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Hot Cakes’ Autumn Martin on How to Smoke Chocolate
Chocolatier Autumn Martin pays tribute to her roots with smoked chocolate
!–paging_filter–pAutumn Martin has long been enamored with the process, smell and flavor of smoked foods. “My dad smoked salmon and steelhead every year when I was growing up,” says the fourth-generation Pacific Northwesterner. brbrSo it was only natural that the owner of Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery in Ballard ended up smoking chocolate. “It brings…
Sarah Rudinoff to Debut Solo Show at NW New Works Festival
Nancy Guppy Gets steep with local actor/writer/singer Sarah Rudinoff
!–paging_filter–pBest known for her powerful pipes (which she’s employed playing a wicked stepsister in the musical Cinderella, singing the national anthem before Seahawks games and in many other roles), Sarah Rudinoff also possesses major acting chops and an electrifying stage presence (Torso at Theater Off Jackson; The Clay Duke at On the Boards). This month,…
PNB Principal Dancer Kaori Nakamura to Retire this Year
One of PNB’s finest leaves the flock
!–paging_filter–pShe’s channeled a sleepy princess, a star-crossed lover and a human cursed to live as a swan—all while strapped into toe shoes. And now Kaori Nakamura is taking on an entirely new role. After 17 years with Pacific Northwest Ballet (16 as a principal dancer), she’s retiring from the stage at the end of this…
Detox With This Healthy, Jammin’ Juice
Your post-holiday weekend antidote, courtesy of Juicebox
!–paging_filter–pThis pretty glass of liquid health food made with red beets, apples, lemon and ginger is a culinary godsend—whether you tied one on the night before or simply want a serious wake-up call. The GINGER BEET AT JUICEBOX ($7.50) on Capitol Hill will cure whatever ails you. According to owner and occasional squeezer Kari Brunson,…
Meet Malcolm Betts at Barneys
!–paging_filter–pBritish fine jeweler a href=”http://www.barneys.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNY-Site/default/Search…” target=”_blank”Malcolm Betts/a will be making a rare personal appearance at the Seattle a href=”http://www.barneys.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNY-Site/default/Home-Show” target=”_blank”Barneys/a on Saturday, May 19 from 3 to 7 p.m./ppKnown for his use of antique stones, which he handpicks from sources around the world, and an unique, hand-hammered finish, Betts’ work is has rapidly gained a…
Mariners Bring the Heat with Sriracha Night
!–paging_filter–pIs this Sriracha’s jump the shark moment or a genius PR stunt?/ppOn May 22, Safeco Field is hosting a href=”http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/ticketing/special_event.jsp?group=sr…” target=”_blank”Salute to Sriracha Night/a during the M’s vs. Houston Astros game./ppFor $25, fans of the condiment can score a Main Level seat, a Mariners Sriracha t-shirt and a voucher for one Sriracha-centric dish: a Sriracha…
Filson Opens Rad New Store in NYC
!–paging_filter–pSeattle’s oldest homegrown outdoor outfitter, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/filson“Filson/a, purveyor of “Unfailing Goods”, took a bite out of the Big Apple last weekend, opening their first retail outlet on the East Coast in New York City’s NoHo district (40 Great Jones Street between the Bowery and Lafayette Streets) next to an apparently iconic (and I’m sure amazing)…
The W’s Wear Wednesdays with de Rosairo
!–paging_filter–pHead to thea href=”http://www.wseattle.com/” target=”_blank” W Seattle/a this Wednesday, May 14 for the hotel’s latest fashion find for their a href=”http://www.traceseattle.com/wearwednesdays” target=”_blank”Wear Wednesdays/a program: a href=”http://www.derosairo.com/” target=”_blank”de Rosairo/a, the first collection from former Seattleite, now San Fran-based, Nishika de Rosairo. Her summer capsule collection, which debuted to the industry in February, consists of two dresses…
Mossback Monday: Murray’s Transit Funding Plan, Tech News and the new Tower Coming to Downtown
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-47.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-47″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
10 Things to Know About Babirusa, Opening on Eastlake Tomorrow
!–paging_filter–pA little over two months ago (March 4), Eastlake Teriyaki closed down to make way for a new bar called stronga href=”http://blindpigbistro.com/babirusa/” target=”_blank”Babirusa/a/strong. It’s the newest project from owners Charles Walpole and Rene Gutierrez, who also operate stronga href=”http://blindpigbistro.com/” target=”_blank”Blind Pig Bistro/a/strong next door. Tomorrow, it officially opens./ppstrongHere are 10 things to know:/strong/pulliThe name Babirusa…
Celebrate Seattle’s Beautiful Old Architecture with Historic Seattle
!–paging_filter–pCelebrate the urge to preserve our city’s built heritage at a href=”http://historicseattle.org“Historic Seattle/a’s strongSixth Annual/strong strongPreservation Awards /strongonstrongnbsp;/strongMay 13, 5:30–8 p.m., at the Good Shepherd Center (Wallingford, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N)./ppTickets are $85 for the general public, $75 for Historic Seattle members and $30 for students ($25 of the fee is tax-deductible and benefits the…
The Bumbershoot 2014 Lineup Announced
!–paging_filter–pThe Bumbershoot lineup is here! The Bumbershoot lineup is here! And it looks especially awesome this year! Personally, I’m stoked about Elvis Costello, The Dismemberment Plan, The Replacements, Nada Surf, The Afghan Whigs, and locally based goodness including The Lonely Forest, Shelby Earl, Evan Flory-Barnes and La Luz. See the full list at a href=”http://bumbershoot.org”…
7 Ways to Shop Local for Mother’s Day
!–paging_filter–pThe haps around town dedicated to moms and the kids who shop for them—plus a luxe gift idea or two./ppa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/lambs-ear-shoes-0“Lamb’s Ear/a in Fremont is offering 20 percent off selected styles of the shop’s super-cool, indie jewelry lines, including Arielle de Pinto and Wwake. Through Sunday at midnight./ppa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/capers-0“Capers/a in West Seattle is hosting an…
Restaurant Openings, Closings More
!–paging_filter–p style=”line-height: 21px; color: #252525; font-size: 14px;”Keeping track of restaurant news can be a daunting task. Here’s a round-up from the past week to help you manage./ppem style=”color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;”Got a question, hot tip or need a dining suggestion? Feel free tonbsp;a href=”mailto:julien.perry@tigeroak.com” target=”_blank”email me directly/a.nbsp;/em/ppspan style=”font-size: large;”OPENINGS/span/ppstrongLummi Island/strongbrFormer strongemmer rye/strongnbsp;chef/owner Seth…
‘Firkin Fridays’ Bring a Whole New Beer Game to Safeco Field
!–paging_filter–pEven for non-beer geeks like myself, there is something very intriguing about the word “firkin.” And now that I know what it actually means, and why it’s such a cool new addition to Safeco Field, I need to share./ppFirkin Fridays are something that happen during every home game in The Pen, where local brew masters…
Buying Art With An Emotional Connection
A Madrona art collection holds its own against a Lake Washington vista
The Madrona home that Alex Landes shares with her partner, Chris Koehler, boasts a stunning view of Lake Washington, with Mount Baker and Mount Rainier visible in the distance. But equally eye-catching is the art collection, which Landes has been amassing for the past 15 years. A local real estate developer and former owner of…
Brunch for Mom, Japanese Art on Display and Writer Anne Carson at Town Hall
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Brunchbra href=”http://bit.ly/10nOLz6” target=”_blank”Mother’s Day is Coming! Best Brunch Spots in Seattle/a/strongbrSunday (5/11, times vary) — Belly up to these favorite eateries for Mom’s big day. Still need to come up with a present? Visit seattlemag.com to find myriad gift ideas that are perfect for mum./ppstrongMust Relaxbra href=”http://bit.ly/1gcluzv” target=”_blank”New Day Spa Opens on the Eastside/a/strongbrLet…
Seventeen Seconds in the Life of a Boeing Experimental Test Pilot
Excerpt from 'Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter'
!–paging_filter–pOn the day I was born in December 1956, my father, Lew Wallick, was doing what he did for a living, what he loved best: testing airplanes for The Boeing Company. I admit I find it very cool that my birth certificate lists my father’s “Usual Occupation” as Test Pilot. On that day, Dad was…
Four Great Drinks for Mom on Mother’s Day
!–paging_filter–pMother’s Day is this weekend (hopefully you haven’t forgotten), and if there’s one thing I know it’s that mom deserves a good drink. I’m not saying you were hard to raise as a child, but maybe you shouldn’t have been out so late that one night when she had to wait up way past her…
Throwback Thursday: That Time Matt’s in the Market Was Still Undiscovered
!–paging_filter–pem style=”color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;”Welcome back tonbsp;strongThrowback Thursday/strong, a recurring column dedicated to the tried-and-true restaurants of Seattle and their secrets to staying relevant during an age of unrelenting competition.nbsp;/em/ppBack in 1996, before restaurants and chefs elicited major fandom, a miniscule restaurant called stronga href=”http://www.mattsinthemarket.com/” target=”_blank”Matt’s in the Market/a/strong opened upstairs in a…
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