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Recyclable Coffee Pods, Delta Beats Alaska in Performance Study
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Seattle Seahawks players took a trip to Maui for their annual training camp. King 5 News has photos of all the fun (plus a video of the guys playing Marco Polo in the pool!) right here. Last month, after a semi-truck full of frozen salmon overturned on the Alaskan Way Viaduct causing traffic snarls throughout…
New Summer Dining Patio: La Bodega
Dominican eatery celebrates its Kickstarter patio with a private dinner. And you're invited
As summer draws near, we anticipate many extreme culinary adventures, like attempting to balance plates of La Bodega’s epic paella in our hands while inhaling Chef Manu Alfau’s glorious empanadas. One year after its opening in Pioneer Square, the wildly-popular Dominican restaurant has successfully completed a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign to build a festive, wooden patio…
New Book Traces the Evolution of Pot Legalization in Washington and Colorado
A local writer explores the unchartered world of legal weed
Back in 2012, environmental journalist Bruce Barcott was considering voting no on Initiative 502, due to a general distaste for cannabis culture and a vague fear that legalizing marijuana might make it too available to his kids. But after a bit of browbeating by a pro-legalization friend, the author (The Last Flight of the Scarlet…
Local Distillers Score High At the World Spirits Competition
Spirits makers went head to head in the San Fancisco World Spirits Competition
I spend a fair amount of time singing the praises of our local distillers. But it’s nice when others agree with me, and even nicer when the agreement comes from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, which just held its 2015 competition from March 19 – 22, with 1,580 entries. The World Spirits Competition is…
The Challenge of the Black Brunch Movement
#BlackBrunchSeattle and #BlackBrunchTacoma have an important message. Is it getting heard?
Cheri Smith (not her real name), 34, was having brunch with her friends at Agrodolce in Fremont on March 22 when their meal was interrupted by a small group of protesters belonging to #BlackBrunchSeattle. “Everyone in the restaurant seemed kind of taken aback and uncomfortable,” she described, adding “the word privileged was being bandied about…
The Must List: Plant Sale, PNB Presents Swan Lake
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must SeeDesigner Luly Yang’s Annual Fashion ShowSunday (4/12, 2 p.m.) Get ready to be dazzled: Luly Yang, the duchess of dresses and all things glam, is throwing one sublime fashion show on Sunday, April 12 at the W Hotel Grand Ballroom. And you’re all cordially invited. Must PliePNB Presents Swan Lake(4/10 to 4/ 19, times…
Home of the Week: Luxe Waterfront Living in Normandy Park
Get ready to enjoy the warm-weather months in this stately, European-inspired abode
Sponsored Content. For more information on this listing, contact Veronique Hval at 206.214.8499 or [email protected] or visit waterhavens.com. Each week, we’re featuring one Seattle-area home that we think is interesting, inspiring or just a downright feast for the eyes. Some of them are actually on the market, while other homes will offer enviable style tips–courtesy…
Local Style Experts Weigh in on Spring Fashion
Seattle designers and shops talk spring collections and warm-weather style
Ask any Seattle-based designer about style in our city, and the discussion will inevitably lead to three words: casual, quality and versatility. Garments that layer and transition stay in high rotation, and become formative staples in a Seattleite’s wardrobe. Though, as the seasons change and we lose our layers, and weather becomes more permitting, what…
How to Keep your Home Safe While you Travel
As we prep for spring break and summer trips, here are a few tips to keep in mind
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com Many homeowners are packing their bags for spring break, or planning summertime getaways as the end of the school year approaches. But while you’re trying to unwind, it can be hard to shake the nagging feeling that your home isn’t quite safe while you’re away. One solution is to hire…
Urban Winery Elsom Cellars Re-opens in SoDo
After five years in Woodinville, Jody Elsom brings her lush malbecs and cabs to Seattle
As Jody Elsom likes to tell it, you don’t start a career, have kids, get divorced and then between soccer practice and consulting for Google suddenly decide you want to also make wine unless something about the grapes–in this case, malbec–really speaks to you. That’s how Elsom came to launch her eponymous label in 2006….
Recipe of the Week: Meatballs and Marinara from Cafe Lago
The Montlake Italian restaurant celebrates 25 years in the biz with this signature dish
“Meatballs have always been on the menu at Café Lago,” the restaurant’s owner Carla Leonardi says. The rustic Italian spot in Seattle’s Montlake neighborhood has been dishing out its signature fare–handmade pastas, apple wood-fired pizzas, etc.–since it opened in 1990. “The meatball [recipe] comes from my ex-husband Jordi’s late Aunt Pauly, who lived in upstate…
A New Less-Than-Expected Gastrointestinal Treatment
A revolutionary new gastrointestinal treatment takes guts
In 2009, a Seattle-area property manager, Michael (who asked that we not use his last name), developed a minor case of diverticulitis, a not uncommon digestive disease. His doctor prescribed strong antibiotics, but he didn’t get better. Instead, Michael came down with another gut infection, caused by a type of bacteria called Clostridium difficile, or…