MUST CELEBRATENew Year’s Eve Celebration at the Century BallroomGiven the lineups of years past (live salsa, Afro-Cuban and swing dance music) and 2,000 square feet awaiting your best moves, we’re pretty sure this is exactly where you want to ring in the new year. 7 p.m. dinner; 9:30 p.m. dance. $40–$120 (reservations required; formal attire encouraged). Century…

“I get nervous…right when the overture ends it goes pitch black and then the spotlight comes on me.” – Eileen Kelly At 14 years old, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Eileen Kelly is already a vet of several classic children’s ballet productions. She’s played a bug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a puppet in Pinocchio and this…

Christmas Eve is here and Christmas Day is right behind it! Here are some fast and fabulous holiday treats from Essential Bakery. Really cute Snowman cake serves one ($3.50 – $5.95) and is made with rich almond-chocolate cake topped with dark chocolate mousse then covered in white chocolate snow. Available at Essential Bakery Cafes, Town & Country Market, Central…

We’re counting down the Christmas shopping days with an editors’ gift guide. Check back daily to find out our must-have items this holiday season. We know it’s challenging to keep up on the latest and greatest in Seattle lifestyle scene. That’s where we come in. A subscription to Seattle mag gives you a portal into what’s…

Although I make my own fresh pasta mounds for a total cost of about a buck, in January I’ll be the first in line to buy Ethan Stowell’s fresh noodles, from his new company Lagana Foods, created with his food associate Kaela Farrington. My flat noodles are easy to do with my old hand-cranked pasta…

MUST TASTEMiMi Gelato Grand OpeningWednesday (12/23) · Local visual artist and Seattle mag spotlight award winner, Diem Chau’s takes a sweet detour in her latest project with husband Will Leonard called Mimi Gelato. “I know this is a little crazy, but my husband and I have started a gelato shop in Ballard!” wrote Chau in…

The Forest Service is leading a series of snowshoe walks at Snoqualmie Pass this winter. Participants will drink in all of nature’s “off-season” beauty while learning about snowshoeing and winter ecology. Group size is limited to the first 20 who sign up; advance reservations required (call 509.852.1062). Ninety minute walks leave every Saturday and Sunday…

We’re counting down the Christmas shopping days with an editors’ gift guide. Check back daily to find out our must-have items this holidayFrom hops to Hoosier pie, these new books by local authors celebrate the intersection of food, drink and family in heartwarming and sometimes unexpected ways. Cameron Psiaki Follow Seattle magazine contributor and local…

We’re counting down the Christmas shopping days with an editors’ gift guide. Check back daily to find out our must-have items this holiday season. Local jewelry designer Regina Chang struck a particularly Pacific Northwest cord with her nature-inspired fall line ($40-300). Heavy on earthy materials like geodes, agates, silver–even driftwood–Chang’s latest work is rustic, statment-making…

There are no unitaskers allowed and prices range from low to more-than-reasonable for ingenious restaurant-quality kitchen equipment. Tom Douglas wants everyone to get in the kitchen and cook, and to have a much easier time doing it. He has spent the last 1 ½ years at home and in his restaurant kitchens testing and improving an…

Hi, readers! If you’re one of the few people that noticed (besides you, mom), I apologize for being MIA for the last two weeks. It turns out a full-time job can really cut into one’s blogging time. I was still working out though – I don’t think coming down with the plague could get me…

We’re counting down the Christmas shopping days with an editors’ gift guide. Check back daily to find out our must-have items this holiday season. What do you get when you take a bunch of really, really good bacon, and render it down with spices and onions? Bacon jam! The folks at Skillet Street Food have…