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Bakery Nouveau, West Seattle

I don’t think of myself as a snob or a connoisseur. I suppose all that time devoted to eating cake in Austria as though it were thesis research does lend give me a bit of cred when faced with a bakery case. That’s why B. was reluctant to take me to Bakery Nouveau, the newish …


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Curse of the Black Gold

Yeah, Al Gore wants you to turn off your air-conditioning, go carbon neutral, use those awful fluorescent bulbs, drive a Prius, etc. etc. amen. Yeah. We get that, thanks, Al. We get that the whole global warming thing means maybe we should not burn through a whole lot of fuel to get across the planet …


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Evil Suburbs Round-Up

As I prepare to move to the urban/suburban frontier, the politics of the suburbs have been much on my mind. If you’re interested in the issue, here are a few links. Suburban Nation: Internet book club, anyone? “…their visionary book holds out hope that we can create “places that are as valuable as the nature …


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C&P Coffee, West Seattle

“What is this, Eugene? We’re in Eugene!” I insisted. We weren’t in Eugene, we were in C&P Coffee, the place that is sure to be the new answer to that ever present Seattle question: Where do you want to go for coffee? It looks like Eugene in there, and I don’t mean in a bad …


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From the Archives: Little Boxes

Freecycle is a fine thing if you’re moving. It’s not just a good way to get rid of stuff that no way are you going to sell. (Plus, who has yard sale in Seattle in March?) It’s also a good way to get boxes. I can almost guarantee that someone in your neighborhood has just moved and empty boxes are piling up about the place. The newly moved and exhausted resident knows they ought to recycle those boxes, but they are too busy finding where the power cord to their speakers has gone or buying shelf paper or they’re unable to leave the apartment because for the life of them they can not find the key.


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