Seattle Mag
Green Scene: A Table Grows in Ballard
Salvaged urban trees turned hand-crafted furniture.
Category: Green Living Donald Smith believes that urban trees make the best furnishings, as they usually grow larger than most trees reared for lumber. For the past two years, the craftsman behind Ballard’s City Trees Furniture (1152 NW 46th St., Seattle; 206.783.1405; citytreesfurniture.com; open Wed., 9 a.m.–5 p.m., or by appointment) has been salvaging…
Tasting Notes: Estate Planning
For Washington
Category: Tasting Notes For Washington’s hottest Syrahs and Rieslings, look for estate winery Milbrandt Vineyards on the label Back in 1997, Butch and Jerry Milbrandt of Mattawa weren’t the first wheat farmers to start growing grapes for local wineries, but they quickly became two of the best. The 50-some wineries for which they have…
Tasting Notes: New Heights
Two wineries find new terroir off the beaten path.
Category: Tasting Notes Tucked away in the hills northwest of Yakima, a tiny new winegrowing region is slowly emerging. Naches Heights, eight miles south of Highway 12 in Cowiche Canyon, has long been known for apple orchards and the largest organic raspberry farm in the world. But two wineries—Naches Heights Vineyards, and, more recently,…
Tasting Notes: Riesling Ranger
Bonny Doon
Category: Tasting Notes Eccentric winemaker and original Rhône Ranger (he almost single-handedly popularized Rhône-style wines in the United States over the past decade or so), Randall Grahm made a name for himself with quirky, philosophical labels for his easy-drinking but still top-notch wines. His Santa Cruz, California–based company, Bonny Doon Vineyard, is known for…
Tasting Notes: Seeing Reds
Walla Walla Valley’s global success owes much to local wine entrepreneur extraordinaire Norm M
Category: Tasting Notes Norm McKibben gets more done before 6 a.m. than most of us do all day. Whether it’s checking his computer satellite vineyard probes for soil moisture levels or making predawn drives in his truck to check on the ripeness of a block of Merlot grapes, he is one of the most…
Tasting Notes: Georgetown Terroir?
Four artisan wineries put South Seattle on the wine tour map.
Category: Tasting Notes Touring Washington wineries doesn’t conjure up images of unadorned warehouses in industrial South Seattle—unless you’re Seattleite Tom Wolken. Wolken, a casual wine connoisseur, was tired of either taking the long drive to Walla Walla or battling traffic to Woodinville every time he wanted to taste wine where it was made, or…
Thread Show
We love this new edgy-fabulous shopping experience in Fremont on September 16th.
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Thread is a showcase of emerging fashion designers and the music and art that rock their world. For demanding fashionistas seeking ‘what’s next’ and the most cutting-edge looks, THREAD is a chance to pick up one-of a kind pieces ranging from hand-stitched frocks to eye-catching jewelry, often at reduced…
The Goods: Bonbon Bath
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Whoever said, “Forget love—I’d rather fall in chocolate!” surely experienced a Melt Milk Chocolate Bath, created by Seattleite Lisa Francoise, a chocolate aficionado and licensed aesthetician who combines her passions in a soothing soak that will leave your skin deliciously soft. Sweet and simple, it’s a good-enough-to-eat blend of…
Spotlight: Broadway Revival
A local theater group is hoping to revitalize Rainier Beach High School’s theater program.
Category: Arts + Events Articles Photo by Heather Fassio On a blustery May afternoon, the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center at Rainier Beach High School is humming with activity. On stage, a young woman in a turquoise T-shirt sings a sweetly soulful rendition of an SWV song to whoops of encouragement. It’s the…
Best of Shoppin 2007: Vintage Boutiques
Vintage shopper extraordinaire Leigh Canlis digs through the piles to find the best boutiques in tow
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Grab the Purell—it’s time to go vintage shopping! Who is brave enough to try on a shoe with an old Band-Aid still stuck to the inside? I seriously considered it—not my size, thank God. Actually, I am a bit of a germ freak (I barely touch a door handle…
Winning Cupcakes
The cupcake competition in town just got a little bit sweeter.
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Jennifer Shea has been baking since she was a little girl at local 4-H competitions—but it wasn’t until she took a trip to New York and visited the much-hyped Magnolia Bakery and Cupcake Café that she decided she could wait no longer to open her own bakery.. Her delectable…
Best Desserts, Pastries & Breads
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The brilliant but short-lived dessert café Coco la ti da might have been ahead of its time (we miss you, Sue McCown!) but sweet tooths and carb lovers can still find plenty of treasures. Blogger, baker and eater extraordinaire Lorna Yee weighs in on Seattle’s pastry scene….