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Westland Open House Tonight And More Weekend Fun
Drinking events aplenty during the month of April
Don’t miss out – there are loads of fun, tasty, and even charitable drinking and eating events coming up this week, weekend and through the rest of the month. Read the below with a calendar in hand. Westland Named World Craft Producer, Plus Open House Tonight: SoDo’s Westland Distillery was recently named the World’s Craft…
Four Weekly Fresh-Meal Delivery Services to Try
Here, we break down the keepers
On-demand dining apps such as UberEATS and BiteSquad have saved me from succumbing to day-old office doughnuts. Now, a slew of meal delivery kits—complete with dinner recipes and fresh ingredients, often chopped and premeasured—take it a step further for folks who still want to cook but are short on time. Add to that the onslaught…
Fit for a King: Seahawks’ Earl Thomas III Says “I Do”
Is Thomas' kingly attire the start of a new bridal trend?
This article originally appeared on our sister site, Seattlebridemag.com. This past Saturday, Seattle Seahawk Earl Thomas III tied the knot with long time love Nina Heisser. The high school sweethearts exchanged vows in style at the Chateau Cocomar in Houston, Texas. While the bride looked absolutely stunning in her blinged-out wedding gown, the groom opted…
Sip on The Carreras Cocktail at Artusi
A mix of Peruvian pisco and French spirits, this drink takes you on an international journey
Cocktail: The Carreras This delightful springtime drink uses the Campo de Encanto brand of pisco—the much loved brandy made in Peru and Chile—as its base. It’s a little odd that pisco, an amiable and mixable grape-based spirit that’s also available from a number of other brands, isn’t used more often in cocktails, although its…
Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches at The Cookie Counter
The Cookie Counter makes the best in town
Chelsea Keene and Chris Olson of The Cookie Counter make the best vegan ice cream in town. If you haven’t experienced their creamy, organic, coconut-milk-based ice cream sandwiches sold from their roving (June–September) blue 1974 Volkswagen bus named Mavis, take heart: You can now customize your own sammie ($5) at the couple’s new 850-square-foot café,…
Author Lindy West Talks About Her New Book ‘Shrill’
Lindy West discusses fat, feminism and her new memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Columbia City–based writer Lindy West got her start as an arts reporter for The Stranger, and now focuses on topics that include pop culture, social justice and body image for GQ and The Guardian. Her first book, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hachette Books, $26) is released May 17. Why did you decide to…
Something for Everyone in a Seattle Family Room
Family members downsize to a home that will shorten their commutes and give them more time together
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. Long commutes to Seattle were eating up time that the members of this family of four would have preferred to spend together. So they made a life-changing decision to trade home size for location, moving to a much smaller house in a walkable neighborhood downtown. The downsize meant they…
National Film Festival for Talented Youth Begins April 28
The four-day festival will highlight a film from local 17-year-old filmmaker Wynter Rhys
In 2007, three teenagers had a vision for growing youth-made film in Seattle. Jesse Harris, Jocelyn R.C. and Kyle Seago founded their non-profit, The Talented Youth, and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), a showcase for filmmakers age 24 and under. Since its inception, the fest has blossomed into a four-day event that…
The Best Thing Our Food & Dining Editor Ate This Week
Rotisserie chicken finally makes its mark in Seattle
Three words. Charcoal. Rotisserie. Chicken. In my former life as a San Francisco Bay Area food critic, I became quite the passionate eater of pollo a la brasa. It didn’t help that my husband came from a family of serious rotisserie chicken eaters in Washington, D.C., where there is a sizable Peruvian population in and…
Top 4 Ways to Get Fit in Seattle this Spring
Where to work up a sweat in and around Seattle
Sponsored by Coors Peak Seattle is one of the fittest cities in the U.S.—we ranked eighth in a recent poll by the American Fitness Index that looked at how the 50 largest metro areas stack up in terms of preventive health behaviors and the amount of community resources that support physical activity. With our ample…
A Visit to KEXP’s New Headquarters at Seattle Center
The Seattle radio station debuted its new home in the Seattle Center this past weekend
Last week, Seattle radio station KEXP 90.3 FM unveiled its new Seattle Center headquarters to the public at the corner of the former 1962 World’s Fair grounds where the remote Northwest Rooms had long been located. On Friday, as I reclined listlessly on one of the very cushy chocolate-brown leather couches in the station’s new…
The Must List: KEXP-FM’s Grand Opening, Hugo Literary Series
What to do this weekend and beyond in Seattle
Must DanceGroove On at the Creole CarnivalThursday (4/14, 8 p.m.) Dance along to exotic and intoxicating world rhythms during the Creole Carnival at the University of Washington’s Meany Hall. The lineup includes Haitian songstress Emeline Michel, Brazilian samba combo Casuarina and Jamaican single-string guitarist Brushy One-String. Must PliePNB Presents Coppélia(4/15 to 4/24, times vary) Balanchine’s…
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