Food & Drink
Homegrown Talent Creating Trendy Footwear
Local shoe manufacturers have sole
When it comes to trendy footwear, Seattle is stepping it up with homegrown talent. Check out these local shoe manufacturers who are making that old “sandals and socks” joke sound as outdated as a pair of Buster Browns Report Footwear With its on-trend, everyday looks at accessible price points, Report and its more fashion-forward sister,…
Ferry Reservation System Fails, New Hotel Planned for Downtown
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
#BlackLivesMatter: Columbia City Gallery is featuring artwork from artist Aramis Hamer that “provides different points of view on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement,” reports King 5 News. The exhibit will run through mid-May. If you attempted to try out the new online ferry reservation system for summer travel, you likely experienced a bit of a…
Westlake Protest Planned Today and more News
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Protest planned for today: According to the Seattle chapter of the October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality’s Facebook page, there will be a protest held today at 2 p.m. in Westlake Park. The rally is called #ShutdownA14 and aims to bring the “normal operation of things to a halt through mass political mobilization and…
Tax Day is Here. Three Delicious Deals to Keep you Sane
Lighten the burden of April 15 with these food, drink and hotel specials
Whether you’re drowning in your Tax Day sorrows or celebrating your newfound funds, you’ll need something to do on April 15. We’ve got you covered, from how to score a free Hard Rock Cafe hamburger to sampling a limited release from Deschutes Brewery. The Governor Hotel, Olympia This 123-room boutique hotel is offering a discount…
Recyclable Coffee Pods, Delta Beats Alaska in Performance Study
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Seattle Seahawks players took a trip to Maui for their annual training camp. King 5 News has photos of all the fun (plus a video of the guys playing Marco Polo in the pool!) right here. Last month, after a semi-truck full of frozen salmon overturned on the Alaskan Way Viaduct causing traffic snarls throughout…
Pronto Week Begins Monday, KEXP Loses Some Funding
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It’s been six months since bike share program Pronto Cycle Share unleashed its fleet of bikes upon Seattle and to celebrate its successful stint, Pronto is declaring next week (April 13-19) Pronto Week. During the special week, riders can expect reduced pricing including $79 annual memberships (normally $85), $6 single-day passes (normally $8), plus member…
New Summer Dining Patio: La Bodega
Dominican eatery celebrates its Kickstarter patio with a private dinner. And you're invited
As summer draws near, we anticipate many extreme culinary adventures, like attempting to balance plates of La Bodega’s epic paella in our hands while inhaling Chef Manu Alfau’s glorious empanadas. One year after its opening in Pioneer Square, the wildly-popular Dominican restaurant has successfully completed a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign to build a festive, wooden patio…
New Book Traces the Evolution of Pot Legalization in Washington and Colorado
A local writer explores the unchartered world of legal weed
Back in 2012, environmental journalist Bruce Barcott was considering voting no on Initiative 502, due to a general distaste for cannabis culture and a vague fear that legalizing marijuana might make it too available to his kids. But after a bit of browbeating by a pro-legalization friend, the author (The Last Flight of the Scarlet…
The Challenge of the Black Brunch Movement
#BlackBrunchSeattle and #BlackBrunchTacoma have an important message. Is it getting heard?
Cheri Smith (not her real name), 34, was having brunch with her friends at Agrodolce in Fremont on March 22 when their meal was interrupted by a small group of protesters belonging to #BlackBrunchSeattle. “Everyone in the restaurant seemed kind of taken aback and uncomfortable,” she described, adding “the word privileged was being bandied about…
The Must List: Plant Sale, PNB Presents Swan Lake
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must SeeDesigner Luly Yang’s Annual Fashion ShowSunday (4/12, 2 p.m.) Get ready to be dazzled: Luly Yang, the duchess of dresses and all things glam, is throwing one sublime fashion show on Sunday, April 12 at the W Hotel Grand Ballroom. And you’re all cordially invited. Must PliePNB Presents Swan Lake(4/10 to 4/ 19, times…
Uniqlo Coming to Bellevue, Cuddle Chairs & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Three cheers for the M’s! Our Seattle Mariners were victorious yesterday against the Los Angeles Angels, beating them 4-1 in front of a sellout crowd at Safeco. The Seattle PI captured photos galore of the Opening Day festivities. See them all here. Next game in the series is tonight at 7:10 p.m. It’s official: Japanese…
Urban Winery Elsom Cellars Re-opens in SoDo
After five years in Woodinville, Jody Elsom brings her lush malbecs and cabs to Seattle
As Jody Elsom likes to tell it, you don’t start a career, have kids, get divorced and then between soccer practice and consulting for Google suddenly decide you want to also make wine unless something about the grapes–in this case, malbec–really speaks to you. That’s how Elsom came to launch her eponymous label in 2006….
Pompeii on Puget Sound: Could it Happen to Us?
Our connection to the disaster is made clear in the Pompeii exhibit's final gallery
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. A prosperous port city laid to waste by a volcano. You cannot view the current Pompeii exhibit at…
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