Seattle Mag
Summer Drinks
The best summer cocktails, plus ice cold coffee and the perfect margarita
Tall, Cold Ones Seattle’s mixologists are chefs in their own right, and come summer, they’re inspired by the sweet, fresh tastes of the season. Fizzy, chilly and cool make for the best summertime cocktails. Sunrise, Pressed at Madison Park Conservatory(photo above) A gorgeous twist on the classic Tequila Sunrise: hibiscus, lemongrass, orange and jalapeño-infused tequila…
Summer Food in Seattle
BBQ, Hot Dogs, Salads and Mexican Food
Hot Dogs The Ultimate After-Dark Hot DogWe can’t help ourselves: On warm summer nights, there’s nothing we like better than a hot dog from a street vendor. In fact, they’re so good, we couldn’t pick just one! Dante’s Inferno Dogs’ chicken sausage with banana peppers and mustard hits the spot. $6 >> Multiple locations, including…
Summer in the City: 115 Seattle Cravings
When the weather turns warm, dive into these 115 victuals and rituals of Seattle summer.
We get kind of funny this time of year. The temp hits 70 degrees (fingers crossed!) and suddenly our car windows are down, our sunglasses are permanently affixed to our faces, and we’re always thirsty for something cold and fizzy. Must be summertime! Barbecue, ice cream, an awesome fish taco—the change in weather changes the…
Summer Sweets
Ice Cream, Watermelon, Strawberry Shortcake, and Milkshakes!
Strawberry Shortcake, Seattle Style Known by their craggy shape and ruffle-collared stem, Shuksan strawberries are largely regarded as the sweetest, most flavorful of all strawberry varieties. Each plump berry is red to the core, with a slight mineral flavor that adds complexity. Shuksan (Japanese for “beautiful taste”) strawberries are available at local farmers’ markets for…
Fashion Friday: New Fremont vintage stop, locally-made wood iPhone covers and a peek inside Guesthouse
Vintage Closet has a new sister shop in Fremont, and our new favorite iPhone accessory
Fridays before long weekends are always especially sweet, aren’t they? We’re adding to that happy, fuzzy Friday feeling with three new finds we are obsessing over: I have a bit of a boot problem, and cowgirl boots? Look out debit card; you’re about to take a major hit. I frequently haunt Suzie Jarvis’ awesome little…
Behind the Scenes of our June Issue: Ice-cream Headaches and Heady Debates
Our editors are still recovering from GelatoGate 2011, the week-long orgy of ice-cream eating that preceeded our June issue (on newsstands today). Our award-winning and downright awesome food editor Ali Scheff made the picks, our fantastically talented art director Sue Boylan called in the props, and then it was ice cream everywhere for two weeks…
Music Fests! Cocktails! Our Top To-do’s for Memorial Day Weekend
MUST SCREENNorthwest Connections at SIFF Through 6/12 – Overwhelmed by the hundreds of movie options at SIFF? Zoom in on the festival’s Northwest Connections program, featuring films made by Seattleites. For this weekend we recommend Treatment, written and directed by Sean Nelson, about a wannabe filmmaker who fakes a drug addiction to meet celebs in…
How to Poach an Egg
Swirling vortex meets egg
(A taxing meeting for Cynthia)Consider purchasing eggs from pastured hens at one of Seattle’s farmer’s markets. Eggs rasied in fresh air with access to greens, bugs and worms produce specatular eggs that are far superior nutritionally. The flavor is dazzling. In this video Jane demonstrated The Joy of Cooking method of poaching the incredible edible…
Bake Sale Averted: Coca-Cola’s Big Donation Funds the Seattle Fireworks
One Reel Gets Busy Planning "One Heck of an Independence Day Party for Seattle"
A $25,000 donation by Coca-Cola has just closed the gap on funding Seattle’s annual 4th of July fireworks display (“Family 4th at Lake Union”), proving for the second year in a row that the show can go on without a major title sponsor (so, no, it won’t be called the “Coke Family 4th”). Organizers at…
Dream Big: Seattle Mag Wants to Hear Your Big Idea For Improving Seattle
We want to hear what your one big dream is for Seattle. Share it and we might publish it!
What if you were in charge of Seattle—and had unlimited funds? What one single thing would you do to improve our city? Your answer can describe a project or idea that corrects a problem, rectifies a missed opportunity or creates an exciting new vision for our city. It can be as realistic (or as unrealistic!)…
LISTEN: Seattle Mag’s 2011 Summer Mixtape
Seattle magazine arts editor Brangien Davis scoured the local soundscape for a baker’s dozen of the best warm-weather songs recently released by Seattle bands of note. Stream the videos here (via YouTube), then support local music by buying the songs from iTunes. Happy Summer! Track Listing:1. Campfire OK: “Strange Like We Are”2. Lemolo: “Open Air”3. “Awesome”: “The Boy…