Plastic fork connoisseurs, beware.
Chaco canyon is all about sustainability – they use as many seasonal, local ingredients as possible, compost or recycle 90% of their waste and offer zero plastic utensils, even if you’re ordering to-go
Chaco canyon is all about sustainability – they use as many seasonal, local ingredients as possible, compost or recycle 90% of their waste and offer zero plastic utensils, even if you’re ordering to-go

Shopping for a good cause? If you ask us, that seems like a fabulous excuse to pop out the credit card (and the bubbly). Next Thursday, May 16 (from 5 to 8 p.m.), Kimpton‘s Seattle hotels host the sixth annual “Girls Gone Glam” shopping extravaganza.
Tucked behind the hustle and bustle of the Kirkland strip lies a intimate bar with a magnificent craft cocktail selection and a lively happy hour. With offerings ranging from fresh and herbal to classic and sweet, VoVina’ is sure
Just a few months ago, Von Trapp’s waltzed into our Capitol Hill lives and we haven’t gone a weekend without wanting to belly-up to one of their bocce ball courts with beer and brat in hand.
Okay, okay, the official name of this event actually refers to it as a “round-up” but ehh. You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to. You say round-up, I say rodeo. I can see it now: a herd of food trucks grazing the Seattle streets when out of nowhere a starving Seattleite attempts to lasso one of them using an over-sized fork and only being thwarted by the latest in the Super Sonics NBA-decision distraction.
FareStart is a downtown hot spot for lunch breakers looking to give back and eat well. By the look and taste of the food, you would never know that behind the kitchen doors are men and women training to be chefs. FareStart offers a sixteen-week training course
Get Your Groove on at Sunset Tavern!
Who: When a friend of mine told me her brother was in a band coming to town and suggested I check them out, I’ll admit I had my doubts. But after listening to these guys and knowing that the Sunset Tavern booked them with high regard, my ears perked up and my interest peeked – and yours should too! CHAPPO can only be described as a collaboration between four men determined to
Music festival season has started! Here’s one you may not of heard of yet, Noise for the Needy (NFTN). Party for a cause? Sign me up!
The spaghettis of the world would have you think that yellow noodles are the only way to go, but the good people at Shanghai Garden have opened my eyes to a whole new palette/palate of colorful
Come Ride the Awesome Wave with Alt-J at the Neptune
Who: I purchased my first Mac this year, and finally feel like I’m part of the tech Savvy Seattleites. Well sort of. I haven’t mastered all of the sweet short-cuts and symbols, but when I found out I would be covering the British indie-rock foursome Alt-J, I smiled at the notion of testing out a new mac trick!