Food & Drink
Shop News: Jack Straw and Edie’s West Seattle
!–paging_filter–pFor your information: downtown’s a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/jack-straw“Jack Straw/a is moving mid-March to the old Peter Miller Bookstore space at 1930 First Ave., right next to a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/baby-co“Baby Company/a, creating a one-two punch of designer shopping for men and women on this little corner of the city./ppAnd in West Seattle news, a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/directory/edies-west-seattle“Edie’s/a outpost in the Alaska…
Mere Basics Trunk Show and Shop an Editor’s Closet at Clementine’s
!–paging_filter–pWest Seattle’s a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/clementine“Clementine/a is hosting two events this weekend. First up is the chance to experience the simple luxury of a href=”http://www.merebasics.com/” target=”_blank”Mere Basic’s/a cashmere underpinnings during a trunk show from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday. If you love cashmere, you won’t regret stopping by to check out this featherweight collection./ppSecondly (shameless plug…
Where to Get a Great Weekday Breakfast
The best dishes to start every day of the week
Seattle magazine’s early-rising team of food experts tout their favorite spots for the most important meal of the day (and the weekend).[pancakes]If you head to one of Portage Bay Café’s three airy Seattle locations, where the servers sport T-shirts with the company’s tagline—eat like you give a damn—consider stretching beyond your usual order and don’t…
Gei Chan Has Seattle’s Style Down to an Art
Former Jessica McClintock designer Gei Chan embodies Seattle’s individual style
!–paging_filter–pstrongPeasant memories:nbsp;/strong When California native Gei Chan was in fashion school in the Bay Area in the late ’60s, she had no idea that her inherent relaxed design inclination would have a lasting impact on the world of style. Her use of mixed patterns and lightweight upholstery fabrics—coupled with empire waists and maxi dresses of…
Sunshine, Made to Order
!–paging_filter–pWith grayer days back upon us, keeping sleepy sluggishness and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) symptoms at bay is a priority for us in Seattle. Enter a href=”http://www.hotwirecoffee.com/“Hotwire Coffeehouse’s/a new a href=”http://www.hotwirecoffee.com/helios-bar/“Helios Bar/a, where your latte comes with a dose of sunshine. Owner Lora Swift set up light therapy panels at the café’s computer counter and…
The Must List: Shiver Shake at the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival, How to Navigate the Seattle Wedding Show
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Shiver Shake/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/JKB2RB” target=”_blank”brBundle Up for the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival/abr(1/10 to 1/11, times vary) — Featuring such excellent local bands as Hey Marseilles, Telekinesis, The Lonely Forest, The Moondoggies and Cataldo, the first-ever Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Leavenworth is the chillier counterpart to summertime’s Timber! Outdoor Music Festival./ppstrongMust Rock/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1glwSKx” target=”_blank”brCelebrate…
Six More Seattle Sales
!–paging_filter–pI complied a pretty big list of a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/it-s-sale-time-seattle“sales/a last week, but here are few good ones to add to your list:/ppa href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/juniper“Juniper/a in Madrona’s winter sale is on now and includes a nice discount on beautiful cashmere from Souchi, alpaca from Micaela Greg and gorgeous scarves from Le.sens.br /a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/essenza“Essenza/a, in Fremont, is discounting…
Check Out Freelance Photographer Andrew Waits’ Gallery of Boondocking Portraits
!–paging_filter–pIf you’ve ever dreamed of packing up your car and living on the road, Seattle freelance photographer Andrew Waits has done a pretty good job of revealing what it might look and sound like. I had coffee with Waits this week—he’s shooting a story for our March issue (yay!)—and he revealed he was putting the…
Closet Rx Solves the ‘Nothing to Wear’ Problem with Organization
!–paging_filter–pIt’s a statement uttered by many people while staring into the closet: “I have nothing to wear.” It’s also a sentiment that Barbara Malone and Julienne Kuttel, proprietors of closet-organization and personal-style consulting company Closet Rx (Capitol Hill, 501 E Pike St.; 206.660.3456; a href=”http://www.closetrx.com” target=”_blank”closetrx.com/a), believe is usually untrue. “People are often blind to…
A Look at ‘Question Bridge: Black Males,’ the New Video Installation at Photo Center Northwest
!–paging_filter–p“What do black men have in common?” “Who are you and what is your purpose?” “Do you really feel free?” In emQuestion Bridge: Black Males/em, the new video installation at Photo Center Northwest (PCNW), African-American men pose such questions, and African-American men answer, in straight-on, close-up, unadorned video recordings. Produced by actors Delroy Lindo and…
Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe Makes a Smart Splash in Capitol Hill
A revamped technical bookstore brings science and math to the masses
!–paging_filter–pAda’s Technical Books and Café (Capitol Hill, 425 15th Ave. E; 206.322.1058; a href=”http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com” target=”_blank”seattletechnicalbooks.com/a) invites browsers to touch, inspect and discover—just as a scientist might. Named after Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, the bookshop has recently relocated to a sleekly renovated old home (designed with Seattle architects Board and Vellum and built by…
Writer Kim Fu Discusses Her Debut Novel ‘For Today I Am A Boy’
Belltown-based writer Kim Fu makes her debut with a gripping, insightful novel
Kim Fu, 26, grew up in Canada as the only writer in a family of scientists and engineers. Perhaps that experience is what enabled her to so vividly capture the feeling of being an outsider in one’s own family in her powerful, timely debut novel, For Today I Am a Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $23)….
Gift Shop Charley + May to Close
!–paging_filter–pSad news out of Queen Anne today: Gift shop a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/charleymay“Charley + May/a is closing at the end of January. “After three years the shop is not self sustaining,” said owner Lauren Formicola in her email to the public, “and growth of the shop is limited due to location, space and low pedestrian traffic.”/ppSwing by…
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