Soooo……should I admit that I just spent the last 2 hours in a bar downing margaritas and watching the Seahawks game on satellite? Probly not. I´m not even a football fan. I guess when you´re isolated from all television and news outlets you lower your expectations. I can talk football, however.
Sure took coach Holmgren long […]

Every where you go……
Dear Filthy Stinkin Hippie,
Wait, let’s not start out on the wrong foot.
Dearest Earth brother or sister,
I know I have mercilously assailed your lifestyle choice repeatedly in the past. But now, as I am older, I want to understand you. Truly. You are a mystery to me. So I will start out by […]

Oh, did I tell you I’m in Mexico? A piqueno village an undislcosed distance from Puerto Vallarta. And to all those in uncharacteristically soggy Seattle right now, goddamn it’s sunny and warm down here. I’m writing this in the town’s realtor/tortilleria/internet cafe. God, I love Mexico.
I got two words o’ the day for you: FOOD […]

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Off to Oregon Pinot Camp for the weekend.
Yeah, that’s right. Camp.
Are you done snickering?
3 days, who knows how many wines, …
and 200+ wine nerds, er professionals, from around the country.
A full report when I get back.

  I am proud(?) to say that I have an entire shelf of mustard in my refrigerator: the obvious basic yellow, stone ground, Chinese, Dijon-frenchie, and my special tarragon…that’s five right there. And that’s barely subsisting, on a mustard plane–I hoard many more.
  My pa had a jar of this Ken’s Sweet & Hot Mustard […]