Seattle Mag
The Year in Recyled Art
One man's trash is an artist's pile of gold.
Best Reason to Skip the Recycling Bin: Scott Fife’s Corrugated Sculptures Local sculptor Scott Fife, who manipulates old cardboard as if it were fresh clay, left little corrugated lines on our hearts when he displayed his gorgeous, life-size bear-head sculptures at Platform Gallery last May through July. Rowr! platformgallery.com Best Use of Grandma’s Bric-a-brac: Nick…
Best Sports Moments in 2011
The best and totally random occurences that make it all so much more than a game.
The Best Use of the JumbotronJonah Duvall’s “Thriller” Stellar fielding replays were rare sights on the Safeco Jumbotron this M’s season (sigh), but the big screen was still put to good use, thanks to 12-year-old Jonah Duvall, who spontaneously broke out a “Thriller” dance to a delighted crowd on July 1. During this, his second…
Best ‘Totally Seattle’ Moments in 2011
From chicken coops to charity, these moments stand as a great reminder of the positive side of Seatt
BIKES Best News for BikersConnecting the “Missing Link”It’s one of the most fought-over stretches of pavement in the city: the so-called “missing link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail. In July, a hearing examiner ruled that the mile and a half of road between 11th Avenue NW and the locks in Ballard can be developed into the…
Best Beauty Services in Seattle 2011
The best places for styling, spa'ing and waxing needs in 2011.
Best New SalonAdele Stylist Amy Quackenbush has returned to her roots: that is, to preventing our roots from showing. In previous years, the former Suede owner found she was spending less and less time styling, so she opened up chic new salon Adele in Fremont in February to get back behind the chair. Clients eagerly…
Best Kids Stuff from 2011
These book clubs, products and party ideas made parents' lives a little easier in 2011.
Best “Mini Me” TrendBook Groups for Children For Seattle’s subadult set, 2011 was the year of the book…group. Across the city, kids are huddling in circles to discuss everything from Hunger Games to graphic novels to Daisy Dawson stories. Best of all: Mockingbird Books‘ free book group, complete with free pizza, just for tween boys…
Worst of 2011
The lowlights of 2011 in Seattle, including sex, drugs, dogs and salmon.
ASININE Yo-ho-ho and a BUI: Seafair boasts 71 people arrested for boating under the influence—an increase from last year’s 62 drunken sailors but down from 2008’s impressive 84. Bad dog! Local pop singer Lisa Dank falls in love with found pooch, refuses to return to rightful owner. Take it to go! Marie Callendar’s in Northgate…
Seattle’s Worst Transportation Moments in 2011
2011 was the worst year in memory to be a Seattle driver. Here are some of the many ways we paid for
Tunnel visionSeattle gets split asunder by a manufactured deep-bore “debate,” which has no actual influence on the already-approved project (but does provide for entertaining and heated “Seattle process” rhetoric). Viaduct and coverTraffic-traumatized Seattleites endure the nadir of no-go during a record nine-day shutdown of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Many consider moving to the actual state…
Black Bottle Owners Debut The Innkeeper in Belltown
The beloved, long lived Marco’s Supperclub, where I first tasted fried sage leaves (remember when those babies were all the rage?), has now been reborn as The Innkeeper. The chef Chris Linker gets credit for the name, which is inspired by his favorite book, Don Quixote: “If, sir cabellero, you’re looking for somewhere to stay the night,…
Waterfront for Dummies: New Tunnel “Discovery Center” Opens in Pioneer Square
Got questions about the massive deep-bore tunnel project? Do you like your tranpo info delivered in the form of cool animation, touch-screen simulations, and adorable soundbites with children? WSDOT’s ambitious new “project info center” opened today in Pioneer Square with all that and more, clearly the labor of love of a handful of dedicated WSDOT…
RedTri: 58 Ways to See the Christmas Ships in Seattle
Be sure to put this one on your must-do list of kid-friendly holiday events. Beloved by natives and newbies alike, the Christmas Ship Festival is a tried and true Northwest family tradition dating back to 1949. Running through December 23, the ship parade route covers over 45 different waterfront communities around Lake Washington and Puget…
The Must List, Dec 1-7: Classic Cartoon Jazz, New Dance and Free Art
MUST WATCHDouble Dance Jeopardy: Zoe|Juniper and Mark Morris Dance Group We couldn’t choose! We want you to see both of the new works being presented this weekend at separate presentations. First, there’s A Crack in Everything, a physical exploration of Greek tragedy, by local choreographer Zoe Scofield (Seattle mag Spotlight Award Winner). Then the influential…
PBS’s ‘Check, Please!’ Wants to Know Where You Love to Eat
Lord knows we like to talk about our food here—and the well-educated and literate city we are, we sure can talk about it well. I think the gentle folks at KCTS might find themselves with their hands awfully full starting, oh—today. That’s when they begin accepting applications to appear on the PBS series Check, Please!,…