Lauren Mang
Call for Images: Submit Your Favorite Seattle-Themed Pics
We’re gathering great photos from 2013 for our annual “Best of” issue in December! Submit your favorite Seattle-themed images from the last year by 10/14 to [email protected] or post them on Seattle mag social media, tagged #seattlemagyearinphotos, to be considered for our roundup.
Happy National Punctuation Day.!?:;–“…
Apparently it’s National Punctuation Day, guys. On this day, we give thanks for all the sentence structure-y things that our friends the comma, period, semicolon, colon, ellipsis and (my personal fave) the em dash do for us. Also, it’s a grand day to mock others who use apostrophes and quotation marks incorrectly. Over on Gawker.com,…
Ligne Roset: Thee Annual Sale of Annual Sales
You know it’s a good day when an announcement for the Ligne Roset annual sale hits your inbox. The bold French furniture and lifestyle brand, perhaps most widely known for designer Michael Ducaroy’s classic, ultra-comfy, ultra-chic Togo collection, is holding its yearly sale from September 19 to September 22. Beeline to the retailer’s Westlake Avenue…
Huskies and Cougar Fan Gear for Gals (And Not a Bit of Pink Anywhere!)
One of the most frustrating things for an extremely devoted–verging on obsessed–college football ladyfan such as myself, is scouring the potential options for women’s fan gear and finding the following: too-tight tees (hey I enjoy beer(s) and a hotdog at games every now and then), ill-fitting box-like tops and more pink and rhinestones than you’d…
Famed Interior Designer Barbara Barry Coming to Masins
Our sister publication Northwest Home recently reported some exciting news for home design and decor addicts: Noted interior designer Barbara Barry, whose stunningly elegant work focuses on muted tones and simple, yet refined lines, will be at Masins Fine Furnishings & Interior Design in Bellevue on Wednesday, September 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. Barry…
Seattle Fast Food Workers to Strike Thursday
If you’re craving fast food tomorrow, it may just have to wait. Much like the events on May 30, lower wage workers in Seattle (as well as other major cities around the country) are planning to walk out on Thursday, August 29. Fast food employees are urging their comrades to “turn off the fryers, take…
Go Team! Boatgating at Husky Stadium
As we descend upon college football season (oh, glorious fall football-filled days!), it’s time to start planning our pre-game whereabouts. For most, that means tailgating in a parking lot outside the stadium, which is, of course, awesome. Husky fans, however, have an even more awesome tailgating option: boatgating. Discover Boating, an awareness program from the…
Curbed Seattle’s Strange, Weird & Terrible Real Estate Listing Photos are Brilliant
I must give major props to Sean Keeley, the editor over at Curbed Seattle, for pulling together such insane and ridiculously hilarious real estate listing photos every Friday. Essentially, the site’s This Week in Strange, Weird & Terrible Real Estate Listing Photos posts give me the will to keep on living after long work weeks….
And Then There Were Two: McGinn versus Murray for Mayor
Primary Day is finally over and Seattle has whittled the hefty playing field of nine candidates down to just two contenders for mayor: state Senator Ed Murray and Mayor Mike McGinn. According to Knute Berger over at Crosscut.com, come November we should be prepared for “a fascinating race between a City Hall insider who’s happiest…
Update: When Will Bertha Start Drilling?
Tuesday afternoon, says a spokesperson at WSDOT
UPDATE: We’re told that Bertha will start digging sometime tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, July 30). The exact time is still not confirmed. The definite date that our 7,000-ton earth-drilling machine known as Bertha will begin boring a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct looks to be Monday, according to officials at the Washington State Department…
The Best Photos From Last Night’s Not-so-secret Macklemore Video Shoot
There have been oodles of ceiling references swirling about the Internets this morning (“the ceiling did hold them after all!”), due to Macklemore et al filming a video on top of Dick’s Drive-In in Capitol Hill. (Underneath rock-dwellers: His song “Can’t Hold Us” mentions that, in fact, a ceiling perhaps may not hold them.) The…
Where to Eat in Capitol Hill if You’re Not Going to the Big Block Party
This would be the weekend to avoid (most of) Capitol Hill if you aren’t into crowds. The crazy, three-day hipster-filled bash that is the Capitol Hill Block Party begins tomorrow, so expect the Pike/Pine corridor to be teeming with swarms of sweaty, music-loving revelers. (If you do need a ticket, go here. Single-day passes are…