Washington State has a new tourism slogan.  It’s silly, but I’m not going to spoil the quiz at Skor Grimm. Slogans are tough, they have to be memorable and in order to be memorable, catchy, and catchy usually means silly and/or probably stupid.  My favorite slogan is that of the City of Renton.  Renton: Ahead [...]

I feel confident guessing there are millions of photographs of the Space Needle littering personal photo albums, office desks and on Seattle tourist paraphenalia everywhere.* As Seattle’s most prominent and well known skyline feature, both tourists and locals can’t help but shoot the thing. You can view the Space Needle from myriad perspectives at [...]

It’s a regular thing in my home state to see rotund folks in overalls munching on a pork chop or two for breakfast at the local diner. Washington isn’t exactly Iowa, but after seeing regulars take whiskey and Bloody Marys with their breakfast, I suspected they’d appreciate a full blown meal to soak ‘em [...]

I really enjoy the writing style and photos on the food blog “Robotic Gourmand“.  After reading their recent review of a dish at The Crow, in lower Queen Anne, I’ve got a new place to visit that I probably never would have stumbled upon otherwise.
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