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Fashion & Style Friday: NYFA Fashion Show
Next crop of up-and-coming designers are out to prove that in Seattle, Ballard is fashion central
We swear, there is something in the water in Ballard: every year when we tally up the votes for our Seamless in Seattle contest (this year’s deadline coming up April 16, entry details here), an astounding number of finalists have Ballard-based New York Fashion Academy stamped on their resume. Last year, five of our seven…
Celebrate Spring at a Local Flower Fests
Kick start spring with a visit to one of our region
Kick start spring with a visit to one of our region’s many flower fests. Here are a few of our favorites: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Mount Vernon4/1 – 4/30 • Flora fans can celebrate Skagit Valley’s prized tulips throughout the month of April. Swing by the city’s main flower venues, Roozengaarde and Tulip Town for…
Seattle’s 4th of July Fireworks Are Saved!
After donations from many local business owners big and small, the annual fireworks show will go on
Just one day after restaurateur Tom Douglas announced his plan on Dave Ross’ radio show to donate $5,000 to save the Lake Union Fourth of July fireworks show (formerly sponsored by Washington Mutual and then Chase), and asked other business owners to follow suit, the necessary $500,000 was raised. Many local business owners made donations…
Bakery Nouveau’s Triple-layer Chocolate Cake
The moistest triple-layer chocolate cake we've tasted.
Look past the gold-speckled truffles and the loaves of crisp-crusted breads at Bakery Nouveau (4737 California Ave. SW 206.923.0534 bakerynouveau.com), and you’ll spy the sweet-as-pie staff selling slices of chocolate cake to patrons in the know. That’s because this triple-layer Classic Chocolate Cake ($4.50/slice; $30/8-inch cake) is the moistest we’ve tasted, and definitely worth a…
Tom Douglas, Microsoft & Starbucks to the Rescue!
Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas is spearheading an effort to save the city's Fourth of July firewor
Editor’s Note: Nick Perry at The Seattle Times reports that Microsoft and Starbucks have each pledged $125,000 toward saving the Independence Day fireworks show at Lake Union. Look to the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…. No, it’s local restaurateur Tom Douglas saving the annual Lake Union Fourth of July Fireworks show. In an…
Nicole Richie Gives Seattleites Fashion Advice
Nicole Richie celebrates the launch of her Winter Kate clothing line at the downtown Nordstrom and c
At only 28 years old, Nicole Richie has become a Hollywood trendsetter thanks to her fashion sense. She recently visited Seattle’s flagship Nordstrom store to celebrate the launch of her new apparel line, Winter Kate (her daughter’s middle name). Over 400 fans participated in the meet-and-greet and the downtown Nordstrom nearly sold out of the…
Restaurant Review: Cicchetti
Mediterranean nibbles in Eastlake
Our city’s obsession with small plates won’t die—and Cicchetti (pronounced chi-KET-tee) is one of the latest restaurants to hop on the miniaturized-portion bandwagon. The little-sister restaurant to Serafina in Eastlake is a bustling neighborhood joint that from the outside resembles a modern converted barn. Inside, a blown-glass flowering showpiece of a chandelier hangs overhead, bathing…
The Weekly Must List: 1 – 7, 2010
Our top to-do's for the week
Must Listen A Prairie Home Companion Saturday (4/3) – Seattle will stand in for the fictional Lake Wobegon for two nights this spring, when beloved public radio personality Garrison Keillor and his cast perform their radio variety show—broadcast to more than 4 million listeners—live from the Paramount. The show is known for its acclaimed musical…
Nature Photog Lee Mann Regales Fans
Noted Pacific NW Landscape Shooter Kicks off North Cascades Institute's 2010 Sourdough Speaker Serie
The North Casacdes Insitute last weekend kicked off its Sourdough Speaker Series with an enchanting talk by one of the best known landscape photographers of the Pacific NW, Lee Mann. Growing up on a rural third-generation stump ranch in the Skagit Valley, Mann was felling trees and trapping his supper by his teen years. But…
Fashion & Style Friday: Swinging by Velouria
Velouria's new Capitol Hill store now offers men's and children's clothing and makes fashion a famil
One of my favorite boutiques, Ballard’s Velouria, opened a sister store on Capitol Hill in December. The airy, light-filled space is ideal for showcasing local designers such as Deco Modiste and Lekkerlife (both lines currently offer color-saturated dresses that are perfect for special occasions, $120-$148). The new store also carries men’s and children’s clothing –…
Weekly Must List: March 25-31
Our top to-dos for the week
Must SeeAmy O’Neal and Ellie SandstromThursday – Saturday (3/25- 3/27) – If you haven’t seen local dancers Amy O’Neal and Ellie Sandstrom perform together before, well, you have some ’splaining to do. Two of the city’s most talented dancers (The New York Times has called O’Neal “astounding,” and Sandstrom earned a Seattle magazine Spotlight Award…
Matt Dillon’s The Corson Building Classes
A seven-month series on The Corson Building's unique gardening and cooking starts April 14
If you are one of the thousands of fans of Chef Matt Dillon, The Corson Building restaurant and the small urban farm that encircles it, here’s a chance to learn how Dillon does it, based on the garden’s natural seasons. A seven-month gardening and cooking series with Dillon and organic Master Gardener and NPR personality Willi…