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Hitchcock Madrona Welcome Faris
!–paging_filter–pOne of our fave local jewelry designers, a href=”http://farisfaris.com/” target=”_blank”Faris Du Graf/a, has been picked up by a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/hitchcock-madrona“Hitchcock Madrona/a (because they know a good thing when they see it) who is hosting a welcoming party and trunk show for the designer on Thursday, August 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is your chance…
Happy Anniversary, Ivar’s!
A few bits of trivia from the just released Ivar's Seafood Cookbook
As Ivar’s marks 75 strange and successful years bringing seafood, marketing mania and fishy wordplay to Seattle, we reel in a few delicious bits of trivia (do you know which one isn’t quite true?) from the just released Ivar’s Seafood Cookbook: The O-fish-al Guide to Cooking the Northwest Catch (Sasquatch, $29.95). 1. Haglund convinced a…
The Best Lingerie Shops
While clothes can make the woman, it’s what’s underneath that can make her feel great. Downtown’s Nancy Meyer (1318 Fifth Ave.; 206.625.9200; nancymeyer.com) has been providing tasteful underpinnings for 35 years and was one of the first boutiques to introduce European brands such as La Perla and Eres to the United States. Nancy Meyer is…
Best Shops for Aroma Retail Therapy
Aromatherapy is a proven component of feeling good, as is self-pampering in the form of scented soaps, fragrant lotions and soothing candles. Ted Kennedy Watson has been a purveyor of such simple extravagances since he opened his first store, Watson Kennedy Fine Living, near Pike Place Market in 1998. His second store, Watson Kennedy Fine…
3 Drinks Perfect for Homemade Mixers
!–paging_filter–pRecently, we wrote about the a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/five-essential-home-bar-tools” target=”_blank”five essential home bar tools/a, and a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/cocktail-mixers-you-should-make-not-buy-and-ho…” target=”_blank”cocktail mixers you should make yourself instead of buying/a. So now that you have the bar stocked with proper tools and the mixers made, the fun really begins–making drinks at home will charm friends and make your parties (big and…
Expect Sweet Stuff From Chef Nikol At Auction Picnic
!–paging_filter–pOh, goodie! Just got a sneak peek at the dessert lineup for Thursday’s Auction of Washington Wine Picnic, a winning combination of nostalgia-inspired sweets–root beer floats bring out the kid in everybody!–and trendy treats. Tulalip Resort Casino’s Nikol Nakamura has done it again!/ppHere’s what picnic-goers can expect:/pulliCoconut Tapioca with mango-lime salad and mango sorbet/li/ululliMini Blueberry…
Seattle Chef Carrie Mashaney to Appear on ‘Top Chef’
!–paging_filter–pLooks like chef de cuisine ata href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/more-details-jason-strattons-new-spanish-resta…” target=”_blank” Jason Stratton’s soon-to-open Aragona/a restaurant Carrie Mashaney will be competing on the next season ofa href=”http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-11” target=”_blank” Bravo TV’s emTop Chef/em/a, which airs on Wednesday, October 2. You’ll remember that we named Mashaney (then sous chef at a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/article/restaurant-review-spinasse” target=”_blank”Spinasse/a) a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/article/next-wave-tastemakers-2011” target=”_blank”one of our 2011 Tastemakers/a,…
The Best Brewpub Dining in Seattle
Grab a burger—or something more exotic—and a beer brewed on the premises at one these tasty pubs
BALLARDJolly Roger Taproom Maritime Pacific Brewing Company is Ballard’s oldest brewery, having opened in 1990 at a location just west of 15th Avenue, and its pub (the Jolly Roger Taproom) is a beloved fixture in the neighborhood. The décor is an obvious nod to Ballard’s maritime history, with just enough pirate flair to get the…
Covetable Cashmere From Paychi Guh
After 15 years at Nordstrom, textile designer and design director Paychi Karen Guh struck out on her own in the spring of 2012 with Paychi Guh, a line of cashmere sweaters, scarves and tops from yarn sourced and spun in Mongolia. Guh uses very fine, lightweight cashmere, culled from the downy undercoats of Mongolian goats,…
The 10 Best Local Beers to Drink Now
All the best local brews to drink this instant
There are a lot of craft beers in the world, but our current favorites include old faithfuls, new tastes and recently acclaimed local brews. Unless noted, look for these beers in the breweries’ tasting rooms, at bars pouring good beer, or find them in 22-ounce bottles at better grocery stores and bottle shops around the…
Tolerating Our State’s Gray Areas
Knute Berger tracks progress in Seattle’s messy legal margins
This month, Gray Matters takes up the subject of gray areas. Seattle is a tidy city for the most part, without the huge slums and decay of some older cities. But for all our Scando-Asian embrace of neatness, it is not so much our sense of order that defines us but rather along our messy…
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Cheap Eats: Chico Madrid [CLOSED]
Wide open and airy, teensy Chico Madrid is such a happy place that it’s hard to know where to begin. With the tuna bocadillo on Columbia City ficelle (like baguettes, but narrower; $8), with its singing high notes of preserved lemon and its creamy house-made aioli? Or the sangria ($6), punchy, citrusy and just right,…