Seattle Mag
1022 South: Tacoma’s Hidden Jewel
We ventured to Tacoma to sample libations from a praise-worthy bar.
The New York Times recently named 1022 South (1022 South J St.; 253.627.8588; 1022south.com) in Tacoma’s Hilltop district “home to some of the most fascinating apothecary cocktail work on the West Coast.” Given such praise, we ventured outside our usual Bar Hop range to explore the 2-year-old space, which is co-owned by Chris Keil and…
Fashion+ Style Friday: What’s new at Alhambra, Blackbird’s sleek, slim ties and Seamless in Seattle D-Day
Joan Kelly pops by Alahambra on First Ave for an update, I totally heart these ties and we’re swimmi
Happy Friday! I’m going to leave you with two super quick nuggets today because I’m busy filing the awesome Seamless in Seattle applications as they come in. (Hey, you still have time to get those applications in. We’re at the office until 6 pm tonight, and I’ll take apps via email until 11:59 p.m. Full…
A Haiku Review of Melissa James Gibson’s “This,” Now Playing at the Seattle Rep
Haiku Reviews: For arts lovers short on time! A Haiku Review of This: The playwright loves wordsNearly chokes her actors, butNick Garrison rules. Melissa James Gibson’s contemporary relationship drama,This, plays at the Seattle Rep through May 15th.
The Fleet Foxes’s Crafty New Album
Seattle's alt-folk faves are back with a new album and local shows this month.
Given the hype surrounding the Fleet Foxes’ self-titled debut album in 2008, you might have thought the local band invented an entirely new music genre. Among the abundant accolades for the alt-folkies (led by Lake Washington High School grads Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset) was the designation “album of the year” by Billboard magazine’s Critics’…
EMP’s Nirvana Exhibit, Columbia City Bakery’s New CBA, TASTE’s Ode to Nick Cave and More
Must JoinColumbia City Bakery’s CSBNeed a brioche, stat? Columbia City Bakery’s Community Supported Bakery (CSB) program delivers baked goods weekly to members at one of nine Seattle pickup sites (host your own site and get a 10 percent discount). The next six-week season begins on April 12, so sign up online for specialty loaves, biscotti,…
Grey Matters: Why Seattle is an All-inclusive Base Camp
Seattle is a climber’s town, but some of us prefer the comforts of base camp to the rigors of mounta
Years ago, my photograph appeared in Seattle Weekly as part of a spoof on mountain climbing. I posed in a parking lot in SoDo with an ice ax, standing in front of a building with a picture of Mount Rainier painted on the wall. Let’s just say I am not exactly the embodiment of physical…
Seattle Passed Over for Space Shuttle, but We’ll Get a Cool Simulator
Museum of Flight officials say the simulator will be the main attraction at its $12 million Space Ga
And the winner is…not Seattle! Museum of Flight spokespeople and state officials are making the best of NASA’s decision not to send one of its four retired space shuttles to Seattle. The M of F was one of 21 facilities in the running for a shuttle, and the competition was intense. In the end, Seattle was passed over in favor of the…
Puget Sound Ocean Acidification in Environmental News Again
Marine scientists call ocean acidification global warming’s doppelgänger, and recent studies show Pu
The Seattle Times reports today on ocean acidification research taking Puget Sound, a topic that our very own Maria Dolan tackled in last month’s issue. In honor of today’s front page ST story, here are a few photos from the magazine, including a few previously unpublished online. Northwest Fisheries Science Laboratory biologist Paul McElhany…
Outdoors: Bike Commuting 101
Cascade Bicycle Club Leads the Way
If you’ve always wanted to start commuting by bicycle but aren’t sure how to get started, make sure to attend the Cascade Bicycle Club‘s talk entited “Intro to Bike Commuting” this Wednesday evening at the Blue Building of the Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) from 6:30-8 p.m. ($30 for PNA members, $35 for general public). Want to know more about what…
Cliff Mass Responds to The Seattle Times Coverage of UW’s Cut in In-state Admissions
Earlier this month The Seattle Times published an eye-opening piece on the shrinking number of in-state students being admitted into the University of Washington. The article, which has garnered more than 700 comments on seattletimes.com and 3, 500+ Facebook likes, has clearly struck a chord with locals.This weekend an unexpected voice introduced another side to…
Updated! Tom Douglas’s Cuoco, Brave Horse Tavern Are Open in SLU, Ting Momo Opens Monday
First came Serious Pie and the Dahlia Workshop, and now Douglas opens another South Lake Union resta
Last week, Tom Douglas announced via Twitter (@TomDouglasCo) that Cuoco, the Italian pasta house that anchors his revamped brick Terry Avenue Building, was open. At Cuoco, longtime Tom Douglas pastaiola Martha Francis will work alongside Cuoco chef Stuart Lane (who last awed us at Cafe Juanita) to create dishes like gnocchi with nettle pesto, hazelnuts and pancetta; fresh…
Video: A Three-Stop Flash Mob Ode to “Glee”
Thanks to a head's up from a friend, I witnessed my first flash mob yesterday. Here are some pics.
Flash mobbers took over Seattle yesterday for a three-stop Glee performance in Seattle Center, Westlake and Capitol Hill. I “swung by” the 10th and Pike performance after getting a head’s up from a friend who was performing. Here’s a montage of the performances pulled from Youtube: A sea of flash mob fist pumps…