Like hibernating bears, Seattleites use the winter months to catch up on rest over lazy pajama weekends. Vacation rentals offer affordable travel for large groups, allowing you to cook your own food and spend quality time with your friends or family while exploring a new area. Gather your favorite books, movies and games and plan the ultimate veg fest by renting a cabin in one of Washington’s beautiful natural places.
Signing off from Seattleite’s Corks+Forks for the final column, Erin Thomas — out.
It is the end of an era. No, I’m not talking about Monday’s Gossip Girl series finale, the Mayan calendar’s doomsday prediction or even the shuttering of Seattle restaurant icon Rover’s. I speak of this column with this writer — I am hanging my hat with SEATTLEITE. The pleasure has been all mine to drink and eat with you all for the past two years so I thank you for the company and not making me drink alone. Although I would do it anyway.
Seeking a little holiday cheer, eh? We’ve got just the place for you.
There’s no question: Victoria does the holiday season right. Think twinkly lights, adorned trees and heaps of seasonal activities and special events. A festive buzz pervades the waterside city throughout the month, providing merriment for all. Sure, we like Vancouver Island
Local ingredients and wood-fired pizzas at this new neighborhood eatery.
Most of the menu is fresh, housemade, and often with locally produced ingredients. Owners Kent and Cindy Betts “take pride in stepping outside the box with unique products and flavor combinations, and acting as more of a New American kitcen than your typical pizzeria.”
Cameron Silver, the man responsible for bringing vintage back, has come to Seattle to share his story and promote his new book, Decades: A Century of Fashion, at Tiffany & Co. in Bellevue Square. Before this event we had the privilege to interview him on his new book and Bravo docu-series as well as get his styling expertise.
Building up local businesses, one smartphone at a time.
Aaron Goodin is no stranger to app technology – he helped design some of the first cell phone applications nearly a decade ago. Today, he is the CEO of talktUp, a social sharing app that is creating quite a stir in the wireless world. Along with co-founder/CFO Saif Hakim and the company’s creative team, Goodin hopes talktUp will
Murray’s 2012 explosion into the Northwest – We now know that they know cheese.
The culture of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village has expanded into the greater Seattle area. Although we might strictly be speaking cheese, the legendary Murray’s Cheese has joined forces with The Kroger Co. (better known to Northwesterners as Fred Meyer and QFC) and is offering their elite selection of cultured cheese across the city.
Get in the spirit with ballet, festive brews, even fresh-baked cookies & milk.
Seattle’s longest standing vegetarian restaurant still serving strong in Roosevelt.
If you want a relaxed, healthy and satisfying meal, Sunlight Café is what’s good.
Spread some holiday cheer this season with your very own special Tazo blend.
As the temperature drops and we start to layer on our scarves, down jackets, chunky socks and requisite rain boots—
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