Daily Find
Though shopping online from the comfort of your couch will save you from hauter-than-thou boutique employees, covert charging does have its drawbacks. That's where online retailer and NWsource shopping columnist Alison Brownrigg comes to the rescue, with her newly opened, by-appointment showroom, the brick-and-mortar complement to her shopping site, Petaline.
By Aja Pecknold | August 11, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
Several weeks ago, a new kid-friendly bookstore opened on the shores of Green Lake. About a block over from Rosita's Mexican Grill's fine handmade tortillas, Mockingbird Books dishes up little lit hits -- and marshmallow launchers.
By Lora Shinn | July 17, 2008
Convergence Zone
The loud, proud knitters of Seattle have had enough, and their
days of knitting on the down low are over. This weekend, they'll take
to the outdoors for World Wide Knit in Public Day.
By Monica Fischer | June 13, 2008
Microhoods | A look at changing neighborhoods, a block at a time A look at changing neighborhoods, a block at a time
By Tan Vinh | June 12, 2008
Gentle Snark
Green Lake's Lower Woodland Skatepark opens officially to the public on Saturday, June 7 at 9:30 a.m. This 17,000-square-foot park, designed by Wally Hollyday and built by contractor T.F. Sahli, is a concrete ocean of possibilities. It features a flow bowl and a street course, accomodates riders of every skill level and is actually picking up some decent reviews from those who matter, the skateboarders themselves.
By Geoff Carter | May 30, 2008
Convergence Zone
When "World's Largest Running Store" Road Runner Sports
came to town a few years ago, I ignored the store entirely, continuing to buy my shoes and gear
from one of the local shops. Last week, though, a friend who is the fitness director at Seattle Athletic Club suggested I check out Road Runner in Greenlake. He said I would find
both fit experts and a selection every bit as good as the local shops.
By Monica Fischer | May 8, 2008
Daily Find
At the new Shoefly in Belltown, the writing is on the wall: "New Shoes Beat the Blues." Can't argue with that. And there's enough variety at the fourth location of this locally owned minichain to fill a few closets with new shoes.
By Kathy Schultz | June 5, 2007
Sweat is trickling down your brow now, your thighs and calves are warm and working as they're intended, your mind wandering with your eye; a green and white ferry leaves Coleman Dock, a red and white Coast Guard cutter steams into Elliott Bay, seagulls squawk. A friendly female jogger smiles as she passes coming the other way, you wipe your forehead with your wrist and begin to round Duwamish Head, breathing rhythmically, feeling the sun's glow, smelling salt air. Into full view strides the Olympics, the twin peaks of The Brothers most prominent, their shoulders cloaked in fading snow.
By Greg Johnston | June 23, 2005
In a month when many feel besieged by the cultural storm that has become the holidays, there is a startlingly beautiful and peacefully distracting invasion in our midst. The winter birds have arrived.
In a locale where many, with curmudgeonly resignation, accept the gray months as something "you get through," there is joyful relief in sighting the season's first buoyant bufflehead, or recognizing the all-dressed-up glide of the brant goose.
By Maria Dolan and Kathryn True | December 18, 2003
Take a Walk
Location: Seattle
Length: 2.8 miles.
Level of difficulty: Flat, paved path; inner lane for walkers/runners/baby strollers and outer lane for skaters/bikers. Also a few dirt/gravel trail spurs.
By Cathy McDonald | April 25, 2002
