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The Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New Works
Peter Boal lives up to his reputation for introducing audiences to bold new flavors of dance.
Category: Arts + Events Articles 11/6-11/16 – Since becoming artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2005, Peter Boal has earned a reputation for introducing audiences to bold new flavors of dance. And while some viewers prefer knowing exactly what to expect (like diners who always choose the same restaurant), most have embraced…
Tasting Notes: Sweet Charity
Area winemakers are investing millions toward helping with education, healthcare and more.
Category: Tasting Notes At many charitable auctions and benefit events throughout the fall, wine is a featured guest. Trips to wine country, wine dinners, and rare and collectible wines will be auctioned off to benefit Seattle’s arts organizations at the 18th Annual PONCHO International Wine Auction next month. The Auction of Washington Wine, held…
Best of Shopping 2008 Womens
Seattle is bursting at the seams with fabulous shops for women. Here's our list on the boutiques tha
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Best New Shop Momo International District, 600 S Jackson St.; 206.329.4736 Momo never fails to cheer with its array of perfectly edited fashions, gifts for the body and clever objets for the home. Lei Ann Shiramizu, Seattle magazine’s resident shopping writer, named her shop after the Japanese word for…
Best of Shopping 2008 Kids and Maternity
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Best New ShopTwigGreenwood, 8317 Greenwood Ave. N; 206.706.0810Earth friendly down to the recycled plywood floorboards, Twig offers a variety of organic outfits from designers, including local fave eight3one and Portland’s ivy studio. Twig is also one of the only places in the Northwest that carries the denim and simple tops…
Best of Shopping 2008 Mens
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Best Men’s ShopRAG Men’s StyleBellevue, 10500 NE Eighth St., Suite 115; 425.637.3979 Watch TV, get a shoeshine and sip a gratis beer by the in-store pool table at this clubby spot: With a little scratch (billiards skills aside), guys can look like a million bucks without even noticing they’re…
Dress Blues With Beth O’Leary
Summer is almost over but frolicking is still allowed.
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Bask in the last remaining days of summer by frolicking in this sapphire blue cap sleeve shift dress from Alula, the Seattle-based fashion-design trio of Beth O’Leary, Chelsey Burton and Katrina Thomson. With perky fabric-covered buttons adding pizzazz to the collar, this to-die-for silk noil number also has a…
Make It Work! Seattle’s Arts Enablers: Paige Weinheimer
Category: Arts + Events Articles In her role at 4culture (4culture.org), Paige Weinheimer has been an integral part of many local funding programs for artists. In 2007, she organized the largest and most successful Poetry on Buses campaign since the program’s inception in 1992. In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural…
Home of the Month
A couple Adds Son, Then Second Floor, To Phinney Ridge Home
Category: NW Home Articles As head of the green-conscious architectural firm Blip Design, Jim Burton has seen his share of what-ifs, what-abouts and what-could-bes when it comes to home remodeling in Seattle. When he heard about the modest, 1,700-square-foot bungalow tucked into Phinney Ridge’s southern slope, however, Burton saw more than just the second-story…
A Capitol Hill Couple Embraces Life in a Glass House
Open House Tour: Our ongoing partnership with the American Institute of Architects Seattle Chapter (
Category: NW Home Articles “I like being high enough up that I live above the treetops,”says Andi Stevenson, gesturing down from her living room window to the row of sparse maple trees lining Pike Street on Capitol Hill. Stevenson, 34, and her girlfriend, Minan Ahn, 31, moved into their 900-square-foot fourth-floor unit in the…
Eco-Ware: Sustainable and Stylish Dinnerware
You've got the biodiesel car. You ditched those paper grocery bags weeks ago. Now check out the next
Category: Green Living Dine in style on Greener Lifestyles’ (5317 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle; 206.545.4405; greenerlifestyles.com) newest line of 100-percent recycled, lead-free, pewter dinnerware from Mexico-based Hacienda Real. Choose from bowls, snack trays large and small, butter dishes and salt-and-pepper shakers. Check out the Japanese fork and spoon set ($18 each, $36 for set)…
Green Growth
A Green Floral Shop Blooms in Greenwood
Category: NW Home Articles Melissa Feveyear has transplanted her full-service floral business, formerly Phinney Ridge Florist, just a few blocks, but has given it a completely new green twist. Terra Bella Flowers (8417 Greenwood Ave. N, Seattle; 206.783.0205) features classic garden-style bouquets, boasting lots of texture and loose flowing flowers, composed almost entirely of…
The Stylish Home
Kelley Moore's tips on outfitting your home for autumn
Category: NW Home Articles FALL IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR: brightly colored leaves begin to fall, the air is crisp and we begin to feather our nests. Turning the page of the calendar finds me searching for ways to bring a hint of a new season into each room of my home. After…