If
you're looking to add a splash of summer color to your wardrobe or love to
dress in bright hues year-round, Genevieve Church's appealing sculpted glass-art jewelry is calling.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 15, 2009
Located
in Seattle's
University District, Sidecar for Pigs Peace is a modern-day mercantile filled
with vegan delights. Although they've been around for a while, I decided to
stop in and see what's new for summer.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 14, 2009
With
the advent of the digital age, has the art of putting pen to paper gone the way
of the dodo bird? For the sake of spelling and social graces, let's hope not. Instead
of the ubiquitous "sent from my iPhone" message, consider sending
your next communiqué on stationery from Running Rhino & Co.,
a decidedly more decorative and personal form of communication.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 16, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 27, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 29, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | July 31, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | August 2, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | August 6, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | August 9, 2009
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.
By Sheryl Wiser | August 19, 2009
