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Modern Heritage: Vicki Simon Kitchen for Gray Magazine

...with a clever reimagining of the space...the home feels lighter, brighter, and it suits the home’s energetic inhabitants...
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Même Kidswear for Gray magazine
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Today’s kids... are forced into gender-influenced clothing at such an early age...that they’re not really allowed to discover the world for themselves...


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Getaways: Chelan, WA

...carved from an ancient glacier and fed by existing ones, Lake Chelan offers 50 miles of deep, cool, azure blue waters, bounded by steep rocky outcroppings and beach homes both modest and extravagant...

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Practical Luxury: Marianne Simon Bath for Gray Magazine

...because the space was quite small, Simon chose a brass, double-sink, ball foot-style washstand by Palmer to keep the design open...

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Restaurant Review: Paseo

...Is the new Paseo as good as the original Paseo? That depends on whether you believe with all of your heart and soul that Paseo 1.0 was ever as good as people used to say that it was. Which it wasn’t...


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Wine Review: London Plane

...you've come to this sunny,       bright corner in Pioneer Square to drink (and then shop) from Marc Papineau's carefully chose wine list...


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Bar Review: Trove Bar

... the sleeper hit here is the snug, shadowy lounge and its Korean-flavored cocktail menu...including a tart-and-spicy Seoul Mule, infused with tannic Korean omija berries...

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Wine Bar Review: Bottlehouse

...it's a big draw for wine geeks given the quirky list: The lesser-known the winery, the more apt Henri is to be interested...

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Restaurant Review: Vif

...a serene oasis, with white walls and zinc counters, and windows that wrap diners in light...you’ll leave Vif feeling satisfied, yet somehow lighter than when you walked in...



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Restaurant Review: Le Petit Cochon

...the Olsen Farms “phat ass” pork chop—presented on a cutting board—stole the show. Four inches thick, pink and juicy, it arrives atop buttery grits and a nutty, mildly spicy red mole sauce.



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Restaurant Review: Bar Sajor

...you’ll taste food here that has a quite distinct point of view; food that will likely challenge you. Bar Sajor embodies a paradigm shift in the larger dining scene, one that’s been a long time coming....

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Restaurant Review: Stoneburner

...the feel is more masculine, with oak paneling, custom leather bucket chairs in the bar and expansive windows that open up entirely, allowing diners to feel as if they’re on the sidewalk...

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Restaurant Review: Mamnoon

...the kitchen’s oeuvre is roundly savory: garlic, sesame, sumac and allspice, pistachio, lamb, lemon and yogurt combine to remarkable effect...



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Restaurant Review: Tanakasan

...several dishes live up to servers exultations, especially smoked black cod over rice with an impossibly delicious avocado hollandaise sauce and a perfect fried egg...


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Food We Love: Ellenos Greek Yogurt

...the lemon cheesecake is incredibly thick. blanketed with homemade lemon curd and topped with crunchy oatmeal cookie bits...


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Wine Review: Westward

...just below the oyster-perfect Chablis is a briny Greek blend of assyrtiko and athiri from Sigalas winery on Santorini, which goes swimmingly with the branzino that chef Zoi Antonitsas pulls from her wood-fired oven...



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The Power of Two: Joule and The Whale Wins

...there’s something very smart about the yin-and-yang approach the two restaurateurs have taken here. No matter which shoulder you incline your head toward, something very tasty awaits...

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Restaurant Review: The Willows Inn

...deeply earthy, gorgeously plated bites of island flora and fauna: oysters still seawater salty, salmon so fresh it could bring a tear to your eye, course after course of familiar foods that taste utterly new...

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Restaurant Review: LloydMartin

...the room feels energized but adult, filled with couples on dates and friends sharing plates. If you haven’t been here yet, go now: The place is very good and it just keeps getting better...


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