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Hey, Ho, Let’s Go! to the EMP’s Worn to be Wild Exhibit
Believe it or not, despite it’s current badass persona, the leather jacket hasn’t always been a symbol of toughness and unfettered sexuality lingering on the cusp of the underbelly of popular culture. In its new exhibit, “Worn To Be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket”, the EMP traces this classic American icon through its roots as…
Winter Wonderland: Escape to Idaho!
Winter-lovers! Get thee to Idaho for a true winter wonderland.
While some are dreading the next five rain-soaked months in Seattle, let winter-lovers rejoice! Make the most of your favorite season and head to Idaho for the Northwest’s ultimate winter playground. Whether you’re taking advantage of spectacular skiing and snowboarding terrain, embarking on an extraordinary snowmobiling excursion, or exploring the snowy woodland on a pair…
Tom Douglas Grounded in NYC Because of Sandy
Tom Douglas and his wife, Jackie Cross, didn’t heed the “shelter in place” advice, but instead headed out Monday evening to Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, while Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast. “It was really kind of eerie,” said Seattle’s most famous chef, who was in NYC on a book tour, promoting The Dahlia Bakery…
Restaurant Zoë: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
After a dozen destination-worthy years in Belltown, Restaurant Zoë closed shop (its old locale now houses The Coterie Room) and reopened on Union Street and 14th Avenue on Capitol Hill, which longtime locals will remember as the old La Panzanella space. It’s risky to up and move a neighborhood icon, but owner Scott Staples’ reinvented…
LloydMartin: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
Sam Crannell’s kitchen handiwork helped Quinn’s become the great gastropub that it is today. Now, along with his team of canny cooks at LloydMartin (named for Crannell’s two grandpas), he’s revealing how remarkably resourceful he can be. Much like the old Matt’s in the Market (before the remodel), Crannell and company make do with just…
New Skincare Product: Argan, Take me Away
Shoppers can count on Essenza in Fremont for exquisite jewelry, refined kids’ stuff and candles, perfume and skincare from the finest lines, including Diptyque, Fresh and now, Kahina Giving Beauty, an organic argan oil-based luxury skincare company that helps protect and support the community from which it originates, the Berber women who run the argan…
A Wonderful Weekend of Wine Tasting in Walla Walla
Sauerkraut, sweet onions, a massive chicken fried steak and loads of wonderful wine. Those were just a few of the highlights from a weekend in Walla Walla. There are more than 100 wineries in and around the city so nice they named it twice, yet I visited just two on Saturday and had two perfect…
Music For the Masses: Singer Elizabeth Mitchell Comes to Town
Singer Elizabeth Mitchell has been on our radar since 2006, when we heard an NPR interview with her during the release of her album, You Are My Little Bird. We were immediately smitten. It’s hard not to be captivated by the singer (and her band, which includes her husband Daniel Littleton and daughter Storey) whose music…
Welcome Back, Kimberly
Jeweler Kimberly Baker, whose work ranges from tough to feminine, trendy to mystical, and has been worn by many a celebrity during her 15 year career, is returning to retail (her flagship Fremont shop closed earlier this year) with a new space near Green Lake. Hurrah for us all! Baker is sharing her new spot,…
Seattle’s First Vegan Food Truck: Plum Bistro Wants Wheels
Plum Bistro, the family-owned and all-vegan restaurant on Capitol Hill—known for hearty meatless burgers and signature “mac ‘n’ yease” (plus incredible dishes chock-full of locally-sourced and organic ingredients)—wants to go mobile. Owner/chef Makini Howell is using the online crowdfunding program Kickstarter to help raise the $28,000 needed to bring Seattle its first vegan food truck,…
Preview Shanik’s Menu, Plus an Update on the Opening
Can you tell we're eager for this restaurant to open?
We’ve been telling you about Meeru Dhalwala’s Shanik, the most anticipated restaurant opening of the year, for a while now. (Pick up our November Best New Restaurants issue to read our full-length preview of Vij’s much-anticipated sibling restaurant!) Originally set to open in November, the opening’s been pushed back to early December now. But just…
Style Syndicate 206 Grand Opening Bash
Jeweler Cat McCadden (whose Grace Gow line of shoulder-grazing earrings had us swooning when they hit the scene in 2010) is teaming up with business partner, Paul Mendes, on a new exciting retail venture on Capitol Hill called Style Syndicate 206. Part clothing and home goods shop (vintage and new) and part Grace Gow showroom,…
The New MOHAI
From a new home at the center of Seattle, the Museum of History & Industry bridges past and present.
There’s something ironic about a museum devoted to documenting a city’s progress getting booted out of its home in the name of progress. Then again, the team at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) understands better than most that civic progress does not happen without demise and demolition. Housed for the last 60 years…
Dia de los Muertos at River Song
Madison Valley’s River Song is one of our favorite jewelry shops. Not only does owner and jeweler River Burke make the most amazing jewelry from semi-precious stones, she travels the world to find them, adding a worldly cache to everything she creates. Burke returns from her travels with equally amazing, rare and unique gifts and…
5 Cocktails to Help You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
Or a Halloween party.
Five mixes that you’ll want to have on hand if your neighborhood is ever invaded by the undead. Or, if you decide to throw a Halloween party. Whichever comes first. The ZombieWhen the shambling masses see what that you’re drinking one of these, the graveyard metaphysics will blow what little brains they have left. This…
Hermès 8 Ties Exhibit at The Bravern
If you missed the Hermès Festival of Crafts last February at The Bravern, where a traveling group of artisans set up workshop in the Bravern’s Exhibition Space and blew viewers’ minds with their skilled fine craftsmanship, now’s your chance to see something else amazing from this iconic French design house, this time with a nod…
Smashing Pumpkins: Delicious Halloween and Fall-Inspired Desserts
You carved the pumpkin; you might as well eat it for dessert.
MORA Iced CreameryThe new Jack-o’-Lantern Ice Cream flavor from this Bainbridge Island ice creamery is a spin on MORA’s own traditional Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream, but with Belgian chocolate added to the mix. Don’t live near one of their far flung locations? No worries, the ice cream will be available for purchase online. A La…
Meet Modern Women of the Middle East, Hear Rock at the Symphony and Other Weekend Musts
MUST SEEWomen at WorkOpens Friday (10/26-12/15) – Photo Center Northwest’s new exhibit, Social Order: Women Photographers from Iran, India and Afghanistan features the work of five contemporary artists, including Iran’s Shadi Ghadirian who poses friends in traditional garb while holding mundane items (see above). The show offers a fresh look at women’s roles in Eastern…
Updated! Murray Aid: Fundraising for Ailing Bartender, Murray Stenson
Ah, Murray. One of my favorite things to do is sit in front of Murray at Canon, where he’s been tending bar several nights a week, and order a straight-up gin martini, with an olive. Because a martini made by a real bartender is a beautiful thing. I like that he nods with a look…
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