Sure summer is cooling down, but there’s always a need to beat the heat. And the next best thing to grabbing some ice cream, and better if you’re slimming down for Fall, is a snow cone. The shaved ice treat topped off with colored syrup may sound like an easy thing to make, but believe […]

We’re gonna be in Portland this weekend at the launch of the 2012 Hyundai Veloster at the boutique Jupiter Hotel, and the crew at Hyundai have quite a full 12-course meal of activities in front of us. It’s gonna be a doozy, but we’ll throw up a gallery of the weekend as it goes down. […]

Following in the disco-infused indie rock of its Aussie compatriots Cut/Copy, Midnight Juggernauts and Empire of the Sun comes Strange Talk, who just released their self-titled debut EP on Neon Gold Records. The first single from the record, “Climbing Walls”, shimmers with all the swagger, melody, rhythm and background vocal textures that have made Australia […]

Sure it may not be the most comfortable lounger you’ll ever stretch your bones out on, but Mike Bouchet’s Shopping Cart Sun Lounger just might be the ultimate LIAS HQ gear. The Sun Lounger does come with weatherproof polyester foam cushions and is built with a slight spring for comfort, so maybe it would make […]

Danish eyewear designer Han Kjobenhavn teams up with Seattles’ premier boutique Blackbird for some beautiful tortoise sunglasses. Kjobenhavn’s Copenhagen-based label, known simply as Han, delivers large, semi-transparent tortoise frames complimented by sturdy black temple arms and cola-colored UV filter lenses. All hand made in Denmark, Han’s brand is based on the elements that form traditional […]

A new creation by SMIT, Solar Ivy are solar panels arranged to resemble ivy growing on historic buildings. Besides adding a unique texture and aged grace to an otherwise bland facade, the thousands of panels capture sustainable solar energy to power the building. The way most solar energy works is the massive panels capture a […]

Sleepy Sun, the fuzzed out, neo-psychedelic rock band from San Francisco (actually, from parts of California far-flung), is resuscitating a sound that hasn’t been quite the same since the transitional mid-70s, when peace signs were no longer cool, tie dye was forced to the back of the closet to make room for leathers and steel, […]