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Holiday Gift Guide, Day 3: Fun Foodie Books by Local Authors
Top o’ the morning! We’re kicking off this week’s lineup of our holiday gift guide with oh-so-Northwest books written by Seattle magazine friends including forager Langdon Cook and spirits expert A.J. Rathbun. Stay tuned this week for more local gift ideas (jewelry, easy-to-grab-hostess favors and booze-inspired gifts will all debut by Friday!) as we offer…
Holiday Gift Guide, Day 2: Presents for Kiddos (and their Parents)
Our “12 Days of Christmas” gift guide continues today with a special class of kiddo-themed gifts, those that may be just as much fun for parents, too. In others words, please both parties with one grand-slam gift: $15 “Mama’s Big Book…
Breaking fashion news! The 2012 color of the year just announced
A sad day for us blue-eyed blondes: The 2012 color of the year, according to the experts at Pantone, is “tangerine tango.” Tonight when I go home I have to toss out all of my “honeysuckle” clothing–the acrylic sweaters, the bobbly ponchos–and update my Santa list. Honeysuckle is so last year. Anyway, we wondered who…
Local Expert Picks Pantone’s Color of the Year
Leatrice Eiseman holds many titles—including prime consultant to international color-standardization company Pantone—all of which boil down to being a color expert of huge standing. A Bainbridge Island resident for the past 14 years, and boasting a corporate client list that has included Microsoft and Ikea, Eiseman determines the best colors for products and design using…
The Must List: Gift Ideas, Black Nativity and Willy Wonka!
MUST HOLIDAYBlack NativityThis local holiday classic is back for its 14th year, telling the original Christmas story with a mostly African-American cast, gospel-style, with some inspired additions, such as poetry by Langston Hughes and choreography by Spectrum Dance Theatre’s Donald Byrd. The singing is phenomenal. And while the show tells a Biblical story, the commentary…
The Best (and Worst) of 2011 in Seattle
Our editorial team taps into the latest and greatest our city has to offer.
It’s been a year of extraordinary changes in our city, from the explosive growth of Seattle’s best new neighborhood to the very green (and very micro) trends of pop-up, plug-in, nano- and repurposed everything. Never content with last year’s big thing, Seattleites are embracing the new and the next with their trademark stealth fervor. No…
Holiday Gift Guide, Day 1: Locally Made Goods Fit for Foodies
Our “12 Days of Christmas” gift guide debuts today with artisanal favors for the gourmands in your l
Following the grand tradition set by ye ol’ “12 Days of Christmas” carol, we’re winding up the holiday shopping season with a handy 12-day guide to the best locally-made gifts, from today’s foodie-filled post to the best stocking stuffers on December 23. If you are still on the hunt for gifts for teachers, mother-in-laws or…
Field trip! Dirt piles and glass houses at Seattle’s newest museum
Seattle mag’s editors just got a private hard-hat tour of the new Chihuly Garden and Glass museum at the Seattle Center, and a peek into the nondescript warehouse in Ballard where a huge fiery glass installation is being assembled. That’s it in the photo to the right; or rather, a tiny, model version of it….
7 Over-the-top Big Burgers
Obscenely large burgers you would only finish on a dare.
The 12-Stack Burger Burger MadnessSoDo, $18.98Twelve beef patties, each topped with a slice of American cheese. Finish one with a combo meal (includes fries and a drink) in less than 30 minutes and you’ll get a $20 gift certificate. The Goliath BurgerCoffee Club Diner Bremerton, $50Ten beef patties create a 5-pound burger, held together by…
South Lake Union: Best Thing of 2011
#thehoodthatcould Though it’s been percolating in Paul Allen’s brain for years, the South Lake Union neighborhood finally arrived in 2011. Now a full-fledged hot spot to work (Group Health headquarters, Path, and 12—count ’em, 12!—office buildings occupied by Amazon.com, and they’re still bursting at the seams), live, dine out and play, it’s shiny and new…
Best Burgers that Go Beyond the Beef
These burgers take the prize in the various "alternative meats" categories.
Turkey Burger5-ounce Turkey Burger at Teddy’s Bigger Burgers Woodinville$9.89At the retro-diner-esque Teddy’s, the perfectly seasoned, moist and completely delicious turkey burger—topped with Teddy’s special sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and pickles—is so good, the beef burger at the table was all but forgotten.Favorite sides: Beer-batter-dipped onion rings ($3.59) and a Dreamcicle shake ($4.99) Duck BurgerDork Burger…
Seattle’s Classic Burgers
Why we love our old-timey burger joints.
Wistful remembrances, stories told and retold (“Back when I first met your dad”)—hanging out at these classic burger places colors the memories of friends, parents and grandparents. Dick’s, Burgermaster and even the comparatively young Red Mill are Seattle burger icons, beloved for far more than just fries and shakes. Dick’s Drive-InWhen the big city starts…