Seattle Mag
Shopping Around: December’s Finds
Jeans for the Seattle dude, recycling a bean bag, and what's old is cool again
Denim Devotion Ballard’s Gabriela Reyes often catches herself checking out the male species, though not for their stellar good looks. Instead, the recent New York Fashion Academy grad is analyzing men’s jeans, studying up on the perfect fit. By next summer, the 23-year-old expects to launch her Reyes Apparel menswear line, focusing on classic-cut, fitted…
Styled: Lei Ann Shiramizu
WHY WE LOVE HER STYLE: Shiramizu, the owner of Momo boutique in the International District, has a very short style icon: her 7-year-old niece. So she often looks to girlhood’s flowy skirts and comfortable fabrics to pull together her easygoing style. “My style is a mix of Tinkerbell and Morticia from The Addams Family,” the…
Health: Sexual Healing
A Seattle clinic helps families deal with disorders of sexual development
Picture this: you’ve just learned that your newborn has internal organs that seem to indicate maleness and external organs that seem to indicate femaleness. It’s not as uncommon as it sounds, but it is an issue fraught with complexity and social trauma. If it’s one your family is facing, you have a world-class resource in…
Must List: December
Our top to-do's for the month
Get a Whiff1. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in Smell-O-Vision See the classic 1971 film the way it was meant to be experienced: in Smell-O-Vision. Courtesy of kooky film-enhancement team The Action Pack, the treats on screen leap to life in the form of goodie bags filled with aromatic, edible sweets, while an audience…
Urban Safari: Green Lake
This waterfront neighborhood is most often associated with summer strolls, but don’t let the colder
This waterfront neighborhood is most often associated with summer strolls, but don’t let the colder months keep you away. December brings the magical Pathway of Lights, a luminaria-lit holiday walk around the lake (12/11; 4:30–7:30 p.m.). And with a recent influx of new restaurants and shops, you may want to plan your next daycation on…
Parental Guidance: December
Virtual bedtime stories, cool kids' duds, and keeping the little ones amused on road trips
Travel: Sketch Books Wondering how to occupy the little ones during holiday travel? Greenwood-based John Skewes (best known for children’s books Larry Gets Lost in Seattle and Seattle ABC) introduces the clever Washington Doodles ($12.95, Sasquatch Books), which will keep their little minds and fingers busy on the airplane or during the “Are we there…
Nerd Report: The Mongoliad
Local author Neal Stephenson crafts avant-garde science-fiction sagas
While pundits ponder the future of the novel, Seattle author Neal Stephenson has lodged it securely in the past. Stephenson (Snow Crash; Cryptonomicon), whose avant-garde science-fiction sagas explore cryptography, math and philosophy, recently released the first installment of his latest work, The Mongoliad, a parallel-world version of the Mongol invasion of Europe co-authored by several…
Scoop: Dining in the Dark Ages
Restaurants with those "hard to tell" names
When How to Cook a Wolf opened on Queen Anne in 2008, locals couldn’t stop remarking on the restaurant’s obscure name (it’s the title of a book by the legendary food writer M.F.K. Fisher). But in the past year, multiple restaurants have opened under names that make it hard to tell whether you’re going out…
Road Trip: Portland, Oregon
Portland says come on down and have a beer
Where: Portland, Oregon, for the 2010 Holiday Ale Festival (12/1–12/5; $20-$25; holidayale.com) in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Why: To clink beer mugs in a microbrew mecca, where 45 breweries from the Northwest and beyond—including Widmer Bros. Brewing Co., Cascade Brewing and Alaskan Brewing Co.—offer tastes of holiday hops accented with wintry whiffs of cranberries, raspberries and…
Local Authority: AJ Rathbun
A local cocktail expert concocts a new recipe book just in time for the holidays
NAME: A.J. RathbunOCCUPATION: Author, poet and mixologistFAVORITE LIQUOR: “I’m an equal opportunity drinker.”ON RAW EGGs IN COCKTAILS: “They add a really good mouthfeel. Just use fresh, organic eggs, shake like the dickens and you’ll be fine.”BLOG: ajrathbun.com For A.J. Rathbun, 41, an average workday involves shaking up a few cocktails behind his home bar. The…
Scoop: Whoa, Canada!
The Whistler Sliding Centre is ready to put your Olympic dreams on ice
Are you always first in line to try the latest thrill ride? Then get yourself to Whistler this winter for an attraction so cool it’s frozen. The Whistler Sliding Centre, site of the bobsled, luge and skeleton events at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, is offering the public a piloted four-man bobsled experience and a…
Ice Age: The Monday Night Delights of Hockey
If hockey is in your blood, it doesn’t matter how old you are: The need must be satisfied. Roddy Sch
If hockey is in your blood, it doesn’t matter how old you are: The need must be satisfied. Roddy Scheer has been skating for 30 years, and nothing gets between him and his Monday-night games with a bunch of guys who represent a true cross section of Seattle. I howled into the phone to my…