After a life working behind bars and in restaurants (and feeling like I was pretty damn great at it), two years in wine retail just about killed me. Well, more accurately I just about killed.
Never had I seen people so uptight about something so unbelievably trivial as those that pepper the wine business. I […]

What’s the Difference Between Pale Ale & IPA?
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
Most people order beer and wine like they buy Charmin or Simple Green. They get the name or grape they know. Ordering beer is far easier than ordering wine because beer is like cheese. If a beer says “hefeweizen,” you pretty much […]

Herbal remedies suffer from the label of junk science, yet many time honored traditions predate not only modern medicine, but also agrarian society. Chamomile tea for sleeping and bitter herbs for digestion we accept. But St. John’s Wart for depression, we’re not convinced. That’s because, just like Benadryl or caffeine or alcohol, herbs effect us […]

For this article I peeped into 37 different bars, from clubs to restaurant annexes, and 32 of them had a bottle of Galliano on display. Only seven bartenders, when asked, had any idea what to do with it. (Rant follows.)
Galliano, The Long, Tall Sipper
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly
Nothing pisses me off more than […]

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Been a busy girl lately, lots of work (paid) because I’m trying to be the ant and not the grasshopper, and work (unpaid) because Obama needs to be our next president, and work (uncredited & mischievous) that I’ll be able to talk […]

…for me to realize my sometimes morning barista is the uber-tan Blayne from Project Runway:
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He’s a really sweet, bubbly kid that takes time to engage every customer. (And yes, he really is quite tan in person. Like paprika chicken. Quite tan.)
Hotwire Coffee, West Seattle