Sometimes the best therapy in the world is a road stretching out in front of you. The last month we waited for our new townhouse to close, the month before that we waited for the sale of our house of 16 years to close, the four and a half months before that we endure a…
Slate Coffee Roasters, Ballard
This is so right
A couple of my views these laste few weeks
Our temporary abode, waiting for the closing of our townhouse. A sunny day in Ballard, the cats explored, I sketched. My view too many times this last month,
Smelt fries at Salt & Iron in Edmonds, WA
One late night, some forty years ago, after working the swing shift at the Brazier sawmill in Molalla, Oregon, a few of us guys drove to Troutdale to dip-net for smelt. For a few brief days the rivers near the Columbia are alive with these small, silver fish, the river sparkled as if filled with…
Brimmer & Heeltap, a new favorite
My short list of favorite restaurants is a moving target. Sunday we found a new contender, Brimmer & Heeltap, in Seattle. Yes that is the real name, not sure the history but do plan to find out as there is another visit already on the radar. Small, intimate, rustic, and fresco dining, everything it takes…
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