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Bar Hop: Grim’s Provisions & Spirits
Capitol Hill's self-proclaimed cross between steampunk and a horror video game.
Bar owner Laura Olson and designer Chris Pardo (both of Po Dogs and Auto Battery) opened Grim’s (1512 11th Ave.; 206.324.7467; grimseattle.com) in December in the former Grey Gallery space on Capitol Hill. A self-proclaimed cross between steampunk and a horror video game, the tavern is actually quite convivial. THE VIBE: Prepare for oxymoronic descriptions…
April Food News: The Pantry at Delancey Expands and Flying Squirrel Pizza Opens a Third Location
News, gossip and general musings on openings, closings and fanfare in seattle’s kitchens.
GROWING AT DELANCEYBrandon Pettit, pizzaiolo straordinario at Delancey (1415 NW 70th St.), is opening the pantry at delancey next month in a space just behind his pizzeria with co-owners Brandi Henderson, the executive pastry chef at Delancey, and Olaiya Land, a Seattle caterer who has cooked at La Medusa and Boat Street Kitchen. The Pantry…
Cellphones On Our Minds: UW’s Henry Lai in The New York Times
In January, Seattle magazine contributor Naomi Ishisaka told the story of UW professor Henry Lai, a bionengineering scientist whose research has placed him at the center of a persistent global debate around the effect cellphones have on brain activity. Check out this New York Times blog post elaborating on this connection, following the results of…
Vashon’s UMO Ensemble Makes Buffoonery Beautiful
Clowns are freaky, we know. But if ever there was a time to conquer your coulrophobia, it would be
Clowns are freaky, we know. But if ever there was a time to conquer your coulrophobia, it would be right now, so as to enjoy the sophisticated antics of UMO Ensemble. Based on Vashon Island, the physical theater company has been around since 1987 and has taken more than 20 original shows across the globe….
Grey Matters: Finding a City’s Soul in Its Offbeat Restaurants
Knute Berger remembers a Denny Triangle dive and investigates how restaurants provide a sense of pla
Restaurants provide a good way to introduce someone to a place. They often show off a city’s gustatory habits, its culture and subcultures. In strange surroundings, your first taste of a city’s food often leaves an indelible impression of place, even if the food isn’t particularly memorable. Which is why I remember certain meals and…
Taco Time’s ultimate soda fountain
Parents: next time you bring your kids into Taco Time, get ready to blow their soda-loving minds.
Parents: next time you bring your kids into Taco Time, get ready to blow their soda-loving minds. Coca-Cola has spent the last half-decade transforming the soda fountain into every child’s dream with their new Freestyle soda fountain–and select locally owned Taco Time locatoins are the only places in the Northwest where you can give it…
Fashion + Style Friday: Vian Hunter Warehouse Sale, Lanvin Trunk Show and Curtis Steiner Shop Gossip
Get your shop on at Mario’s next week; a sweet message in a bottle; Plus guess who is coming (back)
I’m just going to put out there: I don’t want to pretend this isn’t a tough Friday, many of us are deeply saddened and all hopes, prayers and thoughts are focused on our neighbors in Japan. We’re going to soldier on with Fashion Friday as usual, but if you’ll forgive me, I’m going to skip…
Cookus Interruptus Video: Thai Steak Salad with Cucumbers, Cilantro, Lime
Medium rare steak strips, lime cilantro, cucumber. I'm salivating, how about you?
There’s no dilemma about this omnivore delight. Lime, cilantro, garlic and some heat rubbed into some grass fed beef. Medium rare strips served over salad with cucumber. I’m salivating, how about you? Printable recipe? Click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods via 140+…
Preview: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits Fill SAM with Exquisite Color, Craft and Curiosity
Crocheted potholders, vintage tin tops, stripey wool sweaters, pipe cleaners, sequins, hooked rugs, porcelain birds, god’s eyes, Beanie Babies, synthetic hair, candy wrapper chains, unfurled cassette tapes and a million white pearl buttons. Such are the materials of Nick Cave’s delicious madness, on view starting today at SAM in the stunning exhibit, “Meet Me at…
Weekly Must List: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at SAM, Seattle Dances! and Myrhvold’s Modernist Cuisine
MUST WALKBlitz Capitol Hill Arts WalkThursday (3/10) – Put on your rain gear and head to Capitol Hill for its monthly art walk, now in it’s second year. Explore more than 50 venues, covering visual arts, musical performances, artist receptions, tastings, food and beverage specials, movie screenings, book readings, DJ performances, and more. Navigate the…
Vote for Your Favorite Seattle Neighborhood!
Head to our Facebook page to "like" your favorite Seattle neighborhood featured in our March cover s
Head to our Facebook page to “like” your favorite Seattle neighborhood featured in our March cover story. The winner will get a shout out on our Facebook page and bragging rights for the next year. To vote, check out the entire Facebook gallery. Or follow the direct links below to “like” your favorite neighborhood! 34th…
Outdoors: Consider Rediscovering Discovery Park
Follow a Docent on a Hike Through Seattle's Premiere Park
If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of touring Discovery Park in Magnolia, join a Seattle Park’s docent on a 3.5 mile walk there this coming Wednesday morning from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. (ages 18+ only). Plan on some slight elevation gain and, given that this is Seattle, be prepared for mud and rain….
Fashion + Style Friday: Spring makeup trends, flirty rain boots and one last hoorah for Oslo’s
Get thee to Nordstrom’s Cosmetics Trend Show, 2009 Seamless winner Out of Line debuts a kickin’ spri
I will get up early on Saturday mornings—but it had better be for a darn good reason (because otherwise, sleep, reading the paper and drinking approximately 5 cups of coffee is the name of the game). However, it is well worth my time—and yours too—to get up early, grab that latte to go and get…
Weekly Must List: Dahlia Workshop’s Biscuit Bar, a NW Indie Fest with Damien Jurado and More
Our editors' picks for the can't-miss events of March 3 - 9, 2011
Must SeeFirst Thursday art walk: Joey Veltkamp Thursday (3/3) – Seattle artist and local art blogger Joey Veltkamp has a well-documented owl obsession (his last show featured more than 30 papier-mâché owls), but now he’s on to something new—ghosts. For this show, he’s fired more than 20 ceramic spooks, using paint and resin to give…
Food News: Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine
Three and a half years ago technologist/chef/inventor/photographer/physicist Nathan Myhrvold (whom we wrote about in last month’s Nerd issue) set out to write the definitive book on modernist cooking and molecular gastronomy, a la elBulli’s Ferran Adrià, Alinea’s Grant Achatz, and The Fat Duck’s Heston Blumenthal. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking (available March…
Video: From Farm to Fashion with Adrienne Antonson
When I asked Seattle mag videographers Alex Kummerow and Dylan Priest to shoot this video, I had no
Seattle mag videographers Alex Kummerow and Dylan Priest headed to Vashon Island last month to tour the alpaca farm that inspired artist and designer Adrienne Antonson’s exclusive new clothing line for Capitol Hill shop NuBe Green. If you’re unfamiliar with Antonson’s work, you’ll know that she sources her line exclusively from items sourced from within…
Coconut Peanut Sauce
Dreamy creamy stuff for dipping, pouring, licking
(Steve imagines roasting a turkey)Dreamy creamy Thai-flavored sauce made from coconut milk, peanut butter, maple syrup, fresh ginger and toasted sesame oil. Pour it over fried tofu, cooked, greens, rice, grilled chicken, blanched vegetables and more. Printable recipe here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole…
Outdoors: Climbing the Walls
Jonesing Rock Climbers Head Inside
If you’re climbing the walls in your house with all the bad weather this winter, maybe you should check out one of Seattle’s indoor rock climbing gyms. Vertical World (daily rate for non-members: $16; monthly membership: $70) started it all off when it opened the doors on the world’s first indoor climbing gym in Ballard back…
New Column Alert: Cook’s Adventures Debuts This Month!
Fat of the Land author Langdon Cook will write a bi-monthly column on foraging, fishing, crabbing an
I’m thrilled to announce that Fat of the Land author Langdon Cook is our newest columnist at the magazine. Lang, as he’s known by friends, is the kind of guy that, when he says he’ll be “off the grid,” really means it; he’s known to disappear down the coast and up to the wilds of British Columbia for weeks…
Finding Edible Weeds in Your Garden and Lawn
Seattle author and expert forager Langdon Cook on how to see your backyard as an exotic produce aisl
Adventurous eaters need not stray far from home for a unique meal. Just step outside. It’s springtime, and the eatin’ is easy. Here in the Puget Sound region, with its temperate climate, we can harvest a bumper crop of nutritious and toothsome weeds from our gardens and lawns nearly year-round. If that sounds gross, consider…
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