Monday, August 15, 2011

Inside the World of Keisha Harris

Keisha Harris, Volunteer Park Cafe, Capitol Hill. 


Where are you from?
Minneapolis

What brought you to Seattle?
My psychic and my Grandma

Do you have a daily mantra?
No, but I do have positive affirmations that change on a daily basis

What are some fashion faux pas of yours?
Seattle's hiker epidemic and kitschy vintage and fake leather

What's your vice?
coffee

What's been your proudest moment in the past year?
Starting a business with my friend Meghann. That's when I really felt like the city was mine.

What's your business?
Hunter Gatherer, online store and pop up shop co-owned with my friend Meghann Sommer

Any embarrassing moments in the past year?
got locked in a hallway porky piggin' it


What's something you're looking forward to?
Traveling

Where do you plan on traveling?
Africa & Europe

Who are your influences?
My brother and all the creatives I'm surrounded by



If you weren't you, who would you be? What did you want to be as a child?
It would be pretty amazing to be Bjork. When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut, ballerina, actress, singer, etc. Basically anything that would get me famous. 

What's a value you highly admire in a man?
combination of the following; hard-worker, good sense of humor, somebody that brings their ideas to fruition, and trustworthy.

What's a value you highly admire in a woman?
A woman that can compliment another woman





Is there anything you have learned in the past year that has helped you grow as a person?
I've figured out the secrets to life--

1.)  I think the key to happiness is making a conscious decision to be positive no matter what the circumstances are.

2.) good ideas come to you for a reason and you have to pursue them.