Food & Drink
The New Macklemore Video is Here
The latest music video from Seattle hip hop sensations Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is out. Call of the Wild, intercepted by James Bond, meets The Goonies and an obligatory rooftop party. It’s as fun as it is totally insane. Also, the mystery of the black American flag spotted on the Space Needle is solved.
Remembering the Steelheads, Seattle’s Negro League Team
How the Seattle Steelheads became the baseball team the city almost forgot.
On September 9, 1995, the Seattle Mariners took to the field at the Kingdome wearing plain white uniforms with dark blue trim. The word “Steelheads” emblazoned across the players’ chests was a complete surprise to many in the stands. The M’s were sporting replica jerseys of the pre-integration, African-American Seattle Steelheads baseball team, whose very…
Mother’s Day is Coming: Best Brunch Spots in Seattle
Belly up to these favorite spots for the most important meal of the weekend and Mother’s Day.
Only Brunch service hours are listed in this article. For complete restaurant info, including directions, follow links to individual listings in our comprehensive Seattle restaurant guide. BALLARD Bastille Café & Bar [FRENCH] The hyperlocal mission that guides this restaurant’s menu extends through the weekend, naturally. The house-made granola is sweetened with honey from the rooftop…
Ken Griffey Jr.’s Seattle Legacy
Knute Berger mulls over the best and the worst of the Mariners.
As the Mariners ramp up their annual campaign, the best and the worst of Seattle baseball will come together at Safeco Field this season. Longtime fans are already well acquainted with what the worst feels like: If you endured the wretched Mariners teams in the 1970s and ’80s, you remember two decades of joyless seasons…
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
You can never fully pay back the woman who raised you, but you can sure spend your life trying.
ScarfRedmond-based Satoko Pettersson draws inspiration from kimono fabrics, minimalism and mid-century design for Handarbete (“handicraft” in Swedish), her collection of textiles for body and home. Her scarves—handwoven from Italian cashmere cotton, merino and cashmere silk—are whisper soft and incredibly chic. From $110. handarbete.etsy.com Give her a thrill with these locally made gifts—chosen carefully with love,…
Mary Iverson’s Cargo Cult
Shipping containers go rogue in the paintings of this Seattle artist.
Living in a port city means getting so used to seeing stacks of shipping containers that we hardly see them at all. But that’s not the case for Seattle artist Mary Iverson (maryiverson.com), a graduate of both UW and Cornish College, whose work brings the colorful metal boxes to the foreground. In her hands, the…
Coyle’s Bakeshop, a Pastry Pop-up, Debuts at Book Larder in May
I think it’s safe to say: Pop-up restaurants are the new food trucks. The way it works? Chefs essentially borrow a restaurant on a night/time of day the restaurant would usually be closed, serving food and drink just as they would if the space were theirs full time. Pop-ups are a great way to get…
See a New Take on Kafka, Shop Designer Leather and Other Weekend Musts
MUST WATCHKafka’s The TrialOngoing (4/5–4/28) — New Century Theatre Company is staging an appropriately claustrophobic new take on Kafka’s classic, The Trial, housed (also appropriately) in Seattle’s former INS building. Audience members are categorized and “processed” as they enter, and sit in a “jury box” to watch the unsettling proceedings. Starring veteran Seattle actors Darragh…
Update: Pink Ginger to Open a Store-in-a-Store at Ballard Home Comforts
A nice update from Tina Christou, the owner of Pink Ginger, who announced her store closing last week: she’ll be sharing space with Ballard Home Comforts starting in May, right smack dab on one of the most foot-trafficked streets in town, Ballard Ave. So happy to hear she’s found a great place to land and…
Cocktail Recipe: Summer in Madagascar
I know the springtime refrain as well as you: April showers bring May flowers. But the April gloomy skies make it hard to stay chipper, even if May blooms are imminent. In fact, the gray tinge of the last few weeks has me singing a line from a different song, a favorite from the past,…
Go Local to the Max
Just when you thought buying local couldn’t get any closer to home, it has, and there is already an apt hipster word for it: “uber-local.” As opposed to “local”, which designates food from within roughly 350 miles of the consumer, the term describes food products grown or produced within a radius of only ten miles….
West Seattle’s Sweetie Boutique to Close after Ten Years
I received a sad email today from Joeanna Purdie, owner of West Seattle boutique, Sweetie, with the announcement that after ten years in business, she’ll be closing her shop at the end of April. This comes on the heels of the news that Pink Ginger, on Queen Anne, is also closing at the end of…
The Swans in Rehearsal
As Swan Lake prepares for takeoff at Pacific Northwest Ballet (4/12-4/21), the company is posting some rehearsal videos that are pretty irresistible—in large part because they offer a peek at backstage ballet fashion, which never fails to mesmerize. How do the dancers end up wearing such a colorful mishmash of leotards, tights, heat wraps, flouncy…