Seattle Mag
The Goods: January
This month
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, MadisonValley, 1060 26th Ave. ;…
The Goods: Petal Pottery
This month
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Display a few of your favorite cheery blooms in this handmade, hand-painted turquoise bud vase by Seattle ceramist Barbara Dunshee. The 1-and-a-half-inch-tall circular vase may be small, but it makes a bold style statement. $24 at barbdunshee.etsy.com or Barbara Dunshee Pottery (by appointment only, Madison Valley, 1060 26th Ave.;…
Scoop: Politics
Governor Gregoire
Category: Arts + Events Articles While most heads will be turned toward the other Washington this month (Inauguration Day is January 20), we have our own swearing in to do here at home. On January 14th, Governor Christine Gregoire will officially begin her second term. Since she’s already braced for a grim slate of…
The Goods: Cashmere Comfort
This month
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Wrap up precious little ones for naptime in this mint green and ivory trimmed cashmere blanket, the latest offering from Seattle-based SwaddleDesigns. Luxuriously soft and impossibly cuddly, this 3-by-3-foot blankie, designed by nurse-slash-mom-slash-founder Lynette Damir, will have you wishing for a grown-up-sized version for yourself. $240 at Nordstrom (multiple…
Scoop: Steam Punks
Full steam ahead with Seattle
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles What do you get when you blend science fiction, Victoriana and a whole lot of ingenuity? Steampunk. It’s a fashion movement spawned by a fiction genre—novels set in the steam-engine era with a futuristic twist (think H.G. Wells and Jules Verne). Some Seattle steampunks call themselves “steamrats” (seattlesteamrats.com), and…
Shopping Around: New Store Openings
A second Bump is born, urbane clothing at JJ and luxe soap at a new Sweet Petula
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Sibling RivalryAfter learning from the first one, raising the second child is said to be easier. And so it seems with Bump number two at Bellevue Square, birthed last August. While offering a similar selection of merchandise as its Seattle sibling—stylish maternity clothes, body care for the mom-to-be, delightful…
Shopping Around: Maternity
New store openings
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles After learning from the first one, raising the second child is said to be easier. And so it seems with Bump number two at Bellevue Square, birthed last August. While offering a similar selection of merchandise as its Seattle sibling—stylish maternity clothes, body care for the mom-to-be, delightful baby…
Shopping Around: Fashion
New store openings
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles By association, Sandy Chac and Chanda Mak, friends and co-owners of Capitol Hill boutique JJ, which opened last August, understand sartorial style that goes beyond fashion into the realm of fabric and construction. (Chac worked at her family’s dry cleaning business as a teen; Mak observed as her mother,…
Shopping Around: Beauty
New store openings
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Cory Smith thinks of her second Sweet Petula shop, opened in Pioneer Square in October, as a lab—a place to make her products sold at both stores (the other, in Madison Valley, is a bed and bath boutique where she carries her products plus luxurious bedding, pj’s and more)…
Key Ingredient: Duck Gizzards
Local gourmet Lorna Yee puts an overlooked protein to good use
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Local gourmet Lorna Yee puts an overlooked protein to good use What it is: With a rich flavor similar to duck meat (though slightly gamier), gizzard is the secondary stomach in birds used to grind food before digestion. The texture is pleasantly springy when fried or roasted, and when…
Cravings: Sweet Potato
Tasty sweet potatoes are showing up at restaurants all over town
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Tasty sweet potatoes are showing up at restaurants all over town—and not just in fry form Tulio The Sweet Potato Gnocchi is so addictive that executive chef Walter Pisano can’t take it off the menu (fans of the dish complain). The handmade dough is cut into pillows, sautéed in…
Barhop: Ballard Loft
The Seahawks may not be in the game, but if you still want to watch the Super Bowl, head to super sp
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The Seahawks may not be in the game, but if you still want to watch the Super Bowl, head to super sporty Ballard Loft on February 1 to catch the action on any of the 12 flat screens The Vibe: Sports fans and a handful of resident hipsters mix…