Seattle Mag
Gift Shop Charley + May to Close
!–paging_filter–pSad news out of Queen Anne today: Gift shop a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/charleymay“Charley + May/a is closing at the end of January. “After three years the shop is not self sustaining,” said owner Lauren Formicola in her email to the public, “and growth of the shop is limited due to location, space and low pedestrian traffic.”/ppSwing by…
Refresh Your Beauty Regimen with These Three Local Skin Body Care Lines
Put your best face forward with local body care lines
!–paging_filter–pJanuary is all about refreshing your outlook, which might just involve a new skin care line. Robyn Bradley and her husband, Tyler Moore, built their La Connor business, Pepperjack Home (106 First St., Suite D; 425.330.0204;a href=”http://www.pepperjackhome.com” target=”_blank” pepperjackhome.com/a), on eco-sensitivity. Their body care collection includes soaps made with a local microbrew (good for a…
Add Port Townsend’s Strange Brewfest to Your Travel To-Do List
!–paging_filter–pstrongWHERE:/strong Port Townsend, for the 10th annual Strange Brewfest (1/24–1/25 $30 for both days; 21 and older. American Legion Marvin G. Shields Post 26, 209 Monroe St.; a href=”http://www.strangebrewfestpt.com” target=”_blank”strangebrewfestpt.com/a). strongWHY:/strong This quirky and quintessentially Northwest celebration of more than 30 craft beer and cider brewers from all over the region promises a weekend of…
Must Shiver and Shake at Leavenworth’s Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival
One wintry music fest is on tap January 10 11
!–paging_filter–pFeaturing such excellent local bands as Hey Marseilles, Telekinesis, The Lonely Forest, The Moondoggies and Cataldo, the first-ever Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Leavenworth is the chillier counterpart to summertime’s Timber! Outdoor Music Festival. If dancing doesn’t warm you up enough, there’s always the hot toddy garden. 1/10–1/11. a href=”http://www.timbermusicfest.com” target=”_blank”timbermusicfest.com/abrbr/p
AstroTwins Power: Activate (at Nordstrom)
!–paging_filter–pA few weeks ago I had my aura and past lives read by parfumeur and clairvoyant a href=”http://www.eaudeyosh.com/” target=”_blank”Yosh/a at a href=”http://www.barneys.com/” target=”_blank”Barneys/a (apparently I have a lovely champagne blush color around me and was a Mayan shaman in a past life, but I bet she says that to all the girls) and next week,…
Menswear Moment: Suitsupply Now Open
!–paging_filter–pAmsterdam-based men’s wear shop a href=”http://us.suitsupply.com/en_US/home” target=”_blank”Suitsupply/a, has opened downtown on Fifth Avenue, in a 3,800 square foot space once home to Z Gallerie and perhaps an art gallery or two. The Seattle store is Suitsupply’s tenth stateside shop, joining other outposts in New York City, Atlanta and Denver./ppIn addition to suits, which start at…
Oil and the Puget Sound Orcas: Can They Survive a Spill?
There are plans to export large quantities of tar-sands oil out of Vancouver, B.C.
!–paging_filter–pIn calm seas off the west side of San Juan Island, my kayak bobs gently in a kelp bed. In the water about a quarter-mile distance from me, orcas mill and frolic, most likely hunting their favorite chinook salmon. I drop my hydrophone (an underwater microphone) into the water to listen to their distinct calls.brbrA…
Noisy Ships Affect Orcas’ Hunting and Communication
More ships means more noise and more trouble for orcas
!–paging_filter–pAlong the western shore of San Juan Island, across Haro Strait, the view that most people observe when the killer whales are present is generally a placid one: The only noises are the sounds of the currents rushing, the “koosh” of the whales as they surface and blow plumes into the air—although at times, the…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Stage Director John Langs
Nancy Guppy talks shop with stage director John Langs
!–paging_filter–pAcclaimed director John Langs has a long history of working in the Seattle theater world, and in 2012, he moved here permanently to become ACT Theatre’s associate artistic director. This month, he directs one of Seattle’s most beloved and madcap theater traditions, 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival (1/10–1/18; a href=”http://www.acttheatre.org” target=”_blank”acttheatre.org/a).brstrongLOCATION:/strong Langs’ office at…
Mossback Monday: Marshawn Lynch Fined, Bertha’s Blockage Mystery Might be Solved
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-28.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-28″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
A Stimson-Green Mansion Suite Gets a Downton Abbey-Inspired Redo
An inside look at an historic First Hill mansion’s rich room renewal
!–paging_filter–pTucked into a tree-lined block on Seattle’s First Hill, the English Tudor Stimson-Green Mansion (First Hill, 1204 Minor Ave.; 206.624.0474;a href=”http://www.stimsongreen.com” target=”_blank” stimsongreen.com/a) graces its neighborhood with a decidedly Downton Abbey-like style. Designed by noted Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter and completed in 1901, the mansion is one of the city’s few remaining grand urban residential…