Tai Lin is a brightly lit little place at the intersection of 14th, Rainier, and Jackson. It’s brand new – they’ve been open for two weeks. There are twinkle lights and mirrors and two TVs battling for your attention – one showed a Vietnamese stage production with a singing nun and the other showed a …
I tend to avoid corporate coffee because yes, I’m that kind of hippie, but today, I’d like to give props to the barristas at our local Tully’s. First, they had the good sense to seize the day and head on to the sledding hill just across the street. We followed them in the door and …
I’m a bit of a soapbox blogger. I stand in the town square and declaim. Blah blah blah, me me me. I’m like that guy downtown in front of Pottery Barn with the sign, shouting at traffic. I don’t really expect you to comment. I enjoy it tremendously when you do, but I don’t lie …
The Pacific Rim center is an odd mixed use complex that feels a bit like a smalltown airport. It’s home to New Kowloon, a smashing place for dim sum, a manicure salon, a Vietnamese restaurant, a dental clinic…it’s also home to the recently opened LA Cafe. We stumbled in to LA Cafe on accident when …
Friends tried to convince me that the thing I needed to do on this lovely snowflocked morning was this: Get in my car and drive to Redmond, home of a Large Software Corporation (LSC), and take pictures of the campus. I do believe it was beautiful there, the grounds at LSC can be lovely and …
It is a lot of work to plan a big party, but if you are a lucky person (and that I am!) and have friends and family to help out, you can do it with nary a hitch. The folks who showed up early helped set up chairs and tables. A vast array of cake …