Food & Drink
Glassybaby Seconds Sale
By Seattle Mag June 27, 2013
!–paging_filter–pGet ready, Madrona, the a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/glassybaby“Glassybaby/a Seconds Sale is Saturday, June 29. Door open at 8 a.m., but legions of devotees and addicts begin lining up between 3 and 4 a.m. (some, we hear, go as far as sleeping in their car to get a primo spot in line) at 3406 E Union Street for the best selection of the slightly imperfect, reduced-price glass votive holders and drinking vessels, lovingly made by-hand on site./p
pDuring the sale, the normally $44 Glassybabys go for $28, 10 percent of which will go towards the Kathi Goertzen Foundation to help end brain tumors and cancer./p
pNeedless to say, this is a high stakes sale, so we asked the team at Glassybaby to share some tips for successful shopping:/p
p1.Bring own reusable bags or containers for ease of transport.br /2.Bring small flashlights to light the seconds and see how they glow.br /3.Comfortable shoes help.br /4.Have a plan. Pinpoint colors and hues to search for immediately when entering the door.nbsp;br /5.Bring cash, checks and credit cards. Unfortunately, no gift cards at the Seconds Sale.br /6.Wear comfortable shoes.br /7.For those who can’t make it, take 10 percent off three or more full priced glassybaby online during the hours of the Seconds Sale by using code “secondssale2013”./p
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