Seattle Mag
Team Behind Marination to Open ‘Good Bar’ in Pioneer Square This Summer
!–paging_filter–pIf the stars align, Pioneer Square will be getting a pair of awesome neighbors right around June./ppLast December, stronga href=”http://ilcorvopasta.com/” target=”_blank”Il Corvo/a/strong’s Mike Easton a href=”http://seattle.eater.com/archives/2013/12/03/mike-easton-is-opening-a-ro…” target=”_blank”announced/a he’s opening a Roman-style pizzeria in the old Pacific Commercial Bank building on 2supnd/sup and Main and now, Kamala Saxton (right) and Roz Edison (left) of stronga href=”http://marinationmobile.com/”…
New Greenwood Bar Teachers Lounge Gets High Marks for its Cocktails
Greenwood’s Teachers Lounge provides a lesson in good cocktails and tasty nibbles
Right off the busy intersection of 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue, lies Teachers Lounge (8505 Greenwood Ave. N; 206.706.2880). Owned and staffed by Perryn and Desiree Wright (he’s formerly of Cicchetti and was the original bar manager at Copper Gate, which is where she bartended and made cocktails), the Lounge is in what used to…
What to Eat at Pike Place Market: Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt
!–paging_filter–pHeavy on the tongue, creamy and thick as pudding, the only giveaway that you’re eating yogurt is that inimitable tang, the high note that lingers after each bite. Served in shallow pans in a manner reminiscent of gelato, Ellenos Real Greek Yogurt is made in Georgetown and served at a small counter in Pike Place…
Style Tips from Dapper Nordstrom Personal Stylist Brent Martin
The dashing Brent Martin pontificates about the art of dressing
!–paging_filter–pstrongOrigins of style:/strong “I can remember in the early 1980s when I was in sixth or seventh grade asking for a pink sweater and subscriptions to emVogue/em, emInterview/em and emGQ/em for Christmas,” says 41-year-old Nordstrom personal stylist Brent Martin—requests that made him quite an original in small-town Colorado, where he grew up. Today, Martin, who…
New Seattle Hot Sauces: Bonache Turns Up the Heat
Local flavor purveyors are spicing up Seattle tables
!–paging_filter–pIf you’ve chosen a side in the Tabasco versus Sriracha debate, you may need to rethink your position. There’s a new contender in the battle for taste buds—straight outta Ballard. Bonache (pronounced “bone-atch,” a word that founder Marc Olsen’s child invented) aims to add big flavor to food without scorching your palate. The line of…
Writer Adrianne Harun on Her New Novel ‘A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain’
Adrianne Harun’s haunting new novel portrays a hard-luck town along a Pacific Northwest highway
For the past 45 years, young women—mostly First Nations—have disappeared along Highway 16 in British Columbia. Some were found murdered, others were never seen again. This tragic road, called the Highway of Tears, is the inspiration for Port Townsend writer Adrianne Harun’s hypnotic new novel, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain…
Countdown to Seattle Dances! Meet Dancer Duell Fisher of Team Photogenic
!–paging_filter–pThis Saturday, March 1 at Fremont Studios, eight notable Seattleites will don their dancing shoes and boogie down for a href=”http://www.seattledances.org/” target=”_blank”Seattle Dances!/a, a benefit fora href=”http://www.plymouthhousing.org/” target=”_blank” Plymouth Housing Group/a (PHG), an organization that helps secure housing for the homeless. This is the fifth year that PHG has held Seattle Dances!, which pairs celebrity…
Go to the Source: Design Center Sample Sale
!–paging_filter–pShop where the pros shop and spruce up your digs with sample sale items purchased from a href=”https://www.seattledesigncenter.com/eventsAndCalendar/upcomingEventsPage…” target=”_blank”Seattle Design Center showrooms/a on Saturday, February 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Expect deals on designer furniture, lighting, accessories and carpets from Andonian Rugs, Baker Knapp Tubbs, Designer Furniture Galleries, J. Garner Home, Leflar, MI…
Formulary 55 Storefront to Close in May
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.sweetpetula.com/” target=”_blank”Sweet Petula/a bodycare creator,nbsp;a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/article/formulary-55-small-batch-bath-and-body-bou…“Formulary 55/a owner and longtime fixture in the Seattle-area retail scene, Cordelia Smith, announced yesterday that she’s moving herself and the biz down to Pueblo, Colorado (for the affordable living and high quality of life). Starting today, Smith will not be open her normal business hours, but does plan…
Tatcha Skincare: Now at Barneys
!–paging_filter–pSan Francisco-based beauty expert Victoria Tsai’s fine skincare line, a href=”http://www.barneys.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNY-Site/default/Search…” target=”_blank”Tatcha/a, has just launched at the Seattle a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/barneys-remodel-and-party“Barneys/a. With formulations based on traditional Japanese ingredients combined with modern science, and inspired by beauty secrets of the geishas, Tatcha products are exquisite—and exquisitely packaged. Tsai’s proprietary Hadasei-3 bioactive complex, based around red algae, green…
Mind the Gap: How to Wear a Fitted Blouse
!–paging_filter–pA well-fitted button up shirt can do wonders for a woman’s figure, in my humble opinion. Done right, it buttons without gaping, hugs the lines of her back and sides without bulging, shows off her lovely hourglass shape and strikes a very sophisticated and polished cut of her jib. Too often, though, the fit is…
Skin Quench: Kiehl’s New Hydration Formulas
!–paging_filter–pThe real brunt of winter is hopefully behind us, and our winter was no polar vortex, but the dry and itchy skin that results from being inside with the heater cranked has just been brutal this season./ppa href=”http://www.kiehls.com/” target=”_blank”Kiehl’s/a, one of my favorite American heritage brands, has just launched two new products, sent from heaven…