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Georgetown's Revival Home and Garden throws a garden sale starting Saturday 8/30

Alison Brownrigg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:10:55 -0700

Summer gardening may be at it's ebb, but if you've got a gardener on your gift list, now is the time to stock up on cool accessories to wow them with. Revival Home and Garden is having a 25% off sale on all garden related stock starting Saturday 8/30 and running until sunday 9/7.

An expansion at Madison Valley nail spa Hoa means more rooms for parties

Kathy Schultz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:27 -0700

It's party-time at Hoa, Madison Valley's popular, affordable nail salon. Last month, Hoa remodeled the space adjacent to the main salon (in the former Miss Madison's tanning space).

What's cooking in the Bumberpot?

Cody Ellerd — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:42:26 -0700

If you're going to be at Bumbershoot this weekend, there's finally something a lot more interesting on the food front than roasted corn and funnel cake.

In the Shaw Room of the Seattle Center's Northwest Rooms, One Pot will be in residency paying tribute to the revolutionary spirit of the year 1968 through media, art and food.

This just in: H&M store-opening updates

Alison Brownrigg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:05:10 -0700

Just got the official press release from H&M: the U Village store is opening on Sept. 12 at noon and H&M Pike Street will open Sept. 18 at noon.

Also from the press release comes this exciting tidbit: "H&M will celebrate the opening of the University Village store location by offering the first 200 shoppers an H&M T-shirt and gift cards worth up to $250. H&M Pike Street’s store opening will feature gift cards worth up to $500 and H&M T-shirts for the first 300 customers in line."

This just in: H&M store-opening updates

Alison Brownrigg — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:05:10 -0700

Just got the official press release from H&M: the U Village store is opening on Sept. 12 at noon and H&M Pike Street will open Sept. 18 at noon.

La Casa del Mojito’s “Las Panas”: My new best buddy

Cody Ellerd — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0700

This plucky little entourage of finger foods is about to debut on the menu at La Casa del Mojito, the cheery Caribbean restaurant with outposts on both Lake City Way and University Way.

La Casa del Mojito’s “Las Panas”: My new best buddy

Cody Ellerd — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0700

This plucky little entourage of finger foods is about to debut on the menu at La Casa del Mojito, the cheery Caribbean restaurant with outposts on both Lake City Way and University Way.

La Casa del Mojito’s “Las Panas”: My new best buddy

Cody Ellerd — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0700

This plucky little entourage of finger foods is about to debut on the menu at La Casa del Mojito, the cheery Caribbean restaurant with outposts on both Lake City Way and University Way.

Guided walks introduce groups to some of Seattle's finest food

Carol Pucci — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Attention Seattle foodies: Here's a quick quiz:

• Which restaurant used to be a favorite watering hole for patrons of an early 1900s bordello?

• Why did the owners of Pike Brewing Co. name one of their beers "Tandem Double Ale?"

• What is Chef Tom Douglas' secret baking tip for the pizzas rolling out of the ovens at Serious Pie?

Cocktail of the week: The Sambar Pear Sour

Geoff Carter — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:17:57 -0700

Sambar's drink sheet is gorgeous. It's printed on heavy stock, embossed with the bar's logo. It's filled with golden-age cocktails like the Jasmine, the Petit Zinc and the Vesper, priced mostly in double digits. I would marry that sheet if I thought I could afford to keep it in the manner to which it's become accustomed.