A simple dish can expand your horizons—but only if you let it.
Generally speaking, I don’t think about crepes. At no point have I ever craved a crepe or sought out a crepe or been excited by the possibility of a crepe. For valid reasons: I harbor…
Category: March 2013
Taste Test with Michael Cepress
From a sunny studio in the International District, Michael Cepress designs lavish men’s and women’s clothing under his own eponymous label. The 32-year-old Wisconsin native is an art instructor at the University of Washington and has traveled…
The Chemistry of Glamour
A scientist revolutionizes cosmetics—and drag.
Dr. Jen Dietrich is a research scientist with Ph.D.s in biochemistry and biophysics. She also has sensitive skin.
About six years ago, she stumbled across an online cosmetics database called EWG’s…
Rock Out with Your Locks Out
Turn up Gerald Wu’s deep cuts.
WHO Gerald Wu, a 36-year-old hairdresser whose Pioneer Square loft-cum-salon is lavish with vintage vanities, electric guitars, white fur rugs and walls flickering with oversize projections of Anna Karina and…
A Splash of Culture
City Arts Society Column, March 1922
My dear fellows (and literate ladies), I am happy to report that despite the flu epidemic, labor strikes, racial purges, mudslides and neighborhood infernos of recent weeks, the cultural life of Seattle remains as…
Attractive Singles, March 2013
Five can’t-miss tracks from the PNW
STOP HAVING FUN Wimps It’s tempting to hear this song, from Wimps debut Repeat, as a farewell to demolished punk club and Wimps incubator the Funhouse. But it’s really just another great, simple punk song about…
FERALTEEN (WATCHING)
Enamel and ink on canvas
Scarecrow Suggests DVDs & Blu-Rays
March 5 Wreck-It Ralph This year Pixar took a shot at a Disney-style fairy tale (Brave) while Disney tried out this Toy Story-like world where video game characters are just people doing a job. Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) is the villain in a…
Foreshadowing
Our third annual Best New Music issue is a testament to the musical diversity of this town. There’s something in it for everybody: From psych rock to surf pop, blues to hip-hop, each of this year’s winning acts represents its own particular slice…
Young Waiters in Old Buildings
The other day I was standing outside of Oddfellows Café on Capitol Hill talking to a recent transplant from small-town Pennsylvania.“You know the difference between my hometown and Seattle?” he asked. “The age of the waiters. Where I’m…
Talk with Your Hands
“I’ve always loved hands. I’ve tattooed them all over my body,” says artist, tattooist and musician Shannon Perry. “We use them to make art, music, and to touch the people we love. I enjoy the challenge of drawing/sculpting their complicated…
Telenova
Telenova has lied to me. She smiles while she would have me believe in love. She has sent me notes to tell me how she likes my stride, how I walk across a room like an elephant. She has spent the night. I have found a hair of hers on my jacket more…