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UPDATED: Billy’s Tomatoes Aren’t at Farmers Markets This Summer (But We Know Where to Taste ‘Em)
!–paging_filter–pOuch! You might want to sit down./ppIn a blow to strongthose of us who live on a href=”http://food52.com/blog/1041-my-best-tomato-sandwich” target=”_blank”tomato sandwiches/a/strong (I prefer mine open-faced: toast bread, spread with mayo, salt and pepper, sliced tomatoes on top, salt again, napkin handy, devour, repeat) during August and September, strongBilly’s a href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billys-Gardens/206758832680785” target=”_blank”announced on their Facebook page /athat…
Il Corvo Selling Pasta at 2 Farmers Markets This Summer
!–paging_filter–pThis just in: strongMike Easton, pasta wizard extraordinaire and owner of Pioneer Square’s a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/il-corvo” target=”_blank”Il Corvo/a, is now selling his fresh pastas at two area farmers markets. /strong/ppEaston tells me that he’ll be selling the conchiglie pictured (along with other pasta shapes) at strongthe City Hall farmers market today /strong(10am to 2pm, 600 Fourth…
Red, White and Brew 2013 Recap
Over 500 people sipped the night away at our sold out Red, White and Brew tasting event, celebrating the wineries honored in our 8th Annual Best WA Wine Awards. Despite it being the one drizzly day of summer Seattle came out in full force to clink glasses with 18 different wineries and winemakers to taste…
Amazon Opens Fine Art Store (Wine and Cheese Not Included)
The Seattle megaretailer is crashing the fine art party
Amazon Fine Art (beta) launched today, right on the heels of the gigantic news that Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post (not a copy of the newspaper, but the entire newspaper). The timing has many people fretting about Bezos becoming king of the world, but until that happens we might as well explore the new…
Choke Shirt Company Makes Totes
!–paging_filter–pIn a continuation of our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nautical-nature“nautical-themed summer/a, check out these tote bags by Seattle-based a href=”http://www.chokeshirtco.com/products/extinct-tote” target=”_blank”Choke Shirt Company/a. Made out of durable cotton canvas, with sturdy webbed handles and a contrasting lining and adorned with three of the company’s most popular designs (an anchor, a dodo bird listening to a Walkman and an…
Shop Rivet Sway’s New Fall Collection Today
!–paging_filter–pI don’t need glasses, but with today’s (August 6) release of the new fall collection from local eyewear brand and online boutique Rivet Sway, I might have to inquire about fake lenses./ppSix of the 10 frames in its line have been unveiled (expect the rest in October), and each style has quite the cheeky name:…
Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post
!–paging_filter–pFile this under your unpredictable, out-of-the-blue Monday afternoon news: a href=”http://seattlebusinessmag.com/blog/bezos-buys-washington-post-1” target=”_blank”emSeattle Business/em magazine just blogged that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos /ais purchasing emThe Washington Post/em, according to the newspaper. br /br /emSeattle Business/em managing editor John Levesque writes:/ppemThe Post/em reports that Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the Post and…
Space-Travel Agent Stefan Bisciglia
A local space-travel agent aims to rocket your world
Stefan Bisciglia is selling tickets to space, and if you’ve got the cash, you’ve got a seat. The 27-year-old from Gig Harbor is one of only three accredited “space agents” in the Northwest trained by Virgin Galactic, the world’s first “commercial spaceline,” spearheaded by Richard Branson. Having begun his career working for his family’s luxury…
New Store: Maison Luxe
It’s been almost four years since Kelie Grosso decamped her interiors store, Maison Luxe, from its First Avenue digs to an appointment-only spot on an upper floor of a historic Pioneer Square office space. But as of April, Maison Luxe is back in the retail business, having taken over the airy Madison Valley storefront recently…
Coming Soon, Tickets Going Quickly: Salmon Enchanted Evening
!–paging_filter–pspan Better hook some tickets soon to the feel-good cookout of the summer. The season’s first installment of Salmon Enchanted Evening sold out, with more than 450 folks feasting on one of the beautifully put together meals wrangled by Tom Douglas and his crackerjack crew./span/ppBeyond relishing the heck of a meal deal ($20 for the…
The Best Themed Restaurants in Seattle
Kendall Jones explores the new wave of upscale restaurants with an escapist twist
It is ironic how we spend our days surrounded by a buzzing sea of humanity but live in relative isolation. Even when forced out among fellow humans, we commute with headphones on and eyes fixed to a handheld stream of text message conversations and social media interactions. We forge new friendships 140 characters at a…
Achtung Launch at Essenza
!–paging_filter–pFremont’s scent super-store, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/essenza“Essenza/a, is hosting a launch event on August 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. for a href=”http://www.achtungseattle.com/” target=”_blank”Achtung/a, a collab between local perfumer a href=”http://www.matriarch.biz/” target=”_blank”House of Matriarch/a, artist Rick Barchenger and emerging designer Aronhix who has created textiles based on Barchenger’s black and white mandala-style drawings./ppHouse of Matriarch perfumer Christi…
Village Maternity Celebrates 30 Years this September
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”University Village/a opened in 1956 and while all of its original inhabitants (save the a href=”http://www.qfc.com/Pages/default.aspx” target=”_blank”QFC/a) are gone and the mall has changed considerably, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/directory/village-maternity“Village Maternity/a is celebrating its 30th anniversary in September with a month full of in-store events, a new website with ecommerce and 5 percent of all sales…
Gorilla Perfumes At Lush
!–paging_filter–pThe Westlake Center a href=”http://www.lush.com/” target=”_blank”Lush/a is one of nine US stores receiving a visit from a href=”http://www.gorillaperfume.com/” target=”_blank”Gorilla Perfumes/a Album 2, nine new unisex scents from British father and son team Mark and Simon Constantine. From August 10 through 31 Seattle fragrance lovers will get the chance to sniff the supremely weird scent combos…
The Must List: Seattle Opera’s Ring and Outdoor KEXP Concerts
Seattle magazine top picks for your weekend
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Bravoa href=”http://bit.ly/17jxNEU” target=”_blank”brThe Ring Cycle/a/strongbr(8/4 to 8/25, times vary) — Running times for The Ring might make your blood run cold (the four mini-epic operas are Das Rheingold: 2.5 hours; Die Walküre: 4.5 hours; Siegfried: 5 hours; and Götterdämmerung: 5.25 hours), but the pros know all this tush time is worth it. There’s simply…
Five Essential Home Bar Tools
!–paging_filter–pOkay, no one likes getting a good cocktail in a bar more than me (well, a few people do). With a happy bartender making me well-crafted drinks, or pouring me a well-poured beer or glass of wine, I’m a happy person. But I also like to make nice imbibables at home–and I’m guessing you do,…
Perfect Wine Pairing: POP Gourmet Popcorn And…
!–paging_filter–pspanI hate the tyranny of traditional meal times, especially this time of year./span/ppEating lunch at noon or dinner at 7 p.m. means facing packed dining rooms, for one thing. When it stays light late, a long, leisurely mid-day meal is one of my favorite summer rituals and I recently savored an incredibly wonderful lunch on…
Bar Cotto
Cozy Italian on Capitol Hill
Bar Cotto (1546 15th Ave.; 206.838.8081; ethanstowellrestaurants.com) is the latest outpost in Ethan Stowell’s growing culinary empire (Tavolàta, How to Cook a Wolf, Staple & Fancy, Rione XIII, Anchovies & Olives). Its snug confines are a tasty paean to Italian cured meats and other treats inspired by “the boot.” Mood Lighting and AmaroNext door to…
Cheap Eats: Rain Shadow Meats Squared
Carnivores, make this spot your next lunchtime stop
Russ Flint’s Pioneer Square butcher shop (the first Rain Shadow lives in the Melrose Market) is an expansive carnivore’s wonderland: beautifully marbled steaks and portly pork chops, plump sausages and house-made mortadella. And with so much space, there’s room for making sandwiches. At lunchtime the shop fills quickly, with folks on bar stools at the…
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