Too Nice to Ride Fast!
Some days are just too lovely to hurry about. Better to ride slowly, taking your time to wink at folks on cute bikes and yelling, "Hey! That's one cute dog!" …
Some days are just too lovely to hurry about. Better to ride slowly, taking your time to wink at folks on cute bikes and yelling, "Hey! That's one cute dog!" …
Last year, I completely missed cherry season. This year, I thought it might never arrive. It's always a special occasion at our home when a jar of homemade pickles is opened. …
When I organized this foraging tour, I had envisioned that we'd maybe have an energetic stroll down to Lake Washington under the lovely Olmsted bridges and find some tasty forest-y …
Two days before being mentioned as one of the top forty-one travel destinations for 2011 in the New York Times, The Willows Inn ran an off-season special. I snapped it …
Of the many sites we saw in Kyoto, my favorite was spread across a mountain just south of the city, the Fushimi Inari Shrine. Actually, while the shrine itself was lovely, …
Making pickles isn't that difficult, but they elicit a bit of wonder when I bring out a jar for what usually seems an impromptu post-adventure meal with our pals. I …
One hears all the time that Toronto's a great city, like New York, but in Canada's frozen tundra and with eskimos. Having never been, I couldn't say. I knew it was …
Victoria Wesseler has a passion for local food, so when she said she'd be coming to Seattle, it seemed natural to take her to a farmer's market. What I wasn't …
Sometimes I think I'd like to stop drinking coffee. I picture a different, more serene me calmly reflecting on the day over a light brew of tea, very zen in …
When we were in Israel, we kept hearing how unseasonably warm and dry Seattle was. I was excited to get home and see the garden. I'm not sure what I …
This was supposed to be a bike tour of sorts. Mid-week the weather deteriorated and emails started flying...were we going as Vikings or French nobles? French nobles or savages? Ah! Last year, …