Convergence Zone
What's a girl to do when she's on the road and she: a) is craving chocolate b) breaks a nail c) pops a button d) gets a flat tire e) all of the above She breaks out her Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit! The girly lunchbox style kit is...
By Kathy Schultz | May 26, 2006
Eight years ago, when Honolulu native Gail Stringer couldn’t find any leis in Seattle to console a friend who was having a bad day, she did what any determined gal would do: She set up her own shop.
It wasn’t that easy, however. “I realized that selling leis wasn’t lucrative enough; that’s why nobody was offering them,” says Stringer, who moved to Seattle from Hawaii in 1993. “I had to make sure there were other products at the store to support my lei habit.”
By Joann Natalia Aquino | April 27, 2006
Convergence Zone
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
When husband-and-wife joint proprietors Tom Perilstein and Heather Stockdale first started Milagros Mexican Folk Art 15 years ago, they used to drive from Seattle to Mexico and then go from village to village looking for the finest in Mexican craftsmanship.
By Joann Natalia Aquino | March 15, 2006
Convergence Zone
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
Seattle Style File
Want to wow your sweetie this Valentine's Day? The odds are that the usual cards and teddy bears won't get you very far. Instead, think unique, personalized, and exceedingly romantic. Both men and women expect romance on Valentine's Day —and a gift that will remind them that they're loved beyond February 14. We enlisted Cupid's help and scoured the city for gifts that said "be mine."
By Sarah Jio | January 31, 2006
Convergence Zone
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
Seattle Style File
Hello Kitty — Sanrio's international pop icon of cuteness — is 31, fabulous and worth a billion bucks. Women of all ages adore her, and other starlet cartoon characters want to be her. That's how purrfectly irresistible this feline is.
By Joann Natalia Aquino | January 20, 2006
No matter what America's retailers would like to believe, Hanukkah is not "Jewish Christmas." (Let's skip over the history and theology that makes this notion oxymoronic at best, shall we?) It is, however, a holiday often marked by the exchanging of gifts, and these days there's plenty of savvy marketing intended to spark Hanukkah-present inspiration.
By Kimberly B. Marlowe | December 21, 2005
Stuff & Junk
I'm only going to run through this once, because otherwise it's gonna get stuck in my head and nothing will get it out, shy of an ice pick. I don't want to put an ice pick in my ear so just ... listen.
By Geoff Carter | December 12, 2005
