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Shopping Around: Let There be Fashion
Seattle designer Luly Yang presents...
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Seattle designer Luly Yang takes a cue from the phrase “art as fashion” for her highly anticipated annual fall fashion show, this year entitled “The Creation” and scheduled for October 9. Drawing inspiration from Michelangelo, the statue of David and LaCupola among other work, the designer’s new collection of lacy…
Shopping Around: Local (Russian) Talent
This Magnolia-based designer wants to help women make a statement with their clothing
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories For 31-year-old, Russian-born designer Masha Osoianu (mashaknits.blogspot.com), the expression “like mother, like daughter” aptly fits. After learning basic sewing skills from her mother, a fashion designer in Moldova, Osoianu moved to the States, spending the next decade honing her craft at Nordstrom and other local design houses. Two years ago,…
Shopping Around: Designer Doorknobs
ModKnobs--not your average doorknob
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories ModKnobs–not your average doorknob When Jeff and Mary LaCoste bought their Ballard home, the dark 1980s design of their new abode didn’t reflect the modern couple’s personality (Jeff owns graphic design firm Designheavy; Mary is an advertising copywriter). One sore spot in particular: the old doorknobs that didn’t match the…
Local Authority: Roger Calhoon, Corn-maze Designer
Corn-maze designer Roger Calhoon cultivates mystery
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Name: Roger CalhoonTitle: Corn-maze designerSouth 47’s Maze Length: “About a mile long; two miles if you take the wrong turns.”Number of Corn Plants Per Maze: 250,000 On Maze Themes: “We aren’t going to be doing any Disney mazes.”Web site: south47farm.comTwitter ID: @FarmerRoger Each fall, about 10,000 people thank Roger Calhoon for getting…
Scoop: The Nerd Report
Breakthroughs and news from the local geek crew
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Breakthroughs and news from the local geek crew Though local bird nerds brandish binoculars to tally up rarely seen species, a new book reveals that the most fascinating feathered friends may be the easiest to spot. In Crow Planet (2009), Seattle naturalist and accomplished avian author Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Pilgrim…
Scoop: Heal Thyself
Hemp soft-serve takes center stage at Capitol Hill's new nutrition bar
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Hemp soft-serve takes center stage at Capitol Hill’s new nutrition bar If you spent any time on Capitol Hill last summer, you likely took your licks at one of three new frosty-treat purveyors—Molly Moon’s, Bluebird or Old School Frozen Custard. But did you miss the hemp soft-serve? Healeo (1520 15th…
Scoop: Lingerie Model
A new book by local undergarment experts does more than lift and separate
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories A new book by local undergarment experts does more than lift and separate Jennifer Manuel Carroll, owner of Fremont’s popular Bellefleur Lingerie Boutique (bellefleurlingerie.com), and local writer Kathy Schultz have teamed up to offer lingerie lessons for both the novice and the naughty in Underneath It All: A Girl’s Guide…
Key Ingredient: Cardamom
Local gourmet Lorna Yee spices up autumnal quick breads with green cardamom
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Local gourmet Lorna Yee spices up autumnal quick breads with green cardamom What it is: Cardamom is a spice that comes from a perennial bush related to the ginger family. Cardamom grows wild in India, but it is now also cultivated in Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Indochina and Tanzania. The seed…
Road Trip: Allison Inn & Spa
Visit a new luxurious 35-acre Oregon resort
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Where: Newberg, Oregon. Why: To relax at the luxurious Allison Inn & Spa, a 35-acre resort opened in September, featuring solar-heated water, a green roof and nary a plastic water bottle, plus flower and herb gardens, vineyards, and spa facility stocked with organic products and treatments made with ingredients grown on…
Tress Treatment
New Phinney Ridge salon Hazel embraces the organic movement--and a way to recycle hair
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Beauty is the latest industry to jump on the green bandwagon in Seattle as more organic salons pop up on the scene. The newest contender: Tara Berg’s cozy Phinney Ridge salon, Hazel (5817 Phinney Ave. N; 206.453.3515). Berg, 33, revamped a formerly bare space near the zoo to create the…
Knute Berger on Bungalows & Backyard Cottages
With our urban density ever increasing, does Seattle still have room for the humble bungalow?
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines With our urban density ever increasing, does Seattle still have room for the humble bungalow? Every fall for the last dozen years, Historic Seattle has hosted a “Bungalow Fair” celebrating what is perhaps Seattle’s defining architectural hallmark of the early 20th century. There are exhibits, tours and a chance to…
Editor’s Note: Gold Medal Getaways
Seattle magazine editor rediscovers Vancouver in anticipation of the 2010 Olympics, finding n
Category: Articles Seattle magazine editor rediscovers Vancouver in anticipation of the 2010 Olympics, finding new Olympic venues, emerging neighborhoods such as South Main Street, and the best waffles in Yaletown Earlier this year I took a trip to Vancouver, B.C., with my family. In the B.K. era (before kids) my husband and I used…
The Must List: Premiere of Moore to Life
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Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Seattle magazine’s entertaining expert Kelley Moore launches her own television series—Moore to Life—on KONG-TV this month. The 30-minute, weekly show is packed with Moore’s innovative tips for dining, design and home décor. Later this month (10/18), don’t miss Moore’s appearance on HGTV’s (hgtv.com) Halloween special, where she decks out a…
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