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Seattle's Daily Deal Startups Are Banking on Groupon's Success

Seattle’s Daily Deal Startups Are Banking on Groupon’s Success

Several local companies are offering niche deals for local sale seekers.

Thanks to Groupon’s booming success, daily-deal companies are sprouting up all over. In the last year, several seattle websites have put a niche spin on the popular online discount model. STRENGTH IN NUMBERSTippr (tippr.com)Boasts 50 to 90 percent off prices, and unlike other sites, features Accelerated Deals—the more people who purchase, the greater the discount…

Seattle’s IndieFlix Offers Short Films in a Sweet Format

Seattle’s IndieFlix Offers Short Films in a Sweet Format

Vote for your indie picks with the Film Festival in a Box.

We love SIFF, but sometimes the hugeness of our local film fest can be a tad overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be cool to attend a film festival where you didn’t have to stand in line or scramble for good seats? Say, a film festival in your living room? Enter FILM FESTIVAL IN A BOX, an interactive…

Seattle's Pie Peddlar: Piecycle Brings Eco-friendly Treats to the U-District

Seattle’s Pie Peddlar: Piecycle Brings Eco-friendly Treats to the U-District

Max Kraushaar, a UW theater and photography major, spends weekend mornings baking pies in his apartm

Max Kraushaar, a UW theater and photography major, spends weekend mornings baking pies in his apartment. At night, he delivers them in the University District via bicycle. The protocal for his business, the piecycle, is simple: Text Kraushaar on Friday or Saturday night (9:30 p.m.–3 a.m.) for a slice ($3) or a pie ($20), and…

Local Authority: Nancy Pearl

Local Authority: Nancy Pearl

Local librarian and literary critic Nancy Pearl goes global with her new book

NAME: Nancy PearlOCCUPATION: Author; National Public Radio commentatorTV PRESENCE: Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, a monthly show on the Seattle ChannelLOCAL LITERARY STRENGTHS: “You really get a palpable sense of place from Northwest writers.”ON SETTING BOOKS IN THE NORTHWEST: “You have to live through a Seattle winter to really capture the place.” Does anyone know…

Scoop: Sweet Beauty

Scoop: Sweet Beauty

Seattle’s Sweet Beauty skin care adds white chocolate to the mix

It’s no secret that chocolate is balm for the soul, but it turns out it also boasts moisturizing superpowers for your skin. SoDo-based organic skin care purveyor Sweet Beauty has added Theo Chocolate’s white chocolate to its new line of zesty body lotions and scrubs. Our favorite scents? Fragrant tangerine truffle and mojito ($22/8 oz.)….

Scoop:Eddie Bauer Archival Revival

Scoop:Eddie Bauer Archival Revival

Eddie Bauer celebrates 90 years of outdoor outfitting this year with a Smithsonian-caliber archive o

Eddie Bauer celebrates 90 years of outdoor outfitting this year with a Smithsonian-caliber archive of historic items from the Seattle-based brand. Open since May, the archive sweeps adventure aficionados through a timeline of EB’s impressive firsts, including the first American shuttlecock (the company started as a tennis shop in the ’20s and expanded to badminton…

Scoop: Online Pie

Chris Porter delivers homemade dessert door to door from Seattle’s first online pie shop

It’s a classic American story: Chris Porter, a former TV news reporter in Indiana, was at a crossroads in his career when he decided to reject the obvious path in favor of pursuing a lifelong dream—a life of pie. “I grew up making pie in my mother’s kitchen,” he says. “I’m a huge pie fanatic.”…

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