April 2008
Pleased to meet you
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines SAM Gallery’s annual Introductions show brings up-and-coming Northwest artists to light. So you’re thinking that Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Seattle Art Museum would look awesome in your living room (it matches the sofa!). Well, forget it. Even if you could afford to shop there, SAM’s collection is not for…
Forget the South King County Jokes; Why You Should Head to Burien
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Just south of Seattle, nestled between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Puget Sound, is Burien, one of the area’s oldest, longest-established communities. Any town with a 100-plus-year history is apt to have tales to tell, and Burien does: It languished for decades after Southcenter Mall, built in nearby Tukwila in…
2009 WA Wine Awards: Best New Winery
Daniel Ferrelli, a second-generation Italian, turns a hobby into a winning winery
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Best New WineryEfeste WinesDaniel Ferrelli, a second-generation Italian, had been making wine at home for years. In 2004, joined by his son-in-law Kevin Taylor and family friend Patrick Smith, he followed his passion and formed Efeste Wines (pronounced F-S-T, after the first letters of their last names). The trio…
The Weekend Must List: September 25-27
From a sketch comedy schmorgasborg to reflection and laughter with Carol Burnett, here are our top t
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories From a sketch comedy schmorgasborg to reflection and laughter with Carol Burnett, here are our top to-do’s for this Friday, Saturday and a Sunday FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25SketchfestcomedyCareful, you might hurt yourself laughing at The Theater Off Jackson’s annual comedy schmorgasborg. Sketchfest, the six-day comedy festival will feature international, national and local…
Smells Like Teen Spirit When All-teen Dance Crew Hits the Paramount Stage
All-teen dance roster brings a fresh look at culture through dance
Category: Arts + Events Articles 7/19 • A veritable world tour of ethnically and stylistically diverse dance performances, ranging from Asian cultural dances to tap, the 10th annual DANCE This… has one foot, so to speak, in tradition and the other in innovation. The all-teen, all local roster of performers, including Apna Bhangra Crew,…
Party Like You’re at the Oscars!
For the glamorous at heart, here's our roundup of the Oscar night celebrations in Seattle
Category: Arts + Events Articles You don’t have to live in Hollywood to get your celebrity watchin’ fix. Get the thrill of seeing your favorite stars (on television) at local Oscar night parties. For the glamorous at heart, here’s our roundup of noteworthy Oscar celebrations: And, be sure to check our Arts+Culture blog this weekend to…
Scoop: Get Your Own Blueberries! U-Pick Blueberry Farms
Category: Eat + Drink Articles Beat the blues by picking some of your own at one of the many blueberry farms within a peach stone’s throw of Seattle. July is peak season, and many of the berries are organic, so you’ll be able to eat copious amounts of them right out of your baskets…
Tilt-shift Q&A: See Seattle from a New Angle
This month we highlight the creativity and, um, small mindedness of tilt-shift photographers who mak
Category: Arts + Events Articles This month we highlight the creativity and, um, small mindedness of tilt-shift photographers who make real-life landscapes look like scale models. We swapped emails with Erynn Rose, a Seattle photographer embracing this trend to find out more about this interesting photo genre. What is tilt-shift photography?Official tilt-shift photography is…
The Goods: In the Bag
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles Local designers Rian and Julie Berry blend James Bond sophistication and Indiana Jones rustic utility in this over-the-shoulder men’s messenger bag. Marked with the sleek jet propeller insignia, the bag features smooth, vegetable-tanned leather and plenty of pockets to stash high-tech gadgets. Photo by Tom Barwick
Best of 2008: Year of the Rat
According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 is the year of the rat: a critter widely respected and consi
Category: Articles According to the Chinese calendar, 2008 is the year of the rat: a critter widely respected and considered resourceful, perceptive and enterprising—or, wily, cunning, slightly scary and pretty much unstoppable. In Seattle, where rats could practically be the official city mascot, we’re finally allowed to be proud of the skittery underbelly of…
Tasting Notes: Wines + Rinds
Cheeses washed in wine make for unexpected pairing delights.
Category: Tasting Notes Cheese and wine is a match made in heaven. The only thing better might be enjoying some of our best local cheeses that are actually made with wine—washed in wine, to be exact. Kelli Estrella of Estrella Family Creamery (Montesano, 659 Wynoochee Valley Road; 360.249.6541; estrellafamilycreamery.com) makes several washed-rind cheeses by…
Glasses that Pop
Post cards? We found more than a bunch of stinkin
Category: Shopping + Fashion Articles With the Wing Luke Asian Museum and Northwest African American Museum unveiled this year, and SAM’s new space and Olympic Sculpture Park in full swing, we tapped into one of the city’s best-kept secret shopping resources to bring you inspired ideas for this season’s gift-giving: our local museum gift…