Seattle Mag
Where Would We Be Without Steve Jobs?
At a gathering with friends last night, we exchanged regrets about the news of Steve Jobs’ death. Later (read: a few beers later), we fell into a debate over who was more influential in our lives: Steve Jobs or Albert Einstein? The conversation never really settled on a sensible answer. Because it’s not a sensible…
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 4
Catch Up: Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 My last day in New York was spent at the home of one of my oldest friends, who lives with her husband and two kids in Brooklyn Heights. After four days and long nights of walking in fashionable shoes, my feet were sausage, so my friend lent me…
Seattle’s Phillip Lomax on the ‘X Factor’
Our staff photographer, Hayley Young, just alerted me to the fact that an adorable Seattleite named Phillip Lomax has made his way to the bootcamp stage of Simon Cowell’s new Idol-esque program called The X Factor. Here’s Lomax keeping it classy in his audition with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon.” Hayley tells me…
RedTri: 7 Kids Costume Shops in Seattle
Ghosts and goblins and witches, oh my! Are you looking for a frightfully cool Halloween costume for your little one? We’ve scoured the city in search of the best costume shops and compiled a list of our faves. From the spookiest to the silliest to the sweetest, Seattle offers plenty of pint-sized costumes guaranteed to…
Bellevue Collection Fashion Week Recap: Front Row Fashion Presented by Vogue
Editorial assistant Brittany Allen gives us her take on last Saturday’s 3rd annual Bellevue Collecti
It’s no little secret, but Vogue takes fashion seriously. And the Front Row Fashion Show Presented by Vogue was a seriously good time at Bellevue’s Hyatt Regency Hotel on Saturday night. The team at our beloved fashion bible brought their authority on all things fashion from the East Coast to the Eastside, inspiring the mostly…
Restaurant Preview: Momiji is Really, Really Pretty. And it Has Pretty Food, Too.
Every detail in the pristine space that is now Momiji (the magnum opus of Steven Han’s Japanese restaurants) — from the tables, hand-carved by master woodworker Craig Yamamoto, to the ethereal, cloud-like lighting fixtures woven from traditional Japanese paper fibers by artist Yuri Kinoshita — has been masterfully planned by Han’s dream team of artisans….
Spectrum Dance Wakes Up The Beast
Amid floor-shaking violence and depictions of brutal, un-consenting sex acts – the scariest moment in Spectrum Dance Theater’s The Beast is when the lead woman (Kate Monthy), visibly panting from physical abuse she has suffered at the hand of her husband (Donald Jones, Jr.), closes her eyes and accepts his apologetic embrace—relief and contentment settling…
On the Bright Side: Despite Zune, Microsoft Still on the Map
I know. We’re all bummed that Microsoft’s Zune player has officially gone the way of the cassette tape. But on the bright side: Microsoft has added to its search engine, Bing, a special airport map function that lets you find the Burger King at SeaTac Airport within a moment’s notice. Phew! Back on top.
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 3
Catch up: Read Part 1 and Part 2 Friday is chock full of eating, and also of meeting: Anna Roth, whom I’ve had many friends in common with, who was a fellow Citysearcher back in the day, and who is the author of West Coast Road Eats. Yet it took until last week, in the Big Apple, for us…
West Seattle Stands the Line: Mobile Chowdown Recap
Cheers to everyone who came out to West Seattle Junction and helped make Mobile Chowdown VI a huge success – including the weather. An estimated 5,000 or more hungry people showed up to enjoy delicious foods from our participating food trucks, which churned out an incredible quantity of food (considering the square footage of kitchen…
Red Tricycle Recommends: Kid Friendly Events Sept 30 – Oct 2
This weekend’s roundup includes a date night out (or in!), a super-fun pool party, a concert with lots of fiddle tunes, a two-day neighborhood celebration, a wildly popular fish festival and parade, a family day on the trails, and a show with the famous Fee-fi-fo-fum giant. If you’ve got multiples, be sure to check out…