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High Style: Erika Dalya Massaquoi
The visual arts curator and educator is making a bold statement in Seattle
Personal Style: Leschi’s Erika Dalya Massaquoi is a fashion chameleon, absorbing and reflecting the many moods and styles of her influences, which are as diverse and far reaching as the Miami of her childhood and her parents’ interest in civil rights and modernism. “I’m all about the high/low mix,” Massaquoi says. “You see me in…
Bees at Sea-Tac
Sea-Tac airport is abuzz over a new flight path
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has become a whole new kind of hub—for more than 600,000 flying insects. Seattle nonprofit The Common Acre (commonacre.org) worked with local bee-hugger organization Urban Bee Company (urbanbee.org) to install 16 honeybee hives at three locations in the scrub near the runways as a way to help combat the massive wave of…
The Newest Spray Park in Town
Beacon Mountain Spraypark sets a high water mark
Hooray for August, when we can finally say it’s summer without feeling the impulse to knock on wood. After spending most of the year complaining about the rain, we find ourselves seeking out precipitation—in the form of spray parks and fountains. While the International Fountain at Seattle Center wins big for, well, sheer bigness, there’s…
Good News at the Greenus Building
!–paging_filter–pWhile it’s been open for a while in the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/edies-capitol-hill-moving-…“newly renovated Greenus Building/a (500 E Pike St.), a href=”http://ediesshoes.com/” target=”_blank”Edie’s Shoes/a has announced the date for its official Grand Opening Party on Thursday, September 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. during the Capitol Hill Art Walk. Enjoy goodie bags, sips and nibbles, special events…
Portland Rickey Cocktail Recipe
The official cocktail of Tales of the Cocktail 2013 by Jacob Greer
Makes 1 cocktail 1 1/2 oz Martin Miller’s Gin3/4 oz fresh lemon juice1/4 oz Green Chartreuse4 oz Le Merle Saison or biere de garde style beer Squeezed half of lemon (lemon shell), for garnish Combine the Martin Miller’s Gin, Green Chartreuse, lemon juice, and beer in an ice-filled highball glass. Drop the squeezed half-lemon into…
Mixing It Up at Tales Of The Cocktail 2013
!–paging_filter–pWhere do the grandmasters of cocktail culture collide with the best and brightest in the spirits industry over phenomenal libations? a href=”http://www.talesofthecocktail.com/“Tales of the Cocktail/a, of course!/ppIt is emthe/em highlight of the bartender circuit. Held annually in New Orleans, the week features seminars, parties and cocktailing galore in this boozy 24-hour playground. It can be…
Casual Fare at Madison Kitchen
Pops of poppy orange, new banquette seating and an airiness are hallmarks of the Madison Kitchen, which lives in the spruced-up Madison Park locale where the dim, crowded Park Place Deli spent many years. Here, neighbors stop in for coffee and a scone—one of the most tender in memory, with blueberries, lemon zest and a…
4 Quiet Restaurant Openings You Should Know About
!–paging_filter–pIn this age, it’s the rare restaurant that opens without months of pre-opening buzz, endless teasing out of who’ll tend bar and what the tables and chairs will look like. Every picture posted on Facebook, every newsy bit is covered by the food media. Last week alone we here at Seattle magazine (along with, ahem,em…
Ampersand As Apostrophe’s Buffalo Parcel Bag
One bag, seven ways to wear it
Chinatown–International District-based Jessica Park, the designer of the ultrachic Ampersand As Apostrophe line of bags (and one cool necklace), is really into the concept of transformation. “Almost all of my bags can be transformed for multiple ways to wear,” she says. Her most popular bag, the Buffalo Parcel ($795), for example, has at least seven…
Capitol Hill Block Party Was A Feast For All Senses
!–paging_filter–pspan Wow. Just WOW!/span/ppThe Capitol Hill Block Party delivered the full-on sensory overload I was expecting–it was my first time, be gentle./ppWhen I told friends I was going, they served up some stern warnings: Yeah, good luck with that massive clustercuss. Or, words to that effect./ppBut I love the electric buzz of crowds and the…
Mossback Monday: McGinn Versus Whole Foods, Plus New Laws on Pot and Social Media Passwords
!–paging_filter–script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-6.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-6″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/p
Kiehl’s LifeRide for amFAR Kicks Off at U Village
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.kiehls.com/” target=”_blank”Kiehl’s/a fourth annual a href=”http://www.kiehls.com/LifeRide/liferide,default,pg.html” target=”_blank”LifeRide/a for a href=”http://www.amfar.org/” target=”_blank”amFAR/a, a nine-day motorcycle race to raise funds for HIV/AIDS research, is kicking off this year at the a href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”University Village/a store on Wednesday, July 31. Celeb riders, including dreamboats John Corbett and Gilles Marini, will be on hand for photo opportunities and…
Humble Pie Now Open in the Central District
!–paging_filter–pI drive past the home of a href=”https://www.facebook.com/humblepieseattle” target=”_blank”Humble Pie/a (at 525 Rainier Ave, at Weller Street) on the edge of the nbsp;International District (technically it’s the Central District) almost daily on my way to and from the south end. And strongfor over a year, I’ve watched as owner Brian Solazzi gradually built decking, planted…
Seattle Children’s Hospital Gets a Dedicated Cancer Unit
Hope gets a new address
For teens and young adults facing long, difficult battles with cancer, and their families, little things such as a private room, fridge, bathroom, shower, large flat-screen television, mood lighting and expansive views make a big difference. And they’re all in the mix at the country’s first dedicated cancer unit for teens and young adults on…
All the Details on the Forthcoming Willows Inn Cookbook
!–paging_filter–pWhen Joe Ray called, saying he felt like spilling some beans, I had an inkling that it might something big. a href=”http://joe-ray.com/” target=”_blank”Ray’s/a writing and photographs have been featured in The Boston Globe, the New York Times and dozens of other publications. He wrote a story on Riley Starks’a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/tackling-chicken-butchering-workshop” target=”_blank” chicken butchery workshop for…
Update: When Will Bertha Start Drilling?
Tuesday afternoon, says a spokesperson at WSDOT
UPDATE: We’re told that Bertha will start digging sometime tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, July 30). The exact time is still not confirmed. The definite date that our 7,000-ton earth-drilling machine known as Bertha will begin boring a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct looks to be Monday, according to officials at the Washington State Department…
Have Your Tintype Taken at The Aviary
!–paging_filter–pWe’re all obsessed with iPhone photography (Instagram, Hipstamatic, etc.) but how about rocking it old school and exploring the world of tintype photography this weekend at a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/find-creative-spark-aviary“The Aviary/a in Ballard? San Fran-based photographer a href=”http://photoboothsf.com/” target=”_blank”Michael Shindler/a is really into tintype, a style that he centers his popular Photobooth company around, and has just…
The Top Doctors Advisory Panel
Seattle magazine thanks the members of its Top Doctors advisory panel, who agreed to share their insights and advice on medical trends and issues as we compiled this year’s Top Doctors issue. They also helped with nominations and the review of nominees for our Community Service Awards. Panel members do not review or influence the…
Kimberly Baker Opens Ship Song in Former Hip Zephyr Space
!–paging_filter–pJewelry designer a href=”http://kimberlybaker.com/” target=”_blank”Kimberly Baker/a has moved her shop a few times, from Fremont to a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/welcome-back-kimberly“Green Lake/a, and has now landed (or moored, as the case may be) in Phinney Ridge. Her new shop, Ship Song (hence the moored reference) is taking full advantage of the prime corner shop recently vacated by a…
Innovation: Making Inroads to the Brain
The body’s blood-brain barrier is a wonderful thing, allowing essential nutrients into the brain, but keeping dangerous bacteria out. Unfortunately, it also blocks some of the drugs that have the potential to treat or cure central nervous system disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. Seattle-based Impel Neuropharma is developing a noninvasive intranasal…
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