Food & Drink
Studio Montagne’s Pop-up Valentine’s Day Shop
Find last-minute, lasting treats for your sweetheart.
Housed in the teeny Madrona storefront formerly occupied by Driftwood consignment boutique, the new Studio Montagne is a pop-up shop that pops up around holidays. Proprietor Anne Smith (who also works as creative director and visual merchandising manager at Filson) showcases a selection of accessories, home décor and “upcycled” vintage furniture, exquisitely curated to match…
Monte Cristo: Gourmet Grilled Cheese On-the-Go
Danielle Custer joins the mobile food movement with the yellow and white polka-dotted Monte Cristo.
Danielle Custer’s got food chops: She was chef at several area hotel restaurants before heading the culinary team at Taste at the Seattle Art Museum. Custer has now joined the mobile food movement with the yellow and white polka-dotted Monte Cristo, a gourmet grilled-cheese truck in which cinnamon toast is batter-dipped, griddled and layered with…
Updated: Local Restaurants Make Valentine’s Day Easy
You got that hot date spot dialed in for Valentine’s Day? No pressure! (HA!) The good news is that February 14 is on a Thursday, so it will naturally spill over to February 15, which is going to set us up for a whole Valentine’s Weekend. So many options. But hurry! Your days of booking…
Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
Think in and outside the box with these great Valentine’s Day gift ideas: Heart shaped flip flips by Melissa, from Clementine (see above). Jen Ament print from Far4: Paloma Picasso Amethyst Dot Charm in 18k gold on a chain from Tiffany & Co.: Horses Cut Shop tee shirt: Whitney Stern Evil…
The Ruby Room Dress Drive
Unless you’ve got other plans for that worn-once, too-small dress that has occupied space in the back of your closet since… well, that’s not important… consider giving it a second chance to see the light of day—or rather, to see the light of a disco ball. On February 24th from 11am to 1pm, the Ruby…
Valentine’s Day Means Spa Time
A list of sexy, soothing packages avaliable at local spas.
Here’s a list of some sexy, soothing pampering packages at local spas: Alderbrook, a stunningly relaxing spot on Hood Canal, is offering several romantic spa treatments, available throughout the whole month of February. The Besos is a 60-minute cocoa-infused exfoliating rub for two that leaves your skin glowing and soft ($105 per person); The Cupid’s…
Belltown Unites for the Homeless
Save Your Sole consignment boutique and other Belltown/Midtown businesses have joined together in Belltown Unites, a partnership dedicated to helping keep some of the 2,500 homeless people sleeping on the streets of Seattle warm this winter. Each business has created a special promotion to donate warm wool blankets to the homeless community with a goal…
A Smart Conversation about Guns
Last night, Town Hall hosted a forum on gun violence that didn’t devolve into a shouting match and included only one mention of Ann Coulter. Entitled “Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis,” this first of three February civic forums was an evidence-based look at the patterns, impact and cost of gun-related “unintentional” deaths, suicide and…
Help Kickstart Michael Cepress
I’m a little obsessed with Kickstarter—the popular crowd-funding website—and often get lost in the site, checking out the cool, weird and improbable campaigns that people launch. I’ve always loved the thought of being a benefactor, and Kickstarter is a great way to do that on a micro-level, since a few bucks often makes all the…
Vancouver-Based Aritzia to Open at University Village
Vancouver, BC-based retailer, Aritzia, has announced that their first Seattle location will open on March 14 in University Village. If the name is familiar, it’s because they already have a boutique in Bellevue Square, their first in the US, which has been open since 2007. The brand started out as one boutique in Vancouver in…
Seattle Reign Owner Has Tough Words for the Sounders
Last we spoke with Seattle entrepreneur Bill Predmore, he was discussing his love of Pop and street art (if you liked the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, his personal art collection would have you drooling). These days he’s gearing up for the first season of Seattle Reign, the first professional women’s soccer team in…
Field Guide to Seattle Chocolate & Candy
The complete compendium of Seattle’s best sugary treats including plenty of chocolate.
No gift rings more cliché than a box of chocolate or candy for Valentine’s Day—except maybe in Seattle. Our city harbors a mind-blowing array of amazing boutique chocolate producers, from purveyors such as Fran Bigelow, whose famous brand Fran’s is now in its 30th year, to sourcing experts such as Theo Chocolate, which is now…
It’s Not Easy Building Green
A Seattle neighborhood's complaints about a "deep green" building raise key questions about zoning.
She is nine months pregnant on this sunny fall day. But that doesn’t stop Katherine Bragdon from taking a walk (more like a waddle) from her picture-perfect, red-shingled Wallingford bungalow to the nerve center of the neighborhood where Stone Way rolls down to the north shore of Lake Union. “South Wallingford is a special neighborhood,…