To most Seattleites, nothing quite says warm weather like a casual T-shirt with catchy artwork. For this reason, Choke Shirt Co. has been an Emerald City favorite since 2008 — and today, the brand offers an array of vibrantly colored tees with designs that cater to the local crowd. Choke’s most popular motifs include animals, trees, cycling and the Seattle skyline.
Gathering your food doesn’t have to be dirty business…unless you like it dirty.
Do you know what is sexy? Foraging is sexy. You heard me right, foraging. The age-old art of gathering one’s own victuals. Except we’ve slapped our own spin on it for the modern West coast lifestyle.
From British shelves to Seattleite feet.
All right guys, the sun is starting to peek out and the puddles are evaporating. The time has come to cast off the rubber soles for at least two months, and sport a new pair of stylin’ kicks during your dry weather endeavors.
Forgo the spring cleaning projects this weekend and visit these trendy Ballard establishments instead.

Boutiques are certainly nothing new to Seattle, but if you desire to make a day of it without roaming from neighborhood to neighborhood, all the while fighting fellow Seattleites for a parking space, your options are somewhat limited.
Wine World Warehouse offers much more than the largest selection of Northwest wines on the planet.
Opera lovers and fashionistas alike will have reason to applaud this spring. For several nights in May, the Seattle Opera will be ending its 2010 and 2011 season with a performance of the Magic Flute.
What do two brothers with maxed out credit cards and an idea from 1999 have to do with fashion? In Seattle, everything.
From my understanding, the goals of a fashion designer are as follows: Attain comfortable fortune, dress outlandishly knowing no one can tell you how ridiculous you look, and somewhere along the line make clothes for those of your ilk. Pretty simple rules to follow.
Seattleite clinks wine glasses with Sommelier of the Year, Kristen Young.
It was raining in Seattle. The sky had opened up and released its full fury to truly embody “April Showers.” Completely unaffected, the Waterfront Seafood Grill was bustling and vibing on Pier 70 to the tune of wine glasses chiming. Much of that was due to wine director Kristen Young loading up a few glasses of sparkling wine.