Daily Find
If
you're looking for ways to shop local, eat fresh and stretch your food dollars, consider
visiting your neighborhood farmers market. Recently, I sat down for a chat with
Chris Curtis, director of the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, who
had a few tips for getting started.
May 15, 2009
Daily Find
After
an exhaustive search to locate skin care for a son born with multiple skin
conditions and sensitivities, Shoreline mom Lynnel Jones took the "if I can't
find it, I'll make it," approach. Her
first product, Bien Ella Eczema Butter ($33 for four ounces), which contains no
mineral oil, petroleum, wax, glycerin or what she describes as "impossible to
pronounce ingredients," not only produced good results for her son, it led to a
full line of creamy body butters, scrubs, treatments and facial serums.
May 11, 2009
Daily Find
About
a month ago, a friend encouraged me to stop by Belltown boutique Fancy to check
out local jewelry artist Shelli Markee's Bird Show, which featured a virtual aviary
of soaring wrought-iron birds on the walls and ceiling. While I was there, I
discovered not only Markee's supremely elegant wire art, but her jewelry.
May 6, 2009
Daily Find
Whether you're a master gardener, an enthusiastic
novice or somewhere in between the two on the green thumb continuum, check out
Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale,
May 2 and 3 at Wallingford's Meridian Park.
April 30, 2009
Daily Find
There's a first time for everything,
even if it takes 76 years. Gregg's Cycle, which opened in 1932, is holding its
first-ever storewide sale April 24 through May 3. The aptly named "Have
Some Fun Sale" will take place at all three Gregg's locations:
Greenlake, Bellevue and Lynnwood.
April 23, 2009
Daily Find
Until she ties the knot this June, bride-to-be Mara
Liston will be engaged to her Be Wed guide, a smartly organized, eco-friendly
wedding planner designed by longtime friends and local graphic designers Jenna
Ashley and Kathleen Koeneman.
April 17, 2009
Daily Find
One cool idea for a hot
planet (as in climate change) involves riding a bike, which cuts emissions, saves
money and produces buff calves. But first, you need the bike and second, you
need one you can afford. Bike
Works in Columbia City likes getting people in the saddle.
April 6, 2009
Daily Find
Seattle is chock-full of wine
shops that regularly offer in-store tastings, allowing you to sample unfamiliar
wines before you buy them and saving you the expense of a wine you might not
like. Below
are three such wine stores near my north-end neighborhood, all of which
offer
weekly tastings, a great selection, some truly crazy bargains and loads
of hospitality. When I visited, I didn't find a single wine snob --
just great wine and happy customers.
March 30, 2009
Daily Find
Whether you're
working less or just escaping more, curling up with a good book is a pleasure
that not even a bad economy can diminish. A book is a relatively inexpensive
treat, and Seattle
is filled with new and used bookstores that provide both a great selection and
a peaceful ambiance.
March 25, 2009
Daily Find
I've been craving a
Boodlebag ever since I spied one dangling from the wrist of a friend. Her smart
little blue and brown diamond-patterned "wristlet" was perfect for small
essentials. While I fished around in my oversized purse for cash, she whipped
out a credit card and paid for lunch. I learned that
Boodlebags are the creation of two local moms, Angela Anderson and Renee Lico.
March 19, 2009
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