Leavin’ in a Prius, Don’t Know When I’ll…
I can never sleep before a trip. This morning, I’m off to visit the TJ Maxx flagship store in Boston, Massachusetts. Though I’m wasting tons of energy by flying from Seattle, I’m – at the very least – taking a “greener” cab to and from the airport. I’m being sent to Boston as a representative [...]
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An Open Letter to Target
To: Matt Zabel, Vice President of Government Affairs, Senior Public Affairs Officer; Timothy R. Baer, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Gregg W. Steinhafel, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Regarding: Your Public Policy and Support of Candidate Tom Emmer I was recently informed that, in accordance with a 2010 Minnesota court ruling allowing corporations [...]
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Links à la Mode: Oh, Brave New World…
Oh, Brave New World… Edited by: Ashe Mischief of Dramatis Personae That has such bloggers in it! From a ballsy and confident “I Like Being Fat” at Return to Sender to Awakened Aesthetic’s post on greenwashing & buying American to Cake Not Coke’s expose on Venus Williams’ controversial courtside fashion, fashion bloggers are brave and [...]
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Non-Buyer’s Remorse
via A Softer World. I cringe a little each time I hear a local fashion boutique is closing. People lose their jobs, local designers lose their outlets, and the city loses a sense of self that Nordstrom can’t match…and I lose a chance to shop somewhere local, if I could ever get off the computer. [...]
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Tree Hugging
While waiting for a table at Wild Mountain Cafe, I heard an interesting conversation between two (also waiting) customers. “I was thinking about buying a Prius.” “Noooooo! Don’t buy a Prius!” “Why? Have you read something?” “I just can’t stand the idea. No more tree huggers in Seattle!” “Oh, you’re not a…tree hugger?” “No. I’m [...]
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Links à la Mode: You, Only Better
You, Only Better Edited by: Ann Colville Somma of Holier than Now It’s a strange culture we live in: we’re always told Just be yourself!, yet the bestseller list is chock-full of self-help books and memoirs depicting radical change. Finding the balance between total transformation and chilling in our pajamas is difficult, but that’s why [...]
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Sustainability, Surprise, Success!
I’ve been doing a lot of “what I want” lately. I hope you all don’t mind the quiet too terribly much. One of the things I’ve been doing is making food appear out of nowhere by carefully watering and (naturally) fertilizing my garden. I now have my first self-made food: a radish. I almost have [...]
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Links à la Mode: Fashion’s Bold Step Forward
Fashion’s Bold Step Forward Edited by Ashe/Mischief Dramatis Personae To be honest, I’ve been really excited about the content on the web lately…. because each week, it seems that fashion & style bloggers are making a bold step forward. In a niche that was once dominated by runway photographs and personal style posts, we’re evolving [...]
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Back to the Earth
This is a guest post by my close friend and fellow blogger, Kristy. Kristy’s an adventurous Seattle and aspiring locavore who will a semi-regular contributor here at Awakened Aesthetic. If you’re a Seattle resident, like the two of us, you should check out her blog, Eats & Interests for tips on where to eat and [...]
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A Different Kind of Awakening
There are so many different ways to be awake, and so many different kinds of aesthetic. Fashion and beauty are such a small part of our lives – eco-fashion is even smaller – and sometimes it’s easy to get so over-focused we forget about the people and places that affect us just as much: those [...]
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