Best of the City

Best of the City <p>This month we view Seattle through new lenses—that is, through 3D glasses in our print magazine. For this extra-special Best of the City issue, bursting with images in three dimensions, we trained our focus of on 183 shops, services, activities, and eateries that help us define ourselves anew. Next, read about how the UW’s Environmental Law Clinic has nurtured young lawyers, defended the little guy, and battled big corporations for five years. Plus: Sub Pop turns 20, Summer Fashion update, a visit with Arianna Huffington, and more.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

This is SUB POP

The rise and fall and rise of the record label that that redefined itself for a new generation.

12/28/2008 By Bart Blasengame

Article

Murder Most Tyra

America’s top reality host has Seattle blood on her hands.

12/27/2008

Article

Death-Defying Do-Gooders

12/27/2008 By Courtney Nash

Eat & Drink

Article

The Never-Ending Txori

The space is small, the plates are tiny, and the experience  is the full-meal deal.

01/06/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Nectar of the Pods

With fresh chickpeas, it’s what’s inside that counts.

12/28/2008 By Jess Thomson

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

Raise Your Glasses

12/27/2008

Home & Real Estate

REAL ESTATE

Thoroughly Modern

A specialty real estate firm specializes in midcentury architecture.

12/28/2008 By Ashley Griffin

Article

Glass Houses

The perfect summer host is ready to serve mint juleps, mojitos, and merlot. Are you?

12/28/2008 By Anna Roth

Article

The Dirt on Grass

For gardeners who seek perfect lawns, the soil comes first.

12/28/2008 By Marty Wingate

Article

Skin Deep

A Capitol Hill condominium gets a face-lift without radical surgery.

12/28/2008 By Peter Sackett

Inbox

Article

Mail from the Metro

Letters to Seattle Met

12/27/2008

News & City Life

Article

Legal Eaglets

For five years, the UW Environmental Law Clinic has defended the little guy, battled big corporations, and given sheltered students real-world experience. Now its benefactor is thinking of pulling the plug.

12/28/2008 By Daniel Jack Chasan

Article

Open Election (or) Partisan Ploy?

A proposed voting reform is supposed to protect independent voters by banning political parties from county ballots. But opponents fear it will only protect endangered Republican officeholders.

12/28/2008 By Lee Fehrenbacher

Article

Force 10 Is With Them

Meet the Storm’s newest point guard. No, Sue Bird hasn’t quit.

12/28/2008 By Courtney Nash

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Best of the City 2008

Faced with a place that is busting with “bests,” how do we choose what’s the Best of the City? We focus on the new and the newly discovered—183 shops and services, activities and eateries that offer fresh, exciting viewpoints on the city and force us to d

12/28/2008 With Steve Wiecking, Kathryn Robinson, James Ross Gardner, Leah Finn, Laura Cassidy, Ben Schock, Stefan Durham, Christopher Werner, Roger Brooks, Lee Fehrenbacher, Rachelle Robinett, Sarah Anderson, Kelly Huffman, Erin Pursell, Laura Peach, and Wilson Diehl Edited by Jessica Voelker