Fish Wednesday Has a Posse

I know you’ve been thinking, “Fish Wednesday needs a room of her own. Because all that rattling on about travel and culture and Seattle all the time, well, whatever with that.” You want to read about food. Good news, everyone! Fish Wednesday is in the house! I’ll still be posting about food here but if …


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Postcard Revival Redux

Getting these was like getting a perfect present every day. They came from Italy and Germany and Ohio and Seattle and Chicago and… Not shown? The stunning set of postcards from Lia, collage artist extraordinaire. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All of you. And yes, I’d still happily send you a postcard. Here’s the …


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Fish Wednesday, Sad Salmon Edition

Bad news in salmon land. That’s what this article in Gourmet says. Life is not good here. The fish are not running. And things are going from bad to worse. Due to the extremely low king return, fishing anything is entirely and wholly out of the question. Given my extreme fondness for fish not just …


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Beautiful Bikeable Portland, Oregon

It’s not just the fact that you can get a snappy 2bd 3ba condo for well under what we paid for our Seattle digs. It’s the vibe that reminds us of what we loved about Seattle when we first got here, a certain funky unpretentiousness. And the moderated landscape that makes biking everywhere doable for …


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Carnival of Cities for June 24, 2008

It’s fun to host the Carnival of Cities because I get to discover bloggers I might not find on my own. Last week’s was at Perceptive Travel – so if you can’t get enough virtual touring, head there next! Here’s a place I know a thing or two about: Maui. This post offers good advice …


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Seattle Summer Solstice

Up here in the northwest corner of the US, the thing we’re probably most famous for at Solstice time is our naked cyclists. These sun loving two wheelers strip down to their birthday suits and open the Fremont Solstice Parade. They’re a crowd pleaser every year, and hey, a gorgeous physique is not required to …


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