From the Archives: Fish Wednesday: Fish are friends, not food edition

If you’ve not seen Finding Nemo, you don’t know the hilarious scene where the sharks get together for something akin to Seafood Eaters Anonymous. “I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food,” they state, with great earnestness. It all comes apart because, duh, they’re sharks, hello.

Fast forward to Fish Wednesday. Readers of this blog will know that Fish Wednesday happens pretty regularly around here, if not quite weekly. About a month ago, I started wondering where my fish was coming from. I get my veggies from a CSA, why was I getting my fish from the Safeway? Was there a better way to buy fish and did it matter where it came from?

Neon Fish


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National Soup Swap Day: Success!

Oh, sure a freezer full of soup is a good thing, a great thing even. But better still, the solidarity of our fellow soup makers across the nation who greeted our calls with “Hellooooooooooo Seattle!” We loved hearing about your soup, Genola, because it was so different than ours. Schenectady, we found your enthusiasm charming …


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Traveling Poetry

And now, a little Tom Waits for the traveler. Anyone got chords? I think I need to learn to play this. Foreign Affair when traveling abroad in the continental style it’s my belief one must attempt to be discreet and subsequently bear in mind your transient position allows you a perspective that’s unique though you’ll …


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Travel Rants and Other Link Love

Travel Rants does a little Q&A about travel here with – hey, that’s me! Go give Darren some clicks and leave a comment, hey? Meanwhile, in Germany, Mausi is learning to play the uke. Aloha, Mausi! Aloha! There is no German word for Aloha. Coincidence? I think not. I say we settle for Gemuetlich. It’s …


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Rain Soaked Vancouver

It is important to dress well while traveling. I realize that this is stating the obvious, but without an wool overcoat and warm hat and long underwear and big umbrella, the day would have been spent in relative misery. Either we’d have stayed in, napping and drinking tea – not so miserable but beside the …


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Fish Wednesday, Vancouver Edition

My ex-downstairs neighbor very kindly offered us the use of his West End studio apartment so we could export Fish Wednesday to the north. We left the slushy streets of Seattle and pointed the Tercel towards Canada. After a brief stop at our favorite patchouli scented bagel joint in Bellingham, we crossed the border with …


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