Gentle Snark
The cost of your basic fuels is entirely too high right now. Five bucks for a beer? Ten bucks for a martini? That cat won't fight, mon frere. There's always a way for the working class to get its drink on without dipping into the 401k, and these five kick-ass bars are helping to lead the charge.
By Geoff Carter | July 18, 2008
A few days ago, I learned that treat shop Chocolate Box near Pike Place Market is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month. That's great news, and I offer my heartfelt congratulations, but what really has me jumping for joy is the shop's benediction of the Oh-My-Gawdo, a sublime concoction for which I would happily suffer eternal brain freeze.
By Monica Fischer | July 17, 2008
Several local restaurants — including Szmania's, Austin Cantina, Crow, Oriental Mart and Joule — offer counter seating where you can not only eat a great meal but watch the kitchen action.
By Nancy Leson | July 11, 2008
People might be forgiven for skipping a restaurant with the improbable name of Señor Moose Café, housed in the first floor of a weathered, 108-year-old wooden building on Northwest Leary Avenue. But they would be missing out on some excellent, moderately priced food.
By Warren Cornwall | July 11, 2008
With her new shopping concept, Echo Road, Cynthia Lu Levine hopes to help Seattle women fill their closets with special signature pieces that make us look great and feel good, too. A former account manager at Corbis, Levine now operates Echo Road out of her Ballard home, where she hosts private shopping events for up to 15 women, complete with dressing rooms, Prosecco and light snacks.
By Alison Brownrigg | July 16, 2008
Daily Find
Earlier this year, I walked by the space that was once Collective, one of my favorite vintage/home furnishings shops. A couple stood and stared at the papered storefront windows on historic Ballard Avenue. "Oh no," lamented the woman. "Where did they go?" My sentiments exactly. Fortunately, Collective was only out of commission for a few months and has reopened in not one, but two, Ballard locations, one on Ballard Avenue and the other on Northwest 50th Street.
By Kathy Schultz | July 15, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
Who needs to leave Seattle to show their children the world? We've got it all right here this weekend.
By Lora Shinn | July 10, 2008
Gentle Snark
Last year I decided to get a pair of quad skates and go trail-skating with my girlfriend, a Rat City Rollergirl. I'd whip around the Green Lake loop, glide along Alki and barrel through Myrtle Edwards wearing a pair of blue satin Dolphin shorts and a pair of Radio Shack AM/FM radio headphones. (You were totally thinkin' that.) And when I felt confident enough, I would begin skating the new Ballard leg of the Burke-Gilman Trail -- the Interstate 5 of Seattle's recreational trails.
By Geoff Carter | July 2, 2008
Daily Find
When I recently walked into shimmering new boutique Dolce Vita, which
opened last month in Ballard, I was overwhelmed with the sense that I
had somehow been transported to L.A. -- or more specifically, West
Hollywood, where local actress Josie Bissett ran fictional "Melrose
Place" boutique Jane Mancini Designs.
By Scout Colmant | July 2, 2008
Daily Find
Seattle boasts quite a few talented clothing designers, and Ballard resident Beki Wilson is among them. Her Out of Line summer collection, as well as several new pieces, will be available during an evening trunk show June 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Bouncing Wall on Queen Anne.
By Alison Brownrigg | June 25, 2008
