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Unhappy Endings: Seattle’s Sex Economy Boom
If massage parlors are driving Seattle’s sex industry, why aren’t the police shutting them down?
Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice released a landmark study on the American sex industry. Commissioned by the DOJ, it set out to collect nationwide data on the underground sector for the first time, focusing on eight major American cities, including Denver, San Diego, Dallas and Seattle. Researchers spoke with hundreds of sex workers,…
How to use Hemp Seeds in Your Cooking
Chef Colin Patterson of vegan restaurant Sutra Seattle gets creative with hemp
Cannabis sativa is having a moment—from selling out in our first recreational marijuana stores to adding heft as hemp to vegetarian dishes around town. And while everyone is talking about the former, we’re here to celebrate the latter. Hemp seeds (which have no psychoative effects) are a favorite of Colin Patterson, chef and owner of…
Beautiful New Bridal Line from Jewelry Designer Jamie Joseph
South Seattle–based jewelry designer Jamie Joseph (jamiejoseph.com) is best known for her highly coveted, faceted gemstone rings, each designed with a distinctive thick bezel and sometimes, a tiny diamond “beauty mark” embedded in the stone. Last fall, Joseph, who works alongside her husband and head stonecutter, Jeremy, released a new bridal line called Modern Traditional….
Behind the Scenes of our Pet Issue Cover Shoot
Three Seattle dogs have their day
We were overwhelmed by the sweet, silly, adorable submissions we received for our February 2015 cover contest. Not surprisingly, the majority, by a long shot, were dogs—Labs, doodles, shepherds, Frenchies, pugs, Weimaraners, Heinz 57 mutts and more (including three fabulous pups with only one eye each)—snapped while crashing on couches, hiding under blankets, conquering mountains,…
Spokane Author’s New Novel Dives into the World of Sasquatch
A Northwest writer brings Sasquatch out of the woods
The idea of Sasquatch has long been alluring, as the missing link that lurks at the edge of Northwest forests and also in our collective unconscious. In The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac, the expansive new novel by Spokane writer Sharma Shields, Bigfoot holds a more specific magnetism: He inspires a young mother to run off to…
Where to Eat for Cheap in Seattle and on the Eastside
49 delicious (and some superbly nutritious) meals out for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Breakfast of Champions For $10 or less Morsel and BeanThe name of this bright, new Ballard café (with a sister spot, known simply as Morsel, in the University District) may imply small, delicate portions of its signature item. But the truth is that these tender house-made biscuits are big enough to be a meal on…
Battle of the 12s, Manspreading & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
In the NFC Championship game this weekend, it’s a battle of the 12s: Seahawks fans versus the Green Bay Packers’ #12, quarterback Aaron Rodgers. MyNorthwest.com reports on the sparring of fans from each side happening on Twitter, reminiscent of Seattle Mag’s Twitter pitch war with San Francisco Mag last year at this time. Ah, memories….
Must List: Dame Edna’s Farewell, Seahawks and Portland’s Pink Martini
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must LaughDame Edna’s Final ‘Goodbye’ Starts in Seattle(1/15 to 1/18, times vary) Australian comedy goddess Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) is calling it quits after entertaining audiences for nearly a half-century. Catch her last show, Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye: The Farewell Tour at The Moore Theatre. Must HearPink Martini Teams up with Seattle Symphony(1/20 to…
Costumes in Cirque du Soleil’s New Show are Incredible
"Kurios" costumes are as durable and movable as they are stunning
Performers seemingly constructed of salvaged metal parts. An upside-down dinner scene where counterweights attached to an artist’s costume give the illusion of reverse gravity. A rola bola specialist who wears a gold-lined, translucent aqua-colored overcoat reminscent of the early brittle plastics, Bakelite and Rhodoid. We expect extravagance from the big top, but we’re usually so…
Our Favorite Seahawks, Sandwich-ified
In which we envision our tried-and-true Seahawks players as popular sandwiches. Delicious sandwiches
We love them. Their crusty edges. Their sweet and spicy insides that make them so unique and vibrant. We can always count on them in critical moments to lead us to the promised land. We’re referring to, of course, some of Seattle’s finest sandwiches. So we thought, in honor of this Sunday’s NFC Championship game…
Reverend Samuel McKinney Remembers his Friend Dr. King
Seattle legend reflects on his time with MLK, barbecue and where he was when Dr. King was killed
Even though it was more than 70 years ago, Seattle legend Reverend Samuel B. McKinney can still remember the nickname he and his friends gave Martin Luther King Jr. during their days at Morehouse College. “We called him ‘Runt,” McKinney told me during our interview. Indeed, in 1944, when they first met, King couldn’t have…
Immunotherapy Research is Rebooting Seattle’s Biotech Sector
This disease treatment manipulates the immune response
In the fall of 2013, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center gathered at the bedside of a lymphoma patient about to undergo a new cancer treatment—the very first human in the treatment’s first human trial. Dr. David Maloney, a Fred Hutch oncologist who specializes in developing immunotherapies for blood cancer patients, was there. It…
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