CHS is giving away free capitolhillseattle.com crow buttons. All you need to do is swing by CHS sponsor Emerson Salon on Tuesday or Wednesday (or any day they're open). 909 E. Pike St. next to Via Tribulani if you're looking for it.

Mocking me that I can't fly and have to trudge around in the snow Originally uploaded by ERIK98122

Capitolhillseattle.com has buttons. And they're kind of fun. They feature the EmilyP-designed crow. I usually have a pocketful and like to hand them out on the random occasion when I run into somebody who follows the site. It's an inefficient distribution system, to be sure.

So, starting this afternoon, we're making the CHS crow buttons available for pick-up. For free. No purchase necessary. Stop by CHS sponsor Emerson Salon and ask, nicely, for the CHS crow button jar. Take a button -- one per person, pretty please -- and put it on and sport the CHS crow wherever on the Hill you go. It's like getting the Happy Meal toy without having to buy the Happy Meal.

Emerson Salon is located at 909 E. Pike and is open despite the ice and snow.

Black Friday is gross and dangerous. But nobody has ever died on Cyber Monday. We're adding our bit to the 2008 online holiday shopping experience with our newly minted CHS Crow Ts.

Now the whole family can sport the CHS crow

A few notes about the new shirts:

• We're working with a Hill-based provider to offer these shirts as soon as they are able -- but currently, you'll need to buy through Spreadshirt until we get the local solution in place. It's a challenge to scale -- buy on demand is really cool for a small operation like CHS but a logistical challenge for any provider.
• The design is based on CHS Design Intern EmilyP's new site banner.
• We usually share proceeds from shirts with a worthy cause. For the crow, we're splitting 50/50 with the deserving EmilyP. We're certain she'll put the money to good use!
• We're working on getting the price lower when we move to the new provider but on-demand printing costs a bit more. Until we can afford to order a set amount in advance (and take...