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Category: Best of Beauty   Andrea Berg Tonic Salon Bryant, 3406 NE 55th St.206.545.2269 Price: Cuts, $50; single-process color, $60; foils, $85 and up  Expertise: Making natural textures work for people to achieve “effortless hair.”   Biggest hair peeve: “People who cut their own bangs.”  Celeb hair I covet: “Giselle [Bundchen]’s hair and Blake Lively on…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   Early in June, I sat down with Seattle author Richard Farr to talk about how to get a children’s book published. He was highly amused by the idea that he would be considered any kind of expert, but I thought there was no better person to ask than someone…

Category: Articles   2/5 • When these Eugene, Oregon, boys burst onto the national music scene in ’97 with their hit “Zoot Suit Riot,” they inspired countless guys and gals to take up swing dancing. If it’s been a while since you hit the dance floor, grab a date and plan for a night of…

Category: Articles   It’s not often you come across a dance theater company that is truly scary—a company that creates such disturbing, lasting images that you are skeeved out and a little jumpy for days afterward, fearing you might encounter one of their surreal tableaus around a real-life corner. Say hello to Portland-based tEEth, whose…

Category: Articles   2/24–6/14 • Doomsayers have been threatening the demise of the book since, well, since the invention of the printing press, and while books have survived (for now), it’s not always in their original form. In Book Borrowers: Contemporary Artists Transforming the Book, the new show at Bellevue Arts Museum, the book becomes…

Category: Articles   2/12 • Twenty-five years after he charmed us by wearing an absurdly oversized suit in the 1984 Talking Heads tour documentary Stop Making Sense, the hugely talented musician (and visual artist, and director, and choreographer) David Byrne is on the road again. This time he’ll perform songs from his 2008 album Everything…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   This month we highlight the creativity and, um, small mindedness of tilt-shift photographers who make real-life landscapes look like scale models. We swapped emails with Erynn Rose, a Seattle photographer embracing this trend to find out more about this interesting photo genre. What is tilt-shift photography?Official tilt-shift photography is…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   Karin Snelson introduces several acclaimed Seattle writers and illustrators for the younger—much younger—set, and offers a few tips for aspiring children’s book authors. Take heed and you might be next to be featured in our pages! Palette Pleaser: Julie Paschkis brings color and life to children’s books All Julie…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   With deals like these at local eateries, you won’t want to miss a night dining out. Bargain sushi? It’s all relative, but there’s no arguing that the Course Meal ($50 for two) at Mashiko’s (West Seattle, 4725 California Ave. SW; 206.935.4339) is worth every pinched penny. The five-course, chef’s…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Your guide to the restaurants featured in our Cheap Eats issue Alhadeff Grill at South Seattle Community CollegeRainier Valley6000 16th Ave. SW 206.764.5344chefschool.com Anita’s CrêpesBallard4350 NW Leary Ave.206.838.9997anitascrepes.comAlso at various farmers’ market year-round, including Ballard (Sun., 10 a.m.–2 p.m.) Archa ThaiKent121 Meeker St.253.373.1868Baguette BoxCapitol Hill1203 Pine St.206.332.0220Fremont 626 N…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Rocky economic times give us second thoughts about carefree spending and multicourse dinners. But paying more attention to the bottom line doesn’t have to feel (or taste) like scrimping. In fact, it’s not hard to eat on the cheap in Seattle: We’ve got taco stands, bánh mì delis and…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   There’s just something irresistible about imagining our whole city—and its busy goings-on—in miniature. That’s exactly what some locals are doing with tilt-shift photography (also called tilt-shift miniature faking), which involves distorting the perspective and focus in a photograph so that real-world places and things appear to be scale models….

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Your guide to the best, most affordable handheld (or close to it) meals at the holy grail of cheap eats, the Pike Place Market 1. Three-piece cod fish and chips or Dungeness crab cocktail at Jack’s Fish Spot: $5.99 and $5.89 2.  Pelmeni (your choice of beef, turkey, pork,…

2 loaves of brioche, thinly sliced1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened3 1/2 cups heavy cream3 cups whole milk5 large eggs, plus 4 egg yolks1 1/2 cups light brown sugar1 29 oz. can of pumpkin purée2 tbsp vanilla extract2 tbsp cinnamon1 tbsp ground nutmeg1 tsp ground cloves1 tsp kosher salt Maple cream4 cups heavy cream1…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   The Lingerie Football League gives good taste the Heisman Two historical undergarment events occurred during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004: Network television audiences were exposed to Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction, and pay-per-view audiences witnessed the first “Lingerie Bowl,” featuring women battling it out on…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   1. Usher in the Ox Chinese New Year Spectacular According to the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Ox begins January 26, which means you should yoke yourself to a friend and head to the Chinese New Year Spectacular, a huge, sparkly show featuring classical Chinese dancing, live music…

Category: Green Living   Seattle’s newest clothing cleaner helps you feel better about your carbon footprint You may have noticed that most dry-cleaning establishments welcome customers with a whoosh of hot air and chemical odors. That’s because traditional dry-cleaning methods rely on heat and a solvent called perchloroethylene (go ahead, try to pronounce it), a…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, MadisonValley, 1060 26th Ave. ;…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, Madison Valley, 1060 26th Ave.;…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   While most heads will be turned toward the other Washington this month (Inauguration Day is January 20), we have our own swearing in to do here at home. On January 14th, Governor Christine Gregoire will officially begin her second term. Since she’s already braced for a grim slate of…