July 2010
Feature: Mike Mcginn’s Eco Trip
Seattleites thought they had an environmentally progressive mayor in national magazine poster boy Gr
Mike Mcginn’s EcoTripMike McGinn has a habit of pausing before he speaks. Whether he’s responding to a question or about to address a large group, he will take a moment that is a bit too long, squint his blue eyes slightly and stare. It can seem as if McGinn is an alien intelligence, wondering whether to…
Editor’s Note: The Outsiders
If you aspire to be “an outsider” but fall in the clueless category like me, this is the issue for y
The Outsiders We all have that friend—the one we admire for his or her ability to do something for which we are completely missing a gene. It may be the friend who effortlessly throws lavish dinner parties. Or the one who remembers every special occasion and every birthday. For me, it’s my friends who are…
Bar Hop: Downtown’s Diller Room
There’s more than delicious coffee percolating Downtown since Rob Wilson added The Diller Room to th
The Diller Room There’s more than delicious coffee percolating Downtown since Rob Wilson added The Diller Room to the back of Stella Caffe in April (1224 First Ave.; 206.624.1229; dillerroom.com). During Prohibition, the space was a speakeasy accessed from the once luxurious—and later unsavory—Diller Hotel. THE VIBETourists, executives, first-daters and pre-funkers frequent the inviting “come…
Restaurant Review: Seattle’s Best Teriyaki
So, The New York Times thinks teriyaki spots constitute quintessential Seattle dining? Fine. Here
“I never eat teriyaki.” This is the food equivalent of the common Seattle “I don’t own a TV” mating call. Well, I would never miss Gossip Girl, and I eat teriyaki. Unironically. (OK, I’m not sure how you eat lunch ironically, but I know people who could pull it off.) When John T. Edge called…
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