Slide Show: The Seattle Met Gift Guide
Ceramics are a real draw at Kobo on Capitol Hill. Some are Japanese and rough-hewn, some are local and very sweet and modern. For the people you know who enjoy tea, coffee, sake, soup, and stew. (Not shown here: minimal white ceramic pieces for those who don’t do the earthy look.) Read more.
Enroll your class-clown son in Shakespeare’s Fools camp (February 15-19), where he can learn the basics of comedic timing, slapstick, acrobatics, and circus clowning from a crew of Teatro ZinZanni and Seattle Shakespeare Company instructors. Read more
Get graphic, bold, and just a little retro with this scarf from Rebel 8, the San Fran-based, graffiti-born, design-savvy line. Read more.
For the swooning swiller in your life, Arte Italica vessels, from $104-$180. Available at Liberty 123. Read more.
A local artist makes these jeweled boxes and frames out of vintage rhinestone jewelery. Find them at Common Folk in Bellevue. Read more.
Cooking classes and a weekend getaway at CaveB. Read more.
Reissued ceramic home pieces by noted Art Deco-era artist Waylande Gregory are destined to become tomorrow’s antiques. Available at Mario’s. Read more.
Kathy Casey’s cocktail party guide is a must have for the sassy hostess on your list. Read more.
Something for them, something for you: Steelhead’s enticing gift card offer. Read more.
Keep track of your money, and your sense of humor, with a piggy bank by Seattle-based Ladies and Gentlemen Studios. Sold at Far 4 with chalk and a wipe-cloth included, these guys are coated in stylish matte-black chalkboard paint. Read more.
A membership to Canlis’s Wine and Whisky Society: what dad really wants for Christmas. Read more.
Gift: Dinner theatre and dance lessons. For: Your overstressed fiancée. She wants you to learn how to dance. Does burlesque count? Read more.
Kimberly Baker’s new literary, lady-like Russian-influenced collection combines elements of a Czarina’s wardrobe with rock chic grit. What could be more Seattle? Available at Baker’s eponymous Fremont boutique. Read more.
For the classic rocker on your list: Feather-festooned single earrings by Seattle jewelry designer Regina Chang. $30-40 at Square Room. Read more
The ultimate stocking stuffer for the hapless home bartender. Read more.
Gift: Two tickets to South Pacific at 5th Avenue Theatre. For: Your musical-lovin’ mother-in-law. After one chorus of “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair,” she’ll be out of your hair for the rest of the year. Read more.
An appliance for the cook who has everything. Read more.
Gift: Guitar lessons. For: Your nephew who isn’t allowed to play Guitar Hero. Learn the basics from Dusty Strings in Fremont, or join a jam band at Experience Music Project. Read more.
Locally designed GurglePots are great for novelty-loving home entertainers and backyard barbecuers of Northwest catch. Available at Simplicity Décor. Read more.
Your favorite foodie missed the Thomas Keller dinner at Bastille. Present them with the next best thing. Read more.
Visit Top Ten Toys’ pop-up shop at Pacific Place where a puzzle by popular mid-mod illustrator Charley Harper is our pick for design-centric parents and their aesthetically tuned-in offspring. Read more.
Spicy, with long legs and a sprightly finish: Every wino wants these tasting-note coasters. Read more.
For that person who has everything: A burl wood bowl by Seattle artisan Laura Yeats. Bowls, buckets, and other sustainability harvested and built objects by the wood worker are 10% off through the end of the month at Urban Hardwoods. Read more
Gift: Art. For: Your best friend/first-time homeowner. Rent art from Seattle Art Museum Gallery and cover his fees—and those scandalously bare walls. Read more.
