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Hitchcock: Best New Restaurant 2011
Finally, there’s a definitive restaurant on Bainbridge Island that highlights the best of the region
Chef Brendan McGill worked at Seattle restaurants Il Bistro, The Harvest Vine, the now-defunct Cremant and for the Via Tribunali group. But when it came time to open his own restaurant, he was drawn to Bainbridge Island, where his wife’s family has lived since 1890. Hitchcock takes its name from McGill’s wife’s family tree, and…
Fuji Bakery
This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year.
There are people in this world who love sweet baked goods, and there are people who get more excited about savory tastes. Both types unfailingly rave after a visit to Fuji Bakery. This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year (the bakery has been in Bellevue since 2009). Owner Akihiro Nakamura found pastry…
Seattle’s Cutest Dog is…
Saxon! How can you not fall in love with such a goofy, blissful redhead (shown above and below)? In case you missed it: we asked readers to share pictures of their own dogs to complement our October story about “Seattle’s Dog Obsession.” We then decided to choose the cutest dog from those submissions. Settling on…
Pie Takes the Cake Again
Cake versus pie? Judging from the responses I’ve gotten since finding out that I would have the privilege of judging the epic rematch of last year’s Cake vs. Pie competition last night, people are not wishy-washy on this matter. I’ve heard many a definitive statement to the effect of “Pie. Duh”; or “Clearly pie.” And…
The Book Larder, a Food-Lover’s Destination, Open Now in Fremont
The Book Larder, a new cookbook store and events space (and the only store between San Francisco and Vancouver, BC to sell cookbooks exclusively), opened this week to much fanfare. My friend, Lara Hamilton, is the owner, and her eye for quirky, useful, esoteric and lesser-known cookbooks is impeccable: I spotted a copy of Ruth Reichl’s out-of-print cookbook Mmmmmmm:…
Viaduct for Dummies: Occupy the Viaduct
I was driving into Seattle mag’s SoDo world HQ this morning, gazing up at the Viaduct in all its splendor, when it hit me with a jolt: A huge chunk of that hulking concrete leviathan that has framed my view of Elliot Bay since birth will cease to exist in less than two weeks. Like…
Fashion Friday: Operation + Stitch’s fall line, happenings at Nube Green and a handbag obsession
So, it’s officially fall now isn’t it? (My pants are still damp from my walk in this morning and it is now 2 p.m.) Rather than get bogged down by the puddles, pull out the proverbial mood umbrella and use these cheery new fall offerings to block out the doom: Around these parts, we love…
Local Company Helps Keep Occupy Seattle Protestors Dry
Occupy Seattle is the local manifestation of the Occupy Wall Street protests that are still growing in New York (watch the latter unfold via LiveStream). While there are many voices and concerns being expressed in this burgeoning movement, one clear theme resounding across the board is that the needs and demands of average working Americans…
Meet Seattle Busker Finn Juhl
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The last in a five-part series: *While you read, listen to this live performance of “Lena and the Lake”, by Finn Juhl. …
Rooting for Seattle’s LeRoy Bell on ‘X Factor’
In regard to Bond Huberman’s earlier post cheering on Phillip Lomax, the young Seattle singer who’s currently a competitor on Simon Cowell’s The X Factor, I must respectfully respond: oh hell no. The X-Factor contender I’m backing is Seattle’s own LeRoy Bell, the 59-year-old singer/songwriter who does way more than karaoke-style Sinatra imitations (ooh, take…
The Must List: Pilobolus, Stevie Wonder and Really, Really Old Books
MUST SHADOWPilobolus 10/6-10/18Part gymnastics, part pantomime and part Slinky, Pilobolus Dance Company never fails to entice viewers with its physical contortionism and brainy bravado. The Connecticut-based troupe got its start 40 years ago, using the shape of the human body to make statements about sexual politics, personal relationships and societal mores. Though it has since…
Where Would We Be Without Steve Jobs?
At a gathering with friends last night, we exchanged regrets about the news of Steve Jobs’ death. Later (read: a few beers later), we fell into a debate over who was more influential in our lives: Steve Jobs or Albert Einstein? The conversation never really settled on a sensible answer. Because it’s not a sensible…
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 4
Catch Up: Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 My last day in New York was spent at the home of one of my oldest friends, who lives with her husband and two kids in Brooklyn Heights. After four days and long nights of walking in fashionable shoes, my feet were sausage, so my friend lent me…
Seattle’s Phillip Lomax on the ‘X Factor’
Our staff photographer, Hayley Young, just alerted me to the fact that an adorable Seattleite named Phillip Lomax has made his way to the bootcamp stage of Simon Cowell’s new Idol-esque program called The X Factor. Here’s Lomax keeping it classy in his audition with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon.” Hayley tells me…
RedTri: 7 Kids Costume Shops in Seattle
Ghosts and goblins and witches, oh my! Are you looking for a frightfully cool Halloween costume for your little one? We’ve scoured the city in search of the best costume shops and compiled a list of our faves. From the spookiest to the silliest to the sweetest, Seattle offers plenty of pint-sized costumes guaranteed to…
Bellevue Collection Fashion Week Recap: Front Row Fashion Presented by Vogue
Editorial assistant Brittany Allen gives us her take on last Saturday’s 3rd annual Bellevue Collecti
It’s no little secret, but Vogue takes fashion seriously. And the Front Row Fashion Show Presented by Vogue was a seriously good time at Bellevue’s Hyatt Regency Hotel on Saturday night. The team at our beloved fashion bible brought their authority on all things fashion from the East Coast to the Eastside, inspiring the mostly…
Restaurant Preview: Momiji is Really, Really Pretty. And it Has Pretty Food, Too.
Every detail in the pristine space that is now Momiji (the magnum opus of Steven Han’s Japanese restaurants) — from the tables, hand-carved by master woodworker Craig Yamamoto, to the ethereal, cloud-like lighting fixtures woven from traditional Japanese paper fibers by artist Yuri Kinoshita — has been masterfully planned by Han’s dream team of artisans….
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