March 2018

Eat Your Weeds: Forage For Dandelions and Make Some Heavenly Jelly

Eat Your Weeds: Forage For Dandelions and Make Some Heavenly Jelly

Look no farther than your backyard for some tasty dandelion blossoms

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. When a curious would-be forager asks me for suggestions about where to look for wild foods, I usually say, “Right out the back door.” Or the front door. Just step outside your home and you’ll likely see some weeds. Weeds get a bad…

Try Hummus Every Which Way at Capitol Hill’s Aviv Hummus Bar

Try Hummus Every Which Way at Capitol Hill’s Aviv Hummus Bar

Seattle finally learns what Israel has known all along: Hummus is awesome

Aviv is best experienced by trying a few bites of every dish on the short menu

This Pinterest-Worthy Pop-Up Barn Is Perfect For Parties

This Pinterest-Worthy Pop-Up Barn Is Perfect For Parties

Next time you’re throwing a party, try a barn raising

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Coming soon to a field near you, Kelsey Von Stubbe’s new Tentwood barn is the stuff of DIY dreams. The rustic-chic pop-up structure can be set up by the Tentwood crew in less than one day to create the perfect party venue in…

Less Is More: For Creative Powerhouse Ava J. Holmes, Conservation Is Her Fashion Passion

Less Is More: For Creative Powerhouse Ava J. Holmes, Conservation Is Her Fashion Passion

The cofounder of Fashion for Conservation combines her love of fashion and the outdoors

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Country Meets CityA love of the outdoors and couture may seem like a contradiction, but not for Ava J. Holmes, who spent her childhood alternating between upstate New York at her father’s wilderness survival school and in Manhattan with her filmmaker/musician mother. In…

AIA Home of Distinction: A Seattle Architect Takes On the Tiny-Home Challenge

AIA Home of Distinction: A Seattle Architect Takes On the Tiny-Home Challenge

In a Seattle tiny house village, two shelters work together to offer more than just a place to call home

The two-unit Parabay Home, located in Nickelsville Georgetown, is designed for a family with kids in one unit and adults in the other; facing glass windows keep everyone in view of each other. The space between the units creates a semi-private “yard."

3 Questions With A Scandinavian Furniture Purveyor on Seattle's Hygge Moment

3 Questions With A Scandinavian Furniture Purveyor on Seattle’s Hygge Moment

The Skaaning brothers know their way around hygge

The Imola chair from BoConcept makes for a a cozy reading corner

Brighten Up Your Home With These Simple Northwest Candlestick Holders

Brighten Up Your Home With These Simple Northwest Candlestick Holders

Notary Ceramics candleholders at Flora and Henri add a hint of hygge to the home

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. As you look forward to more daylight hours this season, let these elegant, handmade candlestick holders in bone white ($32–$40), by Portland-based Notary Ceramics, add further warmth to your home. Find them at Flora and Henri (Pioneer Square, 401 First Ave. S; 206.749.9698),…

A Seattle Woodworker Is Turning Bathtubs Into Works of Art

A Seattle Woodworker Is Turning Bathtubs Into Works of Art

Award-winning Seattle design studio NK Woodworking crafts one-of-a-kind bathtubs from domestic and exotic hardwoods, finished with a durable marine varnish.

Prices for the Lotus model pictured here start at $30,000

This Wonderfully Balanced Cocktail Is Worth a Trip to Tacoma

This Wonderfully Balanced Cocktail Is Worth a Trip to Tacoma

The Bamboo cocktail at newly opened en Rama in Tacoma is best sipped slowly

En Rama (in Tacoma) bartender Chris Keil’s love of sherry shows up in this balanced, playful drink that’s best to sip slowly

Why Seattle Is One of the Most Rat-Infested Cities in America

Why Seattle Is One of the Most Rat-Infested Cities in America

Our city’s hyper construction is causing more than traffic issues. Experts believe it’s one reason our city is ranking high as a rodent-infested town, and getting rid of the pests is anything but easy

One longer term solution to the rat problems is to target their reproductive systems, a novel approach to controlling a species so prolific one pair can produce 15,000 progeny a year.

Which Seattle Neighborhoods Are Seeing the Biggest Changes in Home Values?

Which Seattle Neighborhoods Are Seeing the Biggest Changes in Home Values?

Zillow gives us the future forecast on where Seattle's neighborhoods are heading

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue, as part of the “Best of the Burbs” cover story. Click here for the rest of the story. We’d all like to know where the hot home deals are today—in other words, where we can buy today and have some assurance that our home value will grow….

14 Seattle Neighborhoods, From Most Affordable to Million-Dollar Homes

14 Seattle Neighborhoods, From Most Affordable to Million-Dollar Homes

Despite those prices, you still want to settle in Seattle?

Nothing beats Seattle on a beautiful day, but high housing prices and low inventory mean its harder and harder for people to afford living here