Seattle Mag
MMH: Fashion Innovation
Jonas de Varona’s line, MMH, has been on radar for a few years now. In fact, I bought the most perfect white tee shirt from him a few years ago that I miss desperately. His vision is modern and innovative and I’m always thrilled by his work. The MMH Fall/Winter 2013 collection, Spatial Awareness, is…
Northwest Home: The Past Perfected
An architect’s update of a mid-century mod home and more from the latest Northwest Home magazine.
In this issue of Northwest Home, we turn our focus to storage-smart furnishings—including a hiding-something coffee table—that will help put houses of any size into stylish order. Plus, our Home of the Month (tour it, 3/17), an elegant update of a mid-century mod waterfront home in West Seattle, boasts some inspiration-worthy custom casework. Finally, columnist…
15 Best Neighborhoods in Seattle
The best places to live in Seattle for playing, eating, shopping, drinking and finding your bliss.
In a city celebrated for its distinct enclaves steeped in neighborhood pride, it’s a tricky proposition selecting The Best. After all, choosing a place to live is an exercise in juggling priorities—affordability, schools, safety, housing, yards, amenities, walkability, views, accessibility—that change over an individual’s lifetime. A 20-something looking for a starter condo and a family…
Wine, Beer and Booze Alert: 7 Dates for Your Liquid Calendar
The lingering days of winter seem easier to bear with all sorts of fun sipping opportunities in the near future: 1. Loads of terrific vintners, distillers, cider makers and brewers will be pouring at Sunday’s Seattle Food and Wine Experience at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. More than 20 restaurants will be serving all sorts…
Bellingham’s Digs Moves to Ballard
Modern home and lifestyle retailer, Digs, is moving south from its Bellingham roots and opening a new, expanded location in Ballard. The store, which has been around since 2008, debuts in its 4,000 square foot space on Saturday, March 9 during art walk, in the same block as the Majestic Bay at 2002 NW Market…
Earth Day 5K Training Week One: Done
Week one of my training for the Earth Day 5K went…MUCH better than expected. It was a mercifully gentle ramp-up that consisted of a quick warm-up followed by alternating two-minute runs with a cool down period, for 20 minutes total, every other day. At first when Lori, my mentor and trainer at West Seattle Runner, gave…
What’s New With WyattOrr
Meet Liise Wyatt and Karly Orr of WyattOrr. They’ve been designing separately and together since 2006, which makes them veterans in the Seattle fashion scene. They knocked our socks off in the 2008 Seamless in Seattle contest, which they both won separately with their individual eponymous collections. We caught up with them recently to check…
Amazon’s New Kindle Ad Loves Gay Marriage
Seattle-based retail giant Amazon.com just launched a national ad for its Kindle Paperwhite. The star of the ad isn’t the new e-reader, though. It’s the subtle notion presented that gay marriage is a totally benign and normal aspect of life. Oh, and any thinking that defaults to heterosexuality as a norm. Well, that’s sort of…
Best Picture Nominees at Local Theaters, Happy Hour at the Armory and Other Weekend To-dos
Subscribe to the weekly Must List e-newsletter. MUST CATCH UPSee the Best Picture Nominees Before Oscar NightWatching the Academy Awards show (February 24; 4 p.m. PST on ABC) is always more fun if you’ve seen the nominees beforehand—and you haven’t, there’s still time! Showing at local theaters this weekend are our top three picks: the…
Five Cocktails to Serve at Your Oscars Party
The lights, the glamour the red carpet (oh, and the movies)—they’re all part of the yearly parade that is Oscars night. But without the right cocktail at your Oscars soirée, you won’t be winning any awards. Serve up one of the following, though, and you might earn a standing ovation from your guests. Vesper Add…
Call For Info: Long Gone Seattle Shops
I’m on a quest and hope you can help. I’m talking to those of you who have lived here a long time, and have memories of a favorite store or two you used to love to frequent that is no longer around. I want to hear them! Dreamland? Retro Viva? Lipstick Traces? Klopfenstein’s? John Doyle…
Fashion Icon: John Doyle Bishop
Join MOHAI’s Costume and Textile Specialist Clara Berg on Sunday, March 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. for a presentation on John Doyle Bishop, a Seattle designer and shop owner from the 1940s-70s who was known at the time for his flamboyant character and belief in the chicness of Seattle’s collective style. He was famously…