Mulberry West is a New Natural Bedding Line of Cotton Blankets & Comforters Filled with Top Line Mulberry Silk

Thrilled to be collaborating with my former in-house marketing cohort at Starbucks, Lana Abrams, to help her launch her new product line of bedding called Mulberry West. Lana's taken years to find the absolute best mulberry-grade silk to fill her blankets and comforters.

(None of that smelly low grade silk here-- we're talking gorgeous silk threads nestled inside 300 count cotton. What's the big deal? The silk is naturally dust, mildew and pest resistant ((take THAT bed bugs!!)) plus naturally regulates body temperatures for warm and cold climates, hot flashes from menopause, or swingin' hormones caused by pregnancy. And because it's a naturally woven fiber that makes a soft netting of cush inside the blankets and duvets, it doesn't shift around like goose down does.)

Click on blog title above to view the Mulberry West website and do head on over to friend us on Facebook and Twitter.

Stay tuned to hear: (1) who we secure as our first retail accounts (and send ideas my way) (2) plus to watch a pretty cool video of those nasty little bed bugs facing some of our bedding. Spoiler alert: you may never be able to sleep with down again.

Thanks for the opportunity Lana!

Photo by Kristin Zwiers.

IndieFlix Makes the News: KOMO 4 News, ABC Seattle

Three minutes of airtime for IndieFlix founder Scilla Andreen went by in a flash as she chatted with KOMO 4 News at 4 anchor Mary Nam about IndieFlix new party game for movie lovers, Film Festival in a Box.

Special thanks to wonderful KOMO reporter Elisa Jaffe for championing local small business and Madison Parker IndieFlix, and to KOMO producer/writer Jacci Lewis for the fine segment.

Seattle Met Magazine’s Style Editor Declares Film Festival in a Box A Classic Gift

Laura Cassidy reports:

“Inside the pizza-box like packaging, a themed film fest of indie flicks awaits. Zombies, maybe? Love stories? Documentaries, anyone? Watch ’em, discuss ’em, call one the best, one the worst, bond over your hatred of the villain, stay up all night dissecting the plot lines. Like a middle school counselor intent on you sharing your feelings, IndieFlix wants to get you talking about stories and characters. It’s the flip-side of the fun factor, the dinner-and-a-movie thing’s higher calling.”

Thank you Laura for your spot-on style.

AOL's Shopping Editor Picks IndieFlix " Film Festival in a Box" Game as One of the Holiday's Best Quirky Gifts

Click on blog title above to read the editor's top picks. And thank you Gina Nguyen of Aol.

The game is available at lots of great shops like Santa Monica's Fred Segal and Seattle's University Bookstore plus online at Drugstore.com and more.

Not a Bad Day: when you get to design ads with images like this

Random Acts of PR Kindness: Got Ink for Seattle Wine Shop

It's always fun sharing the love! I enjoyed tipping Wine Spectator magazine off on the great shop Portalis in Ballard. Now read the article BEYOND THE GLASS that resulted (by clicking blog title above).

Thank you Sharon McDonnell, as always. And congrats to Portalis.

Best Chefs, Dana Tough and Brian McCracken, Demo Their Technique for Star Chefs

Video - Fried Béarnaise StarChefs.com

Take a look at the Chefs of Spur in Seattle, Dana Tough and Brian McCracken, who will walk you through the making of their Fried Bernaise on Beef Carpaccio with micro mustard. Great work Chefs!