Late Summer, Seattle
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Month: August 2012
For Andrew: How to Fall in Love with Waikiki
Dear Andrew; I have a confession. I kind of hated Waikiki the first time I was there. That’s not an unusual sentiment — I’ve heard lots of tourists dislike it, the shoulder to shoulder hotels, the terrible traffic, the shopping mall feel… if you’re not a fan of crowds or cream colored designer store fronts …
Back in the Saddle Again
The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. — Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895 Last weekend, I bought an electric bicycle. I did not mean to buy a new bicycle. …
Book Passage Conference 2012: The Wrap
“What did you learn from your students this year?” It was lunchtime and I was sitting with two women I’d seen throughout the weekend but hadn’t spent any time with. I was tired, I had been at the book store until 2am the previous night and I hadn’t slept particularly well. It was the last …
Nostalgia. Nirvana. Nevermind.
I recently picked up a contract for some travel writing about Seattle, my home town. It’s guidebook style writing, but there’s an interesting twist to the approach and I was keen to tackle the cultural pieces. I’ve lived in Seattle for nearly 20 years and while I’m not in tune with everything that’s the new …
By the Beautiful Sea
Our room was in the basement and the windows looked out onto a forest. It was quiet so I slept late and I was surprised to see sunshine slicing through the blinds. When we’d arrived the afternoon before, the fog was rolling in from the ocean and the temperature was dropping, dropping, dropping, but it …