Food & Drink
NuBe Green Goes Mobile
This summer Cap Hill retailer NuBe Green is taking to the streets in their new 24-foot mobile solar powered boutique fashion out of a salvaged shipping container. Its first stop is at Bellevue’s Cupcake Royale, right in the heart of downtown Bellevue and will be there from June 20 through September 15. Inside you’ll find…
The Must List: The Imminent Earthquake, Jonathan Adler Rocks U Village and Bainbridge Gets an Art Museum
Must VisitBainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) Grand OpeningBainbridge Island welcomes BIMA, its very own art and culture haven, focusing on contemporary work by artists from the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas. Go for the museum’s striking architecture—a curve of tall windows sweeps visitors toward the entrance—and for its many opening exhibits, including work by Bainbridge…
Seattle’s Mayoral Race As a TV Series
Imagining Seattle's mayor's race as pitch sessions for several series we'll be watching
Whether we stream, rent, TiVo or watch on the air, Seattle is crazy about cleverly crafted television series. (We’re among the country’s top markets for Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones.) So we imagined the mayor’s race as pitch sessions for several series we’ll be watching (or trying to tune out) for the next four…
UPDATED: Save These Drinking Dates
Summer is awash in tasty tasting events. Here are a few to add to your calendar, with the newest noted by an (*): The Washington Brewers Festival features nearly 200 WA beers from local breweries June 14-16 at Marymoor Park. Friday is 21+ only, featuring select Washington breweries (30+ breweries) while Saturday and Sunday are…
Woodland Park’s BECU Zootunes Turns 30
Join BECU Zootunes this summer- one of the most popular outdoor concert series in Seattle, hosted at Woodland Park Zoo. Proceeds from ticket sales help to support Woodland Park Zoo’s animal care, education and conservation mission. The concerts are family friendly and guests are encouraged to bring a blanket and picnic while they enjoy great…
Michael Cepress is Having a Show
One of my most fave local designers, Michael Cepress, is hosting a show on June 21 at the Century Ballroom, featuring both men’s and women’s collections. This is excellent news for those of us ladies who love his menswear so much that we’ve considered having him make us a suit just to get to work…
Professional Tips to Help You Organize Your Kid’s Space
A professional organizer offers practical strategies for decluttering the kid-centric home
We do our best to keep a lid on all the stuff our kids collect, but have you taken a close gander at their play space or bedroom lately? Does it look like chaos? Given the way tiny toy parts seem to proliferate like bunnies, keeping them all in one place is a monumental Martha…
Raindrop-shaped Bangles from Baleen
Creative power couple Leah Lawrence, the designer and proprietress behind swimwear and mercantile Drifting Arrows (driftingarrows.com), and Billy Bartels, the designer of jewelry line Vim Beget (vimbeget.com) launched Baleen, a new jewelry collaboration last April. The two fabricate everything in their Ballard studio, mostly out of brass (to keep prices low, Lawrence says) with the…
Sarah Jessica Parker + Manolo Blahnik + Nordstrom = Your Mind was Just Blown
Update 10:14 a.m. Here’s what I just got from Nordstrom: The line will be called SJP (natch), will launch in January at select Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com and will include sandals, flats, pumps and boots ranging from $200-$400, “runway-worthy shoes at attainable price-points…top-notch Italian craftsmanship with luxe materials in unexpected color combinations.” OMG. WWD is…
Totokaelo End of Season Sale Starts June 15
My fave sale is from the most aspirational (for most) shop in town is about to drop. Totokaelo’s end of season sale starts Saturday, June 15, with all spring merch marked down 30 to 50 percent. That means deals on Rick Owens, Jil Sander, Uzi, Raquel Allegra, Carven, Won Hundred and many, many other coveted…
Rock Out(Side)
Tis the season for outdoor music festivals! Here’s what to expect at July’s biggest music bashes
Sub Pop’s Silver Jubilee: A 25th Anniversary Public Display of Affection. The grand dame of Seattle’s indie music scene, Sub Pop Records isn’t too old to throw a rager. This celebration takes place on the streets of Georgetown, an appropriately grungy ’hood for the label that launched Soundgarden and Nirvana. But the live music lineup…
The Top Doctors Issue and More
I don’t know a lot of people who look forward to going to the doctor, but it’s a necessity made less daunting when you’re going to see someone you trust, feel comfortable with and even gush about to your friends—the same way you do when you have a supportive boss or an amazing babysitter. I…
Artist Warren Dykeman at Davidson Galleries
With bold paintings, a local artist finds beauty in imperfection
Warren Dykeman is looking for “the right kind of wrong.” A graphic designer by day, the Tri-Cities native and Seattle artist prizes an awkwardness in his mixed-media collages and paintings, which bring to mind graffiti, folk art, the oddly shaped humans of New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg and blobby landscapes by 1960s poster artist Peter…