May 2019

Glasswing Boutique Now Has a Greenhouse

Glasswing Boutique Now Has a Greenhouse

A new urban greenhouse opens with space for workshops and events

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Fans of Glasswing, the eclectic Capitol Hill boutique, won’t be surprised to hear that its chic, cultivated plant department has outgrown the original space. Just a few blocks from the parent store is the new Glasswing Greenhouse (Capitol Hill, 1351 E Olive Way; 206.829.8955), which opened…

Emma Franke

Pioneer Square Gets an Old-School Burger Joint

Pioneer Square Gets an Old-School Burger Joint

An experienced restaurant duo aims to satisfy a need for great burgers in Pioneer Square

FRIES WITH THAT: Megan Coombes has perfected the sauce/burger/bun ratio on her smashed patty burgers; potatoes, fried in beef fat, are essential

Chelsea Lin

AIA Home of Distinction: Couple Thinks Small in WA's Methow Valley

AIA Home of Distinction: Couple Thinks Small in WA’s Methow Valley

For an adventurous couple, small living in Washington’s Methow Valley offers big benefits

ALL DECKED OUT: Architect Margo Peterson-Aspholm designed the 800-square-foot Brazilian hardwood deck to integrate with both the home and the meadow. The result is this covered floating deck with steps

Jennifer Pinto

Backstory: Inside The Showbox's Hidden Graffiti Room

Backstory: Inside The Showbox’s Hidden Graffiti Room

A secret room in The Showbox is a time capsule of the city’s rock history

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: The graffiti room in The Showbox The Location: Downtown, The Showbox, 1426 First Ave. The Backstory: The Showbox—Seattle’s legendary live-music venue where everyone from Duke Ellington to Mudhoney has performed—has been well known to Seattleites since it opened in 1939. But a significantly smaller crowd…

Lena Beck

Amazon Studios: Inside the Tech Giant's Employee Art Programs

Amazon Studios: Inside the Tech Giant’s Employee Art Programs

Is life at Amazon really all work and no play? You might be surprised to learn its employees are stepping away from their computer screens to make pickles, pottery and music

AMAZON STUDIO: Members of Amazon’s creative program, Expressions, from left: program manager Tim Detweiler, Paint and Meditate instructor Jennifer Tucker and program coordinator Joseph Steininger, pictured in the Expressions lab

Gavin Borchert & Gwendolyn Elliott

Amazon's Symphony Orchestra: It's a Corporate Gig

Amazon’s Symphony Orchestra: It’s a Corporate Gig

The volunteer group of the corporation's employees started two years ago and plays concerts throughout the year

PLAY TIME: The Amazon Symphony Orchestra performing at its holiday concert in December 2018

Gavin Borchert & Gwendolyn Elliott

Local Corporations Build a Sense of Community With Employees

Local Corporations Build a Sense of Community With Employees

This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. About 16 years ago I was planning a baby shower for my dear friend Erica, and we thought it would be fun to have a tarot card reader at the party. This was years before tarot card readers were at all the parties, so…

Rachel Hart

Wallingford's Bedrooms & More Stuns With New Four-Level Showroom

Wallingford’s Bedrooms & More Stuns With New Four-Level Showroom

A family-owned furniture business opens a second Wallingford showroom

RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED: The expanded Wallingford Bedrooms & More showroom displays more than just beds

Beau Iverson

Meet the Seattleite Kickstarting the Conversation Around Gender Diversity

Meet the Seattleite Kickstarting the Conversation Around Gender Diversity

One man’s fight for transgender youth is a lesson for all of us

SCHOOL SUPPORT: Aidan Key (center), with some of the students he works with from across Seattle

Chelsea Lin

The Best Cinnamon Rolls in Seattle

The Best Cinnamon Rolls in Seattle

These local spots make the very best sugary, spiced cinnamon rolls

The $9.50 roll from Beardslee public house

Chelsea Lin

KUOW's New Podcast Investigates the "Amazon Effect"

KUOW’s New Podcast Investigates the “Amazon Effect”

A local audio show explores Amazonia

SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: Producers Carolyn Adolph and Joshua McNichols outside of the Amazon Spheres

Samantha Bushman

Food We Love: The Most Satisfying Tamale in Seattle

Food We Love: The Most Satisfying Tamale in Seattle

This Green Lake shop specializes in flavorful tamales born from a family recipe

Salsa roja pork tamales

Chelsea Lin