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Updated! Delancey Crew Opening Essex, a Craft Cocktail Bar, This Summer
And the award for best pocket neighborhood goes to….? More fuel has just been added to the flame in the tiny 70th Street pocket in Ballard that Delancey, Honore and Fat Hen call home: Delancey owners Brandon Pettit and Molly Wizenberg are opening a craft bar called Essex in the adjoining space in July make…
Stalking Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi in Seattle
We are, perhaps, too excited to see this show filming in Seattle.
Forgive me Padma! My editor made me do it. Yes, Top Chef fever has got us whipped into quite a froth and when I showed up for my Monday morning pastry at Le Panier at the Pike Place Market, I hit the motherlode. Yes, it’s true. Top Chef is filming here in Seattle. Tents were…
Share Wear: Shop for Kids’ Secondhand Clothes Online
Here’s a sweet, supergreen spin on kiddie consignment: a new online marketplace that lets you buy and sell those barely used “outgrowns” within your own neighborhood. Launched in March by West Seattle mom Pamela Boyd (and named for her nearly 1-year-old daughter, Clara), ClarasMom.com lists goods by item type (clothing, maternity, toys, gear and more)…
Websites and Apps For Your Health
We checked in with local doctors* to find out which sites they recommend—and use themselves.
With thousands of health-related websites and smartphone apps to choose from, finding the best can be daunting. We checked in with local doctors* to find out which sites they recommend—and use themselves. 7 Great Websites I want trustworthy general medical informationNlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/The National Institutes of Health’s website offers very good general health information and a good…
Smart Stationery Makes Snail Mail Fun Again
Two new Seattle-based companies are focused on improving the mail we get.
inboxFounded by four Seattleites who wanted to share special photo moments with relatives who aren’t on Facebook or email, Postcardly (postcardly.com) delivers personalized paper postcards to your friends and family with a few mouse clicks. After signing up for an account (subscribe to five cards per month for $4.99; 15 cards per month for $9.99;…
Spend a Day on Vashon Island
Just a short ferry ride away from Seattle, this laid-back island’s quaint shops always enchant.
If you’ve been pondering a jaunt to Vashon Island, this month offers the perfect reason: The annual Strawberry Festival (July 20-22; vashonchamber.com) brings arts and crafts, live music, parades and carnival rides to the quaint downtown streets, which already play host to homegrown art collectives, niche shops and new restaurants that beckon the weekend adventurer…
5 Foodie Events Offer a Taste of Summer
Don’t know about you, but we’re so ready to say bye bye to a rotten June! Bah humbug. Here are a few ways to celebrate “summer” this weekend, no matter what the thermometer says: 1. This year’s first Salmon-Enchanted Evening dinner is Saturday in Victor Steinbrueck Park, just north of the Pike Place Market. It’s…
5th Avenue Theatre Brings Back “Rent”
And the staff promises this version will be like no other production you've seen before.
Based on Puccini’s La bohème, Jonathan Larson’s rock musical about starving artists living in the shadow of AIDS in New York’s East Village won the Tony, the Pulitzer and the hearts of countless audiences when it debuted in 1996. Fast-forward to 2012 (many seasons since we first heard Rent’s celebratory anthem, “Seasons of Love”), and…
Eye Candy Alert: New Seattle Bride Issue is Here
Keep an eye on local newsstands. A lovely lady framed in sagey green is waiting for you on the cover of the latest issue of Seattle Bride. Packed with inspiration for all aspects of the epic adventure that is planning a wedding: from fashion to favors to transportation, this issue is a stunning example of…
Ride the Ferris Wheel, Watch Fireworks and Listen to the Matrix
MUST RIDEPier 57 Ferris Wheel Opens Friday (6/29) — Pier 57 owner Hal Griffith has allegedly dreamed of building a ferris wheel on the Seattle Waterfront for years. This weekend, that dream comes true. Riding in climate-controlled gondolas, totally protected from the weather, Seattleites can enjoy views of downtown, Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains…
Spectrum Dance’s “Love” Introduces 50 New Shades of Grey
Donald Byrd and his company Spectrum Dance Theater have gone to great lengths for love this season. In the fall, the reprisal of Byrd’s earlier work The Beast terrified with too-real visions of domestic violence. In spring, Petruchska admonished against futile obsessions; and in Miraculous Mandarin…whoops! Didn’t see that one. Apparently the content was so…
Global Warming
With rejuvenation and rediscovery comes self-examination.
Our city is in the midst of a multidisciplinary—dare we say postrecession—renaissance. The 50th anniversary of the Space Needle and the opening of Chihuly Garden and Glass have reinvigorated the city’s creative spark, getting many of the most jaded cynics excited again. The Pike Place Market remodel is complete, and it’s all gussied up in…
Pop Life: Seattle Artist Troy Gua Builds an Icon
Seattle mag Spotlight Award winner Troy Gua continues to experiment with his most enticing muse: manufactured fame. Inspired by his childhool idol the artist (formerly? currently?) known as Prince, Gua constructed a doll that looks just like the pop star, if he were to land a cameo role on the marionette-puppet TV show Thunderbirds. Not content…
What’s New at Canopy Blue, HomeGoods Arrives and Bell Square to Expand
If there is any solace in a rainy June weekend, it’s in the great shopping to be had (all indoors!). Here’s what’s a buzz this week: Demure Canopy Blue in Madison Park has long reigned as a must-stop for women hankering for casual, yet elegant attire. Now, Danielle Ackerly has taken over from original owner…
Modernist Cuisine Meets Social Justice
He had me going there. “We keep quails on the roof at the labs,” chef Maxime Bilet told the table of Modernist Cuisine aficionados on Thursday night. “And we’re playing around with feeding them different things to see how it effects the flavor of their eggs.” Before us sat a small plate with a lovely…
Fist Bumps to High 5 for Pride Pie
I never need an excuse to dive into a slice of pie, but the folks at High 5 are making it extra special this weekend, letting the Pride show with free rainbow-colored whipped cream topping on each order. LOVE that! Might be a bit over-the-top on its brand new bacon cream pie, but then again,…
5 Backyard Baseball Cocktails
Five cocktails to sip when you're rooting for the home team at home.
There’s nothing like seeing a baseball game at Safeco Field. Or any other stadium, for that matter, but I like Safeco best—especially when my pal Mark shares one of his season-ticket-holder seats. To flip the ball over, though, I also believe that listening to a baseball game on the radio in your own backyard when…
Cupcake Royale Expands to Serve Ice Cream
Cupcake Royale founder Jody Hall goes for the cold with her new ice cream offerings.
It’s hard to recall the time before cupcakes were considered an acceptable—and sought-after—adult dessert, but when Jody Hall founded Cupcake Royale (cupcakeroyale.com) in 2003 in Madrona, hers was not merely the sole cupcake shop in town, it was the only cupcake-specific bakery in America outside of New York City. Considered a risky endeavor by many…
A Playlist You Can Hug
Cuddle up to this plush bear outfitted with an MP3 player that holds favorite songs and recordings.
A Queen Anne dad who wanted to say goodnight to his 5-year-old daughter every night—even when away on business—looked no farther than that beddy-bye staple, the teddy bear, for his solution. David LePenske, along with his wife, Cherie, and Queen Anne neighbors Mike Robinson and Denise Podnar, developed Cuddletunes, a soft, plush bear outfitted with…
Sandra Bernhard, PechaKucha, Pride Parade and Other Weekend Musts
MUST LAUGHWin Tickets to See Sandra BernhardFeisty funnywoman Sandra Bernhard presents the Seattle premiere of her new show, I Love Being Me, Don’t You? Backed by a four-piece band, Bernhard (who has also recorded several jazz and blues albums) delivers the snark and satire she’s become known for since kicking off her comedic career in…
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