September 2018

Parting Words From Two Women Leaving Seattle’s Art Scene
Outgoing Northwest Film Forum executive director Courtney Sheehan and Velocity Dance Center artistic director Tonya Lockyer answer one last question
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. What’s next for you, and where do you think the Seattle art scene will go from here? Sheehan: From my vantage point as an administrator observing a rapidly changing city, the local arts scene will thrive if it can develop imaginative solutions for sharing…

The Beautiful PNW-Inspired Ceramic Ware Your Kitchen Needs This Fall
Designer Brian Paquette worked with local ceramicist Natasha Alphonse on this new line for the kitchen
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. There’s a lot to love in Seattle-based interior designer Brian Paquette’s contemporary new Capitol Hill shop, Brian Paquette Interiors, from neutral fabrics to decorative pieces, textiles to tabletops. Much of what the talented designer stocks comes from local artists and fellow designers, but we’re…

Exclusive Book Excerpt: Demystifying Wine Culture in “36 Bottles of Wine”
Seattle magazine wine writer Paul Zitarelli’s first book is one of the year’s tastiest tomes, highlighted by his signature clever food and wine pairings and his brilliant storytelling
Full Pregnancy Nacho recipe available in 36 Bottles of Wine, on sale September 18 and online at seattlemag.com

Fried Rice and Pastrami? Yes, It’s Really Good
This noodle house’s best dish doesn’t actually include noodles
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Even if you’re the sort of food fanatic who can’t overhear the word “fusion” without a lethal dose of side-eye, hear us out: Reckless Noodle House, which opened in the Central District in January, is making a wok-kissed, salty-sweet fried rice ($16) whose star…

Change of Haute: Seattle’s Fashion Scene Is Undergoing a Sea Change
Our city's fashion scene is morphing, much like the Seattle waterfront. This fall, we're embracing stylish and refreshingly practical looks.
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Photography by Hayley Young | Creative Direction by Andrew Hoge | Styling by Angeline Brunk As our city’s skyline reaches new heights, there is a true sense of change; familiar landmarks are undergoing redesign, and we welcome hundreds of new residents from around the…

Reconsidering Seattle’s Unwritten Rules of Conduct
Where some Seattle behaviors are concerned, Knute Berger is coming around to the need for a little more broad-mindedness
Right of Way: In the past, ferry captains often had an audio signature that identified them; today, that blast probably signals a boater playing chicken

Check Out These Bright New Textiles for Gray Seattle
Pulp Design Studios in Queen Anne is partnering with renowned fabric company S. Harris on their first textile collection
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Pulp Design Studios’ principal interior designers, Beth Dotolo and Carolina V. Gentry, love color. They also understand the stereotypical Pacific Northwest aversion to it. Textiles, they say, are perhaps the easiest—and least committal—way to incorporate new colors and patterns into Northwest home decor. To…

Look Smart at One of These Elliott Bay Book Company-Produced Events
It’s time to trade in your trashy summer novels for something with more substance
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s time to trade in your trashy summer novels for something with more substance; look smart at one of these Elliott Bay Book Company–produced events 9/4 Kim Brooks discusses her Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, which explores how and why parenting…