Seattle Mag
Linoleum-block Prints Perfect for Baby’s Room
Hip decorative prints inspired by vintage French pop art and made in West Seattle.
They’re the perfect foil for pastel-colored nursery walls: hip linoleum-block prints inspired by vintage French pop art, made by West Seattle–based artist Jennifer Ament. The lovely black-and-white linos are beloved by babies, who like to stare at high-contrast images; parents like them, too, for their sweet, clean lines, worthy of display long after baby is…
Monkey Bum Pants for Babies
The cutest (and silliest) kid accessory invented since the sailor dress.
If you enjoy dressing your baby in hats with little ears, the newest pants from sweet tot line Hoot Organic (by Seattle dress designer Suzy Fairchild) will have you oooh-ooohing with delight: The Monkey Bum Pants are made of 100 percent organic cotton and feature a contrasting diaper-bum gusset for a nonbinding fit—perfect for those…
Amy Pennington, Host of Check, Please! Northwest
The local gardening and foodie expert makes her television debut.
“Have you seen Wayne’s World?” asks Amy Pennington, host of the new local restaurant review show Check, Please! Northwest on KCTS-TV. “I constantly think: ‘Camera 1, Camera 2.’ I’m a total fish out of water.” What You Need to Know: 1/ Check, Please! Northwest airs on KCTS on Thursdays at 7 p.m. through…
Fragrant Bubble Bath Dough
Kids of all ages (including the adult kind) will love playing with Red Leaf's innovative bubble bath
Both your grown-up and childlike sides will appreciate downtown-based Red Leaf’s Fragrant Bubble Bath Dough (shown above), come bath time. Made with almond oil and moisturizing glycerin, the shapable, Play-Doh-like scrub ($12) dissolves into soft bubbles under the faucet. Available in sophisticated scents such as fresh clover, basil lime and black tea; if a handful…
Sandmaiden Offers Cozy Clothes for Moms
Say goodbye to ratty tshirts, and hello to stylish lounge wear you'll want to be seen in.
It is time to come to grips with the inevitable: saying goodbye to that ratty “Frankie Says Relax” T-shirt you wear when running errands and hello to designer Amanda Boyd’s stylish Sandmaiden line of lounge wear. A former career-wear designer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Boyd first started sewing wrap cardigans and warm woolen leggings almost…
In Commune
A great new Capitol Hill vintage clothing store with "flexible" hours.
For die-hard thrifters, finding a vintage dress that seems tailored for your 1940s alter ego is a thrill in itself, but sometimes the real thrill is finding the shop it’s hanging in, especially when there’s little more than a handwritten sign to mark its stealthy locale. Such is In Commune (Capitol Hill, 1510 12th Ave.;…
Balagan Theatre Reprises Spring Awakening
Back by popular demand, the reprisal of Spring Awakening features new actors in the lead roles, but
You might not have picked 1890s Germany as the setting of choice for a bold coming-of-age story, but the rock musical Spring Awakening may have changed that forever. Winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards (including Best Musical), the story is based on a banned German play from 1892 and surrounds teenagers discovering the good, the…
Seattle Area is Home to Two of This Year’s Food & Wine Best New Chefs
Well, well, well! We may have just two nominees to Portland’s three in the running for this year’s regional James Beard race (the winner will be announced in May), but lookie there: Food & Wine’s list of the Best New Chefs of 2012 is out and two local chefs made the cut! And they are:…
Kids Clothes Delivered to Your Doorstep
Wittlebee, a new “mom-commerce” site, has solved two major problems moms and dads face when outfitting their kids. Just imagine a business model that combines personal clothes shopping with CSA box-o-produce delivery. Red Tricycle has the full story. Once a week we post content from our partners at Red Tricycle, an excellent online resource…
Meet Washington’s Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken
Washington’s newly crowned poet laureate has big plans for poetry across the region.
February was a banner month for Seattle civil engineer turned poet Kathleen Flenniken. President of local poetry publisher Floating Bridge Press, she released a new collection, Plume (about growing up in the shadow of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation), and was appointed poet laureate of Washington state, a two-year position that comes with an annual stipend…
Three Theater Groups to Steer New 12th Ave Arts Space
Fans of bold fringe theater will be glad to know: an arts group has been selected to work in residence at the performance spaces that will be a part of “12th Avenue Arts,” or the exciting development currently planned to replace the Seattle Police Department parking lot near 12th Avenue and Pine Street (the Capitol…
Highlights from the Seattle Edible Book Fest
Saturday marked the 7th annual Seattle Edible Book Fest. A few of our editorial interns attended and participated. Here are (at left and below) some standouts among “All the Pretty Courses.” Eh? Eh? …eh. Punning isn’t as easy as it looks. “Butchering the Art of French Cooking” – Cath Carine “Of Mice and Pen”…