Seattle Mag
More Great Big Ideas
Seattle City Council, readers and more add to our "Big Ideas" story, published in the September 2011
Our call for Big Ideas to fix Seattle yielded so many interesting, impassioned entries, we didn’t have room to put them in the print story. Here are another several dozen fascinating ideas, including many from Seattle City Council members. CIVIC LIFEA Seattle Speaker’s Cornerby Hanson Hosein It still bugs me that our already elevated sales…
The Big Idea
If money were no object, what one thing would you do to fix Seattle?
Like most who live here, we’re fiercely in love with Seattle—but our love isn’t blind. Along with our singular natural vistas, thriving neighborhoods, leading-edge innovations and savvy, well-read locals, we have hideous transportation issues, under-performing schools and the all too common big-city heartbreakers: homelessness and hunger. If money were no object, what one thing would…
Orcas Landing Livens Up Hillman City
The glue to any good neighborhood is, of course, its neighborhood bar. Green Lake has The Latona, Phinney Ridge has The Park Pub, South Park would be lost without Loretta’s, and the epicenter of Columbia City is Lottie’s. Beacon Hill came a little undone with the closure of its beloved dive, The Beacon Pub (though…
Updated! A La Bonne Franquette, Belle Epicurean Open, Nettletown Closed
Two Frenchy-French spots open today, one of which is simply frosting on what’s already a thoroughly convincing “Little Paris” in Seattle. Surely a croissant taste-test of the luxuriously buttery ones at Inez Patisserie and the flaky ones at the newly opened second location of Belle Epicurean needs to happen. Belle Epicurean has long been snugging the pants of downtown dwellers…
Fashion + Style Friday: SPUN Sample Sale, Stylish Rain Ponchos and Vancouver’s (Hip) Version of the Croc
It’s been a big week around here: Our fall shopping and style-packed September issue has hit the newsstands. In case you missed it, earlier this week, I gave readers a little behind the scenes peek at pulling the issue together –and trying to fit in over 100 local finds–here. In that same issue, we call…
Marron Glacés Ice Cream
Marron Glacé Ice Cream (Makes about 1 quart) 1 cup whole milk 2 cups heavy cream A pinch of kosher salt 3/4 cup sugar 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise 6 large egg yolks 1 Tablespoon rum (optional) 2/3 cup chopped marrons glacés Heat the milk, cream, salt and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat…
The Weekend Must List: No Depression Night, Brave Horse Tavern’s Pretzels and Letterpress Wayzgoose
Must SteamrollLetterpress WayzgooseSaturday (8/27) Keep your fingers and toes (and children) close—for the 10th year in a row, the talented kooks at the School of Visual Concepts (SVC) are putting on a wayzgoose, and that means the 2-ton steamroller will be back in action. A letterpress tradition since the 17th century, a wayzgoose was originally…
Seattle Schools’ Food Guru Transferred; Says He Was Asked to Resign
Geez, was it something we said? Right on the heels of our article spotlighting Eric Boutin’s groundbreaking work to improve student meals at Seattle Public Schools came news that Boutin was being transferred out of his job as director of nutrition services. Boutin said last night that the move stemmed from the district’s change in…
Behind the Scenes of our September Issue: So Many Finds, Only So Many Pages
Sometimes I am my own worst enemy: Back in March when I first suggested to Editorial Director Rachel Hart that we feature only local products in our fall fashion and shopping issue, I had no idea what I was getting myself into (or that I would play stylist for a day!). As the (delightful) research…
Viaduct for Dummies: Feds Approve Deep-Bore Tunnel Project
Today, as expected, the Federal Highway Administration signed off on the deep-bore tunnel project. The “record of decision” is an incremental stop on the tunnel project’s journey, and essentially gives the state the go-ahead to start final design and construction of the project. According to the WSDOT, the decision also spells out certain measures intended…
3 Don’t Miss Food Events This Weekend
Friday: Sunset Supper at the Market What if the all-you-can-eat buffet your parents used to take you to as a kid was suddenly being staffed by the city’s best chefs, took place in one of its most beautiful and iconic settings, and instead of your money going to some guy with a bad comb-over who…
Food News: Sidewalk Seating, Nanobrew Breakfasts, More
So much news to get to this week! Cult nanobrewery Epic Ales’s owner/brewer Cody Morris is planning a brewpub, and you can help him test his recipes. Get in line tomorrow morning at 10 (runs until 2pm) for a beer pairing breakfast: waffles with a Brass Monkey (beer and orange juice) and eggs, bacon and…