Seattle

Last spring This spring In a freaky turn of events, it’s positively dumping snow on us. This is really not how spring is supposed to be in Seattle. A little wet, sure, but this? This is ridiculous. [tags]snow, Seattle[/tags]

Before we went to Southeast Asia, I received one of those PR emails I get: “Here’s a bunch of great travel stuff! Tell your readers about this stuff! It’s great stuff for traveling!” And I did what I often do, which is respond as follows: “Hey, that looks like some good stuff. I could test …

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Earlier this week I was up in the old ‘hood. I went by the corner that once housed my favorite coffee shop, Four Angels. It’s a testimony to how long you’ve lived in Seattle if you remember it – it’s been gone for a long time. Instead of the low rise turn of the century …

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Had we arrived in Bangkok first I’m sure we’d have found it overwhelming. It was hot and the streets were packed five lanes wide in each direction with jelly bean colored taxis, private cars, tuktuks, and scooters. But we’d been in Hanoi, and then Saigon, so Bangkok seemed, well, not exactly serene, but staid by …

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It will soon be one year since we left Capitol Hill for quieter, more affordable Gatewood. We still regret that our nearest walkable supermarket is the rather pricey Thriftway. We hope that some day, we’ll get the oft promised seldom delivered West Seattle Trader Joe’s. And most of all, we miss having our Capitol Hill …

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I pity the silkworm. He or she spins his little cocoon and settles in for a bit of a nap, not knowing that, oops, that’s it, it’s the big sleep, the permanent goodbye. The worm’s self made house is what gives you that elegant tie, that beautiful scarf, those gorgeous pajamas. And after visiting the …

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