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Our Favorite Things: May 2010
Beautiful Works for the Bathroom
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Beautiful Works for the Bathroom Hot HardwareAs with any room, it’s the details that make design truly shine. Drawer and cabinet knobs and pulls from Chown Hardware (12001 NE 12th St., Bellevue; 425.454.7420; 333 NW 16th Ave., Portland; 503.243.6500; chownhardware.com) beautifully bring the bling with collections by Edgar Berebi, featuring…
Top Docs ’11: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Electrical disorders of the heart
CARDICA ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Grace Buono, M.D., The Everett Clinic, 3901 Hoyt Ave., Everett, 425.339.5411, Providence Regional Medical Center; University of Washington, 1986 Sanjeev Garhwal, M.D., Western Washington Medical Group, 12728 19th Ave. SE, Suite 200, Everett, 425.225.2700, Providence Regional Medical Center; New York University School of Medicine, 1997; arrhythmias Daniel V. Wilkinson Jr., M.D., Summit Cardiology,…
Top Docs ’11: Allergy & Immunology
Disorders involving the immune system
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY Leonard C. Altman, M.D., Northwest Asthma and Allergy Center, 4540 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 200, 206.527.1200, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, 1969; urticaria, asthma, sinusitis, allergy Garrison H. Ayars, M.D., Allergy and Asthma Associates, 1200 112th Ave. NE, Suite C-210, Bellevue, 425.454.2191, Overlake Hospital Medical…
Area: Pot Spot
Capitol Hill
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Capitol Hill’s Ragen & Associates has a pot for every plant Pot SpotChip Ragen, landscape designer and owner of Ragen & Associates (517 E Pike St., Seattle; 206.793.0949; ragenassociates.com), earned his green thumb early. In elementary school he was winning contests put on by the Seattle Gardening Club. The late…
Top Docs ’11: Addiction Psychiatry
ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY Steven M. Juergens, M.D., 11201 SE Eighth St., Suite 105, Bellevue, 425.454.0255, Overlake Hospital Medical Center; Mayo Medical School, 1979; addiction/substance abuse, alcohol abuse, drug abuse. Andrew J. Saxon, M.D., Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, 206.762.1010, University of Washington Medical Center; Tufts University, 1977; addiction/substance abuse, opiate…
Area: Scottish Style
Mastering Highland Golf-Inspired Design
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Mastering Highland Golf-Inspired Design Scottish StyleEvery evening at sunset from May through September, a bagpiper wanders the links at the posh-yet-public Newcastle Golf Club (15500 Six Penny Lane, Newcastle; 425.793.5566; newcastlegolf.com), providing an aptly Scottish score for its golfers and restaurant guests. As you sit deck-side at the stone manor-style…
Feature: Mike Mcginn’s Eco Trip
Seattleites thought they had an environmentally progressive mayor in national magazine poster boy Gr
Mike Mcginn’s EcoTripMike McGinn has a habit of pausing before he speaks. Whether he’s responding to a question or about to address a large group, he will take a moment that is a bit too long, squint his blue eyes slightly and stare. It can seem as if McGinn is an alien intelligence, wondering whether to…
Editor’s Note: The Outsiders
If you aspire to be “an outsider” but fall in the clueless category like me, this is the issue for y
The Outsiders We all have that friend—the one we admire for his or her ability to do something for which we are completely missing a gene. It may be the friend who effortlessly throws lavish dinner parties. Or the one who remembers every special occasion and every birthday. For me, it’s my friends who are…
Bar Hop: Downtown’s Diller Room
There’s more than delicious coffee percolating Downtown since Rob Wilson added The Diller Room to th
The Diller Room There’s more than delicious coffee percolating Downtown since Rob Wilson added The Diller Room to the back of Stella Caffe in April (1224 First Ave.; 206.624.1229; dillerroom.com). During Prohibition, the space was a speakeasy accessed from the once luxurious—and later unsavory—Diller Hotel. THE VIBETourists, executives, first-daters and pre-funkers frequent the inviting “come…
Spotlight: Culture Club
A one-of-a-kind, Seattle-based performance group has been dazzling audiences and fostering Filipino
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines A one-of-a-kind, Seattle-based performance group has been dazzling audiences and fostering Filipino community since 1959 Culture ClubBaruso! Pagbalik! Filipino drill commands pepper the air as young women, dressed in vibrant sari skirts, perform a complex dance and combat routine. The girls—from 5 years of age into their early 20s—alternate precision…
Seattle magazine’s 2010 Kids’ Summer Camp Guide
Haven’t signed up your child for a summer camp? Not to worry--you're not alone. We’ve compiled a lis
Summer’s here and you haven’t signed up your child for a summer camp, right? Not to worry. We’ve compiled a list of some unusual and “of course” camps that you still might be able to squeeze your little one or teen into. We get it…it’s pretty clear that CAMP really means Caring About Mom’s Peace….
Summer Guide 2010: University District
The historic U District has seen ups and downs, but its location next to the water and a lively stud
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines The historic U District has seen ups and downs (see our story on “The Ave” ), but its location next to the water and a lively student vibe has kept it a perennial summer fave. Sun WorshipPile your crew into a rowboat or a couple of canoes at the docks…
Best Camping Spots: Going Rogue
Car camping on out-of-the-way Forest Service Roads
For many of us, spending the night in a crowded car campground, even in a beautiful locale, feels like camping in a mall parking lot. Likewise, unless you’re an Ironman, backpacking miles and miles in for a little woodland solitude is out of the question. The solution? Get out your gazetteer and find your own…
Best Camping Spots: Not-so-Roughing It
In case sleeping on the ground is more than you can stomach.
GLAMPINGStructurally, it might not be so different from the accommodations at that overnight camp you went to as a kid, but, nowadays, staying in a canvas-walled platform tent is referred to as “glamping” (short for glamorous camping)—at least as far as us pampered grownups are concerned. And pampered you will be if you get your…
Summer Guide 2010: Mural Quiz
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines 1. In Greenwood, near 85th Street and 3rd Avenue. Painted by John Osgood. 2. In Green Lake, between the lake and Woodland Park Zoo, under Aurora Avenue. Painted by Josh Howard. 3. In West Seattle, outside Café Revo (2940 Southwest Avalon Way). Painted by Glenn Case. 4. In Sodo, near…
Summer Guide 2010: Summer Mixtape
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Giving our summer guide an audio component—a summer soundtrack of sorts—has become an annual tradition. This year we’re showcasing an array of local bands in the form of a mixtape (well, a virtual mixtape, since cassettes have gone the way of the Betamax). Thanks to Seattle’s bevy of bands, making…
Summer Guide 2011: Outdoor Movies
Looking for more summer events? Check out our 2011 Summer Festivals guide. Fremont Outdoor MoviesWacky flicks are the specialty of this, the series that started the whole outdoor cinema craze in 1992.Location: Corner of North 35th Street and Phinney Avenue NorthCost: n/aLine-up: 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/5, 8/6, 8/13, 8/27. Check Fremont Outdoor Movies for more…
Summer Guide 2010: Festivals
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines From the arts to food, here’s our guide to the area’s best summer fests. Looking for more summer events? Check out our Outdoor Music and Outdoor Movies guides. JUNE Edmonds Arts Festival6/18–6/20What to expect: One of the Northwest’s oldest and largest arts festivals, this three-day event takes place against the scenic…
Summer Guide 2010: Outdoor Music
Looking for more summer events? Check out our Festivals and Outdoor Movies guides. SEATTLE Seattle Peace Concert Series6/13–9/19Get out and enjoy Seattle’s city parks at these free, family friendly concerts held on Sundays featuring local and regional musicians. Canned food donations for Northwest Harvest appreciated.Must-see shows/bands: Adrian Xavier (8/29 Volunteer Park), Kuli Loach & Andy Coe…
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