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Price Range: $100

A special Saucony sneaker makes a sneak attack in Ballard.

Posted by: Caitlin King on Feb 18, 2010 at 06:00AM 0 Comments

New series by Chelsea Randall … what’s your price range?

Inspired by a popular graphic novel series, these limited-run Sauconys, exclusive to the Sneakery in Ballard, put a kick in epic mythology and pre-spring hangout nights.

The Lo Pro Red Star sneakers were dreamt up to run right alongside a graphic novel series called The Red Star. The group of stories concerns Military Industrial Sorcery, but … let’s leave that discussion for someone else’s blog.

We like them because there are only 800 pairs. In the world. And the folks in Ballard are the single Northwest retailer carrying them.

While exclusivity typically carries a pretty weighty price tag, these literary, bad-guy-battling runners will only set you back $100.

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You’ve been thinking about some new running shoes, have you? Read Home Runners, in which we direct you to five shops that go the distance.

More of a shoes-for-style-not-speed kinda guy? Try Sneaker Pimps, and get outfitted in sharp, streetwise style.

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Tags: Hamburgers, Shoes, Price Range

Sweet Suggestion #3

How to get under the covers with that special someone

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Feb 04, 2010 at 12:30PM 0 Comments

Photo: Image from Blackbird's shopping pages

As far as helpful hints go, what better way to say, “Hey, I’d really like to get under the covers with you” than a rich, vivid, beautiful blanket.

The folks at Blackbird and their sibling shop Field House have an affinity for American and Northwest products, and they’re in love with (as are others in the fashion world) the Oregon-based heritage brand Pendleton.

Couldn’t you be in love with — or under — Pendleton’s Fremont blanket?

All the gorgeously historical and timeless Pendleton pieces in the Blackbird collection (or for that matter at the Downtown Pendleton store) — can be seen as the anti-lingerie. Not that there’s anything wrong with lingerie, but skimpy and strappy doesn’t work for everyone.

If cozy, warming, and private is your idea of sexy, well, you know what to do next.

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Tags: Hamburgers, Locally Made, Valentine's Day, Heritage Brands, Home Decor, Gift Guide, Pendleton