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Meet Modern Women of the Middle East, Hear Rock at the Symphony and Other Weekend Musts
MUST SEEWomen at WorkOpens Friday (10/26-12/15) – Photo Center Northwest’s new exhibit, Social Order: Women Photographers from Iran, India and Afghanistan features the work of five contemporary artists, including Iran’s Shadi Ghadirian who poses friends in traditional garb while holding mundane items (see above). The show offers a fresh look at women’s roles in Eastern…
Updated! Murray Aid: Fundraising for Ailing Bartender, Murray Stenson
Ah, Murray. One of my favorite things to do is sit in front of Murray at Canon, where he’s been tending bar several nights a week, and order a straight-up gin martini, with an olive. Because a martini made by a real bartender is a beautiful thing. I like that he nods with a look…
Canopy Blue’s Holiday Trunk Show for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join Julie Gralow, MD, director of WE-CAN—the Women’s Empowerment Cancer Advocacy Network, a collaboration with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, UW Medicine and Fred Hutch—and Elizabeth Roberts (formerly Wraphabillement) at Canopy Blue on Thursday, October 28 from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a Holiday Trunk Show. Shop Canopy Blue’s breezy…
Room & Board Home Store Lands at University Village
Check out Room & Board's cool, American-crafted lines
Finally, for longtime catalog and online fans, and those waiting for the “under construction” plywood to fall at University Village, Room & Board (University Village; 206.336.4676; roomandboard.com) has opened its doors here. It’s the first Pacific Northwest location for the Minnesota-based purveyor of classic contemporary furnishings, and it waited to take over a big spot…
Architect Mindy Lehrman Cameron Recasts Her Own Home
A 1910 Greenwood craftsman gets a chic remake
When the couple first arrived from San Francisco in 1995 and moved into the 1910 Craftsman house set on a sizable corner of a quiet Greenwood street, they were renters with just one infant babe, Olivia. Flash forward a decade or so, and not only did Mindy Lehrman Cameron and Max Cameron now own that…
6 Restaurants Where You Can Enjoy Meatless Mondays
Seattle-based food writer Kim O’Donnel was into Meatless Mondays long before Mario Batali and others shoved this notion onto the mainstream consciousness. Hooray and pass the kale chips! (You’ll find a recipe for those crunchy green gems in her first cookbook.) Kim’s latest, The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations: Year-Round Vegetarian Feasts (You Can Really Sink…
Where to Watch the Final Presidential Debate
Watching Obama and Romey face-off is always more fun in a crowd, so join friends at one of these neighborhood restaurants to watch the third and final presidential debate (10/28, 6pm), focusing on foreign policy. The themed food and libations offered here should definitely pique your electoral energy. For the EatsMadison Park Conservatory This popular…
Splendid Avenue’s Chic Swedish Style
Ballard’s not the only place to find Scandinavian style with a Pacific Northwest nod. Splendid Avenue, a charming web shop owned by Swedes Monika and Ewa (they prefer to keep things on a first name basis), stocked with fine quality Northern European goods, for home and body, provides shoppers with high style and a classic…
Sweet Little Mignon Kitchen Co.
Cute as a button pretty much sums up Mignon Kitchen Co., an online home goods shop based in Seattle and run by talented graphic designer and jewelry maker, Rachel Ball. Mignon, or “cute” in French, is an apt name for this sweet shop, stocked with affordable treasures and tools that make preparing, eating and enjoying…
A More Balanced Way to Read the News
With state and national elections imminent, a large helping of politics with your news is pretty much unavoidable. And while it’s easy to guess what end of the spectrum political ads sit on (thanks to those handy endorsed by and paid for declarations), that’s not always true of the news we read online. That’s why…
Space Needle Visits Only $1
October 21 marked the last day of Seattle’s World’s Fair in 1962. It will also mark the last day of the 50th Anniversary celebration of said World’s Fair, which has been bubbling up around Seattle Center in myriad ways since February. If you haven’t read Knute Berger’s fantastic essay(s) about the impact of the World’s…
20 Things Local Bartenders Want You to Know
(But That You Might Be Afraid to Ask About)
Bartenders are so awesome. They serve you drinks, they have stories a-plenty, and they tend to dress snazzily. But what would they tell you about bartending, bars, drinking, and cocktails if they didn’t have to go make four more Ramos Fizzes? Well, now you can find out, as I asked four of our favorite local…