A National Lentil Festival? Seriously? Well, yes!! As odd as a festival to lentils might be, there are probably a whole lots more weird festivals elsewhere…And considering that in 1990, 98% of the entire...
Everything is better with flair. Why not add that necklace to that outfit? Why not add some garnish to that dish? Well, the same thing applies to the jam from yesterday. I was at...
In three hours, I’ve managed to complete three batches of Blackberry Jam. With the blackberries making their grand debuts, I went to town picking as many as I possible could, at the time not...
This weekend was the Miranda Lambert concert in Seattle. Now I love her music, and she’s got some serious spunk. A real redneck, who loves her guns, her booze, her pink guitar and who...
The art of making friends should be simple one. We begin this process when we are small children, finding common ground with those we wish to befriend – whether that is through sharing of...
Seemingly abandoned long ago is a weather worn house, sheds, and barns all laying right off Highway 195 outside Steptoe, WA. Each time in the last six years that I’ve driven this road I’ve...
So with Ben and my two year anniversary this week, we decided it would be great to do a smaller scale celebration, just an over night stay-cation rather than the weeklong adventure that was...
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A little later in the adventures of the Bite of Seattle, Beka and I stumbled upon a Gator on a Stick stand. Gator on a stick, you say? Yes, I do. And let me...
This continues my previous post about the Bestie Adventures at the Bite. The Bite in recent years has been taken over by lots of fair-esque foods, with huge portions that turns this into the...
I may be the “Wanna Be a Country Cleaver” sort, enjoying my time in small towns with great people, but there are days when being in the city is kinda fantastic and really pretty...
It’s never an easy thing to go through, losing someone you care about. Now given that the person lost was not my partner, my parent, or sibling, it doesn’t mean that the loss of...
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