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Building a Glass House: A Modern Take on Home Redesign
Architect creates nature-inspired space for taking in the stunning Northwest scenery
Adrian Burton Jovanovic knew he needed to replace the decaying roof of his 1940s house, nestled on the hillside between Queen Anne’s Kinnear Park and Elliott Bay. But the music education software company founder, who has a penchant for hosting impromptu musical performances and parties, also wondered if he could maximize the space’s potential, with…
Recipe of the Week: Grilled Caprese Kebabs
A sweet and colorful addition to your summertime BBQ
It’s that time of year in Seattle—when the sun graces us with its presence and Seattleites can safely go outside with just a light jacket, and shorts. That’s right, grilling season is around the corner. In honor of the sunshine, it only seemed fitting that the recipe of the week should be grill-worthy. Queen-Anne based…
Upscaling Seattle: Our Once Middle-Class City Has Shifted
From gourmet coffee bars to destination retail, Seattle is skewing high end
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 is upsizing—soon many neighborhoods will be sprouting high-rises—but we’re also “upscaling.” Our once stolidly middle-class city that…
Kurt Farm Shop opens on Chophouse Row
Farm-fresh ice creams, cheeses await on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill’s second destination food hall officially opened its doors on May 1 with Kurt Farm Shop, a dreamy little outpost devoted to the dairy goodies made on Kurt Timmermeister’s Vashon Island Kurtwood Farms. Inside the 295-square-foot shop, Timmermeister showcases his farm-fresh, artisanal ice creams and signature farmstead cheeses: Dinah’s, a bloomy rind cheese; the…
Chinook Fest Returns with Allen Stone in Tow
The local music event adds second festival, merges great music with the great outdoors
For the past three years, a grassroots music festival called Chinook Fest has been growing larger in a picturesque patch of forest park near Naches in central Washington. Started in 2012 as a musical party that Seattle band Cody Beebe and the Crooks threw for its fans, the intimate and community-focused event has become a…
Chic Scissors for Everyday Snipping and Slicing
Scissors—the household workhorse that we all too often take for granted until a pair comes along that inspires us to rethink the simple acts of snipping and slicing. Case in point: This ten-blade showstopper is made to mince tender herbs but is just as handy at transforming ribbon for especially lovely packages. Nab your pair…
Lunchtime cravings: Slab Sandwiches & Pie
Inventive, mouthwatering sandwiches-- what more could you want from a lunch spot?
The ideal lunch at Slab Sandwiches & Pie—part of the new Lark conglomer-ate near the busy heart of Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine corridor—is a brisket sandwich ($11), slathered in smoked mayo, with pickled jalapeño peppers and grilled romaine lettuce, shared with someone else. This is so that you can then eat a warmed-up chocolate and smoked…
Pioneer Square Dining: Casco Antiguo
Flavorful tacos and fresh margaritas are just a few of the mouthwatering menu items
At Burnt-Orange-hued Casco Antiguo (in the former Calozzi’s space in Pioneer Square), you can opt for family-friendly dining on the “cocina” side, where kitchen-bar seats offer a view of the busy crew grilling meats, stirring pots and toasting just-made tortillas on a griddle. Honey-toned wood banquettes and tables, built by co-owner Harvey Van Allen, stand…
Step into Greenwood’s English Village-Style Cozy Nut Tavern
Enjoy a hand-crafted cocktail, U.K. tap list, and hearty snacks
Squirreled away near the intersection of 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue, The Cozy Nut (123 N 85th St.; 206.784.2240) has an English village pub atmosphere and hosts a crowd of regulars from the neighborhood. But be warned: The first thing you’ll see when you enter is a large glass diorama with a big horned sheep’s…
An Eastside Home Gets a Modern Game Room Redesign
Fremont-Based Architecture Firm Turns Basement into Upscale Wine Cellar and Entertainment Center
How do you transform an open, undefined 1,800-square-foot basement into a sophisticated space for fine wine, video games, sports, movies and music? Such was the challenge presented to designer Margaret Menter when a video game executive and his wife charged her with creating the ultimate home entertainment center in their Eastside home, located on the…
Spend Memorial Day Road-Tripping Through Willamette Wine Country
Celebrate 50 Years of Pinot Noir Planting in the Willamette Valley
Where: Oregon’s Willamette Valley. WHY: Because 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Pinot Noir planting in the Willamette Valley, which the whole region celebrates during the annual Memorial Weekend in the Wine Country event (5/23–5/25; willamettewines.com). WHAT: Once considered the promised land for pioneers on the Oregon Trail, the Willamette Valley now holds…
Must List: May the Fourth Festivities and Seattle Opera’s ‘Ariadne’
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must JediMay the 4th Be With You at EMPMonday (5/4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Don your finest Luke or Leia costume for a family-friendly intergalactic bash in honor of Star Wars Day, which (naturally) happens on May 4th. Expect Star Wars-themed arts and crafts, a roaming R2-D2, trivia, photo ops and Darth Vader masks….
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