Seattle Mag
Area: Create a Summer-Cabin Style
Rustic or refined, all summer cabins should be comfortable in design
Category: NW Home Articles Growing up in New England, we spent many a summer weekend at my grandparents’ cabin on Squam Lake, a beautiful spot in New Hampshire made famous by the 1981 classic On Golden Pond. A simple 1940’s clapboard cottage, the interior was warm and inviting, with original knotty-pine paneling, an immense…
Area: Where to Find a Gorgeous Green Table
Give your home a touch of natural beauty with green piece of wooden furniture
Category: NW Home Articles They play host to our meals, our stacks of books and magazines, sometimes to our feet, and to conversations raucous and intimate. The hunt for the perfect table can be maddening, however, especially if your tastes run to the green. We found five fabulous tables made from locally salvaged wood. …
The Weekend Must List: July 3 – 5, 2009
From an ultimate frisbee tournament to a logging rodeo and Duran Duran, here are our top to-do's for
Category: Eat + Drink Articles From an ultimate frisbee tournament to a logging rodeo and Duran Duran, here are our top to-do’s for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday FRIDAY, JULY 3Redmond’s Annual Ultimate Frisbee TournamentIn 1990 a handful of local ultimate frisbee teams gathered for a tournament in Redmond’s Sixty Acres Park. Dubbed Potlatch,…
The Weekend Must List: June 26 – 28, 2009
Our top to-do's for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Category: Articles FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Treeless Mountain at Northwest Film Forum This multi-award-winning film by Korean-American filmmaker So Yong Kim is a semi-autobiographical story about young sisters growing up in Seoul. Small yet stunning, the story follows the girls as they are repeatedly abandoned by hapless adults and learn to fend for themselves, together,…
Grey Matters: Dead-End Job
In Seattle politics, you won't find the next rising star in the mayor's office
Category: Articles In Seattle politics, you won’t find the next rising star in the mayor’s office In some cities, usually big cities, politics is a spectator sport. City Hall is often a prime beat, and columnists and bloggers pick over every insider tidbit, boondoggle, affair and public poll. In Boston, New York, Chicago and…
Datebook: Food Fests!
Sample some of the best treats in Seattle available at the many food festivals this summer!
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Open wide: July is an unofficial monthlong celebration of the foods we Northwesterners love best. First up are dueling berry festivals on the same weekend: The Vashon Island Strawberry Festival (7/17–7/19; free; times and locations vary; along Vashon Highway; 206.463.6217), celebrating its 100th anniversary with a “berry” grand parade…
Datebook: Alice Wheeler
'90s-inspired art takes the stage with a focus on women
Category: Arts + Events Articles The ’90s revival may be in full swing, but teenagers and hipsters, take note: Combat boots and flannel weren’t the only things born from the grunge movement. Art took a turn in the mosh pit as well. Seattle photographer Alice Wheeler gained acclaim for her vibrant, sometimes shocking portraits…
Datebook: High School Musical
The young members of new local band VerleeRose are hoping to take the city
Category: Arts + Events Articles Keira Verlee and Ellie Rose are two local 15-year-olds with one busy summer—and it bears little resemblance to the usual teen schedule (work, mall, party, repeat). Verlee, a spunky blonde with a huge grin, and Rose, a sweet, bubbly brunette, will be playing gigs around the state and promoting…
Datebook: Lip Service
Local sculptor John Grade brings miles of mouths to Bellevue Arts Museum
Category: Arts + Events Articles The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the mouth says a lot about a person, too. Nowhere is this more evident than in Seattle sculptor John Grade’s new piece, “Preserve,” at the Bellevue Arts Museum. It’s part of the 40-piece group show ÜberPortrait, which explores and…
Island Getaways: Whidbey Island
Slender and 45 miles long, Whidbey Island
Category: Articles Slender and 45 miles long, Whidbey Island—a 20-minute ferry ride from the Mukilteo dock—is one of the region’s most accessible getaways. Though Whidbey is more populated than many of the more remote Puget Sound islands, the laid-back island vibe isn’t hard to find on quiet roads and in tiny villages. SEATTLE’S BACKYARD VACATION LAND: WHIDBEY ISLAND Browse…
Knee High Stocking Company
Capitol Hill's hidden Knee High is worth seeking out
Harking back to the days of the unpopular 18th Amendment, Capitol Hill’s new hot spot, open since March, flies way under the radar. The Vibe Most of us weren’t around to hit the real speakeasies during Prohibition, so this is as close to the experience as we’ll get. Knee High hides behind an unmarked door…
Meet the Producer: Billy Allstot
The time is ripe for Billy's heirloom tomatoes
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The time is ripe for Billy’s heirloom tomatoes When the calendar page turns to July, customers start lining up at Billy Allstot’s farmers’ market stall to choose from his harvest of organic heirloom tomatoes. Allstot chats with customers (some of whom he’s served for 15 years) as they choose…