Apr 182020
 
A Walk Through Childhood

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]

Fremont Eatery Walkabout 2017

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Oct 012017
 
Fremont Eatery Walkabout 2017

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]

Jul 062015
 
The Things You Don't Ask

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]

Every Day’s a Vacation

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Jun 142015
 
Every Day's a Vacation

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]

Happy Birthday, Mom

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Apr 132015
 
Happy Birthday, Mom

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]

Salad Anyone?

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Jan 142015
 
Salad Anyone?

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]

Jan 032015
 
Fremont Quest: Pubs & Bars

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]

Fremont Quest: Restaurant Potpourri

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Jan 032015
 
Fremont Quest: Restaurant Potpourri

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]

Fremont Quest: Sandwiches

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Jan 032015
 
Fremont Quest: Sandwiches

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]