Seattle Mag
Outdoors: Getting On Board
No longer just for teens, adults (even older ones) are finding their grind lines at local skateparks
Category: Articles Patrick Pitcher dips down and then rides the rim at Lower Woodland Park’s new skatepark, turning left and criss-crossing the bowl once again before flipping his board end-first back into his waiting hands for a finish smooth as butter. Waiting patiently for his next turn, he cheers and jeers a buddy who…
Spotlight: Strum Luck
Seattle-based guitar magazine Fretboard Journal delights music nerds and hardcore hobbyists nationwi
Category: Arts + Events Articles On a Friday in Ballard—one of spring’s first sunny, warm days—Jason Verlinde has taken a booth just inside the dark cave of Hattie’s Hat. It’s a fitting backdrop for a discussion about his passion, the guitar-geek magazine Fretboard Journal; the debut issue (in 2005) featured a story by alt-country…
Tasting Notes: The Lake Effect
Lake Chelan's most picturesque winery, Tsillan Cellars, sets the scene for the state's newest AVA
Category: Tasting Notes Lake Chelan’s most picturesque winery, Tsillan Cellars, sets the scene for the state’s newest AVA The Lake Chelan area is the sleeping giant of Washington wine regions. With 15 wineries and 260 acres planted (of the region’s 24,040 total), this newly minted American Viticultural Area (AVA) around Lake Chelan is emerging…
Cheap Eats: Rancho Bravo
Stellar burritos, two-buck tacos
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Stellar burritos, two-buck tacos—and a warm, dry place to eat them—at the Capitol Hill Rancho Bravo You gotta hope this is a trend: A chain restaurant (in this case, a Kentucky Fried Chicken) closes, only to be replaced by the first brick-and-mortar outpost of Rancho Bravo, the beloved Wallingford…
Restaurant Review: Moshi Moshi
Moshi Moshi owners, Kevin and Tracy Erickson, are serious about their sushi
The composed amberjack sushi ($6) at Moshi Moshi, which opened on Ballard Avenue in February, is picture-perfect: a fine finger of sticky rice dressed with a frilly green shiso leaf under a sliver of sweet, rosy amberjack and finished with a dot of momiji sauce, which provides just a blink of tongue-searing heat. Kevin and…
Food We Love: Peachy Keen
The splendid white peach thyme Bellini at Ballard's Volterra, ideal when summer finally makes its da
Category: Eat + Drink Articles The splendid white peach thyme Bellini at Ballard’s Volterra, ideal when summer finally makes its dazzling debut Bloody Marys and Irish coffees are ideal salves for chilly gray mornings, but when summer finally makes its dazzling debut, the splendid white peach thyme Bellini ($6) at Volterra is like a…
Scoop: Paying it Forward
Thanks (actually, no thanks) to this year
Category: Articles Thanks (actually, no thanks) to this year’s countless layoffs, many Seattleites are finding themselves with a lot more time on their hands Thanks (actually, no thanks) to this year’s countless layoffs, many Seattleites are finding themselves with a lot more time on their hands—and consequently going stir-crazy. Those job offers will eventually…
Top Doctors: The Super Nurse
More than a nurse, less than a doctor, nurse practitioners are positioned to play an essential role
Category: Articles Bob Smithing is always eager to see patients at his Kent clinic. On a typical day, he might check in with a patient recovering from depression, adjust the prescription for a patient with high cholesterol, perform a Pap smear and insert an IUD during a gynecological exam. “It’s the best job on…
Top Doctors: A Cup of Prevention
Could your favorite addictive substance be good for your skin?
Category: Articles Love that cup of joe, like any good Seattleite? You may soon have a reason to enjoy it for more than a nice little caffeine buzz. Research by University of Washington dermatologist Dr. Paul Nghiem, which falls in the “almost too good to be true” category for coffee- and outdoor-loving Seattleites, has…
Top Doctors 2009: The Doctor Is In
A new medical model sounds like a throwback to earlier times when family physicians actually had tim
Category: Articles The idea alone horrified Group Health family doctor Harry Shriver: Answer his own phone—without a nurse screening calls first? Give patients his email address? It’s not that Shriver considers himself too important for such mundane tasks. It’s just that from the moment he walked into the Factoria Medical Center clinic every morning…
Top Doctors: Q&A Freeman (Cardiology)
Get to know your health-care professionals
Category: Articles Rosario Freeman, M.D. Specialty: CardiologyPractice: UW Medicine Regional Heart CenterEducation: Loyola University, Chicago, 1995Hospital affiliation: University of Washington Medical Center Good to know: “Nearly two times more women die from cardiovascular disease compared to all forms of cancer (including breast cancer) combined.“ Is there a public perception of women’s heart health that…
Top Doctors: Q&A Keck (Hand Surgery)
Get to know your health-care professionals
Category: Articles Carleton Keck, M.D. Specialty: Hand surgeryPractice: Seattle Hand Surgery GroupEducation: Indiana University, 1981Hospital affiliation: Swedish Medical CenterPatient tip: “Occasionally, there are patients who say that they don’t want to know anything about what’s happening. Just fix it. That’s actually a lot harder on them and us; it’s less predictable when you don’t have…