Seattle Mag
Scoop: Dining in the Dark Ages
Restaurants with those "hard to tell" names
When How to Cook a Wolf opened on Queen Anne in 2008, locals couldn’t stop remarking on the restaurant’s obscure name (it’s the title of a book by the legendary food writer M.F.K. Fisher). But in the past year, multiple restaurants have opened under names that make it hard to tell whether you’re going out…
Road Trip: Portland, Oregon
Portland says come on down and have a beer
Where: Portland, Oregon, for the 2010 Holiday Ale Festival (12/1–12/5; $20-$25; holidayale.com) in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Why: To clink beer mugs in a microbrew mecca, where 45 breweries from the Northwest and beyond—including Widmer Bros. Brewing Co., Cascade Brewing and Alaskan Brewing Co.—offer tastes of holiday hops accented with wintry whiffs of cranberries, raspberries and…
Local Authority: AJ Rathbun
A local cocktail expert concocts a new recipe book just in time for the holidays
NAME: A.J. RathbunOCCUPATION: Author, poet and mixologistFAVORITE LIQUOR: “I’m an equal opportunity drinker.”ON RAW EGGs IN COCKTAILS: “They add a really good mouthfeel. Just use fresh, organic eggs, shake like the dickens and you’ll be fine.”BLOG: ajrathbun.com For A.J. Rathbun, 41, an average workday involves shaking up a few cocktails behind his home bar. The…
Scoop: Whoa, Canada!
The Whistler Sliding Centre is ready to put your Olympic dreams on ice
Are you always first in line to try the latest thrill ride? Then get yourself to Whistler this winter for an attraction so cool it’s frozen. The Whistler Sliding Centre, site of the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, is offering the public a piloted four-man bobsled experience and a…
Ice Age: The Monday Night Delights of Hockey
If hockey is in your blood, it doesn’t matter how old you are: The need must be satisfied. Roddy Sch
If hockey is in your blood, it doesn’t matter how old you are: The need must be satisfied. Roddy Scheer has been skating for 30 years, and nothing gets between him and his Monday-night games with a bunch of guys who represent a true cross section of Seattle. I howled into the phone to my…
How Seattle Fares on Other People’s Lists
It’s nice being numero uno. But we can’t win ’em all. In 2010, Seattle was also Nos. 2 through 10 on a variety of lists whose main reasons for being are to drive up someone’s Web traffic. And if you’re wondering how we could be the fifth- and 10th-gayest city at the same time, just…
Best of 2010: Fond Farewells
At the end, he couldn’t hit a lick, but Ken Griffey Jr. deserved a farewell tour, not an abrupt midseason escape out the back door of Safeco Field. Artistic director Bart Sher departed from Intiman Theatre this year, leaving it arguably the strongest of Seattle’s major theater companies. University of Washington president Mark Emmert left…
Worst of 2010
Our picks for the biggest blunders of the year
Some things just don’t qualify for the “best” list. Here are 23 that are amusing, appalling, annoying or just plain asinine. A really bad day: Dead man inside a parked car gets a ticket from Seattle meter maid. Rhonda Breard, who took at least $12 million from local investors, is sentenced to about 3 million…
Best of 2010: Readers’ Choice
We asked and you voted. Here are your picks for the best of 2010 Seattle
BEAUTY & HEALTH CARE Hair salon and Salon for cuts and color Seven Salon Multiple locations, including downtown 600 Pine St., Suite 245 206.903.17777salon.com Salon for getting your hair done Gene Juarez Salons & Spas Multiple locations, including downtown 607 Pine St. 206.326.6000genejuarez.com Hairstylist (Tie!) Krystal Ghavamian Seven Salon Downtown 600 Pine St., Suite 245 206.903.17777salon.com Rosaline Hampton…
Best of 2010: Culture
Our picks for the best in culture for 2010
Favorite pop culture trend Seattle flash mobs danced up a storm in 2010, thanks to the organizational skills of local producer Egan Orion and a team of choreographers. Recent events included a Glee-inspired routine at Westlake Center and a Seahawks halftime performance melding stadium anthems and popular dance. The mobs might look spontaneous, but planning…
Best of 2010: Sports + Fitness
Our picks for the best in sports for 2010
Most awesome meteorological phenomenon The Seattle Storm was so good this year that it never lost a game in KeyArena. Not even in the playoffs. All hail the 2010 WNBA champions, especially Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird, the only members of this year’s team who were on the Storm roster when it won the league…
Best of 2010: Cityscape
Our picks for the best in urban planning for 2010
Best new microhood Architectural preservationists and food nerds nationwide went nuts when Capitol Hill’s Melrose Market (Capitol Hill, 1501–1535 Melrose Ave.; melrosemarketseattle.com) opened earlier this year. The triangular block of a remodeled 1920s-era automotive shop won our hearts for giving local food purveyors an urban refuge amid old-growth-timber beams and exposed brick. Home to farm-to-table…