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Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Wrap up precious little ones for naptime in this mint green and ivory trimmed cashmere blanket, the latest offering from Seattle-based SwaddleDesigns. Luxuriously soft and impossibly cuddly, this 3-by-3-foot blankie, designed by nurse-slash-mom-slash-founder Lynette Damir, will have you wishing for a grown-up-sized version for yourself. $240 at Nordstrom (multiple…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   What do you get when you blend science fiction, Victoriana and a whole lot of ingenuity? Steampunk. It’s a fashion movement spawned by a fiction genre—novels set in the steam-engine era with a futuristic twist (think H.G. Wells and Jules Verne). Some Seattle steampunks call themselves “steamrats” (seattlesteamrats.com), and…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Sibling RivalryAfter learning from the first one, raising the second child is said to be easier. And so it seems with Bump number two at Bellevue Square, birthed last August. While offering a similar selection of merchandise as its Seattle sibling—stylish maternity clothes, body care for the mom-to-be, delightful…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   After learning from the first one, raising the second child is said to be easier. And so it seems with Bump number two at Bellevue Square, birthed last August. While offering a similar selection of merchandise as its Seattle sibling—stylish maternity clothes, body care for the mom-to-be, delightful baby…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   By association, Sandy Chac and Chanda Mak, friends and co-owners of Capitol Hill boutique JJ, which opened last August, understand sartorial style that goes beyond fashion into the realm of fabric and construction. (Chac worked at her family’s dry cleaning business as a teen; Mak observed as her mother,…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Cory Smith thinks of her second Sweet Petula shop, opened in Pioneer Square in October, as a lab—a place to make her products sold at both stores (the other, in Madison Valley, is a bed and bath boutique where she carries her products plus luxurious bedding, pj’s and more)…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Local gourmet Lorna Yee puts an overlooked protein to good use What it is: With a rich flavor similar to duck meat (though slightly gamier), gizzard is the secondary stomach in birds used to grind food before digestion. The texture is pleasantly springy when fried or roasted, and when…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Tasty sweet potatoes are showing up at restaurants all over town—and not just in fry form Tulio The Sweet Potato Gnocchi is so addictive that executive chef Walter Pisano can’t take it off the menu (fans of the dish complain). The handmade dough is cut into pillows, sautéed in…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   The Seahawks may not be in the game, but if you still want to watch the Super Bowl, head to super sporty Ballard Loft on February 1 to catch the action on any of the 12 flat screens The Vibe: Sports fans and a handful of resident hipsters mix…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Since 2001, Dan Di Cicco and his wife, Lynda Kofford-Di Cicco, have raised a lot of kids—but they’re not your typical family. The Di Ciccos, a teacher (him) and nurse (her) by day, are goat farmers who have around 200 goats in their flock annually, raising them primarily for…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   1/22 • Calling all NPR geeks! Garrison Keillor, beloved host of Prairie Home Companion, is bringing his humor and candor to Seattle for one night only. The liberal-leaning orator, who has 30 years of public radio under his belt, is also a prolific author. His latest novel, Liberty: A…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   1/2–1/4 • Ring in the new year with a thunderous rendition of the Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony by the Seattle Symphony. One of the best-known works of the Western World, the best thing about big, bad no. 9 is that it’s easy to sing along with: ba-ba-ba BUUUHHH. 7 p.m….

Category: Arts + Events Articles   Put away your pocket protectors—local high school debate teams are defying stereotypes  While most high school students were savoring the remaining days and nights of summer last August, a couple dozen rejected barbecues and lake swims in favor of something a bit weightier—a debate about the environment. But this…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   Could the solution to healthy kids dying on the athletic field be a simple hand-held electronic device? In June 2006, 15-year-old Christopher Giovannetti was in gym class at Woodinville’s Leota Junior High School, running around the track and looking forward to summer vacation. Suddenly, the freshman passed out. When…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   The ancient art of pickling—preserving fruits and vegetables using spices and brining—is making a comeback; pickled items have recently popped up on menus at Poppy and Joule. Renee Erickson at Boat Street Cafe (Lower Queen Anne, 3131 Western Ave. ; 206.632.4602; boatstreetcafe.com and boatstreetpickles.com) has been serving her picture-perfect…

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   The cornerstone restaurant in the swanky, revamped Arctic Club Hotel, Juno, which opened its doors in July, has all the “hotel restaurant” bases covered: slightly edgy but still plush decor (with plenty of roomy booths) in a pleasing slate gray and yellow palette; a dozen au courant small plates;…

I’ve got a favorite new restaurant—humble Olivar, tucked into Capitol Hill’s statuesque Loveless Building. I felt the first hints of a crush when I ducked through the old cove-shaped door and was met with the warm scent of roasting chicken and saffron. Last July, Philippe Thomelin, a French-born chef whose résumé includes stints at Il…

Category: Articles   After almost a decade of being out of step, the nation is finally playing a beat Seattle can dance to Seattle is entering a new year, and a new reality. Or an old reality. Or maybe just plain old reality. For most of this century’s first decade, we’ve been a city on…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   1/23–2/1 • From eye-opening documentaries to enchanting fables, adventures to animation, the Fourth Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle—the biggest yet, with 80 films from 25 countries—has something for every child. Check out JUMP! a documentary about competitive jump roping, or The Snow Queen a part animated, part live-action adaptation of…