April 2018

Order the Octopus at This New Tapas Restaurant in Ballard

Order the Octopus at This New Tapas Restaurant in Ballard

This new Ballard spot, with its international menu, is best for group dining

This Spanish-influenced octopus dish is a knock-out at Gather

The 580,000-Pound Marine Debris Problem in the San Juans

The 580,000-Pound Marine Debris Problem in the San Juans

The effort, led by the Samish tribe, is generating interest and winning awards on its way to cleaning up the San Juan archipelago

This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. 580,090. That’s the number of pounds of marine debris, beach litter and chemically treated wood (creosote) removed over the past four years from Samish traditional territory in the San Juan archipelago in a joint project between the Samish Indian Nation Department of Natural…

Seattle's Newest Subscription Service Delivers a New White T-Shirt To Your Door Every Month

Seattle’s Newest Subscription Service Delivers a New White T-Shirt To Your Door Every Month

Fashion subscription service Haute T delivers crisp white wardrobe essentials

A happy recipient of Haute T’s new subscription service

Fighting Native American Homelessness, One Bracelet at a Time

Fighting Native American Homelessness, One Bracelet at a Time

This project from Chief Seattle Club is creating jewelry for a cause

This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. These “Home” Bracelets ($35), handcrafted by 19 apprentice artists, incorporate a traditional Native American basket design and are stamped with the Lushootseed word for “home.” They’re a project of the Chief Seattle Club and its Native Works retail outlet (Fridays and Saturdays; Pike…

Bellevue's New Lincoln South Food Hall Delivers the Goods

Bellevue’s New Lincoln South Food Hall Delivers the Goods

All of a sudden, mall dining in the Seattle area has gotten good

Crosta E Vino, in Lincoln South Food Hall, offers craft pizza, cheese boards and 30 wines on tap

These Seattle Artists Are Exploring China's Sociopolitical Transformation

These Seattle Artists Are Exploring China’s Sociopolitical Transformation

Lauren Yee's play "The Great Leap" and poetry by Western Washington University's Jane Wong address China's "Great Leap Forward"

This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. There’s a darkly comic pun in the title of Lauren Yee’s play The Great Leap. Set in 1989, the year of the Tiananmen Square protests, it follows an American college basketball team that travels to China for an exhibition match, during which a…

Seattle Spring Fashion: Gray Is Giving Way to Season of Color

Seattle Spring Fashion: Gray Is Giving Way to Season of Color

Step inside the newly renovated Hotel Theodore for our spring fashion photo shoot

This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Styling by Darcy Camden | Photographs by Hayley Young | Photographed at Hotel Theodore The season’s runways boasted sophisticated minimalism coupled with the new neutrals: blush tones, golden browns and a spectrum of blues, to name a few. We mixed and matched these staple hues, adding texture…

How Seattle's Wave Press is Celebrating National Poetry Month

How Seattle’s Wave Press is Celebrating National Poetry Month

The Pulitzer Prize-winning local poetry press is celebrating with four new titles

This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. “It’s moving, but you can’t predict where it’s going to be next,” said poet Eileen Myles in a 2012 interview, reflecting on why Seattle’s Wave Books chose the perfect name.   The poetry press launched in 2005, morphing out of the former Massachusetts-based…

One of the World's Biggest Indoor Farms Is Now Growing Food in Kent

One of the World’s Biggest Indoor Farms Is Now Growing Food in Kent

Produce from Plenty's new vertical farm will be available to consumers later this year

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS: Plenty’s vertical farm grows produce such as the mixed lettuces pictured here on 20-foot-high, soilless, LED-warmed towers

City Scaping: Finding a Balance Between Green Transportation and Safety

City Scaping: Finding a Balance Between Green Transportation and Safety

This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart

"I am all for green transportation options, but I’m even more for safety"

The Curious Backstory of an Epic Cocktail from Wallingford Bar Pablo y Pablo

The Curious Backstory of an Epic Cocktail from Wallingford Bar Pablo y Pablo

A stealth combo of fruit and spice come together in this cocktail, created by a bartender lost too soon

Chad Phillips pays homage to a former coworker and friend with his take on an El Diablo

7 Seattle Plant Shops to Get You Ready For Spring

7 Seattle Plant Shops to Get You Ready For Spring

Don’t just eat your greens—bring ’em indoors. These shops are our favorites for their selection of indoor plants and artful ways to display them

A potted house plant in an artful planter can be a versatile piece of home decor