HUGO BOSS Grand Opening Party with DETAILS magazine

This Thursday night DETAILS magazine debuts the new BOSS store from 6:00-8:30 at Bellevue Square and you're invited. To be added to our guest list please RSVP to: details_rsvp@condenast.com

What's in store that night? DJ "Risk One" from the famous Scratch DJ Academy in NY will be there while you sip Redhook brews and Kim Crawford wines. Play roulette for cool prizes including $500-$1000 Boss shopping sprees, gift certificates to Dahlia Lounge, Spur Gastropub, and Tavern Law, plus an overnight stay at the Westin.

The new HUGO BOSS store is located at 575 Bellevue Square. Visit www.hugoboss-store.com to register to receive exclusive info on HUGO BOSS and for a chance to win a $1,000 Hugo Boss wardrobe.

Part of Bellevue's Fashion Week, come on Thursday, ready to get your photo taken and to check out some great new fashions. RSVP required to this invitation-only event. Email us with questions!

Glamour Magazine's Vitamin G Invites Folks to Share Smiles with Better Because

We're gettin' our own Friday afternoon happy on, because Glamour mag Health and Fitness blogger Sarah Jio wrote about Better Because. Jio invites, "Let's Start Our Own Happiness Project: What Little Things Make You Happy? Share!

Share the little things that make you happy--your simple little everyday mood boosters! And, if you need a little boost of happiness yourself, read the comments for some inspiration...

My list:
*Clean sheets on my bed. (As it turns out, there's some truth behind the claim that a made bed increases your happiness!)
*Yoga.
*Zinnias--my new favorite flower!
*Cooking in my kitchen with jazz, a glass of wine, and my boys (husband, toddler and baby) playing in the distance--life doesn't get much better.
*Napping children.
*Stationary (like these cute envelope labels I found recently). I'm a total nut about stationary.
What's on your happy list? Let's inspire each other, shall we?

P.S. You have to check out the super-cute efforts of two women, Cathy Haffner and Ginny Hutchinson who have launched on their site, Better Because, a "Smile Campaign." The goal? To gather smiles (well, photos of them) from each of the world's 192 countries.Too cute!"

Thanks Sarah and hey everyone, won't you go to http://www.betterbecause.com/ to share your smiles?!

calling all women with great inventions

We're excited to be partnering with a smart Pacific Northwest gal, Melinda Knight, who traveled to Chicago recently, getting up the nerve to audition her invention for Kelly Ripa's new TLC show about women inventors and their creations. Melinda's invention? A tray that'll hold your laptop while you're multitasking on a recumbent bike at the gym. She practically turned herself into a human pretzel getting a prototype made for the open call.

Her audition? It went great but alas she wasn't chosen as a finalist to compete on the new show. But here's the upside. While waiting in line in Chicago, Melinda met a bevy of other inventive gals with cool creations-- all who needed the venue to sell them and the marketing know-how to really launch with a splash. Seeing a hole in the e-commerce world, where it's typically either arts-and-crafty Etsy or corporate-giant Amazon, Melinda is launching a new e-commerce site in late October made expressly for such inventors and the kind of women who want to shop for stuff made especially for them.

The eshopping site? Womentorz.com Take a look at her pre-launch blog http://www.womentorz.blogspot.com/ and let us know if you or a pal have an invention we should be showcasing and selling. We can't wait to see what you've got gals!

Details magazine: inside scoop on an invitation-only event this Monday

This Monday night DETAILS magazine is bringing the band Nico Vega to town. We just got the inside scoop on how to get into this hot party at the downtown Nordstrom. Dress right for this fashionable, fun and free event celebrating music and fashion:

DETAILS Celebrates Fashion & Music with Nico Vega

Monday, August 31
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Nordstrom Downtown Seattle
The Rail, on the Metro level

Join us for a night of fashion and music. You’ll view the hottest styles of the season from top designers including Hugo Boss, Diesel, 7 Diamonds, and William Rast while sipping on Kim Crawford wine and Redhook beer.*

Nico Vega will be in store to play tracks off their latest album, plus you’ll have the chance to get an autograph (as time permits) and enter for the chance to win two tickets and a VIP meet-and-greet for their Seattle show on September 2.**

To R.S.V.P. or for special accommodations information, call 206.628.1690. We hope to see you there.

Nordstrom 500 Pine Street Seattle, WA 98101

*Must be 21 or older to consume alchol at Nordstrom.
** No purchase necessary to enter or win. Must be 21 or older to win. Void where prohibited. See store for official rules and details.

Seattle Times food writer forewarns readers about Tavern Law's buzz

Don't you love when an article starts with a line like, "With all the early press -- both locally and nationally..." We do!

Here's the scoop from Nancy Leson on our client's opening weekend (but don't let her keep you away, it's going to be fun to see everyone these opening weeks):

Tavern Law open. Don't expect a Spur-of-the-moment seat

With all the early press -- both locally and nationally, my guess is there won't be a lot of room to move at Tavern Law when the Capitol Hill restaurant and speakeasy-styled drinks-joint makes its public debut at 12th and Madison tonight. Doors open at 5 p.m. and listen up: it's 21-and-over.
Considering the talent at hand (chefs Brian McCracken, Dana Tough and their barman David Nelson -- who brought us Belltown's Spur gastropub), and the foot traffic alone on this Pike/Pine corridor (they're ensconced in the Trace Lofts complex), chances are you might just have to poke your nose in and head elsewhere. Not that you'd have far to go given the implosion of worthy places to eat and drink within a few short blocks.
Chefs Dana Tough (left) and Brian McCracken want you: to check out their new place.photo/Kristin Zwiers

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Tavern Law opens August 21: Daily Candy delivers the summons

Today's Daily Candy delivers the news about our clients:

Barely Legal.
Tavern Law Bar Opens.

The verdict is in. In light of recent evidence, your temporary prohibition (which began last night at 2 a.m.) of all alcohol is lifted.

Bust out your desk drawer flask, Don Draper.

Twisted classic cocktails and elegant pub fare continues at Tavern Law, Spur owners Brian McCracken and Dana Tough’s new project, opening tonight. With its curved mahogany bar, masculine leather booths, and bookcase stocked with vintage law tomes, the remodeled mercantile building recalls a privileged private library.

Study up on the short chalkboard menu with rotating specials like carnaroli risotto, braised pork belly, and fried oysters with beefsteak tomato and horseradish aioli.

Cocktails like the vintage Monkey Gland (gin, orange juice, grenadine, absinthe) and the newly fashioned Pike & Pine (rye, rosemary, lemon, kummel, egg) make a case for sticking around late into the night.
Setting a precedent.

Writer Rebekah Denn examines Twitter in the food world

This month's Seattle magazine features a great article by Rebekah Denn: "SHORT ORDER REVIEWS: In Seattle where restaurants, chefs and food are topics discussed and debated with more fervor than politics, Twitter is giving foodies inside access to the conversation, 140 characters at a time."

Denn included me in the mix, writing, "Twitter followers must determine which sources they consider reliable, rather than rely on gate-keeping editors. And that reliability is harder to judge due to the fact that every Twitterer has an agenda— or sometimes, several.

Kat Spellman, publicist for Spur Gastropub, finds Twitter a valuable business tool, learning immediately, for instance , when (Ruth) Reichl (Gourmet magazine’s editor) ate at Spur. But she also follows luminaries she admires on Twitter, such as Mark Bittman of The New York Times. She was thrilled when she tweeted Bittman to compliment him on his chocolate soufflé and he replied.

The self promotion that’s clearly a top agenda item for some is only effective when done in a low-key style…"

As a Twitterer who enjoys wearing multiple hats online, I'm honored to be included and even more thrilled to be recognized for rocking a "low key style". Love it!

Thanks for the opportunity Rebekah. Illustration for Seattle magazine by Ken Orvidas.

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