Cake Envy celebrated its grand opening in Greenlake on Saturday, Oct. 1 — right in time for fall, otherwise known in Seattle as comfort food season. But who am I kidding? Cake is delicious any time of year. And so, on a rather rainy Saturday afternoon, my girlfriend and I set out to perform the ultimate taste test.
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing Olivier Wevers, Artistic Director of the Seattle dance company Whim W’Him, in the past and was thrilled to hear the news about his most recent exciting milestone: being awarded a 2011 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship.
Bouldering is a rock climbing technique performed without the use of a rope – though, have no fear, a crash pad is below you to break any falls. The maneuvers are designed to challenge your body and mind.
“When the working day is done,” Cyndi Lauper sang all those years ago, “girls just wanna have fun.” Things haven’t changed since, so we’d like to suggest something a little more exotic for the next annual vacation with your besties — for instance, an all-inclusive trip to the exotic rainforests and beaches of Central America.
Seattleite entrepreneur Jillu Zaveri recently invited me into her home — her beautifully decorated home, I might add — for a cup of chai tea and a chat about her fashion career, as well as her most recent endeavor, Jaipur Avenue.
Students at The New York Fashion Academy (NYFA) in Ballard come from all walks of life. However, an overwhelming number of these individuals have been educated and formerly employed as engineers, nurses, computer programmers, architects and so on.
Boutiques are certainly nothing new to Seattle, but if you desire to make a day of it without roaming from neighborhood to neighborhood, all the while fighting fellow Seattleites for a parking space, your options are somewhat limited.
Spring is in the air in Seattle; the cherry blossoms are in full swing and that big, round yellow thing in the sky has made an appearance a few times. By my watch, this means it’s time to put the heavy liquors back on the shelf. So I recently headed into Pearl Bar & Dining in Bellevue to try one (OK three) of Pearl Vodka’s newest flavors.
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