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.
August 11, 2008
Daily Find
Six chandeliers grandly line the center of Stylus Salon's high ceiling. In fact, each carefully placed accoutrement -- from the appliance cabinets to the chairs -- brings functional style to the edgy new Belltown salon, the brainchild of Seattle stylists Robert Middleton (formerly of heavy-hitting local salons Red and Halo) and Jesus Ezcabar.
July 3, 2008
Daily Find
Just across the 520 bridge, there lies an oasis named for the Greek word for five, pente. The new Penterra Spa at the Heathman Hotel, set just near the banks of Lake Washington in downtown Kirkland, brings urban elegance and a vast range of luxurious treatments to the waterside suburb.
June 24, 2008
Daily Find
Many go abroad hoping to find love on foreign soil, a passionate tryst along the Riviera, or a certain kind of kissing atop the Eiffel Tower. For Seattle designer Sabrina Love Rodriguez, the two years she spent in France and Italy did indeed spark a torrid affair, though not with Jean Luc or Giovani, but with soft, supple Italian leather, and the classic handbags crafted from it.
June 3, 2008