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3 Questions With A Scandinavian Furniture Purveyor on Seattle's Hygge Moment

3 Questions With A Scandinavian Furniture Purveyor on Seattle’s Hygge Moment

The Skaaning brothers know their way around hygge

The Imola chair from BoConcept makes for a a cozy reading corner

Brighten Up Your Home With These Simple Northwest Candlestick Holders

Brighten Up Your Home With These Simple Northwest Candlestick Holders

Notary Ceramics candleholders at Flora and Henri add a hint of hygge to the home

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. As you look forward to more daylight hours this season, let these elegant, handmade candlestick holders in bone white ($32–$40), by Portland-based Notary Ceramics, add further warmth to your home. Find them at Flora and Henri (Pioneer Square, 401 First Ave. S; 206.749.9698),…

A Seattle Woodworker Is Turning Bathtubs Into Works of Art

A Seattle Woodworker Is Turning Bathtubs Into Works of Art

Award-winning Seattle design studio NK Woodworking crafts one-of-a-kind bathtubs from domestic and exotic hardwoods, finished with a durable marine varnish.

Prices for the Lotus model pictured here start at $30,000

Why Seattle Is One of the Most Rat-Infested Cities in America

Why Seattle Is One of the Most Rat-Infested Cities in America

Our city’s hyper construction is causing more than traffic issues. Experts believe it’s one reason our city is ranking high as a rodent-infested town, and getting rid of the pests is anything but easy

One longer term solution to the rat problems is to target their reproductive systems, a novel approach to controlling a species so prolific one pair can produce 15,000 progeny a year.

5 Smart Ways Baby Boomers Can Navigate Seattle's Tough Housing Market

5 Smart Ways Baby Boomers Can Navigate Seattle’s Tough Housing Market

How to plan for the future and take advantage of a seller's market.

Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. Maybe it’s just my age (I prefer “mature” or “grown up” to “old”), but I often consider what lies ahead in the next 20 years. How do I want to spend my free time? Where do I want to spend it? How do I want to live? I find that many of my…

3 Seattle Wine Clubs To Help You Obtain Oenophile Status

3 Seattle Wine Clubs To Help You Obtain Oenophile Status

Learn from the best—join a wine club from the city’s most-loved wine purveyors.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by wine. It’s a category that’s thousands of years old, speaks many different languages, and increases by the minute. In Washington state alone, the number of wineries has almost doubled over the last decade. However overwhelming picking the right bottle may be, there is a better way to buy one…

5 Portland Restaurants We Wish Would Open in Seattle

5 Portland Restaurants We Wish Would Open in Seattle

The recent arrivals of Salt & Straw and Sizzle Pie got us thinking

Leslie Kelly says Kenny & Zuke’s makes one of the “best Reubens I’ve ever eaten anywhere on either coast.”

14 Seattle Neighborhoods, From Most Affordable to Million-Dollar Homes

14 Seattle Neighborhoods, From Most Affordable to Million-Dollar Homes

Despite those prices, you still want to settle in Seattle?

Nothing beats Seattle on a beautiful day, but high housing prices and low inventory mean its harder and harder for people to afford living here

Q&A with 2018 MoPop Sound Off! Champion Micaiah Sawyer

Q&A with 2018 MoPop Sound Off! Champion Micaiah Sawyer

Singer and songwriter since she was 12 years old, Micaiah Sawyer offers a glimpse into her career and what’s next after Sound Off!

Micaiah Sawyer was this year’s winner of the Museum of Popular Culture’s “Sound Off!” competition, the region’s top under-21 battle of the bands. Runners-up include Strawberry Mountain, Misundvrstood and Maiah Wynne. Following her win, Sawyer talked with Seattle magazine. Here’s what she had to say. When did you fall in love with music?It wasn’t just…

The Daughter of Immigrants Shares Authentic Indian Dishes Through New Delivery Startup

The Daughter of Immigrants Shares Authentic Indian Dishes Through New Delivery Startup

Mitra Raman started The Buttermilk Company last year, and is giving back profits to every family whose recipe she uses

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Mitra Raman gathered family recipes from the Indian communities in Seattle and beyond to create authentic Indian dishes that she offers through her startup, The Buttermilk Company.  The daughter of Indian immigrants, Raman—who started Buttermilk last summer—knows what it’s like to miss the…

Discover Inventive Japanese-Influenced Food and Drinks at New Capitol Hill Spot Tamari Bar

Discover Inventive Japanese-Influenced Food and Drinks at New Capitol Hill Spot Tamari Bar

With intricate Japanese whiskey cocktails and creative sushi dishes, it's no surprise this place is already packing people in

Just a bit west on bustling Pine Street from sibling restaurant Suika, Tamari Bar (500 East Pine) opened on Valentine’s Day styling itself as a “new-style Izakaya.” An Izakaya is a neighborhood Japanese pub of sorts, a spot for more relaxed, often after-work, drinking and eating. And Tamari Bar definitely has an informal, friendly vibe,…

Vote: The Seattle Magazine 2018 Readers' Choice Washington Wine Awards

Vote: The Seattle Magazine 2018 Readers’ Choice Washington Wine Awards

Cast your votes for the best Washington wine experiences!

This August, Seattle magazine is publishing the winners of our 13th annual Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards. Winners of the tasting portion will be selected by a panel of local wine experts, including Seattle magazine wine writer Paul Zitarelli. But we’re also looking to our readers to help us determine winners of a couple of…

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