Pet Dish
It's rubber-boot, black-tennis-balls, hog-fuel season at the dog park.
Heavy rains have created slime fields and muddy walkways only a dog
could love. Some stewards are getting proactive by spreading wood chips
to make the shoe-sucking sludge a little more navigable. (If you're
curious, I was, wood chips are called hog fuel after the wood grinding
machines known as "hogs.")
By Lisa Wogan | January 21, 2008
Daily Find
Northwest jewelry designer Lisa Kinoshita recently moved Mineral, her studio and retail shop, to new digs, and the small space is a gem of a jewelry store in downtown Tacoma. Painted a brilliant persimmon, and featuring two display cases that showcase jewelry, mounted insects and animal skeletons, the store exudes a mixture of avant-garde chic and life-science class.
By Kathy Schultz | January 21, 2008
About three years ago, Dona Penfold capped a surprise baby shower for a friend with the gift of a lavender rhinestone collar. The party wasn't in Europe, where some tots troll the streets on leashes. It was in Billings, Mont., and the "baby" in question was a sweet little Yorkshire terrier.
By Lisa Wogan | January 21, 2008
