Seattle Mag
Four Drinks to Make for Your 2014 Oscars Party
The best drinks to make for your Academy Awards bash
!–paging_filter–pIt’s time to roll out the red carpet for all those you’ve invited over to watch the 2014 Oscars (and hopefully it’s a bunch of folks, cause it’s always more fun to watch with a crowd). But to ensure that your Academy Awards party is the winner, serve up one of the following drinks. Two…
Matt Dillon’s Second Wave of London Plane Now Open in Pioneer Square!
!–paging_filter–pWell played, Occidental Plaza. You managed to get yourself three pretty fantastic anchors courtesy of one of Seattle’s most lauded restaurateurs./ppstronga href=”http://www.thelondonplaneseattle.com/” target=”_blank”London Plane/a/strong, the long-awaited sequel to Matt Dillon’s (Sitka Spruce, Corson Building, Bar Sajor) wine bar and retail shop of the same name opened at 8 a.m. this morning, completing his two-tiered collaboration…
Ethan Stowell’s Mkt. Serves Up Delicious Market-Driven Dishes
!–paging_filter–pIt is a blessing to live in a city so excited about good food that, when an impossibly slim sliver of space is left between businesses in a neighborhood the size of your pocket, you’ll blink and a little restaurant will pop right up. Such is the case in Tangletown: Mkt., pronounced “market” and owned…
UK Designer Extraordinaire Tom Dixon Drops into Inform Interiors on Saturday
!–paging_filter–pstrongTom Dixon /stronghas left hisnbsp;mod mark from Amsterdam to Barcelona, as well as, most recently, in Paris’ trés swanky Eclectic Restaurant (see it a href=”http://www.tomdixon.net/news/eclectic-restaurant-launches“here/a). strongOn Saturday (3/1), 5-8 p.m./strong, Dixon stops at Seattle’snbsp;stronga href=”http://informseattle.com“Inform Interiors/a/strongnbsp;(South Lake Union, 300 Dexter Ave. N; 206.622.1608)nbsp;as part of his new North American tour. The self-taught designer will chat…
Thaw Out! Local Hot Springs and Saunas Where you can Warm Up and Relax
!–paging_filter–pSpring is just barely upon us, but you may still need to shake out those winter chills after a long and dreary season. In our March issue, a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/article/where-travel-olympic-peninsula-sol-duc…” target=”_blank”we wrote about road tripping it to Sol Duc Hot Springs and Resort/a, which is nestled in a valley carved by the mighty Sol Duc River…
Where to Travel on the Olympic Peninsula: Sol Duc Hot Springs
Get steamed at Sol Duc Hot Springs resort on the Olympic Peninsula
!–paging_filter–pstrongWHERE:/strong Sol Duc Hot Springs near Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula (12076 Sol Duc Hot Springs Road, Port Angeles; a href=”http://www.olympicnationalparks.com” target=”_blank”olympicnationalparks.com/a). strongWHY: /strongThis forested getaway in Olympic National Park opens for the season at the end of March, just in time for a spring awakening. strongWHAT:/strong Nestled in a valley carved by the…
Revamp Report: Dot’s Delicatessen Reopens Tonight as Dot’s Charcuterie Bistrot
!–paging_filter–pBack in January, Allison Scheff a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/big-changes-store-dots-and-change-me-well” target=”_blank”broke news/a that Dot’s Delicatessen would be closing its Fremont doors to make way for a revamp that would ultimately see it transform from corner deli to strongDot’s Charcuterie Bistrot/strong. And tonight, ladies and genteleman, is the night of a href=”https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=742240149120978set=a.39514565383…” target=”_blank”the grand reveal/a.nbsp;/ppThis new version no longer…
Local Homes For Sale on Cul-de-Sacs
For reduced traffic and more privacy, get in the sac
!–paging_filter–pThe cul-de-sac—icon of suburbia—has fallen out of favor with urban planners seeking greater connections between neighborhoods and transit-friendly throughways. For car-eschewing, density-seeking millennials, they are a punch line. But houses tucked away on cul-de-sacs (and their accidental cousins, dead-end streets) are still a big draw—often selling at a premium—for buyers seeking less street traffic, and…
Eight Brilliant Design Ideas to Help You Organize Your Home
From shoe closets to food pantries, smart solutions from local homes will get your house in order
Nathan Hartman of Kerf Design (Interbay; 206.954.8677) has been making Seattle-area kitchens hip and tidy with his custom plywood cabinetry for years. Now he has a stylish storage option designed for the whole house, the Kerf Wall. Prompted by clients’ calls for adjustable wall-mounted shelving, the Kerf Wall (which first debuted as a prototype for…
Homeowners Opt for a Spa-Like Feel in their Magnolia Home
A midcentury modern home in Magnolia lightens up
!–paging_filter–pSeveral years ago, after living in Switzerland for 11 years, Mark and Jo repatriated to Seattle, where the couple had hoped to continue the cosmopolitan car-free existence they had adopted in Europe. But when they saw the semisecluded spot nestled along a curving, quiet Magnolia street while house hunting, they began to rethink that plan./pp“I…
3-D Acrylic Chandeliers Bring a Splash of Color and Whimsy
Acrylic sealife: The Octopus chandelier by Nicole Ketchum
!–paging_filter–pA job interview for a product designer job at Michaels craft store back in 2011 was the impetus for Nicole Ketchum’s new and clever endeavor, Chandelier by Nicole Ketchum (a href=”http://www.chandelierbynk.com” target=”_blank”chandelierbynk.com/a). “[Michaels] wanted us to come up with a 3-D product for Halloween,” says the Shoreline-based surface pattern and product designer. “I did not…
Modern Quilts for Your Home
!–paging_filter–pBallard mom Season Evans grew up around the quilting traditions of the Mennonite and Amish communities of southeastern Pennsylvania, “where quilts could be bought from barns and roadside stands,” she says. She taught herself to quilt while in college in Kutztown, Penn. After a brief foray into publishing, Evans, 34, found herself getting serious about…