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Romantic Things to Do on Valentine’s Day
This year, the lovey-doviest day on the calendar falls on a Friday. What to do?
!–paging_filter–pstrongDOWNTOWN/strongbrThe annual strongPike Chocofest/strong at The Pike Brewing Company is the perfect excuse to begin indulging before the big day. Beer and chocolate are the main attraction, but with 80 vendors at hand, you and your beau may have to divide and conquer to sample all the sweet and savory treats. emSunday 2/9, 6-9 p.m.,…
Zara to Open on February 13
!–paging_filter–pIt’s official, Zara, at Westlake Center, is set to open on Thursday, February 13 as an early Valentine’s Day gift to the city’s fashion obsessed. All that’s left is to scour their website for hints of what might be in store for us all in just a very few weeks. Here are a few of…
Ayron Jones LIVE at the Gibson Showroom My Love Remains
!–paging_filter–pAyron Jones gives emSeattle /emmagazine a sample of his new album and performs “My Love Remains” nbsp;as part of our LIVE at the Gibson Showroom series, presented by a href=”http://www.budweiser.com/home.html“Budweiser/a./ppiframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/85274006?autoplay=1” width=”400″ height=”225″ class=”video-filter video-vimeo vf-85274006″ frameborder=”0″/iframe/ppnbsp;/pp style=”margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 21px; color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, ‘Nimbus Sans L’, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px;”LIVE at…
Shop and Sip at Pioneer Square’s E. Smith Mercantile
E. Smith Mercantile combines good drinks, family and cultured shopping in one spot
!–paging_filter–pOn the first floor of the tall, brick Grand Central Building, just around the corner from Occidental Park, E. Smith Mercantile (208 First Ave. S; 206.641.7250; a href=”http://www.esmithmercantile.com” target=”_blank”esmithmercantile.com/a) is a family-run artisan shopping boutique and cozy bar combo—which I think is splendid, as shopping usually causes me to need a drink. Its well-curated cocktail…
Dining in Portland’s Happening West End
A forgotten pocket of Portland has transformed into a hot dining destination
!–paging_filter–pFor the past decade, Portland’s most exciting restaurant openings were happening east of the Willamette River, in rent-friendly neighborhoods or industrial zones where young, talented chefs on a shoestring could afford to open their own place—and bike to it from home. As they built their reputations—and Portland’s—with scrappy, inventive eateries such as Ned Ludd, Beast…
New Clothing Store A to Z Stocks Casual, Timeless Pieces
!–paging_filter–pFaithful followers of a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/alhambra“Alhambra /awill remember Shakir and Serpil Kaymaz’s outlet store behind University Village in a little slip of a nabe called Union Bay. That location closed last spring, and the couple opened a new store—just up the street—called A to Z (Union Bay, 814 46th St.; 206.522.7501; a href=”http://www.atoztees.com” target=”_blank”atoztees.com/a), after the…
Excellent Eats at Fremont’s Le Petit Cochon
!–paging_filter–pBefore Derek Ronspies opened Le Petit Cochon, his masculine homage to nose-to-tail cooking, he impressed me with his cooking at his brother Dustin’s place about a mile up the road, The Art of the Table. Cochon, a bit hidden in its home upstairs from Fremont’s Chiso, is a lot less formal, a whole lot more…
Mossback Monday: Seahawks Ready for the Super Bowl, Bill Gates News and Getting Rich on Bigfoot Porn
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”iframe src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-32/embed?header=false” width=”100%” height=750 frameborder=no allowtransparency=true/iframe/pscript src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-32.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-32″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Get Some Remodeling Inspiration at the Neil Kelly Showroom Grand Opening this Saturday
!–paging_filter–p style=”font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;”If you want to take your general remodel noodling to the next level, head to the Seattle Design Center’s grand opening of thenbsp;strong Neil Kelly showroom/strongnbsp;(Georgetown, 5959 Corson Ave. S, Suite B; 206.343.2822;nbsp;a href=”http://neilkelly.com“neilkelly.com/a) this Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m./pp style=”font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;”span style=”font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;”Bring your photos, plans and…
SJP Collection to Launch at Nordstrom
!–paging_filter–pThe news is out already, Sarah Jessica Parker is launching her a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/sarah-jessica-parker-manol…“shoe, handbag and single trench coat line/a exclusively at Nordstrom and nordstrom.com on February 28—it’s been all over the a href=”http://www.thecoveteur.com/sarah-jessica-parker-gayle-king-adam-glassman/” target=”_blank”national fashion press/a. Which is very exciting news for fans of thenbsp;emSex and the City/em actress who can do no wrong in…
Building Buzz: Temper Jewelry
!–paging_filter–pa href=”https://www.facebook.com/temperbrand” target=”_blank”Temper/a jewelry is another in a growing list of fair trade, philanthropic partnerships producing extremely hip designs (see a href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/spotlight-uxibal“Uxibal/a and a href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/bag-crush-thread-and-loom“Thread Loom/a). The brand, debuting on February 3, is designed in Seattle, but made by artisans in Cambodia out of recycled bombshells, bullet casings and precious metals like 18k gold and…
SODO Apparel Lands Outside Westlake Center
!–paging_filter–pIf you’ve driven by or ambled past Westlake Center recently, you’ve probably noticed a huge shipping container kitted out for a href=”http://sodoapparel.com/” target=”_blank”SODO Apparel/a, new men’s fitness clothing company. (Unless you’ve been distracted by the new a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/spanish-retailer-zara-comi…“Zara’s/a progress, there’s been some movement on that front—stay tuned for a big announcement SOON!!)/ppSODO Apparel is owned…