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Posted on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 9:00pm

Go Local to the Max

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Michelle Tolfa
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UbrLocal
The bees knees. Those little buzzers know what's good in the hood.

Just when you thought buying local couldn’t get any closer to home, it has, and there is already an apt hipster word for it: “uber-local.” As opposed to “local”, which designates food from within roughly 350 miles of the consumer, the term describes food products grown or produced within a radius of only ten miles. Read more »

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Posted on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 4:37pm

West Seattle's Sweetie Boutique to Close after Ten Years

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Ali Brownrigg
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Sweetie
So long, Sweetie. This West Seattle Junction shop to close after ten years of cuteness.

I received a sad email today from Joeanna Purdie, owner of West Seattle boutique, Sweetie, with the announcement that after ten years in business, she'll be closing her shop at the end of April. Read more »

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Posted on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 5:54pm

Go Green (Eileen) in Columbia City on April 20

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Ali Brownrigg
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Green Eileen
Green Eileen, Columbia City

Green Eileen is open in Columbia City. The store, at 4860 Rainier Ave. S, is the company’s first outside of New York, where 90,000 pieces of gently worn Eileen Fisher clothing have been resold and $1.5 million donated to charities. The idea behind Green Eileen is brilliant: for every piece of almost-new Eileen Fisher clothing you bring in to the shop, you get a $5 gift card towards your next purchase at Eileen Fisher. Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 10:21pm

Drifting Arrows Swimwear Opens Online Mercantile

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Ali Brownrigg
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Drifting Arrows
Living the beach lifestyle with Drifting Arrows

Swimwear line Drifting Arrows has announced the launch of an online mercantile filled with everything you need for the beach while wearing one of their hip, locally-designed suits, including espadrilles, a towel, sunnies and a Read more »

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Posted on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 12:20am

Beauty Break: Jenu

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Ali Brownrigg
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Jenu
Magic wand?

The problem with most age-defying lotions, creams and serums is that the molecules in most cosmoceuticals, like hyaluronic acid (a naturally occurring material in our bodies) are too large to be absorbed into the skin, which means that we're not really getting the biggest bang for our skincare bucks. Read more »

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