Category: Arts + Events Articles   There’s just something irresistible about imagining our whole city—and its busy goings-on—in miniature. That’s exactly what some locals are doing with tilt-shift photography (also called tilt-shift miniature faking), which involves distorting the perspective and focus in a photograph so that real-world places and things appear to be scale models….

Category: Eat + Drink Articles   Your guide to the best, most affordable handheld (or close to it) meals at the holy grail of cheap eats, the Pike Place Market 1. Three-piece cod fish and chips or Dungeness crab cocktail at Jack’s Fish Spot: $5.99 and $5.89 2.  Pelmeni (your choice of beef, turkey, pork,…

2 loaves of brioche, thinly sliced1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened3 1/2 cups heavy cream3 cups whole milk5 large eggs, plus 4 egg yolks1 1/2 cups light brown sugar1 29 oz. can of pumpkin purée2 tbsp vanilla extract2 tbsp cinnamon1 tbsp ground nutmeg1 tsp ground cloves1 tsp kosher salt Maple cream4 cups heavy cream1…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   The Lingerie Football League gives good taste the Heisman Two historical undergarment events occurred during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004: Network television audiences were exposed to Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction, and pay-per-view audiences witnessed the first “Lingerie Bowl,” featuring women battling it out on…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   1. Usher in the Ox Chinese New Year Spectacular According to the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Ox begins January 26, which means you should yoke yourself to a friend and head to the Chinese New Year Spectacular, a huge, sparkly show featuring classical Chinese dancing, live music…

Category: Green Living   Seattle’s newest clothing cleaner helps you feel better about your carbon footprint You may have noticed that most dry-cleaning establishments welcome customers with a whoosh of hot air and chemical odors. That’s because traditional dry-cleaning methods rely on heat and a solvent called perchloroethylene (go ahead, try to pronounce it), a…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, MadisonValley, 1060 26th Ave. ;…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, Madison Valley, 1060 26th Ave.;…

Category: Arts + Events Articles   While most heads will be turned toward the other Washington this month (Inauguration Day is January 20), we have our own swearing in to do here at home. On January 14th, Governor Christine Gregoire will officially begin her second term. Since she’s already braced for a grim slate of…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Wrap up precious little ones for naptime in this mint green and ivory trimmed cashmere blanket, the latest offering from Seattle-based SwaddleDesigns. Luxuriously soft and impossibly cuddly, this 3-by-3-foot blankie, designed by nurse-slash-mom-slash-founder Lynette Damir, will have you wishing for a grown-up-sized version for yourself. $240 at Nordstrom (multiple…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   What do you get when you blend science fiction, Victoriana and a whole lot of ingenuity? Steampunk. It’s a fashion movement spawned by a fiction genre—novels set in the steam-engine era with a futuristic twist (think H.G. Wells and Jules Verne). Some Seattle steampunks call themselves “steamrats” (seattlesteamrats.com), and…

Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles   Sibling RivalryAfter learning from the first one, raising the second child is said to be easier. And so it seems with Bump number two at Bellevue Square, birthed last August. While offering a similar selection of merchandise as its Seattle sibling—stylish maternity clothes, body care for the mom-to-be, delightful…