What’s a globe-trotting, ancestral-town-seeking, genealogist to do when under COVID-19 lockdown? Find places of family significance closer to home to explore, of course. I’ve been walking in my neighborhood (permissible under lockdown guidelines) but all the closed coffee shops and stores mock me, making me think of the DBC (Days Before COVID). A couple of […Read more]
I feel like I’m on vacation every day. My Seattle neighborhood of Fremont has dozens and dozens of great places to eat within easy walking distance. When I travel, of course, I’m wandering around looking for fun places to eat, and in Fremont, I can do the same. Because restaurants come and go, I occasionally […Read more]
I was always intrigued by the Salmon La Sac exit off Interstate 90. Partly because it’s such a quirky name. But partly because, every time we drove by it on a family road trip, my mom used to say with nostalgia, “Oh, we used to go camping there.” Why did this comment never intrigue me […Read more]
It’s no secret that I love to travel. I love exploring new places, absorbing the culture through its foods and music, hanging out in sidewalk cafes and watching the people go by. But I also love that I live in a place that makes me feel like I’m on vacation every day. This weekend, I […Read more]
I love how family stories just pop up sometimes. Like last night. I’d called my aunt to talk about a death in the family. Suddenly we veered off into reminiscing about how she’d first come to Seattle. She and my mom were both doing clerical work at an industrial laundry company. As two young women […Read more]
A funny thing happened as I ate my way through Fremont. I’d stepped up the pace of my eating, desperately trying to meet my goal of trying every eating/drinking establishment (more than 100 in total) in my neighborhood by the end of 2014. I was within a couple weeks of my target when it happened. […Read more]
At the beginning of 2014, I was in a rut. And although I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions, I made one for 2014. My resolution? To try every eating/drinking establishment in my Seattle neighborhood (Fremont) by the end of the year, and break out of the rut of going to the same places over […Read more]
My 2017 goal is to visit every eating/drinking establishment in my neighborhood of Fremont, Seattle, updating my reviews from 2014. Here are my reviews for the pubs and bars I visited. See more reviews. **** One of my faves! *** On my regular “go to” list ** I’d go if a friend wanted to * […Read more]
My goal in 2017 is to visit every eating/drinking establishment in my neighborhood of Fremont, Seattle, updating my reviews from 2014. Here are my reviews for the restaurants I visited that didn’t fit neatly into any of my other categories. See more reviews. **** One of my faves! *** On my regular “go to” list […Read more]
My goal in 2017 is to visit every eating/drinking establishment in my neighborhood of Fremont, Seattle, updating all my 2014 reviews. Here are my reviews for the sandwich places I visited. See more reviews. **** One of my faves! *** On my regular “go to” list ** I’d go if a friend wanted to * […Read more]