In case you haven't heard yet, the Liberty of London line for Target stores is coming out this Sunday, March 14th. It's terribly exciting. I'm hoping to find a few of the softer goods to mail to a friend, and maybe something breakable for myself. You find the whole line, at least in thumbnail format, here on the Target website.

If you live in the UK some of the items are available for pre-order through the Liberty of London website, though I'm curious to see how the prices on those will compare to the goods in the Target stores.

While I'm talking about Target I'll mention that I found myself staring at the Giada De Laurentiis products and I like the look of her stainless steel pots with metal lids. The 2-quart saucepan and 6-quart stock pot looked nice, and thankfully come without any sort of rubber of plastic on the handles. (As I say this, though, I should mention that the pots I find myself using most often are my 1-quart and 4-quart sizes, both celebrity lines that I found discounted at TJ Maxx.)

The extra large slotted spoon (more like a pasta strainer) looked great to me too, but I didn't buy it because none of the utensils come with loops on the handles for hanging. It looks like they had to go to some effort to design packaging to allow it to hang it for display:

I spotted my camera (the Canon S90) and it's nifty leather case in a recent Men's J. Crew catalog. It reminded me to let you know that after dragging it all over Paris I am thoroughly happy. The case was easy to get into and out of, and the camera is small enough to stay with me all the time and it takes pretty good pictures in low light situations. And, it takes pictures in RAW. Awesome.

I stopped into Immortal Dog, a fabulous independent pet supply store in my neighborhood, to say hello to Nicole. I first met Nicole when she came to speak at the Grassroots Business Association about what goes on behind the scenes in opening a retail store. (She is one hard working lady.) The next time I met her was when we bumped into her in Paris (of all places).

The shop is at 1712 S Jackson St.
Seattle, WA in the Central District and is open Mon - Fri 11am to 8pm and Sat - Sun 11am to 6pm. Phone number is 206-323-9112.

I don't have dogs, but I really want them, so I spent some time looking around.

Nicole bakes her own dog treats "all baked with human-grade ingredients without corn, wheat, sugar or salt" and offers them at a biscuit bar. You can buy them by the bag and she carries lots of flavors, peanut butter, parmesan herb, gingerbread, garlic cheese, sweet potato bacon.

She carries as many eco friendly products as possible, but that doesn't mean the style isn't happening. The items above are made from recycled fibers.

On of my favorite things in the store were these wooden dog puzzles. In this one you put a treat inside the cup, then fit it into the hole there and slide to the other end. Your dog has to work to get it out. So cool. She carries six puzzles total.

These are dog beds that you stuff with old clothing or towels.

There are tons of varieties of pet foods, dishes, grooming tools and even pet spa products.

And of course, her dogs come to work with her. Hi there!