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The Best Denim Shops in Town
Happiness is scoring jeans that fit from one of the best denim spots in Seattle
Sure, jeans can be expensive, but finding a pair that fits well is worth its weight in gold. Beyond that, having a good experience while shopping for jeans is priceless. Generally, we’ve found that premium denim runs no less than $100 (even Gap jeans are $70), regardless of where you shop. So if you’re ready…
Local Distillers Perfect the Art of Gin Making
A.J. Rathbun spotlights the local distillers who have turned Washington into the ever-gin state
Ever since the tweaks in the liquor laws made distilling in Washington state legal, we’ve seen a pretty wide assortment of spirit and liqueur selections become available. But the highest concentration has been of gin and vodka. The latter is understandable—vodka is the most basic of spirits and can be made easily from pretty much…
The Coolest Couches for Your Home
Couches for every space and taste
GET A LEG UPThis fall, West Elm (South Lake Union, 2201 Westlake; 206.467.5798; westelm.com), always a reliable source for stylish, affordable design, brings us the James Harrison collection from the award-winning U.K.-based designer known for producing high-end, design-forward furniture and interior pieces. The simply tailored settee ($1,099), part of a three-piece collection that includes a…
Modern Kids’ Goods, Gifts and Gear at Wee Tots
One of the best under-the-radar shops for kids
This light-filled 2-year-old shop on Main Street in Old Bellevue is a one-stop shop for the modern family. From gear to games, owner and former Microsoftie Ji-Young Lee stocks the shelves with contemporary, eco-friendly and unique domestic and European brands, such as Oeuf, Plan Toys, Dwell Studio, Moulin Roty and Sevi, that appeal to kids,…
Seattle Magazine’s Eighth Annual Washington Wine Awards
This year we're showcasing wines that best illustrate the distinct qualities of our regions
We’re hearing more these days about “wines of place”—wines that reflect the terroir of a certain vineyard in addition to a larger winegrowing region. In Washington, winegrowers overall are becoming known for hefty reds and lush whites that reflect the heat of the Wahluke Slope or Red Mountain, for example, but also have a balancing…
Arts Festival Picks
Three festivals provide ample arts in August—but each requires a lot of walking
Arts in Nature FestivalOrganized by the Nature Consortium, this fest takes place at Camp Long in West Seattle and emphasizes “interaction rather than transaction” (translation: no vendor booths!). Wandering around the woods, participants will encounter live music (including headlining “eco-rockers” Cloud Cult), dance performances, art installations and a fun “museum of sound” staged in the…
Sophisticated Slushies
Slushies go lushy as boozy frozen cocktails
When it’s hot out, we fondly recall the Slurpees, Slush Puppies and slushies of our youth—something about that cooling combination of crushed ice, high fructose corn syrup and colors not found in nature was irresistible. But there’s no need to fully reject such pleasures just because we’re adults. Several local spots are improving on the…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Seattle Opera’s Rick Araluce
Nancy Guppy gets perspective with Rick Araluce, master of small worlds and massive sets
COFFEE* DATE: Rick Araluce, lead scenic artist for Seattle Opera (see his set work in The Ring this month) and maker of tiny, haunting dioramas. His solo show, The Minutes, the Hours, the Days, opens at Bellevue Arts Museum on August 16 (bellevuearts.org).SCENE: Café Paloma in Pioneer Square, a sunny evening in JuneRICK’S ORDER: Beer….
News on Renee Erickson’s New Wine Bar, Barnacle
Renee Erickson is on a roll! After opening The Whale Wins to wide acclaim and launching her oyster truck, The Narwhal, earlier this summer, in August she’ll debut Barnacle (Ballard, 4743 Ballard Ave. NW), a wine and aperitivi bar next door to her eminently popular seafood hideaway, The Walrus and the Carpenter. There will be…
New Album from Seattle Cabaret Band The Love Markets
A darkly comic debut CD from Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets
The first thing you notice about Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets are the slips—black, lacy and worn by singer/keyboardist Angie Louise as well as the four esteemed male musicians behind her. “It was the perfect way to express our Weimar-inspired vibe and appear decadent, severe and totally absurd all at the same time,” Louise…
New Memoir: Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin
Seattle writer Nicole Hardy publishes a memoir of faith and fidelity to oneself
While talking with West Seattle writer Nicole Hardy about her new memoir, Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, I mention British installation artist Tracey Emin and her famously controversial piece consisting of a camping tent, on which she embroidered the names of 102 people she had “slept with” (32 in the sexual sense). Hardy, 41, whose…
Mossback Monday: Microsoft’s Identity Crisis and Seattle’s Garden of Eden
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