About that Starbuck’s Training

It’s about 930. I’m at the Starbuck’s on Madison, the one on the ground floor of the 1101 Madison building. I’ve stopped in to pick up a cup of coffee for my friend L. She’s up on the 10th floor stuck on an IV drip for many hours; I’d promised to visit and bring the …


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Fish Wednesday: Sunday Chicken Soup Edition

By Your Intrepid Substitute Blogger I stood in PCC in Kirkland last Wednesday and looked at the fish. I looked at the halibut cheeks (don’t like halibut), the shrimp (my little guy decided last week he doesn’t like it any more; plus we just had it), the wild Alaskan king and sockeye (I really prefer …


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Fish Wednesday: On the Dock

“What happens when you actually catch something?” I ask the sailor. He’s tall and tan in shorts and a polo neck shirt with the snorkel boat line logo on it. He’s good looking in that Magnum PI kind of way, which is funny, because we’re in Hawaii. “Well, it depends on what we catch. We …


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Dear Bakery Nouveau: I Love You.

I thought it was a passing crush, nothing more than a blush of affection based in giddiness around our departure from Capitol Hill for the broader reflective light of West Seattle. But as time has passed and I’ve visited over and over, my feelings have deepened and now, there is no denying it. Bakery Nouveau, …


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