Seattle Mag
Preview: Bellevue Fashion Week
Armed with stilettos, writing pad and phone, assistant editor Kate Calamusa takes on Fashion Week
I feel like a kid on Christmas morning, bouncing around the house, yelling, “It’s here! It’s here!” But instead of a jolly red-suited man bringing me toys, The Bellevue Collection has given me a big, giant fashion-forward present wrapped in shiny design gazing and glitzy documentary watching: Bellevue Fashion Week. And as if runway hopping…
Art Restaurant: Counter Uncorked
Art serves up a delicious spread at its second Counter Uncorked event
Last Tuesday, Art restaurant in the Four Seasons hotel downtown hosted its second Counter Uncorked event, an evening designed to showcase the kitchen’s talent. For two hours, food writers and bloggers sipped wine, mingled, and helped themselves to the generous spread. Chef Kerry Sear and his team outdid themselves with offerings like lumpia-wrapped king crab,…
Fashion & Style Friday: Matte Nails for Fall
Time for the first-ever edition of Seattle mag's Fashion & Style Friday, our weekly shoutout to loca
Time for the first-ever edition of Seattle mag’s Fashion & Style Friday, our weekly shoutout to local (and sometimes not-so local) designers, shops, cool new products, hot looks and everything in between. Seattle mag’s inaugural Fashion & Style Friday shoutout takes a closer look at a new understated trend that’s being spotted on stylish nails…
The David Barton Project: Mission Impossible?
Follow Seattle mag editorial assistant Jacquie Perez as she blogs her way through the excruciating p
When I raised my hand at Seattle magazine’s weekly pitch meeting and volunteered to write what I thought would be a 200-word blurb covering the new opening of David Barton’s gym at the Bravern, I learned a valuable lesson. Never volunteer. Over the course of the last week, my assignment has morphed from that 200-word…
The Weekend Must List September 25-27
Our top to-dos for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Our top to-dos for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25SketchfestcomedyMake your way to the Theatre Off Jackson for a laugh-your-pants-off evening of international, national and local comedy SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26Bungalow FairarchitectureTrue Seattleietes know the difference between a bungalow and a Craftsman. Test your knowledge at the Bungalow Fair SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27Laughter and Reflection…
Fun in the Sun: One More Weekend?
All across the Northwest many of us are wondering if this might indeed be the final weekend of sunny
All across the Northwest many of us are wondering if this might indeed be the final weekend of sunny warm weather for 2009, and if so, how to make the most of it. Well here are a few ideas: Rent a lodge room at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum, just 80 miles east of Seattle,…
Foodsnap: A Food Photo Critique
Food writer and aspiring food photographer Lorna Yee spends a full day with fellow food photo enthus
I first became interested in food photography when I started taking photos for my personal blog, www.thecookbookchronicles.com This summer, I interned with Lara Ferroni, a renowned food photographer who lives here in Seattle. (Lara is responsible for the beautiful Key Ingredient photos for my column in Seattle Magazine.) My internship with Lara has ended–she is generously devoting…
Outdoors: A Snapshot of Organic Farm Living
A photo exhibit of Snoqualmie Valley farms has been two years in the making
It’s a pleasure to be writing for Scoop, and I hope to keep readers up-to-date on what’s new and different in the great outdoors and the environment, both in town and beyond. To that end, this coming weekend, on Sunday evening 9/20 from 5-8 pm, is the 10th anniversary party for local non-profit Stewardship Partners….
Welcome New Outdoors Blogger Roddy Scheer to Scoop
From rough-n-tumblin' adventures to convenient escapes close by, get your outdoors fix each week wit
Living in Seattle, it’s hard to ignore the natural resources that are literally in our backyard. To help you make the most of your precious time outside, Seattle mag contributor, Roddy Scheer is taking the reigns covering the outdoors for the scoop blog beginning this month. A travel and nature enthusiast, writer and photographer, Scheer’s…
Fashion First: Tonight!
Seamless in Seattle winners hit the runway tonight at the 6th annual Fashion First fashion show
This is it folks: the day the 2009 Seamless in Seattle winning designers debut their collections on the runway at Fashion First. As the behind the scenes gal of Seamless, I’ve come to know the eight designers very well over the last six months through photo shoots and interviews, and I’m fighting a bit of…
Shopping: Eastside, meet glassybaby
Our favorite locally-made votives, the hand-blown, vibrantly colored glassybaby, take up residence o
Glassybaby, the wildly-popular candle votives created by Seattleite Lee Rhodes, is opening their first retail location on the Eastside, setting up shop in the former Sophisticated Swine’s space on Main St. If you’re jumping for joy at that announcement (we are!), the joy continues tomorrow, September 17th, with a grand opening party at the new…
Hope Grocery – New Guard
Seattle's newest underground restaurant combines food, art, and music
Looking to catch those up-and-coming-chefs on a night outside of the restaurant? Check out New Guard, a new underground dinner club that combines a love for good food, art, and music. Monthly dinners feature chefs from Springhill, Cantinetta, and The Corson Building cooking up casual, family-style meals. Art pieces curated from new, local artists are…