The Overnight Desk
Sambar's drink sheet is gorgeous -- printed on heavy stock, and filled with golden-age cocktails like the Jasmine, the Petit Zinc and the Vesper. The first drink listed on it may well be its best.
By Geoff Carter | August 28, 2008
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They got us into all this trouble, and now they're saying they'll get us out of it.
If you look around, I'm sure you might notice that quite a few of your favorite watering holes are trying to lure you back into their clutches the next morning with promises of brilliant Bloody Marys and killer hangover breakfasts to numb the pain of the alcoholic lashes you were gladly bending over for the night before.
By Cody Ellerd | August 24, 2008
Daily Find
"The first time I saw labradorite, I thought it was an ugly, sludgy gray -- but it had fire," says local jewelry designer Shamila Jiwa. My sentiments exactly. But when I met Jiwa, she was wearing a stunning necklace with such fluorescence that I was converted.
By Kathy Schultz | August 26, 2008
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Greetings to everyone in Seattle who loves to eat. My name is Cody Ellerd. I've been covering restaurants for NWsource for the last year and a half, eating my weight in comestibles at more than 50 of our city's restaurants, cafes, bakeries, pubs, gastropubs, diners and dives, and proving that my hollow leg is indeed a bottomless pit. So when NWsource decided to launch a blog about local restaurants, they asked me to join them.
By Cody Ellerd | August 20, 2008
Daily Find
Ballard Avenue continues its rise as the hippest neighborhood in Seattle with the addition of skateboarding store Trickwood. Sandwiched between King's Hardware and Rudy's barbershop are the stairs that lead up to the established Kirkland boutique's new westside satellite, which shares the second floor with "active lifestyle" store Triple.
By Scout Colmant | August 18, 2008
Gentle Snark
In a way, cocktails are much like computers: Once you know what goes into creating them, it's difficult to bring yourself to pay full price for one unless you're getting something that's absolutely guaranteed to make you the smartest person in the room. To earn that seven-buck pricetag, a cocktail must be mixed well, bigger than thimble-size and served in an environment that makes you happy you didn't just stay home and drink your own booze for half the cost. These seven bars serve drinks that have those quantities nailed.
By Geoff Carter | August 13, 2008
Gentle Snark
Located in the southeast section of Ballard that locals call "Frelard," the Traveler is precisely the right kind of bar for its locale. This is the kind of easygoing place that's willing to let its clientele define it.
By Geoff Carter | August 11, 2008
Daily Find
It isn't often that you come across bedding that is conscious of both style and the environment. Plover Organic linens are made from 100-percent organic cotton, colored with low-impact, heavy-metal-free dyes and hand-blocked in India under fair trade practices by a company that donates a portion of its proceeds to an endangered species -- the plover shorebird. What's more, the linens are chic and beautiful, with none of the hippy-dippyness of some organic products.
By Kathy Schultz | August 14, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
So much fun, and it all starts on Thursday night. It's a good thing the web doesn't run out of room:
By Lora Shinn | August 7, 2008
Daily Find
Handmade, one-of-a-kind leather handbags for $150? Yes Virginia, they do exist. On a recent trip to Ballard, I found them at Velouria. They're called Revamped, and while you won't mistake them for bags by Balenciaga, you also won't go broke buying one.
By Kathy Schultz | August 6, 2008
