushi Restaurants in Seattle
The raw truth about Seattle’s best sushi bars
BALLARDBilly Beach Sushi & Bar Happy hour reigns supreme at the “Beach,” off Market Street. Here a discounted menu runs until 8 p.m. in the bar and 7 p.m. in the restaurant every day, and Sundays boast an all-day happy hour, with rolls in the $5–$6 range and nigiri samplers from $7 to $14. These…
Where to Shop for a Home Renovation Project
Interior designer Emily Lauderback reveals a few of her go-to shops
Seattle native Emily Lauderback, founder of interior design and remodeling firm Color in Space, started her company with a mission to bring design know-how, tools and proper color palettes to her clients. Lauderback says color is the thread that connects everything in a space. “And because colors are light reflected back to us, they have…
Spokane NAACP Leader Controversy, Wildfire Warnings for Northwest
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Leader of Spokane NAACP Chapter questioned about her race News broke last night that Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP Spokane chapter president, is being called into question for allegedly pretending to be black for nearly nine years. Dolezal also serves as an Africana Studies professor at Eastern Washington University. Jezebel reports that her mother came forward…
6 Books from Local Authors for your Summer Reading List
Seattle-area authors heat up the literary scene this summer with these can't-put-em-down titles
Sunblock, sunglasses and a great book—such cool things for a blistering hot summer day. Writer’s Digest has said that it’s hard to imagine a better city for writers than Seattle. And these six local authors prove it by infusing a little romance, terror and doom, food for thought, some drama and death and a little…
The Must List: Georgetown Carnival, Pepe Le Pew Takes Over EMP
What to do in Seattle this weekend
Must Ramble Georgetown Carnival Hits the Streets Saturday (6/13, times vary) Head south to the one-of-a-kind Georgetown neighborhood for the annual street festival, featuring live music, food trucks, interactive art, carnival acts and the always thrilling if slightly deranged power tool races. Must Kill the WabbitBugs, Daffy and Pepe Le Pew at EMP(6/13 to 1/17/16,…
6 Seattle Bartenders Tell You What to Drink This Summer
Eighteen suggestions for chilling out, cooling down and sipping on choice bevs
It’s time you’ll start to see summer drinks on the menu at some of your favorite establishments. And no one knows which summer sippers are going to cool you down best this year than our swell local bartenders. So, we asked 6 bartenders to name their all-time top summer drink, a warm-weather cocktail on their…
Pot Bruschetta? Take a cannabis cooking class
Former Trophy Cupcakes pastry chef teaches THC tapas making, with a recipe
Don’t get him wrong. Chef Ricky Flickenger of Bourgeoisie Brunches loves brownies. They’re on the menu of his new cannabis cooking classes, which take place Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and have sold out since their inception last week at his personal chef headquarters in Capitol Hill. But, now that marijuana is legal in Washington, the…
This Architectural Beauty Is Not Your Ordinary Vacation Home
Cascade Mountain home mixes green design with scenic backdrop
When Bill Broadhead and Julie McCoy found a piece of land just an hour and a half east of the city on Lake Cle Elum, they weren’t in the market for a mountain retreat. Broadhead was looking for a spot to build a snowmobile storage shed. But the site, in the Cascade Mountains near Roslyn,…
Seattle Rock Star’s New Book is Full of Insight from the Trenches
Nancy Guppy rocks out with Duff McKagan
Known best for his stint as the bass player for Guns N’ Roses, Seattle rock star Duff McKagan has also proven himself to be a skilled writer by way of his popular columns for Seattle Weekly and ESPN.com, and his memoir, It’s So Easy (And Other Lies), acclaimed for its frank self-awareness. In May, he…
Instagram Inspiration: Our Weekly Top 5
These simple summer DIY projects will make you want to dig out your art supplies
Instagram Inspiration is a new column on Seattlemag.com that explores our favorite instagram themes each week.This week we were inspired to create–and we found some crafty Instagrammers to help expand our imaginations. Check out these quirky summer DIY projects for a fun way to bring out your artistic spirit. Whether it’s another use for those mason jars…
Chavez Brings Flavor to Capitol Hill
The new mexican restaurant on the Capitol Hill scene delivers an element of surprise
Maybe a street-level space in a boxy, newly constructed micro-apartment building isn’t the first place you’d think to go for some of the best tacos on Capitol Hill. But think again. Chávez, headed by chef Gabriel Chávez (late of Cantinetta), exceeds expectations on every level. The interior is glowing, lamplit and buzzy, with hand-painted Mexican…
Bicycles Galore: Three New Seattle Bike Outlets
From high end racing bikers to casual cyclists, Seattle bikers have something to celebrate
Cycling enthusiasts of all abilities can ride this month’s Tour de France mania at three new Seattle bike outlets. From high-end racing bikes to kitschy accoutrements, serious cyclists and casual bikers alike will find something to celebrate. Bonne chance, cyclistes! Hit Miir for bikes and bottles Photo Credit: Meredith Hunter Commuters with a conscience Seattle-based…
License to Distill: Seattle Central’s New Craft Distilling Institute
Seattle Central College launches a new craft-distilling program
Since the 2008 passage of state legislation making it easier for small-batch distillers to acquire a license and conduct on-site tastings and sales, the number of craft distilleries in Seattle has surpassed that of any other American city. In recognition of our thirst for bespoke booze, Seattle Central College is launching the Craft Distilling Institute….
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