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Seattle Passed Over for Space Shuttle, but We’ll Get a Cool Simulator
Museum of Flight officials say the simulator will be the main attraction at its $12 million Space Ga
And the winner is…not Seattle! Museum of Flight spokespeople and state officials are making the best of NASA’s decision not to send one of its four retired space shuttles to Seattle. The M of F was one of 21 facilities in the running for a shuttle, and the competition was intense. In the end, Seattle was passed over in favor of the…
Updated! Tom Douglas’s Cuoco, Brave Horse Tavern Are Open in SLU, Ting Momo Opens Monday
First came Serious Pie and the Dahlia Workshop, and now Douglas opens another South Lake Union resta
Last week, Tom Douglas announced via Twitter (@TomDouglasCo) that Cuoco, the Italian pasta house that anchors his revamped brick Terry Avenue Building, was open. At Cuoco, longtime Tom Douglas pastaiola Martha Francis will work alongside Cuoco chef Stuart Lane (who last awed us at Cafe Juanita) to create dishes like gnocchi with nettle pesto, hazelnuts and pancetta; fresh…
Fashion + Style Friday: Rosary-inspired jewels, beer at Derby Salon and the Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show
We’re putting on our own fashion show, plus it’s a jewelry-palooza this weekend!
In case you missed our big, mid-week announcement, let me bang you over the head with it: We are putting on our own Seamless in Seattle fashion show on Wednesday, June 8! We’re combing the city for the best up-and-coming fashion designers hungry to change the face of local fashion and once again we’re offering…
22 True Value Lunches, Mariners Opener, First Thursday Art Walk, Hub and Bespoke and a More
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Must Cheer Mariners Opening Day: Live Macklemore PerformanceFriday (4/8) – For the first time in 35 seasons, Dave Niehaus’ trademark baritone commentary will be silent. But as the old saying goes, the game must go on. To kick off their home opener against the Cleveland Indians, the M’s will honor the beloved announcer who passed…
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of Seattle’s Podcast “Studios”
Seattlemag.com asks the personalities behind Too Beautiful to Live, Spilled Milk and Hollow Earth Ra
From underground (Hollow Earth Radio) to tragically hip (Too Beautiful to Live), this month’s media story (“Radio Waves“) reveals that podcasting isn’t just a relic of the mid-2000s. In the process of interviewing and chatting with the personalites–Matthew Amster-Burton, Molly Wizenberg, Luke Burbank, Amber Kai and others–featured in this piece, I couldn’t help but think…
Save the date for the first-ever Seamless in Seattle Fashion Show
This year, the 10 finalists will take to the runway on Wednesday, June 8th
If you follow me on Twitter you know I’ve been a bit cryptic lately because I have a big, big secret to spill: We’re putting on a Seamless in Seattle fashion show. We’re combing the city for the best up-and-coming fashion designers hungry to change the face of local fashion and once again we’re offering…
Lunchbox Lab’s Scott Simpson Remembered This Sunday
It’s been a week since the awful news hit that Scott Simpson had passed away at the age of 38. The chef, whose cooking we’ve enjoyed for over a decade at Blue Onion Bistro, Fork, and more recently at the Lunchbox Laboratory (now relocated to South Lake Union), had publically spoken about his struggles with manic depression; sadly,…
Fashion + Style Friday: Feel-good Denim, DIY Jewelry Classes and Seamless in Seattle Countdown
Learn tricks of the jewelry trade from Amy Bixby; local designers go head to head in Fashion Feud; a
April is here, which means the Seamless in Seattle deadline is fast approaching with just 15 more days to get your applications in. If I may be so bold, I would really encourage all your emerging designers to enter, because this year, well this year we have a serious new development up our sleeve. Check…
Poquitos on Capitol Hill Is a “Little Bit” Awesome
“Poquitos” is about as fitting a name for Capitol Hill’s new Mexi-palace as “Tiny” is for a 300-pound man. I got the chance to soak it all in at the pre-opening party on Friday, and nothing owners Deming Maclise and James Weimann (the powerhouse duo behind Bastille Cafe & Bar) have done with their latest…
Ted Danson Talks About the Health of the Oceans with Grist’s Chip Giller
Perched on a red chair at pseudo-Mafioso bar Vito’s on First Hill last week, giraffe-legged, rock-jawed Ted Danson presented me with an environmental riddle: He does not surf. Or dive. Or even go sailing, unless someone he likes insists on it. Yet he spends most of his time on the water. That’s because the…
Fashion + Style Friday: West Seattle is hopping with shopping sales and tax-day deals, plus a sweet soap of the month club
Cynthia Rowley sale at Promesse in Kirkland; Sweet Petula soaps all year long; and a Spring Fling sa
Alright, shoppers and deal devotees, start marking your calendars because the next couple of weeks are chalk full of sale parties (and geez people, get out to West Seattle!): Next Thursday, March 31st, West Seattle shops Clementine, Edie’s, Carmilia’s and Sweetie are teaming up for a big ol’ Fashion Spring Fling, staying open late from…
Best Seattle Restaurants 2011
Each year, for the annual Best Restaurants issue, our critics go from luxe to low brow (and everywhe
There’s a special kind of magic that happens at the best restaurants, when everything comes together—charming service, scintillating company, great ambiance, flattering lighting (outstanding food is a must, of course)—and we walk out feeling as if dinner was worth every penny spent, even when we cringe a little the next day thinking about exactly how…
Best Seattle Dining Deals 2011
From the Korean Tofu House to La Medusa, 18 restaurants serving up affordable, and delightfully deli
$13Korean Tofu House University DistrictTrue value: Not only do you get exceptionally generous portions, but every meal comes with side dishes. You will not leave hungry.While most diehard kimchi-heads will claim that the only reliably good Korean restaurants are either to the north or south of Seattle, Korean Tofu House in the U District is…
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