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Seafair Festivites: Grab your sunglasses and head to Lake Washington for Seafair weekend. The summer-long celebration will culminate with boat races, live music and family fun at Genesee Park in Rainier Valley. As always, the weekend highlight will be the Blue Angels and their dazzling-but-heartstopping aerial performances. Single-day tickets range from $10-$30 and can be…
Recipe to Make Now: Pine and Crave’s Fancy Pants Grapefruit
The perfect nibble for parties and wedding showers
This article originally appeared on Seattlebridemag.com. With wedding season upon us, that also means bridal showers are aplenty. Whether you’re tasked with planning, or are just a guest, bringing a little homemade something for the table is an appreciative gesture that won’t be overlooked. If you’re scouring Pinterest for something that says gourmet but is…
How much do you spend?
6 techniques to help you manage and monitor cash flow
Sponsored by Brighton Jones Wealth Management & Financial Advisory Have you ever tracked your workouts when working toward a fitness goal? Or written down everything you ate to embark on a weight-loss program? Most experts agree that in order to improve, we must first track and measure whatever it is we’re trying to improve upon….
Digital Artist Chiho Aoshima’s Adorable Apocalypse
Digital artist Chiho Aoshima creates dreamy dystopias in a new SAM exhibit
The environmental apocalypse is coming—but at least it’s awash in Technicolor. In the new show at the SAM Asian Art Museum, Chiho Aoshima: Rebirth of the World, the Japanese pop artist shares her vision of the future, where skyscrapers have minds (and bodies) of their own, red-eyed ghost girls drift along washed-out beaches, and puffy…
Nikol Nakamura: The Mad Scientist of Desserts
Peek inside this pastry chef's over-the-top dessert tent at the Auction of Washington Wines
Some pastry chefs are famous for cakes. Others build a following on confections. Nikol Nakamura, the executive pastry chef of Tulalip Casino Resort in Marysville for the past seven years, is known for her mad-scientist approach to sweets. While she is a pro at inventing extravagant experiences that are a casino’s signature, her ultimate lab…
Nike Store Reopening, Nordstrom Expanding Madewell
Have yourself a shopping spree at these summer sales and new and remodeled stores
Nike Store Reopening DowntownWhere: 1500 6th Ave.When: July 30, 10 a.m.What: The Nike Store is back and looking better than ever. The remodeled store, which had temporarily closed back in February, will feature a custom Seattle art installation, Seattle-inspired apparel including exclusive Nike Seattle T-shirts, and a Seahawks section featuring NFL jerseys, hoodies, shirts, and…
Summer Cider Day Kicks Off Months of Cider Events
Eighteen cideries and an intimate orchard brunch kick off the festivites
Come August, you’ll be seeing apples in your dreams as a plethora of craft cider events take over the state. From Summer Cider Day on August 8 in Port Townsend to Washington Cider Week, a whopping 10-day celebration kicking off September 10 in Seattle’s South Lake Union, and Seattle Cider Fest in October, one thing…
Is Nextdoor.com Becoming a Home for Racial Profiling?
Friendly/interfering neighbors in our inbox--thanks, Nextdoor.com
Nextdoor, the social media network that connects neighbors with each other, didn’t set out to be the go-to site for crime and safety news. In fact, when it launched in 2011—the same year it started in Seattle—its founders envisioned the company as a sort of virtual forum: a place where neighbors could share information about…
The Battery-Free Future of Phone Charging
UW researchers are making it possible to charge your phone via Wi-Fi
Remember when powermats were all the rage? It seems like only a few months ago that the buzz was all about high-tech tables, lamps and desks that would eliminate the oh-so-analog process of plugging your phone in for a charge. Well, UW researchers don’t need no stinkin’ charging station—whatever form it might take. A group…
The Allure of the Restaurant Walk-Up Window
Test driving Seattle’s latest restaurant accessory
When I was young, my parents had a Chinese restaurant. In those years, I packed more takeout orders and walked more steps to and from the kitchen than clicks on a viral video. Had there been a walk-up window in the kitchen, it would’ve saved so much time and energy. Alas, it was not to…
Smoking Hot Barbecue Restaurants In and Around Seattle
With summer grills ablazing, it’s time to get your barbecue on
BALLARDBitterroot It might not look like a traditional barbecue joint, but that’s because it isn’t. The Ballard Avenue–facing dining room is tight but bright and inviting. With a mix of clean, modern, white and metal tables and food served on rustic aluminum trays, the scene is set for what the restaurant calls “Northwest barbecue” a…
Tracking Seattle’s Epidemic of Growth
The Department of Planning and Development has conveniently created a website that tracks projects
In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. Seattle loves to be at the top of various national lists, and a widely held belief is that…
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