As the third generation to run Canlis Restaurant, brothers Mark and Brian Canlis havegrown up watching the very large shoes they have to fill. Their grandfather Peter Canlis opened the restaurant in 1950, and their parents, Chris and Alice, took over in the 1970s. Taking on the family business in 2005, Mark, 36, and Brian, 33, have reinvented the restaurant to reflect a new crowd.
For 34-year-old Bryce Phillips, professional skier and multi-talented businessman, the top two definitions of the word “mogul” are as connected to his life as clicked in boots to a binding.
From Bellevue to the Big Apple, Heather Ratushny has been making a splash in the beauty industry and experimenting with colorful products ever since her high-school days, which she spent working at a make-over portrait studio.
We all know getting from Point A to B can be a hassle in downtown Seattle. Morning and evening traffic transforms a quick trip into a
Joel VandenBrink believes it takes two beers to make the world go ‘round, so it was easy to name his business when he opened up his brewhouse, Two Beers Brewing, two years ago in SoDo.
A 2,400-mile barrier can’t stop New York resident Jordan Schultz’s love for Seattle. Born and bred in the Emerald City, 25-year-old Schultz debuted as a collegiate basketball player for Seattle University before transferring to a liberal arts school, Occidental College, outside of Los Angeles and making his way to the Big Apple to pursue his journalism dream.
Dear Seattleite ladies: It’s time to pull the cobwebs off your bikini; pretend you haven’t been roasting in tanning beds for the past few months and head outdoors for a healthy dose of Vitamin D.
In a city full of fashion and food obsessives, only a limited few earn the title “guru.” Food blogger, author, and restaurant owner Molly Wizenberg is one of those over-the-top foodies whose extra kick of sugar and spice got her just what she wanted for an occupation, and a lot of the unexpected.
Lance Mercer’s introduction to photography came from his father, who dabbled with the craft and had a darkroom at home. Eventually Mercer earned his own 35mm SLR and discovered the grunge scene, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Jim Haven is a person of deviation, a fountain of ideas and an innovator of solutions. His strengths (which he once identified as weaknesses) have evolved into award-winning strategies used for the many high profile clients his advertising and marketing company, Creature, services across the country.
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