Food & Drink
Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Summer Is Coming
Get out of the house and try a new lunch spot, happy hour or classic Seattle dinner
Disappointing series finales aside, it’s time to look on the bright side. Summer is coming to Seattle and that means graduation dinners, out-of-town visitors and a rosé tasting event from Charles Smith. Take advantage of the sunshine and try something new: maybe burek or Shibuya honey toast or a new happy hour cocktail. Need help finding a…
8 Stylish Sunglasses Just in Time for Summer
This year’s most coveted sunglasses run the gamut from silhouettes with artful details to reinterpreted classics, all available from local shops just in time for the sunny season
This article appears in print in the June 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. 1. “Fisher” sunglasses ($145) in black matte with mirrored crimson lenses from Warby Parker. Available at Warby Parker, Capitol Hill, 305 E Pine St., 206.785.7432; and University Village, 2619 NE University Village St., 206.926.9617; warbyparker.com 2. “Carlina” round sunglasses ($475) with gradient lenses…
Glossier Debuts New Capitol Hill Pop-Up
Clear your vanities. The beauty brand’s retail concept will stay open through July 7
If you have spent any time in downtown Seattle over the past couple of months, you might have seen larger-than-life videos of glamorous women projected onto high trafficked buildings and hotels. What’s all the hype about? Well, New York-based skincare and beauty brand Glossier announced on May 20 their new Seattle-based pop-up shop opens May…
Amazon Fashion’s Brittany Hicks Is Leading the Next Generation of Style Pioneers
'I want to empower girls who are interested in the behind-the-scenes work, such as finance and technology, to feel they have a clear path to succeed'
This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. It was during a summer internship at Lehman Brothers in New York City, at the height of the Great Recession, that Brittany Hicks decided that finance was not her calling. She switched gears and enrolled in merchandising and textile courses at North Carolina A&T State…
Seattle’s Bike Everywhere Day Introduces the Two-Wheeled Lifestyle to All
If you’ve been planning on getting your bike out of the garage, May 17 may be the day to do it
This Friday, May 17, is National Bike Everywhere Day! Last year, Cascade Bicycle Club counted nearly 20,000 Seattleites pedaling to work, school, home or to the local coffee shop. Cyclists stopped at more than 120 “celebration stations” to get hydration, swag, high fives and a sense of Seattle’s cycling community. This year will bring even…
This Week Then: How Seattle’s UW Campus Took Shape
Plus: Shelton, Blaine and Hoquiam turn 129
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Campus Sights In 1895 the University of Washington moved from downtown Seattle to its present location, which at the time was heavily forested and undeveloped. The campus took root on the northern portion of the property, but as the university grew its regents sought ways…
Must List: SIFF, Norwegian Constitution Day, Beat the Bridge
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST WATCH Seattle International Film Festival (5/16-6/9) Seattle’s International Film Festival (SIFF) returns for the 45th year featuring more than 400 films from more than 80 countries in just 25 days. Seattle-based filmmaker Lynn Shelton will open the festival Thursday with her latest feature Sword of Trust…
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