Best Bars

Best Bars <p><a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/0509-best-bars/">Our Smart Drinker’s Guide</a> to Seattle tells you where to go, who to know, and what to get: Here’s the lowdown on the city’s 25 best bars <em>right now</em>, and there’s a whole new deal at <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/0509-happy-hour-guide/">happy hour</a>. Plus: A profile of <a href="../../../issues/archives/articles/0509-cats-feral/">crusading cat lovers</a> wanting to make the city safe for strays—and make feral cats safe for the city; and an all-inclusive, all-natural, all-over <a href="../../../style-and-shopping/articles/05-09-feel-great-now-spas/">guide</a> to destressing, detoxifying, and retuning in the midst of a downturn, whether you crave a quick grooming fix or a sound investment in relief and relaxation.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

The Sundance Kid

Local director Lynn Shelton outgunned the doubters at Robert Redford’s film festival. Now she’s aiming at her hometown.

05/14/2009

Snapshots

Fab Frolics

Looking good and doing good for the community

04/23/2009

Passing Through

Munchkin for Life

An Oz veteran lands in the Emerald City.

04/23/2009 By Steve Wiecking

Article

The Not-So-Final Frontier

A Seattleite wrote the Star Trek backstory. Will the new movie ruin her universe?

04/23/2009

True Crime

Last Comic Landing

Did D. B. Cooper take his cue from an obscure French comic book?

04/23/2009

On the Town

Puppet People

Marionettes in motion make for unsettling notions.

04/22/2009 By Christopher Werner

Marriage

Till Disrespect Do Us Part

Couples therapist John Gottman predicts marriage futures.

04/22/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Eat & Drink

Occasions

Olé for May

The best places to celebrate and eat all that is Mexican.

04/23/2009

Article

Hello Sushi

A tree—and a cult following—grows in Ballard.

04/22/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Rhubarb Rocks

A ruby-red rhizome rockets into markets.

04/22/2009 By Jess Thomson

Article

Happy Hour Guide

The New Deals

04/22/2009 By James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

Article

Best Bars

The Smart Drinker’s Guide to Seattle

04/21/2009 By James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, and Christopher Werner

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

Bright Spots

04/23/2009 By Katherine Koberg

Health & Wellness

Health

Feel Great Now!

All-natural, all-over ways to destress, detoxify, and retune

04/21/2009 With Steve Wiecking, Matthew Halverson, Jessica Voelker, Christopher Werner, Katie Zipper, Jill Watanabe, Katie Cornell, and Andrew Matson By Laura Cassidy

Home & Real Estate

BOTTOM-LINE BOOSTING

This Room for Rent

Need some help on your mortgage? Take on a tenant.

04/23/2009 By Matthew Halverson

Inbox

Article

Mail from the Metro

04/22/2009

News & City Life

Constituent Advisory: Mayoral Lyrics

Spokane’s Rapping Mayor

From “Coming Together,” hip-hop lyrics written and performed by Spokane mayor Mary Verner

04/23/2009

Market Research

Operation Spend

Washington State will get a gratifying bite out of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the federal stimulus package).

04/23/2009

Article

The First Annual 404 Error Awards

On May 7, the Seattle 2.0 Awards will honor worthy tech-industry mavericks—who wouldn’t want to be named Best Venture Capitalist?—but they don’t go far enough. Some suggested additions…

04/23/2009 By Matthew Halverson