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Lifelong Thrift Gets a Facelift
!–paging_filter–pThrifters take note: The Lifelong AIDS Alliance’s a href=”http://www.llaa.org/get-involved/thrift-store” target=”_blank”Lifelong Thrift store/a has recently undergone a renovation and is better than ever. They’ve moved the housewares and given that section almost twice the square footage, in addition they’ve added double the hanging racks, mingled the clothing by type rather than gender, improved merchandise organization and…
Hitchcock Madrona Welcome Faris
!–paging_filter–pOne of our fave local jewelry designers, a href=”http://farisfaris.com/” target=”_blank”Faris Du Graf/a, has been picked up by a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/hitchcock-madrona“Hitchcock Madrona/a (because they know a good thing when they see it) who is hosting a welcoming party and trunk show for the designer on Thursday, August 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is your chance…
Happy Anniversary, Ivar’s!
A few bits of trivia from the just released Ivar's Seafood Cookbook
As Ivar’s marks 75 strange and successful years bringing seafood, marketing mania and fishy wordplay to Seattle, we reel in a few delicious bits of trivia (do you know which one isn’t quite true?) from the just released Ivar’s Seafood Cookbook: The O-fish-al Guide to Cooking the Northwest Catch (Sasquatch, $29.95). 1. Haglund convinced a…
The Best Lingerie Shops
While clothes can make the woman, it’s what’s underneath that can make her feel great. Downtown’s Nancy Meyer (1318 Fifth Ave.; 206.625.9200; nancymeyer.com) has been providing tasteful underpinnings for 35 years and was one of the first boutiques to introduce European brands such as La Perla and Eres to the United States. Nancy Meyer is…
Best Shops for Aroma Retail Therapy
Aromatherapy is a proven component of feeling good, as is self-pampering in the form of scented soaps, fragrant lotions and soothing candles. Ted Kennedy Watson has been a purveyor of such simple extravagances since he opened his first store, Watson Kennedy Fine Living, near Pike Place Market in 1998. His second store, Watson Kennedy Fine…
3 Drinks Perfect for Homemade Mixers
!–paging_filter–pRecently, we wrote about the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/five-essential-home-bar-tools” target=”_blank”five essential home bar tools/a, and a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/cocktail-mixers-you-should-make-not-buy-and-ho…” target=”_blank”cocktail mixers you should make yourself instead of buying/a. So now that you have the bar stocked with proper tools and the mixers made, the fun really begins–making drinks at home will charm friends and make your parties (big and…
Expect Sweet Stuff From Chef Nikol At Auction Picnic
!–paging_filter–pOh, goodie! Just got a sneak peek at the dessert lineup for Thursday’s Auction of Washington Wine Picnic, a winning combination of nostalgia-inspired sweets–root beer floats bring out the kid in everybody!–and trendy treats. Tulalip Resort Casino’s Nikol Nakamura has done it again!/ppHere’s what picnic-goers can expect:/pulliCoconut Tapioca with mango-lime salad and mango sorbet/li/ululliMini Blueberry…
Seattle Chef Carrie Mashaney to Appear on ‘Top Chef’
!–paging_filter–pLooks like chef de cuisine ata href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/more-details-jason-strattons-new-spanish-resta…” target=”_blank” Jason Stratton’s soon-to-open Aragona/a restaurant Carrie Mashaney will be competing on the next season ofa href=”http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-11” target=”_blank” Bravo TV’s emTop Chef/em/a, which airs on Wednesday, October 2. You’ll remember that we named Mashaney (then sous chef at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/restaurant-review-spinasse” target=”_blank”Spinasse/a) a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/next-wave-tastemakers-2011” target=”_blank”one of our 2011 Tastemakers/a,…
The Best Brewpub Dining in Seattle
Grab a burger—or something more exotic—and a beer brewed on the premises at one these tasty pubs
BALLARDJolly Roger Taproom Maritime Pacific Brewing Company is Ballard’s oldest brewery, having opened in 1990 at a location just west of 15th Avenue, and its pub (the Jolly Roger Taproom) is a beloved fixture in the neighborhood. The décor is an obvious nod to Ballard’s maritime history, with just enough pirate flair to get the…
Covetable Cashmere From Paychi Guh
After 15 years at Nordstrom, textile designer and design director Paychi Karen Guh struck out on her own in the spring of 2012 with Paychi Guh, a line of cashmere sweaters, scarves and tops from yarn sourced and spun in Mongolia. Guh uses very fine, lightweight cashmere, culled from the downy undercoats of Mongolian goats,…
The 10 Best Local Beers to Drink Now
All the best local brews to drink this instant
There are a lot of craft beers in the world, but our current favorites include old faithfuls, new tastes and recently acclaimed local brews. Unless noted, look for these beers in the breweries’ tasting rooms, at bars pouring good beer, or find them in 22-ounce bottles at better grocery stores and bottle shops around the…
Tolerating Our State’s Gray Areas
Knute Berger tracks progress in Seattle’s messy legal margins
This month, Gray Matters takes up the subject of gray areas. Seattle is a tidy city for the most part, without the huge slums and decay of some older cities. But for all our Scando-Asian embrace of neatness, it is not so much our sense of order that defines us but rather along our messy…
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Cheap Eats: Chico Madrid [CLOSED]
Wide open and airy, teensy Chico Madrid is such a happy place that it’s hard to know where to begin. With the tuna bocadillo on Columbia City ficelle (like baguettes, but narrower; $8), with its singing high notes of preserved lemon and its creamy house-made aioli? Or the sangria ($6), punchy, citrusy and just right,…
Restaurant Review: Bar Sajor
Delicious improvisation or creative license? Deconstructing Matt Dillon’s latest restaurant
There are two broad schools of thought when it comes to modern cookery. On the one hand are the modernist cooks, whose use of molecular gastronomy techniques and equipment—immersion circulators, sous vide machines, agar-agar and so on—can make diners feel like they’ve been rocketed into outer space. That plate dotted with what looks like blackberry…
The Best Under-the-Radar Shops
Discovering a new (to you) shop is like being a tourist in your own city. The excitement that comes from finding a store that has gone undetected by your retail radar means that a whole world of wardrobe possibilities is ripe for the buying. Our pick for best under-the-radar shops is Endless Knot (2300 First…
Home Decor Stores We Love
Whether you’re into brand-new, modern style or love the heavy patina of vintage pieces, Seattle and its environs have plenty of stores to help kit out your pad. Davenport (Madison Park, 1137 34th Ave.; 206.454.7582; davenportmadrona.com), the newest project by cousins and business partners Dustin Nelson and Erica Sheehan, owners of nearby Hitchcock Madrona, is…
Update: Seattle Coffee Gear to Open Bellevue Location
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/“Seattle Coffee Gear/a, the local retailer of espresso machines and all things coffee, is opening its second retail store in downtown Bellevue at 10692 NE 8supth/sup Street. This 2,000-square-foot venue will house everything from milk frothers to tampers to commercial-grade espresso machines from the likes of DeLonghi, Rocket Espresso and Saeco. With coffee prices…
2013 Spotlight Award Winner: Kate Wallich
Choreographer Kate Wallich starts with stillness
Dance performances are often loosely described as “entrancing,” the word implying something akin to “compelling.” But viewers watching the work of Seattle choreographer Kate Wallich often actually feel as if they are going into a trance. “I hear that a lot,” says Wallich, 24. Whether a hypnotist or just highly skilled (maybe both), the 2010…
Langdon Cook’s Wild Mushroom and Root Vegetable Gratin Recipe
1 cup celery root, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 cup parsnip, cut into rounds and half-rounds 1 loose cup salt pork, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 leek, white part only, diced 1 lb wild mushrooms, roughly chopped 1 cup vegetable stock 1/2 cup mascarpone 1 tbsp butter 1 cup shredded chard 1 tbsp fresh thyme…
Cook’s Adventures: Searching for Chanterelles
Forager Langdon Cook scouts for the Pacific golden chanterelle
The golden chanterelle just may be the favorite foraged food of Pacific Northwesterners. Our forests are loaded with chanterelles, and even the indoors crowd is motivated to get outside and stray from the safety of marked trails in search of this signature delicacy. There’s a simple reason why we’re flush with chanterelles: It turns out…
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