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The Must List: Modernist Cuisine in High Def, a First Hill Costume Crawl More
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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust See/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1bWP3UH” target=”_blank”strongbrPhotos of Food at the Moment of Being Cooked/strong/abr(10/26 to 2/17/14, times vary) — How exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize molecular gastronomy (the hyper-nerdy take on cooking) with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011). Now Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition at the Pacific…
Oscars 2014 Best Picture Nominee ‘Nebraska’
Local funnyman Bob Nelson hits the big time with Alexander Payne’s 'Nebraska'
!–paging_filter–pAs “Psychic Bob” on Seattle’s long-running sketch comedy show emAlmost Live/em (which ran 1984–1999), cast member Bob Nelson played an ersatz prognosticator who could make only the most obvious predictions (“In 1998, Hooters will continue to attract a mostly male clientele”). As an announcer in a sketch about the Low-key Baseball Network (“For people who…
Local It Girl: Hilary Folks
The Seattle native and super-fly wardrobe stylist shares her style secrets
!–paging_filter–pstrongPersonal Chops: /strongWith a full plate as a freelance stylist for Nordstrom, emSeattle /emBride, emSeattle /emmag and a bevy of well-known local superstars, including Jinkx Monsoon, Hey Marseilles, The Maldives, Ray Dalton and man of the moment, Macklemore, Folks’ star is most definitely on the rise. Well-known in local fashion circles for her ever-present sense…
Fall Fun: Red Tricycle’s Roundup of Pumpkin Patches Near Seattle
While some of us can’t resist the heaps of orange and white gourds at the nearby (read: easily accessible) grocery stores (I piled my cart high weeks ago with knobby and gnarled squashes, fat green pumpkins and oversized orange ones destined for my sub-par carving skills), there are plenty of people who love a good…
Nathan Myhrvold On The World Premiere Of Modernist Cuisine’s Photography Exhibit
!–paging_filter–pspan The a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/article/modernist-cuisine-display-pacific-scie…” target=”_blank”Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition opens Saturday/a at the Pacific Science Center, showcasing the celebrated images produced by Nathan Myhrvold, co-author of emModernist Cuisine/em as well as the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures. The former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer turned renowned food scientist, Myhrvold dissects and deconstructs food, cookware…
Gucci Heading to The Bravern
!–paging_filter–pJust got word that a href=”http://www.gucci.com/us/home” target=”_blank”Gucci/a will be opening an 8,000 square foot store at a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/bravern“The Bravern/a sometime in 2014. The Italian luxury retailer is taking over the spaces previously occupied by Piazza Sempione, Brooks Brothers and DNA 2050./ppThe new Gucci (the second in the Seattle-area, joining a a href=”http://www.gucci.com/us/stores#” target=”_blank”downtown store/a) is…
Cinerama Gets the World’s First Commercial Digital Laser Projector
Cinerama theater beams up to the future
If Paul Allen owns something like, say, a movie theater, you can bet that it’s going to be the best, most newfangled theater in all the land. Case in point: his 1960s-era, saved-from-demolition Cinerama in Belltown, which is slated to install the world’s first commercial digital laser projector in early 2014. The super-high-tech machine has…
7 Halloween Costume Ideas Based on Local Hot Topics
!–paging_filter–pIt’s an election season and while many Seattleites are choosing to express themselves by voting, we think Halloween costumes are far more effective at shaping society. Should you opt to dress in one of these seven highly topical (and highly ridiculous) costume suggestions, we are not liable for any embarrassment, pointing or injuries that may…
Supporting the Parks and Calming Inner Panic
Knute Berger takes a vacation in Olympic National Park for the sake of his sanity—and democracy
It’s become kind of a healing ritual. With the arrival of fall, my wife and I head out to say hello to a national park. Last year, it was Glacier in northern Montana; before that, Wind Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This year, we went closer to home to Olympic on the…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Sculptor and Artist Todd Jannausch
Nancy Guppy sets sail with artist Todd Jannausch
!–paging_filter–pSeattle sculptor and installation artist Todd Jannausch (a href=”http://www.toddjannausch.com” target=”_blank”toddjannausch.com/a) has a new solo show, Callus, which runs 11/15–12/21 at Pioneer Square gallery Method (a href=”http://www.methodgallery.com” target=”_blank”methodgallery.com/a). He’ll also give a gallery talk (11/21 at 6 p.m.). brstrongbrCOFFEE SHOP:/strong All City Coffee in Georgetown, a Tuesday morning in JulybrstrongTODD’S ORDER:/strong 12-ounce wet cappuccinobrstrongbrNancy Guppy:/strong For…
Return of the ‘R’
The big red Rainier R regains its throne
!–paging_filter–pLongtime Seattleites remember it as a day of infamy: July 3, 2000, when the iconic neon R atop the Rainier Brewery was wrenched from its nearly-50-year perch and replaced with—egads—a neon green T, marking the building as the new home of Tully’s Coffee. But drivers who’ve spent the past 13 years cursing the glowing green…
Endless Knot Warehouse Sale: T-Minus Three Weeks
!–paging_filter–pConsider yourself warned: the fabulously popular a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/endless-knot“Endless Knot/a warehouse sale is rapidly approaching. It runs from Thursday, November 7 through Sunday, November 10 and is not, repeat, not at their Belltown location. Rather, it’s in Crown Hill at Small Faces/ARC gym at 9250 14th Ave NW. Hours are: 1 to 9 p.m. on Thursday,…
Bell Square Nordstrom Gets a Topshop
!–paging_filter–pA year after launching their partnership with a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nordstrom-and-topshop-resu…“Topshop/a in 14 stores nationwide (including the Southcenter location) and online, a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nordstrom“Nordstrom/a has announced an expansion of their popular store-within-a-store to a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/bellevue-collection“Bellevue Square/a, bringing the total number of Nordstrom/Topshop collabs to 42 nationwide./ppNext Friday, October 25, New York-based blogger Christine Cameron of a href=”http://www.mystylepill.com/” target=”_blank”My…
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