Uptown, Downtown

I just started a new gig downtown. It’s a delight to work in downtown Seattle because there’s just a ton of stuff outside the office building, because it’s close to home, and because, hey, it’s downtown Seattle, how great is that? But also, there’s a fun thing that happens as I wend my way downtown …


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Fish Wednesday: Back in the Kitchen Again!

Seems like it’s been a while since we’ve had Fish Wednesday at home. Bogged down in both a stressful day job and the desire to be a better educated eater, Fish Wednesday has been shelved, migrated, folded, spindled, and mutilated. But not this week! This week, I reclaimed Fish Wednesday in my Seattle kitchen. Shopping …


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Car Talk

Ever since some person who’s going to be in the same circle of hell that’s reserved for bicycle thieves hit the Tercel, I’ve been noodling over the idea of a new car. Not a NEW new car, but a new to me car. A newer car, shall we say. I have shopped for cars exactly …


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A Uke-ified Europe…

… will spread peace and prosperity from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, from the British Isles to the edge of the so-called West. And if you think we’ll stop there, well, you’ve got another thing coming. We’ve already begun our work in Austria, Germany, and Spain. Look out. We’re taking over Europe, one uke …


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The Seattle Travel Show: A Festival of Big Ideas

With little understanding of what, exactly, a consumer travel show is, we wandered down to the exhibition hall at Seattle Center. It would never occur to me to go to a travel show to plan my next vacation. I don’t want to join a group, hire a travel agent, stock up on brochures, buy a …


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Catch of the Day x2

If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times, take the camera with you when you leave the house. Man, what a great day it was.