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Local Markets Where You Can Buy Last-Minute Party Necessities

Because you totally left it until, oh, mere hours before and you need to bring something to that get together.

12/16/2019 By Seattle Met Staff With Annika Lindburg

Mum's the Word

Where to Shop for Mother Dearest This Year

You could get mom a card and call it a day, sure. But we have some suggestions should you want to level up your gift-giving game.

05/09/2019 By Rosin Saez

Shop Around

Down-Under Wonders at Pike Place

The lower labyrinth of shops lining the market’s back corridors holds a myriad of odds and ends—the quirkier the better.

06/19/2018 By Rosin Saez Photography by Amber Fouts

Sales & Events

Wear What When April 30–May 6

This week celebrate the opening of Zorro Vintage on Capitol Hill, check out some fresh new looks at Sassafras, and get gift ideas for mom at Preserve and Gather's spring popup.

04/30/2018 By Katheryn Grice

100 Best Shops

A Handy Gift-Buying Flowchart

Bestowing the perfect present starts with going to the right shop. Our savvy flowchart helps you find something for the people in your life who fall all along the hipness spectrum.

10/23/2017 By Rosin Saez

100 Great little Shops

Seattle's 10 Best Shops for Home and Design Goods

Pared down and minimal or rustic Pacific Northwest, these dens of decor help make homes feel, well, sweet. And stylish, too.

10/23/2017 By Rosin Saez

100 Best Shops

5 Only-in-Seattle Stores for Gags and Gifts

In need of an extremely creepy horse mask? Or maybe it’s an imported tea set you seek. These Seattle stores carry the neat and the novelty.

10/23/2017 By Darren Davis and Rosin Saez

Handmade Gifting

Fatto a Mano Rings in 12th Year in Laurelhurst

The local, female artisan–driven shopping event will be on December 10th this year.

12/07/2016 By Colleen Williams

Shop Local

Gifting Advice from Capitol Hill's Knack

We get the goods on how to gift great this holiday season from Laura Jennings, founder of Knack.

11/30/2016 By Colleen Williams

Secrets of Sea-Tac

9 Last-Minute Airport Gift Ideas

Please don't buy those Sleepless in Seattle pajamas.

05/24/2016 By Allison Williams

'Tis the Season

Seattle Met’s Holiday Gift Guide 2015

Your holiday shopping just got a lot easier.

11/24/2015 By Amanda Zurita

Winter Wonderland

4 Spa Specials for the Winter Season

Try a rejuvenating cocoa and marshmallow body wrap or just work out the kinks with a classic Swedish massage at these local spas.

11/18/2015 By Dominique Etzel

Retail Spotlight

Toys, Tea Parties, and Mini Seahawks Gear at Satsuma

Jennifer Porter's new Wedgwood shop is a paradise for kiddos (and parents who want to shop local).

11/12/2015 By Dominique Etzel

Gift Ideas

7 Cooking Classes for Father's Day

...Because dads are notoriously hard to shop for.

06/15/2015 By Christina Tiberio

Give Well

The Met Set: Father's Day Edition

Our style team picks their favorite giftables for the dads in your life this month.

06/15/2015 By Seattle Met Staff

Give It Up

Item(s) of the Moment: Valentine's Day Edition

Show some love for your better half—and your community—with these locally sourced goodies.

02/03/2015 By Conor Romack

Pamper Perfect

7 Valentine's Day Spa and Salon Specials

Relaxation reigns this Valentine’s Day at these seven local spas.

01/30/2015 By Conor Romack

Tis the Season

7 Holiday Gift Memberships of the Liquid Variety

Last-minute gifts that don't feel like last-minute gifts

12/16/2014 By Kristen Farnam

Crafty

Urban Craft Uprising at the Seattle Street Food Fest

Handcrafted indie goods meet handmade local bites.

07/31/2014 By Amanda Zurita

Do it Yourself

Be Your Own Fragrance Designer at Sweet Anthem Perfumes

Here's how to concoct your signature spring scent—and maybe one for pops, too?

06/03/2014 By Emma Ranniger