The Seattle Patroness

You guys, it's been a crazy month already and I'm overwhelmed. I just returned from a weekend in Vegas and since my only theatrical experience over the weekend was Mariah Carey's The Butterfly Returns (SO enjoyable, we love a diva), I'm very ready for dark Seattle stages. In The News: At the tail end of August, Seattle Weekly listed their Best of Seattle 2018 Food&Drink awards and none other than the Head Chef/Co-Creator of Cafe Nordo, the wonderful Erin Brindley, was named Best Chef!? I'm so pleased, and couldn't agree more. My father reached out to me to finally express his interest in going to a show, and I'm realizing that my semi-secret obsession is going to be a lot more popular this season! I've rarely seen empty seats at the venue and now tickets are going to go faster than ever. Rats. You can read the full listing here: https://www.seattleweekly.com/food/best-of-seattle-2018-food-drink/ AND THEN this week it was publicly announced ...

Cafe Nordo presents: The Pressure Cooker - Kiss Me Cake Cafe Nordo is here to save the concept of "dinner theater". Whenever I describe my evenings at Nordo, I trip over my words in an attempt to reduce the gentle sniffs of disapproval shown by those around me when I use the phrase "dinner theater". "It's so much more than that!" I cry, my hands desperately shooing away the image of a seedy theater from the 80's, filled with smoke, off-key singing, and daring high-low dresses. But depending on the show, Nordo is like that. Just this past season, Nordo has tackled sci-fi, spaghetti westerns, Christmas mysteries, and radio dramas (a collaboration with Book-It which was so delightful you wanted to walk away with an audio version of their performance). The upcoming season promises a new diverse array of themes, truly ensuring there is a show for everyone. Placed in a charming old building in Pioneer Square, the space is completely transformed f...