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Super Chilly Summer Drinks in Seattle Bars
Ice-cold beverages to beat the heat
As we head into the hottest part of the year, it’s good to have a few extra-cold drink ideas for when that sun has risen so high and is so hot. To help you stay cool, we’ve picked four ice-cold cocktail remedies at local bars below. They won’t make the mercury go down in the…
The Best Thing Our Food Editor Ate This Week: Fried Rabbit & Waffles
Move over, chicken. This is fried rabbit and waffles.
I know what you’re thinking. Not the most award-winning food photography. Well, what can I say. We were having brunch at In-Season Fresh Take-Away & Cafe in Phinney Ridge and my husband had practically inhaled his whole order before I got to have a taste and deem it The Best Thing I Ate All Week….
Waterfront San Juan Home Brings the Outdoors Inside
A San Juan Islands vacation home practices an open-door policy with the outside
When the doors open wide at this waterfront residence on one of the San Juan Islands, it’s hard to tell where the indoors ends and the outdoors begins. Sliding glass panels at both the north- and south-facing sides of the1,600-square-foot house retract to open up the entire living area to the sights and sounds of…
Lakewood Home Seamlessly Blends Indoors and Outdoors
A Lakewood remodel creates light-filled spaces for a growing family
The ’40s bungalow just “felt right” as soon as Shannon and Pablo Supkay walked through the front door of the 2,000-square-foot house 10 years ago in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood.The two-bedroom house had a cozy atmosphere, the neighborhood was familiar to the couple, and they were instantly charmed by the peaceful Lake Washington view. Before shot…
Skagit Valley Family Transforms Patio into Extension of Their Home
An extensive patio project paves the way for an Edison family to enjoy the outdoors year round
After commuting to Seattle for work five days a week, Scott Edwards heads north to the Skagit Valley for some rural R&R. Edwards, managing principal for Dovetail General Contractors, and his wife had lived within the Seattle city limits for 10 years, but when their daughters, now 17 and 14, came along, they decided to…
Orcas Island Artist Gives New Life to Fallen Trees
With Laura Yeats' touch, madrona trees become beautiful vessels
ORCAS ISLAND ARTIST LAURA YEATS has developed a unique relationship with a particular species of the island’s ubiquitous flora: the madrona tree. She uses the madrona’s gnarled, spout-like knots—which form as the tree self-prunes and heals itself—to create her imaginative bud vessels. “They started out as solid, sculptural pieces,” Yeats says, “but Nisha Klein…
Beloved Ask the Oracle Literary Event Goes to Bumbershoot
Literary answers to life’s pressing questions
For 20 years, Seattle’s Hugo House has served as an urban writer’s retreat at its Capitol Hill location across from Cal Anderson Park, sponsoring and hosting a wide variety of events, residencies and services for readers and writers alike. And while the institution is admired throughout the nation for its rich and innovative programming, its…
A High-Tech Helmet Protects Football Players from Concussions
A Seattle-based startup plays defense against concussions with a high-tech helmet
Finding a better way to protect football players from concussion and traumatic brain injury is a priority for players and coaches alike. Seattle-based startup Vicis, founded in 2013, may have an answer: a cutting-edge helmet. The Zero1, evolved from technology developed by faculty of the University of Washington’s mechanical engineering and neurological surgery departments, features…
Local Fashion Start-Up Fuses Technology and Sportswear
Form meets function in local fashion start-up Buki
There’s no shortage of tech innovation in Seattle, but one new “start-up” is cloaked as something different: a fashion collection. Inspired by modern Japanese design, Buki brand is a sportswear line for men and women in which architectural silhouettes are paired with leading-edge fiber technology. Created by Joey Rodolfo, founder of Pacific Northwest sportswear line…
Ride the Historic Skyride at This Year’s Washington State Fair
The state fair ride that’s a link to the past
It may be less thrilling than the neon-lit midway rides like roller coasters, but the Washington State Fair’s Skyride is a classic. The aerial tram, which today transports riders across the Puyallup fairgrounds, debuted more than 50 years ago at the Century 21 Exposition, aka the Seattle World’s Fair. Imported from a company in Bern,…
Mercer Island Woman Offers a Stylish Answer to the Uncomfortable Glasses Problem
A local woman’s design ensures your glasses are at hand
If you’re always misplacing your reading glasses, perhaps it’s a subconscious habit, because, let’s face it, those neck chains aren’t the most attractive accessories. That’s why Mercer Island resident Michele Smith decided to design a more stylish alternative. Off the Cuff Optics’ WristReaders ($49.99, a portion of the price benefits Guide Dogs for the Blind;…
Take a Tasty Road Trip to Portland’s Four-Day Food Festival
Gather with other food lovers in Portland for the Feast Portland Festival
Where: Portland, Oregon, about a three-hour drive south of downtown Seattle. Why: The fifth annual Feast Portland festival (9/15–9/18; prices vary; feastportland.com), where chef-obsessed food lovers gather for more than 40 events in a city known for its explosive food scene. Happenings include hands-on classes in cooking, making cocktails, and even how to style and…
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