Seattle Mag
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 2
[Read Part 1 Here] After my enjoyable but less than awesome lunch at Red Rooster, I headed back downtown to take a long afternoon walk. I needed to get a little exercise, to see my old neighborhood. I needed to walk my old favorite streets: Jane Street, Greenwich Avenue, Perry. I needed to make room, too, because…
The Must List: Nordic Fashion, Oktoberfest and Mobile Food Trucks
MUST GAWKFriday (9/30) – Nordic Fashion Biennale Opens Surely there is no better name than Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, the New York–based Icelandic artist famous for her outlandish sculptures, installations and costumes made of braided hair and wildly woolly fabrics. Arnardottir, who also goes by the handle “Shoplifter” and is a frequent collaborator with Björk, is the…
Craft Beer + Food Pairing: Miss the Event? Here’s Your DIY Guide!
It’s not every job that requires an appreciation of beer—only the best jobs, like mine. For the past few months, while our team was whipping up the October “Best Beers” issue, there has been beer a-plenty ’round here: Beer tastings, beer research, beer history and plenty of beer-related strategy meetings, for which we were joined…
Meet Me at Mobile Chowdown This Sunday, October 2
The foodie trucks are coming! The foodie trucks are coming! If I were more musical, to really celebrate I would compose a jingle the likes of Coca-Cola’s joyous “Santa Packs are Coming” (to my dismay, a few savvy editors here do not remember this commercial, which confirms my suspicion that I am a nerd –…
Kindle Fire Enters the Tablet-Hunger Games
News of Amazon’s trio of new gadgets released today is spreading like wildfire — namely about the hopeful iPad competitor, Kindle Fire. Local news site Tech Flash reports: The Kindle Fire’s strengths lie in a swift Web browser running on Amazon’s EC2 cloud, Amazon’s souped-up version of the Android app store, connections to the retailer’s…
Recommended Reading (Once You’ve Finished Seattle Mag, of course)
This weekend, I made lemonade out of having no WiFi in a crowded airport terminal and indulged in reading whole articles published in physical magazines I don’t work for. Find a way to swim to your own quiet, unwired island sometime this week and check out my favorites: 1. Louis Menand’s essay in The New…
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 1
Back from four nights and days of eating (and don’t forget all that drinking!) in New York City, my home for three years several years ago. Unlike many of the food-crazed, when I’m in New York, “the food thing” is only a part of what I want to experience. My old favorite walk–down Greenwich Street from the…
A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name (If You’re a Nerd)
Julia Hughes and Ross Maddox are hosting the inaugural Nerd Nite in Seattle. These community gatherings are part of an international organization devoted to exchanges of highly nerdy and topical information in a highly boozy and social environment. We sent a few questions over to Julia and Ross to get a feel for just how…
Meet Seattle Busker Gregory James Blanke
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The fourth in a five-part series: While you read, listen to this live performance of “Living Waters”, an original piece by Gregory…
The Must List: A Symphony Worth Rioting For and Other Things To Do This Weekend
MUST TASTEBeer & Cheese Pairing Beer has found its place in the culinary world – and it’s in surprisingly gourmand company. Local taste makers are pairing beer with cheese to stimulate and satisfy complex, hops-loving palates. Check out our Beer and Cheese Pairing Guide from the October cover story this month, in which Warren Peterson,…
The Picture Gets Bigger at Henry and Oscar’s
“I’m bringing back the two-martini lunch.” So says Mark Stern, founder of the Big Picture movie theater, of his new venture, Henry and Oscar’s. He’s harkening back to a time when men were men, women were women, and going out meant a big steak, high heels and the owner of your favorite establishment might have…
Sneak Peek: One of Seattle mag’s Most Influential Wins a Genius Award
Hard at work on our November issue, we were putting the polishing touches on our annual “Most Influential People” list yesterday when we got the news that one of our picks, UW computer science professor Shwetak Patel, had just been named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow and awarded a $500,000 “Genius Award.” Influential, indeed. You may…