Seattle Mag
Sully the Cheesemonger
Sully McGinnis, 31, puts serious thought into customizing cheese boards for local diners.
1/ Among McGinnis’ favorites is Mimolette, a French cheese with cheddary properties. 2/ His go-to local sources include Gothberg Farms and Mountain Lodge Farm. 3/ McGinnis has Asperger syndrome—sometimes characterized by extreme fascination with a certain subject—which he believes helps him remember so much about each cheese. 4/ He recently started a “cut and wrap”…
New Developments in Dessert
Local dessert destinations are diversifying their portfolios.
Seattle’s abundant sweet shops appear to have taken some investment advice recently, going public with a more diverse slate of options. This summer, Cupcake Royale introduced a new line of in-house ice cream; Trophy Cupcakes and Molly Moon’s Ice Cream joined forces, serving cupcakes alongside ice cream at their respective locations on special occasions; and…
Where to Get Cozy Quilts in Columbia City
This stylish quilt supply shop has crafters covered.
September brings cooler evenings and that cozy fall feeling, which makes it the perfect time to embark on crafty projects. Columbia City quilt shop Stash, which opened last spring, takes an old craft to new heights with piles of eye-catching fabric patterns—including funky flowers, pretty plaids, geometric goodness and, er, gnomes. Shop owner Stephanie Snider…
Visit Roslyn, Washington
Head east to root for your favorite lumberjacks as they scamper up 80-foot poles.
WHY: For the second annual High Country Log Show (9/1-9/2, noon. Free. Runje Field, Roslyn Pioneer Park; 509.674.8161; cleelumroslyn.org). In honor of the area’s timberrr-ed history (and to raise money for local scholarships), you can cheer (or join) several log-tastic events, such as the obstacle pole buck or the speed climb, a skillful scamper up…
Red, White & Brew Recap
The best washington wines of 2012, hoppy brews and sunshine at Red, White & Brew.
Our inaugural Red, White & Brew was a sunny success! With the Olympic Sculpture Park and 80 degree sunshine as our backdrop, more than 450 guests (including a fleet of brave navy sailors) came, saw and sipped the night away. There were plenty of reds, whites and brews to be had–17 Washington wine award-winners and…
Seattle Design Festival Brings Artful Ideas to the Streets
The second annual showcase of our region’s graphic, interior, industrial and urban design talent.
“When used well, design can solve problems,” says Linda Norlen—and she has proof. The associate director of Design in Public (designinpublic.org), a new nonprofit devoted to showcasing our region’s wealth of innovative architecture and graphic, interior, industrial and urban design, Norlen is helping to coordinate the organization’s second Seattle Design Festival (in partnership with several…
NEPO 5k: Don’t Run is Back
Seattle’s boldest neighborhood art walk returns for a second lap.
Beacon Hill-based artist Klara Glosova doesn’t worry when people wonder, “That’s art?” She invites the question at adventurous happenings she hosts regularly at NEPO House (her living room turned pop-up art gallery). It’s also a driving question at NEPO 5K DON’T RUN, an art walk truly like no other in the city. The second iteration…
Coming to Seattle: The Greenest Building on the Planet
The six-story, $30 million building will serve as a learning laboratory for green design.
When it’s finished this fall, the Bullitt Center (bullittcenter.org) will be the greenest commercial building on the planet, using solar panels, geothermal wells, composting toilets and rainwater collection, among other innovations, to achieve “net zero” energy use. The six-story, $30 million building, on Capitol Hill at 15th Avenue and McGilvra Place, will serve as a…
Drinking with the Experts: A.J. Rathbun Visits with Maker’s Mark VP
After growing up in Seattle and earning her biology degree from the University of Puget Sound, Victoria MacRae-Samuels has spent more than 20 years in the spirits industry. Starting as a chemist with Jim Beam, she’s currently vice president of operations at renowned bourbon distillery Maker’s Mark, overseeing all bourbon production from selecting grains to…
Rock out to Rent, Save a Local Landmark and Other Weekend Musts
MUST SING ALONGRentJonathan Larson’s rock musical about starving artists living in the shadow of AIDS in New York’s East Village won the hearts of countless audiences when it debuted in 1996. Fast-forward to now, as the 5th Avenue Theatre presents an exciting, renewed rendition that manages to both accurately capture the early 1990s and still…
Learn the Joy of Cooking with Spam
Nihonmachi Nite is this Saturday (August 11; 4-9pm). A free community event celebrating the history of Seattle’s Japantown, several shops, restaurants and the Wing Luke Museum are offering special programming or discounts throughout the evening. Most intriguing among those is probably Momo Seattle’s second annual Spam-O-Rama musubi-making contest. Local chefs, including Trace W‘s Steven Ariel,…
Holy Cocktail Napkins, Batman! Cool Foodie Events and Tastings on This Week
This week’s ripe with super-fun and mostly affordable eating and drinking dates, whether it involves watching chefs duke it out at the farmers market or sipping some swell suds at a neighborhood brewfest. On Saturday, Palace Kitchen’s Dezi Bonow will battle Serafina’s Josh Green in an Iron Chef-like showdown at the U-District Farmers Market. Ready,…