If you’re looking for creative space, the aptly-named Art Stable in South Lake Union is the property for you. In a building with just six total units, you have an opportunity to inhabit your own floor and personalize the space in this up and coming Seattle Neighborhood. Once you step into the unit for the first time, your imagination will run with ideas.
Creeping our way into some of Seattle’s finest wine pantries.
Some aficionados collect baseball rookie cards, others gather Beatles memorabilia and there’s even those who compile rubber stamps into a ball. Somewhere between these other zealous lies the wine collector.
Summer is the time for friendly gatherings, and nothing gets folks to your pad quicker or more frequently than a well-stocked rec room. If you’re looking for something a little flashier than the standard billiard or ping-pong table, take a gander at these models.
The marketplaces of East and Southeast Asia are a rich source of meticulous craftsmanship. The baskets, wall art and knickknacks are sought by throughout the world for their intricate designs and the intriguing stories behind their creation.
This coming weekend, throngs of enthusiastic hippies and hipsters will converge on the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA for the 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival. This four-day extravaganza has entertained Gorge audiences over Memorial Day weekend for the past decade, and the list of previous performers reads like a veritable who’s who of post-millennium indie rock, hip-hop, electronic and comedy favorites.
Every Seattleite knows our city thrives on its vibrant art scene. Handmade creations fill our city and splash color into our rainy days. Recently we’ve discovered work by a trio of local artists that is sure to make a chic Seattleite statement in your home.
We’re all aware that the market crash has left our economy in a sorry state. With many stalled building projects, a trickle-down effect has been created for banks, real estate agents, building contractors and architects. This lack of work has resulted in — among other things — lots of free time.
Any anthropologist can tell you that humans are meant to settle. Sure, we might be vagabonds in our younger years, roaming between jobs, apartments and relationships as we each take our own unique journey. Once we reach a certain age, however, the desire to remain stationary begins to overtake us. In the case of Skillet Diner, it would seem this notion applies to restaurants, as well as people.
The citizens of our planet face tragedy every day — and yet, when the earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Japan last March, I was devastated beyond anything I’d felt since 9/11. For days, I wondered how I could help beyond the usual means, until a flash of brilliance struck. I thought to myself, What Would Lady Gaga Do (WWLGD) and the answer revealed itself: get naked.
R&B artist Craig David might have originally coined the phrase, “What’s your flava?” — but these days, the quote could be attributed to Menchies Frozen Yogurt on Queen Anne.
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