Seattle Mag
Getting Giddy Over Sushi: More Behind-the-Scenes of Best New Restaurants
For the November Best New Restaurants issue, in addition to ranking Seattle’s 10 Best New Restaurants, Food and Dining editor Allison Scheff and I wanted this issue to focus on emerging talents: the chefs, bartenders and other members of our dining and drink community who are poised to become the next big names. A fantastic…
Tonight in Seattle: A Free Play Reading from New Century Theatre Co
The local theatre troupe that brought you The Adding Machine and O Lovely Glowworm continues its free Pipeline series tonight with a dramatic reading of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, the twisted, yet talented, writer who brought you The Pillowman and In Bruges. The performance features Michael Patten, MJ Sieber, Matt Shimkus, and Anastasia…
ZomBcon 2011, or Why I Shared Chapstick with a Stranger
I am in line to meet True Blood’s Sam Trammell at Seattle’s second annual ZomBcon, a conference dedicated to zombie culture. By 11 a.m., I have stood in two different 45-minute lines and bumped into 16 other people in the exact same Sookie outfit as me (“Just another soon-to-be-dead waitress at Merlotte’s”). My make-up needs…
On Saving Aimee, Kathie Lee Gifford and the Sad Fortress of Solitude
You probably already know that the new musical at 5th Avenue theatre, Saving Aimee, is written by American TV darling Kathie Lee Gifford. Because of all the local press hovering around Gifford, however, you may not know that the musical is about the scandalous life of Aimee Semple McPherson, an infamous leader in the early…
Behind the Scenes of Our November Issue: Influential Smackdown
It’s not called “Our Favorite People of 2011.” No, when we set out to build our “Most Influential People of 2011” list, we are looking for impact, plain and simple. Big impact, even of the negative kind, so there are sure to be a few people you wouldn’t play beer pong with, even if they…
Check In: The Sorrento Hotel
This week I checked in on what’s going on at The Sorrento this fall, as fall is such a perfect time to drop in to Pill Hill’s iconic historic hotel. Fireplaces, books, fantastic brown liquor drinks and good old-fashioned hauntings — what more does a cloud-plagued, sun-deprived Seattleite need? What’s got me most excited is…
Viaduct for Dummies: Friday’s ‘Inconvenient’ Viaduct Shutdown
Oh, WSDOT, you almost had me thinking you cared about my gut-gnawing, borderline obsessive worrying about the impending “Viaduct-pocolypse.” Then today, in a WSDOT press release, comes this little masterpiece of understatement, from someone who might know better: “We know the closure is an inconvenience for drivers, but the demolition work is a vital step…
The Weekend Must List: Walk on the Viaduct and Get Hip to City Arts
MUST ART UPCity Arts Festival For the second year in a row, the City Arts Festival is bringing arts of all genres to venues across Seattle. If it all feels too gloriously overwhelming, just focus on our must-see picks, including music from Long Winters and Campfire OK, words from great Northwest poets, dance from Amy…
RedTri: Enjoy Fall Colors in Seattle Parks
While ours is a more muted display compared to New England, there’s plenty for the whole family to see here in the Northwest, including brilliant colors not only found on deciduous trees and shrubs but also grasses, meadows, berries and even still-in-bloom dahlias. You don’t have to venture far, as our local parks have lots…
Why the Best Friends Are Farmers…And Goats
Prepare to feel pangs of jealousy! A girlfriend messaged yesterday to ask if I was free to accompany her to a unique fundraiser that night that her date was too sick to attend. Not just any fundraiser, but a dinner at Western Bridge owners William and Ruth True’s house in Madison Park. A dinner featuring…
Hey Marseilles Cleans Up Nice
Last year, our photographer Hayley Young photographed local band Hey Marseilles for a story in Performer magazine. Hayley approached Jane Parsen, general manager at the Seattle Brooks Brothers store, to help style the band for that shoot. Thanks to Jane and Brooks Brothers (and Hayley’s great creative direction, of course), the boys looked very dapper…
Homemade in Seattle: A Fungus Lover’s Cookbook
Seattle-based photographer Stephanie Joy Billmayer, 29, shared these photos of her recent homemade project, a book of mushroom recipes called ‘Fungiculture.’ Because the book seems to celebrate both craftiness and cooking with fresh produce, I figured it might be of interest to Seattle mag readers. To make the book, first, Stephanie bought a vintage Good…