August 2015
The Battery-Free Future of Phone Charging
UW researchers are making it possible to charge your phone via Wi-Fi
Remember when powermats were all the rage? It seems like only a few months ago that the buzz was all about high-tech tables, lamps and desks that would eliminate the oh-so-analog process of plugging your phone in for a charge. Well, UW researchers don’t need no stinkin’ charging station—whatever form it might take. A group…
The Allure of the Restaurant Walk-Up Window
Test driving Seattle’s latest restaurant accessory
When I was young, my parents had a Chinese restaurant. In those years, I packed more takeout orders and walked more steps to and from the kitchen than clicks on a viral video. Had there been a walk-up window in the kitchen, it would’ve saved so much time and energy. Alas, it was not to…
Smoking Hot Barbecue Restaurants In and Around Seattle
With summer grills ablazing, it’s time to get your barbecue on
BALLARDBitterroot It might not look like a traditional barbecue joint, but that’s because it isn’t. The Ballard Avenue–facing dining room is tight but bright and inviting. With a mix of clean, modern, white and metal tables and food served on rustic aluminum trays, the scene is set for what the restaurant calls “Northwest barbecue” a…
Road Trip: Richmond Night Market
Take in colorful festivities and tasty cuisine at this Richmond outdoor market
WHERE: Richmond, British Columbia WHY: For the Richmond Night Market (runs through October 12, Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m.–midnight; Sundays, 7–11 p.m. $2.75 entry fee, free for kids 10 and younger and adults 60 and older. 8351 River Road; richmondnightmarket.com). WHAT: Richmond is often overlooked by visitors bound for Vancouver—its flashier B.C. neighbor—but the city…
Using This Ingredient Makes a Delicious Difference in Your Cooking
Ma‘ono’s Mark Fuller dishes on his go-to ingredient
To the uninitiated, the mention of fish sauce might well result in wrinkled noses. However, the oft-misunderstood ingredient brings a welcome punch to a variety of dishes. Because fish sauce falls outside the flavor categories typically recognized by the American palate, the savory-salty taste is hard to define. The Japanese describe it as “umami”—roughly translated…
Filson Flagship Store Opening in Late Fall
Filson casts its lure into a bigger pond with a newly designed retail headquarters
Ever wonder where to go to rub shoulders with hunters, fishers and ranchers clad in heavyweight tin cloth and Mackinaw wool? Starting in late fall, the newly revamped Filson on First Avenue is a safe bet. Seattle’s iconic outfitter hopes the flagship will be a “destination retail experience” that takes the brand to a broader…
Canal Market Opens in Portage Bay
Every day is like a shopping excursion with Ericka Burke at her new Canal Market in Portage Bay
Have you ever wanted to explore the brain, or at least the pantry, of your favorite chef? If so, you’re in luck: The chef-driven mercantiles popping up around town provide something akin to that inside perspective, plus treats you can take home with you. We go to Home Remedy in Belltown’s Assembly Hall to pluck…
31st Annual Lantern Ceremony Honors Victims of Violence
Green Lake sparkles and soothes during the annual lantern ceremony
The cool calm of Green Lake has always attracted Seattleites looking to take a break from the headaches of city living, and a deeper serenity comes to the tranquil basin this month with “From Hiroshima to Hope.” The 31st annual lantern-lighting ceremony commemorates those killed by atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years…
Sorrento Hotel Gets a Huge Makeover
Local designers burnish the klondike–era Sorrento Hotel
More than 100 years after Seattle’s oldest continuously running hotel opened its doors, the Sorrento has a new look. Original guests—from Gold Rush millionaires and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition attendees—treated the Italian Renaissance–inspired building on First Hill like their second residence. And the hotel-wide renovation embraces that spirit of a luxury home with a modern aesthetic, especially…
Orchid Studio: A Tiny Backyard Getaway
A Crown Hill couple plants a little dream house in their backyard
Fred Huntsman and Barb Roberts’ love for mid-century modern design had them considering leaving their 1929 Crown Hill house for a new place that would embody the clean simplicity and indoor/outdoor integration of the 1960s. “We were starting to get serious about it,” says Huntsman, an outpatient staffing supervisor at Harborview Medical Center. “We had…
Shen Zen Tea Syrups are a Summer Must
The syrups come in delicious flavors like vanilla mint cola and African ginger ale
I’m a soda seeker always on the lookout for crafty artisanal sodas with pure flavors. So imagine my surprise when I found carbonated nirvana at a tea stand inside the Fremont Sunday Market. My guru, James Chang of Shen Zen Tea, crafts tea syrups that, when blended with cold, sparkling water, make bubbly, highly quaffable…
Can Seattle Return to its Former Bike-Friendly Glory?
Making Seattle more bicycle-friendly is tougher than you might think
Anyone who negotiates Seattle on a regular basis asks at some point: Why can’t we just get around? It’s easy to blame geography—squeezed as Seattle is on a narrow, hilly hourglass isthmus surrounded by water—for our city’s transportation woes. But it’s much more complicated than that. By complicated I mean that some basic, and not…
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