May 2014
Seventeen Seconds in the Life of a Boeing Experimental Test Pilot
Excerpt from 'Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter'
!–paging_filter–pOn the day I was born in December 1956, my father, Lew Wallick, was doing what he did for a living, what he loved best: testing airplanes for The Boeing Company. I admit I find it very cool that my birth certificate lists my father’s “Usual Occupation” as Test Pilot. On that day, Dad was…
A Very Real Account of What Opening a Restaurant is Like
Molly Wizenberg’s new memoir reveals the dark side of the restaurant dream
!–paging_filter–pMolly Wizenberg, Seattle author of best-selling memoir emAnbsp;Homemade Life /emand renowned food blog Orangette, never imagined she would open a restaurant, let alone a wildly popular pizza destination in Ballard. Five years after opening a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/delancey“Delancey /awith her husband, Brandon Pettit, she admits that it still feels like a stretch for her. “I would really…
Spectacular Creole Food at Fremont’s Roux
!–paging_filter–pWhat do you do when you take on the shell of a 72-year-old dive bar? If you’re Matthew Lewis, owner of Where Ya At Matt food truck, you use it to reinvent your mobile Creole mecca. After a long search for a brick-and-mortar location, Lewis opened Roux (4201 N Fremont Ave.; 206.547.5420;a href=”http://www.restaurantroux.com” target=”_blank” restaurantroux.com/a)…
The New German Beer Hall in Pioneer Square
Hang out, drink beer, eat and play games at Altstadt
!–paging_filter–pLast August when Brendan McGill, chef/owner of Hitchcock on Bainbridge Island, announced that he was opening a German beer hall in Pioneer Square with partners Lex Petras and Ward Van Allen, he explained that he was going to call it Altstadt (209 First Ave. S; 206.602.6442; a href=”http://www.altstadtseattle.com” target=”_blank”altstadtseattle.com/a), German for “old town,” because to…
The Hollywood Script Critique of Our March 2014 Issue
!–paging_filter–pJust days before the March Oscars broadcast, reader Kevin Barry e-mailed us a Hollywood-movie-script-style critique of our March 2014 ZIP code story. We wanted to act it out and film it, but were too busy planning our next “lazy and lowbrow” batch of stories. brbremInterior Conference room with ten person table, tastefully but sparsely decorated…
Our Sea Stars Are Dying. And No One Knows Why
What is causing the sudden death of countless West Coast sea stars?
!–paging_filter–pAnyone can see the evidence on YouTube: a sea star (also known as a starfish) at the a href=”https://youtu.be/mjrp3Eckr-E” target=”_blank”Vancouver Aquarium falling apart over seven hours in a one-minute time-lapse video/a. First, the middle of the star’s dark body flattens. Then, as the animal squirms all over the tank, its arms twist, pull free of…
Photographer Matika Wilbur’s New Exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum
Photographer Matika Wilbur shows us what real Indians look like
!–paging_filter–p“What does it mean to be an indian? What is Indian enough?” These are questions artist Matika Wilbur asks her subjects as she travels across the country interviewing and photographing members of more than 560 federally recognized Native American tribes. You can hear the diverse answers via audio clips—and see the similarly varied portraits—in the…
Buying a House? Consider the Houseboat
Float your boat with a house on the water
!–paging_filter–pClassic Craftsman houses may dominate local neighborhoods, but for pure Seattle flavor, nothing beats the humble houseboat. With ties to Seattle’s earliest days, killer views, convenient access to downtown (imagine kayaking to work) and tight-knit communities (all the better to fight developers with designs on waterfront property), floating homes are as much a lifestyle as…
A Fresh New Space and a Fresh New Line for Seattle Clothing Store Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pAfter nearly 40 years at Fifth Avenue and Union Street, beloved Seattlea href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/butch-blum” clothing store Butch Blum /amoved shop in March to a gleaming new space at the base of the Two Union Square building. In addition to this new retail lease on life, Butch Blum and his wife, CEO Kay Smith-Blum, brought in Cameron…
High-Tech Workout Wear for Men
!–paging_filter–pNew men’s sportswear start-up a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/sodo-apparel-lands-outside-westlake-center“Sodo Apparel’s/a sleek, simple and functional line of workout wear for men is made with high-tech fabrics that breathe well, allow adequate range of motion and wick moisture away from the body. Manufactured in Spokane, each piece is incubated and tested by volunteers, who put the clothing through their workout…
Three New CSAs Bring Local Goods to Your Doorstep
Seattle’s newest CSAs take local produce boxes to the next level
!–paging_filter–p’Tis the season of community supported agriculture (CSA) boxes, those parcels of produce that support local farmers, but sometimes leave us wondering what to do with five pounds of kohlrabi. This year, a new brand of luxury CSA has arrived, offering boxes that leave less up to the recipient’s ingenuity by pairing veggies with house-made…
The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift: Custom-Crafted Silhouettes
Local artist Kerry Cook shares the classic art of silhouettes
!–paging_filter–pDistinctive, striking—and, ahem, a perfect Mother’s Day gift—custom-crafted silhouettes are like snapshots from another era. While the heyday of the silhouette may have come and gone, it remains a popular way to capture a child at a certain age, thanks in part to practitioners such as Bellevue’s Kerry Cook (a href=”http://www.papershadows.com” target=”_blank”papershadows.com/a), who honed her…