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Posted on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 11:43pm

Wine, Beer and Booze Alert: 7 Dates for Your Liquid Calendar

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Leslie Kelly
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Hayley Young

The lingering days of winter seem easier to bear with all sorts of fun sipping opportunities in the near future: Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 11:06pm

Bellingham’s Digs Moves to Ballard

By: 
Ali Brownrigg
Photo Credit: 
Diane Padys
Does this look like home to you?

Modern home and lifestyle retailer, Digs, is moving south from its Bellingham roots and opening a new, expanded location in Ballard. The store, which has been around since 2008, debuts in its 4,000 square foot space on Saturday, March 9 during art walk, in the same block as the Majestic Bay at 2002 NW Market St. Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 10:46pm

Earth Day 5K Training Week One: Done

By: 
Ali Brownrigg
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Ali Brownrigg
Driftwood at Lincoln Park

Week one of my training for the Earth Day 5K went...MUCH better than expected. It was a mercifully gentle ramp-up that consisted of a quick warm-up followed by alternating two-minute runs with a cool down period, for 20 minutes total, every other day. Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 6:43pm

What's New With WyattOrr

By: 
Ali Brownrigg
Photo Credit: 
Kyle Johnson - all photos
Filli Dress in Black

Meet Liise Wyatt and Karly Orr of WyattOrr. They’ve been designing separately and together since 2006, which makes them veterans in the Seattle fashion scene. They knocked our socks off in the 2008 Seamless in Seattle contest, which they both won separately with their individual eponymous collections. We caught up with them recently to check in on what they’re up to and hear their thoughts on how this town treats its designers. Read more »

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Posted on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 7:35pm

Amazon's New Kindle Ad Loves Gay Marriage

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iSpotTV

Seattle-based retail giant Amazon.com just launched a national ad for its Kindle Paperwhite. The star of the ad isn't the new e-reader, though. It's the subtle notion presented that gay marriage is a totally benign and normal aspect of life. Oh, and any thinking that defaults to heterosexuality as a norm. Well, that's sort of old hat. The future is all about equality (and reading on screens, indoors and out). Cheers to that (except the screen part; I'm not totally sold on that idea). Read more »

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