Passports with Purpose: The Wrap

It probably sounds like Debbie, Michelle, Beth, and yours truly do little but sit around in each others kitchens eating excellent Seattle treats and washing them down with freshy brewed java or some nice green tea. I suppose there’s some truth in that, but the treats are fuel for big ideas and oh, we have …


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The Inn at Port Ludlow

Disclaimer: We received one night and our meals, all expenses paid, from the PR folks that represent the Inn.

There’s not much to do in Port Ludlow in the wintertime. The town is little more than a crossroads with a gas station and a mini mart. Port Townsend has more to offer, if you like twee little shops and antiquing and cafes – which, I confess, I do but only in small amounts. There’s some nice hiking/biking/boating activities if the weather is more cooperative, but when we stopped over, the weather hovered somewhere between biting and bitter cold with the smell of snow in the air. It’s weather for doing nothing, for reading and gazing out the window, for napping and snacking. And while yes, a person can do that stuff at home, sometimes it’s nice to fall asleep while reading your book somewhere else. I said “Yes, absolutely,” to the invitation to the Inn.


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Kitsap Getaway

There’s a handful of pics from our days out on the Peninsula here.

Cafe au Lait

There are not many things I like more than finding the perfect cafe/bakery in an unknown town. I flatter myself that I have a sense for finding exactly the right place, that I have some kind of carbohydrate and caffeine homing beacon that will direct me, without fail, to the right cup of coffee and …


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Gray on Gray

Port Townsend is empty, mostly, and the rain is a persistent fine drizzle that soaks through everything, my hat, my gloves, the gaps between the buttons in my coat… It’s windy too, and to add insult to injury, nearly everything is closed save the Safeway and the Starbucks. The wharf is deserted until a stocky …


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It Has Been An Awesome Year

January: We arrived in Hanoi. Vietnam blew my mind. I’d go back tomorrow if I had the chance. February: We visited Angkor freaking Wat. I have wanted to go there for as long as I’ve known it exists. It was worth the wait. March: I got studio time to record a story for WGBH at …


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