Food & Drink
Two New Must-Read Parenting Resources
Follow these local experts to find the very best for entertaining and shopping for your kids.
Tot StuffTottini, the beloved South Lake Union tot-gear shop, has a new bundle of joy: a brand-new blog for local parents, TotStuff (blog.tottini.com). Store owners Melissa Maffei and Melissa Van Flandern have recruited a cadre of local and national bloggers, such as Rebecca Woolf (girlsgonechild.net), Keli Faw (drygoodsdesign.wordpress.com), and Emily and Matt Baldwin (standardstyle.com/category/blog), to…
The Ultimate Father’s Day Pick
A personalized trinket that will make any dad feel like a rock star.
For the dad who has everything—except a recording contract—personalize a silver guitar pick. Bainbridge Island artist Carrissa Barbee imprints custom messages, kids’ names and/or birthdates onto standard-size sterling silver picks for a gift that says “You rock, Dad!”—even if all he ever rocks these days is a cradle. $35; the-silver-diva.com; allow seven business days for…
A Diaper Bag for Dads
This eco-friendly shoulder bag keeps dad equipped for all manner of duties. (Wink.)
Conquer the Father’s Day gift quandary with the coolest diaper bag in town: SoDo-based Metamorphic Gear gives new life to old sails and tarps by sewing them into sweet man-totes. Lake City dad Lindsay Lawrence makes the bags with 75 percent upcycled materials; they’re big enough to hold a 15-inch laptop (or about 15 clean…
Rovers, Luc Chef Thierry Rautureau Returns for Chance to Be Top Chef Master
Nope, you’re not having déjà vu: Thierry Rautureau was indeed on Season 2 of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. And now comes a promo proving The Chef in the Hat is returning to compete on Season 4, which premieres July 25th. Rautureau, the chef/owner of Rover’s and Luc, is the only cheftestant from the Northwest, and…
A Friendly Memo to Chris Hansen from a SoDo Neighbor
Dear Mr. Hansen, As the city eagerly awaits the results of your privately-funded transportation study that may (or may not) determine if a third professional sports venue in the SoDo neighborhood will cause insurmountable traffic issues, where two stadiums and a working port already frequently force things to a standstill, let us at Seattle magazine…
At Ma’ono, Spring Hill’s Fried Chicken Wears a Hawaiian Shirt
An ambitious neighborhood bistro brings Hawaiian comfort food to West Seattle.
I know I wasn’t the only one in town who felt a little wistful upon hearing the news that Mark and Marjorie Chang Fuller were converting their West Seattle restaurant into a more casual, Hawaiian-themed eatery called Ma‘ono Fried Chicken & Whisky. Opened in May 2008, Spring Hill had tried to plant an ambitious “New…
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Lucky 8’s China House Merely Passable [CLOSED]
The tongue-in-cheek suburban American Chinese spot disappoints
If you grew up, as I did, in suburban America, you likely ate at a place similar to the Chinese restaurant of my youth, the Golden Wok. Chunks of pork were fried in a stiff batter and served in a pool of ruby gloss; chicken was fried and then topped with a mellow sauce and…
The Ultimate Urban Wilderness Chair
Our hearts go pitty-pat when we behold the tricked-out Wilderness Recliner chair ($60; available at rei.com) by GCI Outdoor. Its profile is low enough to be welcome at outdoor plays and concerts, it reclines for intermission snoozing and has enough pocket space to keep sunscreen, bottle opener and playbill easily at hand. A plus: You…
30 Perfect Summer Nights in Seattle
Your guide to the best summer nightlife, arts and outdoor entertainment our city has to offer.
When it comes to endless summer nights, Seattle has the bragging rights sewn up: Around here, sunlight lingers into end of day (we’ll have 16 hours of daylight on June 21!), making for long, languid evenings that seem to stretch on forever. Sure, our nights are seldom hot—some years, we just settle for dry—but the…
Tia Kramer’s Paper Necklaces
High-art sculpture meets arts-and-crafts fair wear-ability.
A Tia Kramer paper necklace is best described as the love child of an arts-and-crafts fair and a cosmopolitan sculpture: The Northlake-based installation artist uses recycled sterling silver to complement her handmade Philippine plant paper pendants, often layered with wire in intricate patterns for a decidedly contemporary cap to your ensemble. $148–$350 at the Seattle…
New Designs from Seattle’s Fashion Reality-TV Stars
For two seattle designers, a brush with reality TV was surreal: design god John Varvatos draping fabric and Jessica Simpson poring over fashion sketches. Add model Elle Macpherson to the mix and you have NBC’s Fashion Star, which recently featured locals Lisa Vian Hunter and Lizzie Parker as they competed against 12 other designers to…
LeMay: America’s Car Museum Opens in Tacoma
Tacoma’s new car museum is an ode to hitting the road.
Cars may have lost some street cred among bikers, environmentalists and anyone tired of pouring her paycheck into the gas tank, but a new museum in Tacoma is here to remind us of the glory days, when we could rev up and roll down the road free of guilt. LeMay: America’s Car Museum opens this…