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Inside Look: Thaw Fashion Show
Warm up with spring fashion trends (for a worthy cause) tomorrow night at Thaw
The 3rd annual Thaw Fashion Show will transform an industrial SoDo warehouse tomorrow night for the city’s unofficial spring fashion kick-off. As much as we are excited about the fashion, the more important factor is Thaw exists to raise money for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, helping families battle Huntington’s Disease, which organizer Liz…
Taste at SAM celebrates its 3rd anniversary
Help Taste ring in another year with $3 desserts
Today (Wednesday, May 5th), from 11am-8pm, Taste will be offering $3 desserts from pastry chef Lucy Damkoehler to all diners. Or head on over after work: There’s an extended happy hour going on at the bar from 3-7pm, with all Happy Hour menu items and draft beers going for $3 each. Lucky diners will be…
Moms in Nature
Celebrate Mothers Day out of the house and into the outdoors...
Looking to do something different with Mom this Mothers Day? Seattle Parks naturalists are leading a Mothers Day Walk through Carkeek Park. Check out spring wildflowers and learn about one of Seattle’s largest urban watersheds. The walk starts at 1:30 pm at the McAbee Entrance of the park (6th Ave. NW & NW 100th Pl.),…
Wabi-Sabi Sushi Restaurant Review
Fresh food in a comfortable, neighborhood dining place.
Southenders (myself included) have had “sushi restaurant” on our wish lists for years. So when I heard Wabi-Sabi was the latest project from Thoa Nguyen (formerly of Columbia City, now living in the Central District) who serves tasty pan-Asian dishes at Chinoise Café and Thoa’s Restaurant & Lounge, I was heartened. Could it be that…
Toulouse Petit Restaurant Review
Brian Hutmacher get's serious with Toulouse Petit and a New Orleans inspired menu.
Brian Hutmacher could have cut corners when he opened Toulouse Petit in November. As the owner of Mexican restaurant (and singles meat market) Peso’s, right next door, no one would’ve blamed him if he had taken the easy road and opened a New Orleans themed doppelganger aimed at the flirty, heavy-drinking party crowd. Instead, it’s…
Fashion & Style Friday: Sassoon Salon Spring Cuts
Joan Kelly visits Sassoon Salon and gives us a sneak peek at new spring hair styles
Seattle mag fashion correspondent Joan Kelly lends her expertise to Seattlemag.com with her “In the Closet” series, a monthly video installment on Seattle shops, looks, trends and more. This month, Kelly stopped by Sassoon Salon (1405 5th Ave.) in Downtown to tell us about the season’s hottest new cuts. Watch and learn. Untitled from Seattle…
Mistral Kitchen’s Winds of Change
With a wide range of dining options, a new, all-embracing Mistral sweeps into Seattle.
The smell of duck fat beckons, but the air is cool—and so is William Belickis’ demeanor as he sears foie gras on the large griddle, or plancha, of his customized Jade range. Tall, pale, with ebony hair, Belickis is dressed in a short-sleeved, dishwasher-style shirt. He is an unflustered master, with time, despite a mini-rush,…
Chuckanut Brewer’s Dinner at Delancey
Only 40 seats available at this exclusive beer dinner! For the menu, read on.
Photo by Lorna Yee Delancey in Ballard continues its occasional special multi-course dinners with this month’s Chuckanut Brewer’s Dinner. These events are often limited to those lucky folks on their mailing list, but we’ve got the details: From the good people at Delancey: CHUCKANUT BREWER’S DINNER AT DELANCEY We’ve been serving Chuckanut Brewery’s award-winning beers…
The Weekly Must List: April 29 – May 5
Our top to-do's for the week
Must Watch: NFFTYThursday – Sunday (4/29-5/2) • What began in 2007 as the brainchild of local filmmaker Jesse Harris (then 19 years old) has blossomed into the multi-day, mondo-fun National Film Festival for Talented Youth, screening upwards of 130 films—covering a range of topics, from social justice to sports to autobiography to music videos—made by…
The SIFF List Is Here!
The Seattle International Film Festival just released the lineup for this year's extravaganza! As us
Woo-hoo! SIFF is just around the bend! Check out this sampling from the lineup (which features many local filmmakers, hurrah!) and start blocking off your calendar. The fest starts May 20, so use these remaining weeks to get yourself into tip-top movie watching condition. Hydrate! (Er, but not too much.) Here’s this year’s trailer (enjoy it…
Screamin’ Deal: Pike Street Fish Fry Freebie
Capitol Hill's king of fried food is celebrating their new all-day hours with free french fries, $2
Now that Capitol Hill’s favorite fish-n-chip spot will be open all day (Sunday – Wednesday 11:30-12 a.m., Thursday – Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.), you can stop by whenever. But you might want to hurry up and get there tonight when the Fish Fry team will be cookin’ free french fries and servin’ up…
Maria Hines of Tilth on Top Chef Masters tonight
And she's cooking for the cast of the hit TV show
Tonight Maria Hines of Tilth Restaurant, one of our current Best Restaurants chefs, competes on Top Chef Masters. And look who she’s cooking for – the cast members and TV crew of the hit TV show “Modern Family.” The theme of this meal is not announced, but NBC told us that the chefs will be…
Heading for the Hills with Pooch
Learn from expert Dan Nelson how and where to hike with dogs
Dan Nelson, author of Best Hikes With Dogs in Western Washington, will discuss how to enjoy safe, responsible hikes with dogs, briefly covering canine gear issues, first aid, and fitness training. He will then present a slide show on some of his favorite pooch-friendly hikes in the Cascades and Olympics, followed by a Q&A session….
Fashion Friday: Seamless Sneak Peek
On Monday, 38 fresh new faces in Seattle fashion go needle to needle for our third annual Seamless i
WE’RE LIVE: TO VIEW ALL 2010 CONTESTANT GALLERIES, CLICK HERE. It has been a jam-packed week around here: this year’s Seamless in Seattle entries blew right past the 2009 contest, trumping last year’s record-breaking 27 submissions with 38 new, exciting faces in Seattle fashion. While you have to wait until Monday for the official launch…
Designer Jason Wu: From the White House to Seattle
Jason Wu, fashion designer to Michelle Obama, visits Seattle's flagship Nordstrom and advises everyd
Jason Wu is already a fashion icon at only 27 years old. Wu designed the ethereal, silk and chiffon gown worn by First Lady Michelle Obama to the 2009 inaugural balls. His couture creation catapulted him to the fashion forefront and his history-making gown was inducted into the Smithsonian Museum of American History last month. …
The Weekly Must List: April 22 – 28, 2010
Our top to-dos for the week
Must SeeAmelia Reeber4/22-4/24 – Amelia Reeber is one of Seattle’s shining modern dance stars—an artist who combines serious choreography cred with a wicked sense of humor and mad dance skills—yet she remains humble! She recently wowed audiences at On the Boards’ A.W.A.R.D Show with a seriously funny performance that blended intense physicality with audio from…
Celebrate Herb Day at Bastyr
Kenmore campus hosts series of events focusing on herbs and their role in health and integrative med
Bastyr University is hosting four days of free public activities April 26-29 as part of the fifth annual National HerbDay celebration. HerbDay, celebrated across the country at universities, botanical gardens and parks is highlighted by a series of independently produced educational events designed to raise public awareness about the significance of herbs in our daily…
Interview with model Tara Lynn
Local plus-size model dishes on the industry, shooting for French Elle, and finding fashionable clot
Tara Lynn happily swings in the plastic bubble chair at her agency, Heffner Management When I first flipped through V Magazine’s “Curves Ahead” plus-size photoshoot in January 2010, I was struck by the images. It was the first fashion spread I’d seen where the models—Candice Huffine, Marquita Pring, Michelle Olson, Tara Lynn, and Kasia P—were…
Fashion & Style Friday: Swinging by Momo
The International District's gem of a store, Momo, offers both international and hometown fashion
Walking into Momo (located in the International District) is like embarking on an global treasure hunt. Dressers and cabinets welcome shoppers with open drawers overflowing with fashion accessories, cards, candles and goodies from near and afar. The walls are lined with men’s and women’s clothing lines from around the world such as France’s Cop Copine…
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