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Friday, May 31, 2013

Lauren Parma | Him and Her Lane Opening in Fremont

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I found Lauren after a visit to the Fremont Sunday Market last week. She is opening a new boutique for men and women tomorrow called Him and Her Lane. It will be right in the same area as sister stores Bliss and Dream. Stop by tomorrow from 10am-9pm for clothes, cookies and drinks at the launch of the shop.

Jacklyn Borth

I love Jacklyn's hair! What a summery and subtle color.

Sasha Banuelos & Stephanie Kor | Feathers and Smoke Jewelry and Vintage

Fremont

Stephanie is the founder, jewelry designer and vintage clothing dealer behind Feathers and Smoke. Her website is beautiful (lots of pretty style photos to peruse) and her carefully curated shop can be found on Etsy. The necklace that she is wearing is from her line and currently available at the shop. Both Sasha and Stephanie are wearing pieces from the Feathers and Smoke vintage collection.

Molly Ziegler & Emily West of Douglas County Daughters | Folklife Festival

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Sisters Molly and Emily are the duo behind Douglas County Daughters; a vintage Americana music project. Check them out here. I found them at Folklife when I was there Saturday.

Jessica Gring | University Village

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Laureyn Grandpa | Folklife Festival

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Laureyn Grandpa Tye Dye silk dress seattle folklife festival fashion it's my darlin'

I swung by and got some quality people watching in at the Folklife Festival for a bit today. I found Laureyn right after I arrived. So gorgeous! Her dress was handmade in Port Angeles by Sew It Seams.

Jessie Ballou | Seattle Art Museum

Remember Jessie? I took her photo last year on Capitol Hill in that amazing flour sack dress and I posted a photo I took of her on this same day with her mom Robin. Jessie graduated from Cornish last year where she studied fashion illustration. Her senior project sounds like it was incredible. She did pen and ink illustrations of historic ethnic bridal gowns from around the world focusing on local customs, indigenous materials and craftsmanship from various cultures. Needless to say, this girl has a deep interest in style and the way that people dress. In the two times we have run into each other I have been completely blown away at how unique her own style is. She comes across as effortless rather than forced despite the incorporation of difficult to pull off vintage pieces.

Jessie is interested in both fashion illustration and styling. Whatever she ends up falling into I can't wait to see it. I told her to be sure to get in touch if she gets a website going so that I can share it with you guys.

Lenore Waldron | City Arts Magazine

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Lenore works in advertising at City Arts Magazine and Encore Arts. I really love City Arts Magazine. I look forward to the new issue every month. If you aren't already grabbing a copy I highly recommend starting. This city is overflowing with talented from our music and film to fine art and food. City Arts does such a good job of helping you stay on top of it all while keeping things concise and well edited. And it's free!

Natalie Uvalle | Combining Textures

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10th & Republican

Stephen Fairweather | Dejenos Jugar Calle

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Stephen is an electronic musician. His solo project is called Lucere. You can also find him downtown working at John Fleuvog (hence these amazing shoes).

The rest of the items that Stephen is wearing were designed by Dejenos Jugar Calle based out of Portland.

Amie Simon | Three Imaginary GIrls

You can find Amy over Three Imaginary Girls and her blog I Love Splatter. A fellow horror movie fanatic... Amie, we need to hang out.

SIFF Opening Gala Photos Part II | Entering the Whedonverse

Amy Acker

The rest of the photos that I took last night at the SIFF Opening Gala have been added to a second album on the SIFF facebook page.

SIFF Opening Gala 2013 | Much Ado About Nothing

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Joss Whedon, Amy Acker, Clark Gregg and Nathan Fillion

Wow, what a fun night! I had such a great time photographing people at SIFF's Opening Night. Here are just a few of my favorite photos but you can find many more of the shots I took over at the SIFF facebook page and they will be continuing to add the rest of them in the upcoming days. Thanks to all of the readers that came up and introduced themselves! It was so great to meet you.

SIFF Managing Director Mary Bacarella

I will be at the Centerpiece Gala on June 1st and the Closing Gala on June 9th. Can't wait to see what other great outfits make an appearance! See you there.

Ashley Fejeran & Nick Bernard | 6th & Pine

Nick works for Portent.com and is also a poet. You can find his writing here.

It's My Darlin' in Germany's Blonde Magazine

I was recently contacted by German fashion magazine Blonde to help with a piece they were doing about traveling to Seattle on a budget. I contributed a few photos (some of your lovely faces and oufits can be found in the photo slideshow) as well as suggestions on where to get the most for your money while traveling here when it comes to food and shopping. I sent them a list of a lot of places... it was so hard to narrow it down! They ended up including quite a few including my beloved Indian Summer, the ladies over at Kaleidoscope Vision, the good old Fremont Sunday flea market, Marination Station's mindblowing torta and my new favorite dessert spot: Hot Cakes in Ballard.

You can find the article here. I put it in Google translate and while you can get the general idea of what is being said there were a few things lost in translation.

Thanks for showing Seattle some love Blonde Magazine!

It's Mackenzie and Ria!

Marion Kimes | 15th & Harrison

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Marion is the subject of my Hill Style feature this week over at CHS. You can find that feature here.

Happy Mother's Day | Robin & Jessie Ballou

I have a post coming up in the next couple days about Jessie but I couldn't resist sharing this sweet photo today that I took of her with her mom Robin when I ran into them at the Seattle Art Museum.

Happy Mother's Day!!

The Bees Knees

A bees knees has become my recent favorite cocktail to work off of at home. It is so easy to make and there are so many things you can add to it. Yesterday I ended up with what I think is my favorite variation of the drink yet. A traditional Bees Knees contains 2 oz Gin, 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice, 3/4 oz honey syrup (1:1 water and honey mixture) and a lemon twist for garnish. I've been playing around with adding in half lime juice, switching out the lemon for lime completely and adding in weird bitters to the mix. Here is what I ended up with yesterday... not really even a Bees Knees cocktail anymore but delicious nonetheless.

2 oz gin (lately I've been enjoying Seattle's own Counter Gin from Batch 206 Distillery)
1 oz lime juice
3/4 oz honey syrup (1:1 water and honey mixture)
2 dashes of dandelion & burdock bitters (you can switch this out for another bitter... lavender, aromatic, orange or no bitters at all)

add ingredients to a shaker and shake with ice until the shaker becomes frosty. Strain into a glass with ice then add the following:
a splash of citrus soda (I used Gazzosa soda which can be purchased at Sugar Pill on Capitol Hill)
a sprig of basil

Now, what in the world do I call this outlandish metamorphosis of a Bees Knees? Bees Ricky, Lime Basil Bee, Gin Fizzbee... Okay, so I'm good at making cocktails but not so good at naming them.