Food & Drink
12 Days of Christmas at Elaia Spa at Hyatt Olive 8
!–paging_filter–pYou’ll be downtown shopping anyway in the next few weeks, why not schedule in a little “me time” at the spa to ease any holiday stress? a href=”http://olive8.hyatt.com/hyatt/pure/spas/” target=”_blank”Elaia/a is offering 12 deals for each of the 12 days of Christmas./ppThursday, December 12: The perfect stocking stuffer!br /Schedule a 60-minute or greater spa treatment and…
‘Tis the Season: Value Village + Seattle Magazine Tacky Sweater Contest
!–paging_filter–pTacky sweaters are the reason for the season. When else do you have sartorial sanction to pull out your ugliest, gaudiest, green and reddest, most fabulous ugly holiday sweater? We know you wear them because we see you doing it all over Facebook and Instagram, there’s no denying it. So send those pics of your…
New Online Shop: Close By
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://porchlightcoffee.com/” target=”_blank”Porchlight Coffee and Records/a owner Zack Bolotin has a new project, an online store called a href=”http://www.closebyshop.com/” target=”_blank”Close By/a, that you should know about. Bolotin lauched Close By over the summer, as a love story to his home state of Washington, filling it with “items that are well made, good looking and that…
Local Holiday Cards
!–paging_filter–pThree things: Christmas is less than two weeks away. (How did that happen?). The US Post Office needs your support. (Buy stamps.) And New Year’s cards are a lovely option if Christmas isn’t your jam./ppFollowing is a very brief selection of the cool cards from Pacific Northwest designers for your holiday communication needs./pp style=”text-align: center;”img…
Melinda Maria Trunk Show at Nordstrom
!–paging_filter–pI have a very chic friend who wears her a href=”http://melindamaria.com/” target=”_blank”Melinda Maria/a a href=”http://melindamaria.com/goddess-of-love.html” target=”_blank”Goddess of Love necklace/a everyday, layering it with her other posh pieces and looking amazing like it’s no big thing at all. Granted she has great taste and a keen eye, but I really think that it’s her Melinda Maria…
2013 Gift Guide: Gifts Under $30
!–paging_filter–pTuck a gift card into a canoe pencil case, $23, with pencils, $10, both from Fleurt (West Seattle, 4536 California Ave. SW; 206.937.1103; a href=”http://www.fleurtseattle.com” target=”_blank”fleurtseattle.com/a). Everyone needs a place to jot down their deep thoughts: Compendium journals, $6.95, at Fireworks (multiple locations including Westlake Center, 400 Pine St.; 206.682.6462; a href=”http://www.fireworksgallery.net” target=”_blank”fireworksgallery.net/a) are just…
2013 Gift Guide: For the Man in Your Life
!–paging_filter–pManscaping is easy, given the right tools. A rose gold Mühle shaving brush, $140, straight edge Dovo razor crafted out of yew wood, $237, andnbsp; Mühle chrome razor, $65; em(all pictured above)/em all from WardCo. (downtown, 1304 Fourth Ave; 206.971.0951; a href=”http://www.wardmensgrooming.com” target=”_blank”wardmensgrooming.com/a). brbrPair that new razor with Pirouette Essential’s Wild Spruce cologne and shaving…
Get Cozy with Mere Basics’ Line of Cashmere Loungewear
!–paging_filter–pFormer investment banker Kathleen Baxley spent 15 years in New York, freezing cold under her business attire. “I wore elegant clothes, and I wanted an inner layer of warmth and comfort that was consistent with the rest of my wardrobe,” says the Queen Anne–based Baxley. After moving to chilly, damp Seattle, Baxley “embraced the entrepreneurial…
Gift Idea: A Scooter for your Preschooler
!–paging_filter–pIf your preschooler is anything like mine, he’s in constant motion, loves anything that keeps him that way and is raring to get on some wheels and go for it. This summer we discovered the a href=”http://www.bootylandkids.com/product_p/mi-1.htm” target=”_blank”Mini Micro/a scooter from Kickboard USA, perfect for kiddos ages 3-5, easy to dismantle, transport and carry for…
Holiday Music: The Sounding Joy
!–paging_filter–pBeloved childrens musician and folk singer, Elizabeth Mitchell, has released a new album just in time for the holidays. Called emThe Sounding Joy/em, this festive album is inspired by the 1953 emAmerican Folk Songs for Christmas/emnbsp;songbook by Ruth Crawford Seeger, the step mother of famed folk singer, Pete Seeger, and features a cadre of special…
Built For Man’s Ornament Project
!–paging_filter–pLast year, Francisco Hernandez, the owner, designer and visionary behind men’s clothing line a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/editors-choice-built-man“Built For Man/a created a a href=”http://builtforman.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/the-yak-project/” target=”_blank”yak ornament/a, made in Nepal, with proceeds benefitting the a href=”http://www.erc.org.np/index.php” target=”_blank”Early Rehabilitation Center (ERC)/a, a Nepalese non profit committed to the welfare of special needs kids in that country./ppThe Yak project was a…
Urban Craft Uprising is Nigh
!–paging_filter–pIt’s that time of year again: a href=”http://www.urbancraftuprising.com/” target=”_blank”UCU/a is happening this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. It’s 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and is totally free (of course, donations are welcome)./ppNow in its ninth year, UCU is a bi-annual indie marketplace with over…
Cashmere Holiday Party
!–paging_filter–pCashmere party. Have sweeter words ever been strung together?/ppSwing by a href=”http://trilliumtailor.com/” target=”_blank”Trillium Custom Tailoring and Design/a in a href=”http://trilliumtailor.com/contact” target=”_blank”Bellevue Place/a on Thursday, December 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. and experience knit cashmere scarves, sweaters, underpinnings and more from a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/article/covetable-cashmere…“Paychi Guh/a, a href=”http://www.merebasics.com/” target=”_blank”Mere Basics/a and a href=”http://benubenu.com/” target=”_blank”Benu/a, along with wool…