Just about everything in the Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Central Library is far-out, so it's not surprising that the library gift shop has a clever set-up. When it's closed, the third-floor retail store known as the FriendShop resembles a giant, sky-colored box. During business hours, it slides apart into five separate structures loaded with gifts and artwork crafted by local artists.
By Katherine Sather | March 16, 2006
What awaits your best friend in this Year of the Dog?
By Kathy Schultz | March 15, 2006
Sometimes it feels like you need a Blackberry and a J. Crew label to be seen in downtown Bellevue. So we're glad the new wine shop in Lincoln Square caters to both the wine snob and the passerby on a budget. Vino 100 offers 100 wines priced at less than $25, and its staff focuses on making wine shopping a stress-free experience.
By Katherine Sather | March 13, 2006
Whether you're looking for love, luck or something green to wear for St. Pat's day, this sterling silver locket has you covered.
By Kathy Schultz | March 8, 2006
When Aimee Sher found out she was pregnant, she started doodling. Those doodles turned into an adorable line of screen-printed baby T's and onesies. The local graphic designer (who is due any day now) and her husband Sven Bolen began to draw little critters, bikes, and skateboards on tiny tikes' duds. Thus, their company, Eight3One, was born before their baby.
By Kathy Schultz | March 1, 2006
Having one of those freak-out days? Reach for the Buddha Nose Bodhi Balm to relieve stress and tension. This calming salve smells like a fresh, woody forest. Massage the blend of beeswax, jojoba, atlas cedarwood, frankincense, juniper berry and ho wood into temples, shoulders, and neck and then take...
By Kathy Schultz | February 22, 2006
Local dishware diva Rosanna Bowles designed this festively colored American Bungalow collection for spring. The vibrant hues of these perky vessels will brighten any bungalow (or craftsman, or rambler). Inspired by collectible mid-century modern vases and pitchers, these durable pieces range in price from $15 for a small teardrop vase to $55 for a set of nested mixing bowls. Modernists will appreciate the bright white vases. Each piece comes in its own easy-to-store container printed with retro graphics of 40s era kitchen and knick knacks. Available at Rosanna’s at University Village.
By Kathy Schultz | February 15, 2006
Ahhh...Valentine's Day. Some people love it and others think it's just another holiday created by corporate evil-doers to make us spend more money or feel like schmucks for blowing it off entirely. Whatever your take on the 14th day of February, taking time out of your everyday routine to officially appreciate your sweetie can't be a bad thing. Nor does it mean you have to subscribe to giving the typical greeting card, red roses or box o' chocolates.
By Lori Hinton | February 6, 2006
With the opening of Ballard's Wild at Heart, thousands of secretly kinky Fremonsters, Wallingfordians, Green Lakers and Ballardites who don't want to make the trek to Capitol Hill can enjoy an equal — and in some ways, even more relaxed — adult shopping experience.
By Geoff Carter | January 24, 2006
Look, I don't know how to say this without sounding like a 12-year-old, so I'm just going to blurt it out: Woodland Park Zoo is once again selling poop by the gallon.
By Geoff Carter | November 30, 2005
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