Category: Pacific Northwest
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A toast
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in America if you’re willing to try.” — President Obama, 6 November 2012 There’s a lot of work ahead, and not every…
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Write-in vote
Our pencils are sharp, and our presses are fired up. Jessica and I are churning out our next candidate for Dead Feminist, and she’ll be on the ballot next week. You can catch her online then, or if you’re local, see her first at this weekend’s Studio Tour. Both Jessica and I will be open…
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Sainted suds
Can’t you just hear the choir of angels singing, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh” over a pint right now? I think that’s how everybody around here felt last month, when my good friends (and veteran restaurateurs) Barry & Renée Watson opened the doors of their newest business, Pint Defiance Specialty Beers & Taproom. I mean, come on—look at that…
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Northwest is best
I gotta say—even though I have loved all the traveling I’ve done in the past few months, there is just nothing like coming home.
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Summer bowl
I should be packing for my next trip, really. But hand me a bowl of fresh raspberries and the whole world comes to halt.
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How does your garden grow?
A couple of months ago I was asked to create a letterpress broadside for a collaborative print portfolio for a show in Asheville, put together by the Ladies of Letterpress. The theme was Expanding Communities—beyond that, we could do anything we wanted. So I focused on a unique element of Seattle’s community: the P-Patch. A…
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Okey dokey artichokey
Today is my fourth anniversary of living in lovely T-town. And all I can think of is: A) I can’t believe it’s been four years already— and B) I still can’t believe I live in a place where artichokes will grow happily in the front yard. I love this place.
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With a cherry on top
Picture a Chuck-E-Cheese-ball-pit-sized vat of pie cherries: that’s what our kitchen feels like right now. The Tailor loves fresh sour pie cherries with a fiery passion, but they don’t grow well in western Washington (not enough sun). And they’re both hard to transport commercially (thin skins) and not super popular with folks under the age…
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Pristine waters
I fancied a drive around the Bay today—it seemed like just the thing to get the creative juices flowing.