November 2011

LxWxH Delivers Local Art in a Box

LxWxH Delivers Local Art in a Box

Seattle artist Sharon Arnold makes collecting art easier, cheaper and a lot more fun

We’re all familiar with the mutual benefits of community supported agriculture (CSA): Farmers get a guaranteed customer base, and subscribers get a box of fresh, locally grown produce delivered on a regular basis (and along with it, the satisfaction of eating sustainably). It’s a win-win. So what if the A in CSA stood for art?…

Black Swan Lands at PNB

Black Swan Lands at PNB

A flock of love stories takes flight at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Don your tutu, develop a deranged doppelgänger and sprout unwanted epidermal plumage—“Black Swan” is taking flight at Pacific Northwest Ballet, along with several other besotted ballet masterpieces. With Love Stories, PNB offers a mélange of love’s mercurial moods, including the divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée (by George Balanchine, with a little help from…

Shopping at Stella+Jack

Shopping at Stella+Jack

A simple, green and cheap website to shop for kids' clothes.

Ever since the economy tanked, savvy parents are looking into the most affordable way to keep kids’ wardrobes up to date: consignment shops. But visiting those stores can seem daunting when you have to drag the kids along, and many stores have strict policies, e.g., “You cannot return anything. Ever.” Two local moms, Queen Anne’s…

Kids Can Train for the Seattle Marathon

Kids Can Train for the Seattle Marathon

Consider signing up for this fun, go-at-your-own-pace training program.

November’s gloomy weather can bring out couch-potato tendencies in kids. Not yours, though, because you, smart parent, have signed your child up to run the Seattle Marathon. You don’t need $250 running shoes and a CamelBak; this is a marathon your kids do a little at a time, at a place near home. Print out…

Homemade Toys from Manzanita Kids

Homemade Toys from Manzanita Kids

Check out these beautiful wooden toys crafted by two Seattle parents in their North Seattle workshop

Is your living room awash in a sea of plastic toys? It doesn’t have to be that way, thanks to this line of handmade wooden toys from MANZANITA KIDS (etsy.com/shop/manzanitakids), made by Seattle dad David Minnery and his wife, Adrienne, a teacher at Ballard’s Adams Elementary School. The duo uses locally sourced hardwoods (walnut, cherry…

Eat, Drink and Shop in Madison Valley

Eat, Drink and Shop in Madison Valley

Known for its upper-crust vibe, this walkable nabe, along East Madison between Martin Luther King Jr

Bordered by the sprawling Washington Park Arboretum to the north and Lake Washington to the east, Madison Valley is Seattle’s Parisian gem. Known for its distinctive upper-crust vibe, this walkable nabe, along East Madison between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Lake Washington Boulevard, is now more accessible than exclusive, with fantastic new eateries and…

In Search of a Happier Seattle

In Search of a Happier Seattle

It’s time to start talking about what really matters when making policy decisions for our city: the

When civic disputes get down to arguments over numbers, the point has usually been lost. Debates this year over building heights near the planned Roosevelt light rail station and in Pioneer Square heated up because the numbers symbolize an approach: density versus single-family homes, sustainability versus sprawl, high-rises versus history. These debates, legitimate as they…

Reviewed: Skillet Diner

Reviewed: Skillet Diner

Toddlers and hipsters are equally at home at this upbeat, affordable diner

Skillet Diner may share a name with owner Josh Henderson’s popular Skillet Street Food Airstream, but the brick-and-mortar version has a personality all its own. Though it’s hardly a greasy spoon, Skillet is a diner in the truest sense of the word: The avocado-green booths are vinyl; stools at the long counter swivel. Doors open…