September 2017

Bothell Chef Responds Perfectly to Customer Complaining About $14 Burger

Beardslee Public House owner John Howie was surprisingly forthright in his rebuttal.

Got beef? In a recent blog post, chef John Howie described in great detail what it costs to operate Beardslee Public House, his newest restaurant.

John Levesque

A Salvadorian Street Dog Inspired This Microsoft Dropout to Give Back

With Pasado’s Safe Haven, Laura Henderson applies her business acumen in the service of animals.

Creature comforts: Pasado’s executive director Laura Henderson with a few of her charges

Gwendolyn Elliott

The Hops Capital of the World is in Eastern Washington

With 75 percent of the nation’s hops grown in Yakima, this year's harvest is one of the most anticipated by brewers around the world.

In 1868, Charles Carpenter, a farmer’s son from New York state, moved to the Yakima Valley, where he started his own farm near the town of Ahtanum, just south of present-day Yakima, and planted his first hop fields. He soon recognized that this place was particularly well suited for growing hops, with its average of…

Kendall Jones

There’s a Lot to Do En Route to Mount Rainier

Enjoy a few side excursions on the way to this national park.

Clear Views: A meadow at Sunrise point.

Callie Little

Seattle’s Fall Film Festivals Are a Kaleidoscopic Delight

A look at the city’s many film festivals celebrating everything from regional to foreign film

As summer's sunny days fade, it's a good time for movie buffs.

Stephen Strom

Pioneer Square Festival Hopes to Inspire New Designers

Experience the hands-on, seventh annual Seattle Design Festival this month.

A young festival goer takes in YenFisherSmith’s “REVELution” erected in Occidental Park during the 2016 Seattle Design Festival’s opening block party.

Nia Martin

New Vinyl-Only Poetry Press Transports Listeners to a Live Reading

Portland's Fonograf Editions releases "Alice Notley: Live in Seattle."

Alice Notley reads from Certain Magical Acts at McCaw Hall.

Caroline Craighead

Risk-Taking Theater Director Isn’t Afraid to Make Us Uncomfortable

ArtsWest’s artistic director Mathew Wright takes on tough topics.

Both sides now: ArtsWest artistic director Mathew Wright seeks productions with an alternate viewpoint

Niki Stojnic

Seattle Designers Find ‘Power’ in Different Ways

The Seattle Design Festival explores "power" through fashion, architecture and more.

Luly Yang rocks the runway.

Nia Martin

This Fall’s Most Buzzworthy Arts and Culture Events

All the events in art, music and more you need to know about.

“Whale Bay, Antarctica no.4,” one of Zaria Forman’s intricate pastel on paper works from the Antarctica series, opening September 7 at Winston Wächter Fine Art

Gwendolyn Elliott, Max Rose, D. Scully, Stephen Strom, Caroline Craighead

This Modern Backyard ‘Cabin’ is an Urban Oasis in Green Lake

Good things really do come in small packages.

Concrete floors line the kitchen/living area in this 620-square-foot detatched accessory dwelling unit (DADU) that looks out onto its own private yard.

Niki Stojnic

The Seattle Restaurants That Make Us Feel Good

Seattle's best restaurants keep us coming back for more than just food.

We can't get enough of Il Corvo's masterpiece pastas.

Rachel Hart

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A ROOKIE TRIES STAND-UP COMEDY, WITH MIXED RESULTS

As with many Tinder dates, things didn’t go quite as I expected. For example, I didn’t intend to have multiple guys I’d matched with in the same place, at the same time. Especially when that place was a comedy open mic that was going to be my first and possibly only attempt at stand-up. After…

Julie Zack

Costco Goes for the Gold

Have a sudden need for gold bars? Better act fast.

The warehouse retailer known for everything from its popular food court to organic maple syrup and bulk, well, everything, is now in the business of selling gold. That’s right. Costco is peddling one-ounce gold bars online. But you have to be a member to buy them. And they’re not cheap. Shoppers have two options: One…

Rob Smith