Fashion-forward retailer for penny-squeezers H&M (aka “Hennes & Mauritz”) has announced that this fall they’ll be opening a new store at The Outlet Collection Seattle, which is some place called Auburn. Naturally, our first response was to turn to Google Maps to confirm that Auburn is a real place. Continue reading This Fall, H&M Goes to the Auburn Outlet Mall
This new Rack, square-footage-wise, is the same size as the old Rack on the, uh, bustling corner of 2nd and Pine. But instead of being crammed onto three levels, the new Rack is all one floor on the bottom of Westlake. So, for the employees, no more huffing it up the stairs every time you need to talk to someone. There are other improvements. “We have real nice dressing rooms with doors now,” one salesperson gushed. Continue reading Live From the New Nordstrom Rack, Which Opens Thursday
Guess what the weather was like when 71 percent of all car-bicycle collisions took place? Clear or partly cloudy. Fourteen percent of collisions occurred when it was overcast. Only twelve percent when it was rainy.
You just assume that the weather is bad, it’s slippery, there’ll be more accidents. But no. In Seattle, looking at the absolute numbers, high season for bicycle-related accidents for the past five years are the months May through September, with April and October as the shoulders. Continue reading The Surprising Truth About Bicycling in Seattle
