Seattle Mag
Food We Love: The Pickle Plate
The ancient art of pickling is reborn at Boat Street Cafe
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The ancient art of pickling—preserving fruits and vegetables using spices and brining—is making a comeback; pickled items have recently popped up on menus at Poppy and Joule. Renee Erickson at Boat Street Cafe (Lower Queen Anne, 3131 Western Ave. ; 206.632.4602; boatstreetcafe.com and boatstreetpickles.com) has been serving her picture-perfect…
Review: Juno
The Arctic Club
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The cornerstone restaurant in the swanky, revamped Arctic Club Hotel, Juno, which opened its doors in July, has all the “hotel restaurant” bases covered: slightly edgy but still plush decor (with plenty of roomy booths) in a pleasing slate gray and yellow palette; a dozen au courant small plates;…
[CLOSED] Olivar: Restaurant Review
Has chef Philippe Thomelin's curse finally been broken?
I’ve got a favorite new restaurant—humble Olivar, tucked into Capitol Hill’s statuesque Loveless Building. I felt the first hints of a crush when I ducked through the old cove-shaped door and was met with the warm scent of roasting chicken and saffron. Last July, Philippe Thomelin, a French-born chef whose résumé includes stints at Il…
Grey Matters: Sweet Harmony
Knute Berger on a new year, a new president and a newly engaged Seattle
Category: Articles After almost a decade of being out of step, the nation is finally playing a beat Seattle can dance to Seattle is entering a new year, and a new reality. Or an old reality. Or maybe just plain old reality. For most of this century’s first decade, we’ve been a city on…
The Celluloid Kid
Children
Category: Arts + Events Articles 1/23–2/1 • From eye-opening documentaries to enchanting fables, adventures to animation, the Fourth Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle—the biggest yet, with 80 films from 25 countries—has something for every child. Check out JUMP! a documentary about competitive jump roping, or The Snow Queen a part animated, part live-action adaptation of…
Out of the Wood Work
W. Scott Trimble gives boardwalks new meaning
Category: Arts + Events Articles 1/8–1/30 • Seattle sculptor W. Scott Trimble creates works of wood so fluid you almost forget they’re carved from unbendable boards. Past work has called to mind miniature roller coasters, spiral staircases and waves—diminutive scenes so enticing the viewer instantly imagines a mini-version of herself traipsing along them. In…
The View from Here
Tacoma Art Museum
Category: Arts + Events Articles Is there a “Northwest” artistic mindset? The question is as contentious as the debate about whether there ever was or is a “Seattle sound.” The Northwest Biennial doesn’t take sides on the matter—it simply pulls together a regional collection of artists’ works for viewers to ponder, compare and contrast….
Spotlight: Far Out Thinker
Known for risky documentaries, a Seattle artist brings alien ideas to the stage
Category: Arts + Events Articles Linas Phillips wants to talk about aliens. “I believe they’re here,” the 32-year-old filmmaker and performer says in earnest. “I’m not interested in trying to prove their existence. What I’m interested in is talking about the implications, about how they can open up our perceptions to a kind of…
Merry Mailings At Local Shops
Holiday cards are one kind of snail mail we hope never goes out of style. And whether handwriting n
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Swee Swee Paperie and Studio4218 SW Alaska St.; 206.937.7933Visit this West Seattle shop or their Web site for a variety of pretty boxed sets (such as the one pictured.) For those designing their own, the Swee Swee site directs customers to Paper + Cup’s new environmentally-friendly holiday line, manufactured…
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Local wine guru and TV star team up to create a delicious Washington wine
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Local wine guru and TV star team up to create a delicious Washington wine Washington wine-lovers have a lot to thank Eric Dunham for. His winery, Dunham Cellars (Walla Walla, 150 E. Boeing Av; 509.529.4685), has been producing amazing wines since 1995. And last month, Dunham released Pursued by…
The Rise of the Independent Toy Store
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Locally owned, independent toy stores saw a stellar year, thanks in part to a growing shopper awareness. But their success is also because of the way they encourage your children’s natural curiosity and sense of discovery, allowing them to create and use their own imaginations so that even you,…
Best or Worst? You Decide
This year saw an explosion in trends we loved
Category: Articles This year saw an explosion in trends we loved…or not so much. But there’s one guarantee: We all definitely have an opinion. Boon or bane? Talk amongst yourselves. The Gallery and Shop/Spa/Restaurant/Coffeehouse/Fill in the Blank Combo This year, art, like an invasive species, snuck into every kind of non-native habitat possible. Now,…