Daily Find
With autumn in the air, so
begins the time-honored tradition of celebrating the harvest. Although we're
more than a few miles from our rural roots, Seattle's got its own urban-style harvest party
at Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can stock up on everything you'll need to keep your
garden growing into the fall and winter months, and
shop the Urban Marketplace for locally made goods such as soap, organic
clothing, honey, jams, jellies, teas and chocolate.
September 11, 2009
Daily Find
Can a sassy garter belt result in a proposal of marriage? Apparently
so for one woman, who relates her tale of love and lingerie in
"Underneath It All," a self-styled "Girl's Guide to Buying, Wearing and
Loving Lingerie," by Seattle authors Jennifer Manuel Carroll and Kathy
Schultz. Blithely covering everything you need to know about life
with your lingerie -- from bare essentials to sultry extras -- Caroll
and Schultz have imbued their stylish paperback with a well-blended mix of
practical how-to and perky, cheeky fun.
August 28, 2009
Daily Find
Summer's
still here, but you don't need a season or a reason to enjoy a cool treat from Wallingford's Fainting
Goat Gelato. The
roomy and amiable shop handcrafts over 30 kinds of rich,
dense and creamy gelatos on-site, with an eye for quality ingredients such as local
and organic dairy, organic sugar, seasonal fruits and imported Sicilian pistachios.
August 26, 2009
Daily Find
Even though I don't
have a car, I get around pretty well. Still there are few things which pose a
problem, like buying a 30-pound bag of dog food and schlepping it on the bus. Luckily, Zak &
Zoe, Phinney Ridge's brick-and-mortar "modern dog mercantile," offers up a
"Fetch Delivery" service, which not only saves me an impossible trip, but gives
me relief to be able to cross another errand off the list and keep the dog in
the kibble he craves. Any product on the shop's Web site can be delivered as long as a $20 minimum order is met, with no
additional delivery fee.
August 19, 2009
Daily Find
There's a lot more to choosing a bra than you think. A poorly fitting
foundation garment is not only a fashion faux pas, it's uncomfortable
and unable to deliver the proper support. We all want to look and feel
our best, so we asked Liisa Thorson, Nordstrom's Regional Fit Stylist, to help you get the fit your figure deserves.
August 9, 2009
Daily Find
Summertime
and the reading is easy -- breezy novels, compelling memoirs and sexy vampire
romances; hey, it's your beach blanket, indulge. Your
dog, on the other paw, would like you to sit up and pay attention to "The
Dog Lover's Companion to the Pacific Northwest" ($21.95) and "The Dog
Lover's Companion to Seattle" ($17.95), by Seattle author Val
Mallinson.
August 6, 2009
Daily Find
Birch
Soaps are the creation of Katie McCallister, a young twentysomething who's busy
mixing up batches of yummy soaps, lotion bars, lip balms and solid perfumes in her
Greenwood home.
Somehow, McCallister has figured out how to blend her chosen ingredients and
scents so that not only does everything look and smell wonderful before you use
it, your skin feels divine as a result.
August 2, 2009
Daily Find
How
would you like to spend 6 to 8 months of your life on a diet consisting solely
of pureed fruits and vegetables? Well,
you already have, but you were just a baby and chances are, no one was adding
cardamom, coconut cream, edamame or other flavorful touches to liven things up. Wee
ones graduating to solid food can now say goodbye to creamed spinach and hello
to a smorgasbord of world cuisine such as Tokyo Tum Tum, Baby Dal, Sweetie
Tahiti, or Que Pasa Calabasa, courtesy of Dr. Susanna's World Baby Foods.
July 31, 2009
Daily Find
It's
hard to miss local designer Shannon Martin's cards, notepads and other paraphernalia around town, with
her trademark pairing of sultry, cheeky or downright sentimental vintage family
photographs topped by unforgettable quotes such as Oscar Wilde's "Be
yourself. Everyone else is already taken." Now
you can add a dose of that sass to your bath with Martin's newly released line of Feel
Goods Bath Salts, in a dozen scents that will turn your bath hour into happy hour.
July 29, 2009
Daily Find
It's
Saturday morning and Ballard resident Laura McLeod is at Kick It Boots &
Stompwear on NW Market Street.
But it's not the latest Italian boots she's after. McLeod has purchased several
3-pound jars of Buck Hollow Farms raw honey from Poulsbo that, literally, just
came off the boat, known as Whisper and home to Sail Transport Company.
July 27, 2009
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