Saturday, Seattle

The Burien Firefighters were holding an open house when we passed through which is why we parked the car, got a seat on the curb, and watched them slice up a car as though were a Thanksgiving turkey. They were demonstrating a simulated rescue on an 80’s Mazda two door hatchback – they popped off …


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Chicken and Coffee

On the right, a neighborhood girl and her chicken, Neptune, outside Makeda Coffee in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. Neptune is a frizzle bantam. She stayed on her leash, tied up to the bench outside until the girls got their drinks. I asked one of the owners about pets in the shop. “I think I’d draw the …


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Fish Wednesday, Drunken Snapper Edition

Disclaimer: Tonight’s Fish Wednesday is sponsored, unofficially, by Three Olives Vodka. Why? Because they sent me the sample vodka I used in the recipe. Just so you know, I’m not much of a drinker, so I’ll bypass the deep analysis of the vodka and tell you what we had for dinner. Penne with Vodka is …


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Postcard: Seattle

Downtown in the summer rain, stylish girls are wearing rubber boots – yellow and paisley – with miniskirts. On the bus, an old Chinese man in a pale linen jacket and a baseball hat that says “#1 Grampa!” And a family, Peruvian, maybe, with wide Indian faces. The boy, six years old, I’m guessing, has …


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Fish Wednesday: Sharing the Garden Edition

In these mild summer evenings, we love to eat dinner outside while hummingbirds do the same at the backyard feeder. We are obsessively trying to photograph the pair of Rufus birds that we think have set up house in a very spiky tree that hangs over the low fence between our yard and the neighbors’. …


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