Category Archives: Culture+Society

Culture+Society By Corinne Whiting on May 9, 2013

An event that features champagne, clothes and charity, too. 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. (more…)

Seattleites Wellness By Brad Nehring on May 7, 2013

Dr. Jeff Woerner Sets Up Shop in South Lake Union

Oculus Eyecare specializes in designer frames made from sustainable materials. When Dr. Jeff Woerner and his wife moved to Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood in 2006, they instantly fell in love with the trendy neighborhood. Though he ran a successful optometry practice in Renton, he ultimately dreamed of working a little closer to home. That dream became a reality in April, when Oculus Eyecare opened its doors just a few blocks from (more…)

Seattleites Wellness By Michelle Strub on May 1, 2013

Sweat Seattle: Spin City

People always ask me how it is I keep my svelte shape … fine, no one ever actually asks me that. But I like to think they do to use as my motivation to power through the 45 minutes of hell I know is coming to me at FlyWheel Sports, the next Seattle fitness fad. (more…)

Fight Hunger, Build Hope Food Truck Round-Up

Culture+Society Eat+Drink By Michelle Strub on May 1, 2013

The Radar: Lasso Up Hunger At The Food Truck Rodeo

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. (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Kara Tiernan on April 25, 2013

Music Madness: CHAPPO

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 (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Caroline Li on April 22, 2013

Plugged In: Noise for the Needy Music Festival in Ballard

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! (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Kara Tiernan on April 19, 2013

Music Madness: Local Natives

Get Wide Eyes After Everything at the Neptune Who: It seems the UK is always one step ahead of us in the music realm; they have the Beatles, blessed the world with Phil Colins and Ben Howard, and were following the Local Natives long before we’d ever heard of them! These Los Angeles boys got their big break after the release of their (more…)