Harem at Capitol Hill

Art opening tonight

Victoria Landis, (my friend), is the owner of Harem.

She sells tribal rugs, ornate ethnic clothing, jewerly, East India bedspreads, lamps and
pillows and more. Before Christmas gets here..... You should stop by
and pick up some special beautiful gifts. She's delightful. And she can teach belly dancing too!!!

Everything is hand made, you know, all those rugs are hand knotted (80 to 130 knots per Sq inch, imagine) in mysterious foreign lands, you have to go see for yourself,.Take a bundle of money along (or cards) and buy lots of presents at Harem. Lets make sure Victoria stays in business, small retailers are having a hard time!

Tagine on the table in green .. a cooking utensil from Morocco.. I really need a tagine!

( I know you're wondering why I don't make one? Cause I have to get a real tagine from Morocco!

Of course!

Below is the wait person at Dilettante,, she is precious.. always waits on me..

Harem, and The Dilettante...

Cool place. Victoria at Harem at Capitol Hill in Seattle across from
Deluxe Bar and Grill next to the Harvard Exit Theatre, and near Quest
Book Store.

If you want to find Victoria,,her new place is called Harem off Broadway. She lost her space, which is still vacant after almost a year. Here is the article. her address is,
1715 East Olive Way (between Harvard Ave and Boylston Ave)
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/08/01/harem-becomes-harem-off-broadway

Now if I can locate Dar Salaam who also lost space, in the market, tho.. Moroccan bazaar. I really wanted a domed tagging that he had.
Let me know if you know where he's selling his beautiful wares, etc.

Pike Place Market, Moroccan Bazaar, Dar Salaam

Where is Saiah? He's no longer at Pike Place, he lost his space. What a shame for Pike Place.
Dar salaam, Saiah, where are you?
I'm going to go see Victoria at Harem Off Broadway. Shell know where to find him.
See my post entitled Harem for info on her new location.

Tucked away in behind Post Alley is this Moroccan Bazaar, 'Dar Salaam', 

 (you can remember that name easy)

and......

 if you can't go to Morocco, you can at least go here, 

 Saiah will literally take you on a tour that will whet your appetite for more. 

He is from Morocco, right in the middle of Fes, actually,  

you'll feel almost like your in Fes just talking to him. 

Saiah is also a guide who arranges trips to Morocco, and so if you're going, 

you may want to tell him I sent you to meet him. 

If you aren't going, just go buy some beautiful ancient  designed pottery from him. 

Fes is one of the oldest places on earth to have worked in ceramic  and are known for mosaics, 

which everyone knows 'I am' infatuated with. 

Has bowls of all sizes, plates, lanterns, serving tagines, jars, vases, urns, sconces, etc.

He also carries  Henna lamps, rugs, (Moroccan, and Persian) and camel skin poufs/ottomans, and all this beautiful exotic art you see here, tables,  caftans,etc. 

And...... he is having a... 'SALE'.

This cobalt blue bowl likes living with me (below)..you should enlarge this..

beautiful!

I'd like to  have the large tagine (bottom shelf below) for soups, and  so forth when I have company..

I'll need 'a lot' of company, (large tagine) will you come for dinner?

This large vase it gorgeous, you should go take a look at it, and maybe find one to buy. 

A Moroccan sink basin (left)  would make your whole house special...

This is from the cafe across from Dar Salaam, sit here and have some bathing rama, and a tea, and listen to the music while you decide about your purchases...

Sweet lady at Thai restaurant across from the Dar Salaam.

I like her so much...I took this photo to her today, but it was her day off..

I'll see her another time.