A conversation with Seattle
Nordstrom and JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) are your hosts for the 31st annual Nordstrom Beat the Bridge race-slash-fundraiser at Husky Stadium this Sunday, May 19. But first, the traffic. Expect Montlake Boulevard NE between NE 44th Street and NE Pacific Street to be closed by 7:30 a.m. for staging. Continue reading “Beat the Bridge” Diabetes Fun Run-Walk-Roll Hits Montlake Sunday
The pace of fashion has accelerated beyond imagination. Retailers are pumping clothes out faster than the masses can buy it. Anna Telcs, a Seattle-based clothing and costume designer, is doing just the opposite. She is slowing fashion down. Continue reading Strath Shepard Visits Anna Telcs’s Fashion Exhibit “The Dowsing”
Scenes from a typical Saturday in Seattle, presented with little comment: AND THEN: this morning, a young man brought a … Continue reading No, MORE Dogs in Stores
The Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau realizes there’s only so much togetherness a body can stand this time of year. So they have gathered, all at one simple URL, a good bit of Seattle’s seasonal offerings: Visit Holidays in Seattle to plot your escape from home! Continue reading Looking for a Guide to the Holidays in Seattle?
For those of you who didn’t already know, Macy’s has a small window to shop their Black Friday specials. For the brave, Macy’s opens its doors at 12 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 23 (the midnight of Thanksgiving night) and deals end that same day at 1 p.m. Yes–that’s 11 hours to shop your little heart out. Continue reading Forget Sleeping, It’s Gonna Be Black Midnight at Macy’s
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
It’s not precisely news, but within these developments lies a good deal of tension: If the online shopping experience is as good as the in-store, or even exceeds the in-store in certain ways, then shareholders start to wonder what the point is in brick-and-mortar stores so expensive that they don’t edge into the black until the Friday after Thanksgiving. Continue reading The Kindle Fire This Time & the Inevitable Crumbling of Bricks