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Wear Wednesday with Paychi Guh
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/article/covetable-cashmere…“Paychi Guh/a, our current fave cashmere line, is the star of the show at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/w-seattle-s-wear-wednesdays“W Seattle’s Wear Wednesday/a, tomorrow, October 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. Join designer Karen Guh as she shows off her entire fall collection and indulge in this dreamy textile. Don’t hesitate to drape yourself in her sweaters and…
Rivet Sway Debuts its Specs on Wheels Pop-Up Shop
!–paging_filter–pSeattle-based women’s eyewear company a href=”http://rivetandsway.com/“Rivet Sway/a takes its specs out for a spin starting today witha href=”http://rivetandsway.com/the-perch/away-we-go” target=”_blank” Specs on Wheels/a, a pop-up shop fitted onto a snazzy, orange and white tricycle that artfully displays its chic and colorful frames. Through the end of November, the three-wheeled shop will be on hand at North…
Clever Beer Names We Love
Sky Hag IPAAirways Brewing Stupid Sexy Flanders American BrewingOld BirdbrainBlack Raven BrewingAmber’s Hot FriendSkookum Brewery The Big Lebrewski Naked City BrewingExtrabeerestrial ESB Loowit BrewingMistletoe Bliss Lazy Boy BrewingNaughty NelliePike BrewingThe Seamstress UnionSchooner Exact BrewingHarlot’s HarvestPike Brewing(These last three pay tribute to the working women of Seattle’s pioneer past.)Joint EffortA collaboration between Redhook and Hilliard’s, brewed…
Trend Watch: Sour Beers
Fleeting, unpredictable and usually only available at breweries, sour beers are tarted up for imbibi
In beer lingo, the word “sour” refers to a range of beers that are intentionally acidic, tart and, well, sour. Sour beer is often associated with Belgian breweries, where monks use techniques predating the Gutenberg press to create it, but a growing number of local breweries now dabble in this mysterious craft. Brewers add crazy…
Trend Watch: Barrel-Aged Beers
Once reserved for whiskey and wine aging, the wood-aged treatment is now being applied to beer
Patience, grasshopper. If patience is a virtue, barrel-aged beers are the most virtuous of all brews. Usually a beer is ready to drink after a couple of weeks in a stainless steel conditioning tank, but sometimes a brewer takes a finished beer and lets it rest in oak barrels for a year or longer. Typically,…
People in Beer: The British Invasion
Some of our best new brewers borrow from an old playbook
We describe beer—extra special bitter, pale ale, stout and so on—using terms from the English brewing tradition, but these days around Seattle, there’s a more immediate impact: Three British expats are putting their stamp on the local beer scene in their own unique ways. Nigel Slater is the sales manager for Black Raven Brewing in…
People in Beer: The Women-Helmed Brew Crew
Four local women prove that beer is a man's world no more
Archaeologists argue about how many thousands of years ago our distant ancestors started brewing beer, but no one questions that women did the work. The dominance of clean-cut men in lab coats and artisans with belly-length beards is a relatively modern phenomenon. Around Seattle, plenty of women are carrying on the ancient legacy. Heather McClung,…
People in Beer: The Bale Breaker Brewing Bunch
From farming hops to brewing, it’s a small step in Yakima
You might not know it, but each year Washington produces approximately 75 percent of the United States’ hops crop and 25 percent of the world’s, and virtually all of our state’s hops are grown in the Yakima Valley by a handful of families that have been doing it for generations. While the family farming tradition…
People in Beer: Chuck Shin
The owner of Chuck's Hop Shop introduces microbrews to the public, one growler-to-go at a time
Between 7-Eleven and the bottle shop (beer store) lies the beer convenience store—a new breed that offers a broad selection of craft beer along with other essentials, such as tortilla chips and cigarettes. Super Deli Mart in West Seattle regularly hosts special beer events, fills growlers and even sells kegs to go. At Norm’s Market,…
Local Brewery District: Woodinville
Now also Washington's beer country
Most people associate Woodinville with wine—after all, it is home to more than 100 wineries—but these days, more people are chasing their Pinot Gris and Merlot with fresh, local beer. Woodinville is now home to six breweries, which are often crowded with oenophiles seeking refuge for their wine-soaked palates. The best way to conduct a…
Local Brewery District: Georgetown/SoDo
Seattle's historic brewery district
Along airport way south in georgetown a giant, beautiful, old brick building dominates the east side of the street. Originally home to Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, this is where Rainier Beer was born in 1884 and died in 1917 with Washington’s enactment of Prohibition. In 1935, Seattle’s most iconic beer brand was reborn farther…
What’s New on the Local Beer Scene
In a state that is a center of world hops production, Seattle is enjoying an indie brew boom
Washington boasts more than 190 breweries. That’s more than in any state other than California and just about as many as in the entire nation of Belgium—long considered the beer lover’s Shangri-la. In Seattle, where breweries were once scattered hither and yon, a recent spike in the brewery birth rate has spawned brewery districts—single neighborhoods…
Modernist Cuisine on Display at the Pacific Science Center
A hyper-nerdy take on cooking, molecular gastronomy considers food at the chemical level—how exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize this science with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011), which includes stunning photos of food in the moment of being cooked, taken at his Bellevue kitchen laboratory. Using unusual…
Photographer Holly Andres’ The Homecoming at Photo Center NW
Unsolved mysteries at Photo Center NW
Portland photographer Holly Andres creates scenes that are eerily familiar yet just out of reach. With elaborate sets, vintage props, costumes and staging reminiscent of Nancy Drew book covers, her cinematic tableaux resemble stills from a long-forgotten movie that still haunts your subconscious. Her new show, The Homecoming, reveals Andres’ early training as a painter,…
Canceled: Fireside Beer Tastings at Pan Pacific Hotel
We just received word that this Fireside series at the Pan Pacific Hotel has been canceled, effective immediately. Where to snuggle up fireside with a sampling of local brews? The Pan Pacific Hotel in South Lake Union has partnered with the Washington Beer Blog (helmed by Seattle magazine contributor and brewski expert Kendall Jones) on…
Mossback Monday: Rainier ‘R’ Three Weeks Away, McDermott Drops the F-Bomb and a $2,000 Homelessness Tour
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Happy 75th Clamiversary, Ivar’s!
!–paging_filter–pspan We’re so fortunate to live in a city with a booming restaurant industry, a thriving landscape where new places open so often it’s hard to keep up. (Finally had my first meal at a href=”http://www.rockcreekseattle.com/“Rock Creek/a, chef Eric Donnelly’s seafood resto that opened in July, and loved it!)/span/ppWhile diners are lining up to try…
Why We Shouldn’t Settle for Correct Answers
Eastside Prep goes beyond the ‘correct-answer compromise’ for more effective learning
!–paging_filter–p style=”text-align: center;”Sponsored by a href=”http://www.eastsideprep.org/” target=”_blank”Eastside Prep/a/ppHow do you know that you’ve learned something? You know, emreally/em learned it. I suppose it depends on the task. If you’re learning to throw pottery, the results are tangible: emI made a pot/em. Or, emI made something that looks like a New England Patriots’ football/em. But what…
Get Ready for Serious High Style at DIFFA Bash
Expect nothing but tip top tabletop design at GLAM: Tablescapes, a style-filled soiree hosted by the Seattle edition of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA). The charitable bash takes place on Thursday, October 10 at Masins in Belleveue and brings together Seattle’s best in design and fine dining who will pair up to present donated…
Your Daily Decor Squee: The MissoniHome Annual Sale
Come October 14, we’ll be making a mad dash to Roche Bobois, the super luxe French furniture haven on Western Avenue, for the annual MissoniHome sale. (Last March, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported that RB has plans to relocate its showroom to the base of the Escala building. Stay tuned for more on that.)…
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