14 Hottest Companies

14 Hottest Companies <p>Ramp up your résumés, Seattle. We profile 14 innovative businesses that are reinventing the working world with sweet perks, inspired workspaces, inclusive management styles, family-friendly policies, and visionary bosses—and, they’re hiring! Also in this issue, read about a horticultural whodunit at Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park Conservatory, and, just in time for spring, go behind the gates of three very different Seattle gardens to glean the gardeners’ inspiration and top plant picks. Next, actor-singer Nick Garrison transcends the fringe for the main stage in the 5th Avenue’s production of <em>Cabaret</em>. Plus: a chat about osteoporosis with actor Sally Field (she really, really doesn’t like it); and bold fashions for the new season.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

Out of Africa

Mama Maria Kenya’s Third Annual Benefit Auction

01/12/2009

Article

The Boys Back Home

Stop-Loss director Kimberly Peirce soldiers on with our returning men in uniform.

01/04/2009 By Steve Wiecking

Article

Once Upon a Time

Questions for indie folk singer Jamie Spiess.

01/04/2009 By Laura Cassidy

Article

Sonic Youth

NBA rookie Kevin Durant needs to see more of Seattle—before it’s too late.

01/04/2009 By Jim Gullo

Article

Arch Revival

01/04/2009 By Sarah Anderson

Article

Mr. Personalities

Actor Nick Garrison finds his own voice and discovers that life is a Cabaret.

01/04/2009 By Steve Wiecking

Eat & Drink

Article

How to Name a Restaurant

At How to Cook a Wolf, Ethan Stowell delivers simple plates, simply.

01/05/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

SCENE

Teatro Zinzanni

01/04/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

JOINT

Pam’s Kitchen

01/04/2009

NEIGHBORHOOD HOT SPOT

Boom Noodle

01/04/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Garlic Goes Green

The stinking rose sprouts a fresh look (and taste) for spring.

01/04/2009 By Jess Thomson

Article

Day Sippers

With six wineries now on Bainbridge, a full day’s tasting is just a ferry ride away.

01/04/2009 By Tristan Baurick

Article

A Tear in Your Beer

How Seattle can cope with the international hops crisis.

01/04/2009 By Sarah Anderson

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

Flower Power

01/04/2009

Health & Wellness

PASSINGTHROUGH

Rally with Sally

Sally Field has good bone structure.

01/04/2009 By Steve Wiecking

Home & Real Estate

Article

The Lost Slipper

In 2004, a top Seattle gardener acquired one of the most breathtaking orchid specimens she had ever seen. But at the Volunteer Park Conservatory—a magnet for plant thieves—this orchid never stood a chance.

01/04/2009 By Roger Brooks

Article

Light House

A Madison Park family tosses aside its traditional roots to create a modern home that glows.

01/04/2009 By Naomi Zeitlin

Gardening 2008

Earth Movers

Thanks to our area’s climate (and microclimates), we can be the gardeners we’ve always wanted to be. These three green thumbs created landscapes that spoke to their whimsical nature, their love of prized perennials, and their lasting memories of Tuscan vi

01/04/2009 By Marty Wingate