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WeWork Summit x Downtown Los Angeles = #SpendLikeItMatters

After learning on Friday that Elizabeth Scallon, Head of WeWork Labs, Northwest was heading down to Los Angeles for WeWork Summit, we couldn't help but offer up a few suggestions. There are many small businesses in Downtown LA - the local spots on our (intentional) list are all a short...

How do you measure a year of Intentionalist?

For decades, the musical Rent has invited us to consider how we, “measure a year,” and as I look back on the first year of Intentionalist I find myself challenged to distill our initial five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes into a blog, but here goes. As I reflected with my team, we joked about whether over the course of our...

“Just-in-time” holiday shopping in Seattle!

We’ve laced up the running shoes we bought at West Seattle Runner, and are ready to take care of some “just-in-time” holiday shopping! Despite visiting more small businesses than can be counted on your fingers and toes, are you’re struggling with an elusive gift or two? Here are some suggestions that make it easy for you to...

You’re never fully dressed without a smile (from a small business owner)!

Still searching for the perfect frock for a holiday dinner or party? Or perhaps you share Visette Boutique owner Visal Sam’s belief that, #LifeIsTheOccasion! Whether your needs are casual or couture, the Intentionalist Holiday Guide offers a variety of options that make it easy for you to say...

The Intentionalist 2018 Seattle Holiday Gift Guide

’Tis the season to #SpendLikeItMatters and we’ve created a special holiday guide to help you celebrate and support diverse local businesses throughout Seattle! Black Friday is a day that exemplifies our hurried, impersonal, transactional consumer culture. We’re launching the...

The Art of Chocolate Diplomacy on the None Size Fits All Podcast

It’s no secret that our CEO is a big fan of products with a purpose. So when she first discovered that jcoco chocolate is made by a Seattle, woman-owned company and that every bar sold makes a difference, she started carrying them with her to gift to people while telling the Intentionalist...

Our (Intentional) List of Native-owned Businesses is too short

Wool blanket design by Tsimshian artist David Robert Boxley. Available for sale via Eighth Generation.It’s Native American Heritage Month and we need your help. Our list of native-owned businesses is too short. Making it easier to find diverse-owned small businesses in our communities is what...

An Intentionalist guide to Seattle Restaurant Week

It’s Seattle Restaurant Week, and we’re here to help you navigate the list so that you can enjoy intentional deliciousness and get to know the people behind participating eateries! The restaurants below are those currently on the Intentionalist site. Let us know if we’re missing one of...

Get to know these 10 Filipinx-owned business in Seattle

October is Filipino American History Month and the Filipino American National Historical Society announced that this year’s theme is Turning Points. It seems we’ve seen a bit of a turning point when it comes to recent growth in the number and popularity of Filipinx restaurants here in the...

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month: 42 Seattle Latinx-owned restaurants to help you get started

On September 15, the fiestas begin! Several Latin American countries achieved independence on this day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua), followed by Mexico on September 16th and Chile on September 18th....