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Summer Road Trip: Trekking with Kids to Glacier National Park
Here I sit on the veranda at Glacier Park Lodge, watching the ever restless clouds dance along the spires and humps of Glacier National Park, the whole scene lit by the warm rays of the late afternoon “golden hour.” I can relate to those fast-moving clouds; in fact I feel like one of them as…
The Four Emotional Food Groups of the Olympics
Because the closest most of us will ever get to the Olympics is eating in front of a television.
Because the closest most of us will ever get to competing in the Olympics is eating in front of a television. Round out your Olympics-watching experience with these tantalizing food groups. Strength + GloryIt’s got to feel great to be a Chinese diver or gymnast—in other words, to be so good that American TV cameras…
Matthew Lewis Shows Us ‘Where He’s At’ with Roux
It’s getting so close, we can almost taste the etouffee. Matthew Lewis – the spicy guy behind the Creole-riffic truck Where Ya At Matt – is on the verge of opening his new brick-and-mortar place in Fre-lingford. Roux has been a work in progress since March, when a major renovation began of the old Buckaroo…
What Happens When You Mix Shakespeare with Gilligan’s Island?
Wooden O’s mixing it up again this summer, this time stranding Shakespeare’s shipwrecked twins Sebastian and Viola on a happenin’, hipster spring-break island, complete with straggly palms, a motorboat and beach loungers. Not since their beloved 2006 production of Taming of the Shrew—set in a trailer park—has the company so embraced a re-setting, or allowed…
Five Fab Washington Rosés for Summer
This sorta summerlike weather calls for a toast and this time of year, my glass is full of something pink. I love rosé, and Washington wineries make a bunch of really good ones. When I was sipping around at the Wine Rocks event a few weeks ago, I was so impressed with so many fresh,…
Five Refreshing Wine Cocktails
Though there are still those divisive folks who only want to drink a cocktail or a glass of wine, more people are experimenting with wine in mixed drinks. This is a tastily awesome thing, because wine cocktails tend to be very refreshing numbers that are layered in flavor—an ideal kind of combo for the end…
Shop Bellevue Arts Fair, Take Part in a Cell Phone Symphony and Other Weekend Musts
MUST GET TICKETSRed, White & BrewSeattle magazine and a gazillion local wineries and breweries including Pike Brewing, Elliot Bay Brewing Co. and several of our 2012 Wine Awards winners, are teaming up to throw a big summer bash at the Olympic Sculpture Park on Wednesday, August 1—and you’re invited. Proceeds from the party benefit Seattle…
Evil Can Be a Funny Thing: Three Must-See Plays Go to the Dark Side
These plays produced by local companies are dark, political and complex. But they also made us laugh out loud. Catch them before they’re gone. Accidental Death of an AnarchistStrawberry Theatre WorkshopWhat it’s about: Nobel Prize winning playwright Dario Fo wrote this comedic take on conspiracy and revolution in the 1970s; but despite the many pairs…
New Goodwill “Boutique” Opens in SLU
I enjoy a good dig through my neighborhood Goodwill but dependent on your shopping style, not everyone wants to sift, lift and hunt for goods. Enter Goodwill’s new South Lake Union store: There is no searching here, in fact, the swanky new space resembles more of a boutique than a warehouse. As it should: Located…
Roads Scholar: Downtown Express Lanes on I-5 Now Express-ier
With the flick of a switch, WSDOT engineers catapulted downtown Seattle’s expressways into the 21st century, saving hundreds of midday drivers countless hours spent sitting in traffic. Now, instead of a team driving through Seattle, manually switching signs and barriers at 23 ramps, an automated system—which, according to WSDOT, includes: 45 new cameras, new signs,…
So, You Want to Be On Chopped? Here’s How
Judging by the incredible feeding frenzy about Top Chef filming around the city, it’s seems safe to say cooking reality shows have huge followings. There might even be a few viewers who long to be on the other side of the camera, and here’s some encouraging news: Food Network’s smash hit Chopped is casting here,…
Seattle’s New Mobile Fashion Truck Trend?
Board the J Project bus and get to shopping
We have a bit of a joke-that-is-not-actually-a-joke around the office about declaring something a “trend”: You can’t call it one until you find three examples. So naturally, since news broke a few weeks ago that the city’s first “fashion truck”, The Kippy Ding Ding, is now roaming the streets (more here), I’ve been on the…