Food options in downtown Seattle crush the gastronomic wasteland of far Eastgate in Bellevue. I only eat out one day a week, but when I do, I like to make it count. For example, in the morning, my selection of coffee includes Seattle Coffee Works (best mocha), Moore Theater (Mexican mocha), Bedlam (mocha with […]
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In the dark world the natives call “January in Seattle,” I was pining for a week-long bike ride as a “carrot” to entice myself to get back to riding. I’ve covered a lot of great spots in Washington, but was looking for something different. That something different – but not too different – was Ride
One of the more unsual geocaches I found recently is a puzzle cache described as thus: Even in a box of troubles, there is HOPE You may have some trouble with this cache. The container is waterproof because it may be under water at times. There is significant elevation change and you will have to
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The final piece I wanted to preserve from the upcoming Facepocalypse was a meme known as the “3s of Me.” The original one landing my way had a lot of “not applicables”, perhaps being written for someone with zero likelihood of shuttling a mini-van-ful of kids to ballet. I ignored it. Then, John Chawner posted his
May 1 was the kickoff of Cascade Bicycle Club’s “Bike to Work” event, a month-long effort to commute at least eight times. I haven’t done this in about five years, so it was good time to revisit it, even though I haven’t quite figured out the Seattle portion of my trek. The ride in was
Claire posted a lovely note that I (and I’m sure you) have thought about writing. I liked it so much, that I’m co-opting and adapting it slightly to my own quirkiness. I know you don’t post things on Facebook to specifically entertain me. (Sure, in my fantasy world, I occasionally indulge in thinking that’s why you’re
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Continuing the cleanup, I present the second of three Facebook memes that I still find both benign and entertaining, the Album Cover Challenge. Like the others, I felt funny about any implied social obligation in “tagging” someone, so I toned down the mandatoriness a couple of notches. This is the original post. Do check out
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All in all, it was a pretty sweet afternoon to spend a couple of hours meandering around the beach, removing trash.