Show Highlights Join me as I kick off Season 2 with Garrett Brown, licensed Realtor in Washington state where we chat about the market in 2022 and into next year, how a seller would get ready to list their home, and a some personal stories […]

Show Highlights In today’s podcast, I am pleased to welcome Barbie van Horn, a passionate follower of all things chocolate. She is the founder of findingfinechoclate.com and the PNW Chocolate Society with another Seattle-area chocolate legend, Lauren Adler. Today we take time to discuss the […]

Show Highlights Episode 2 of the podcast is an interview with Executive Director of New Horizons, Rob Stewart, where we discuss the youth homeless ministry in downtown Seattle he helps lead. We cover the following: Tell me a little bit of the story on how you […]

When I first started cooking and baking for myself, part out of necessity and probably part to challenge myself with something new, I began to pay attention to two things. First, discover bakeries, cafes, little restaurants, etc. that were not part of big chains, and […]

Note: I posted this updated version of a 2013 post in Eat Seattle. Another stop in my culinary adventures has brought be to the Tokyo-based Kizuki Ramen and Izakaya in the Crossroads area of Bellevue. Ramen has the same sort of fierce loyalty and passionate devotees that […]

One of the newish burger shops to make a name in our country is Shake Shack. They finally made it out to Seattle with one restaurant now opened and I believe two more scheduled to soon be opened. Here in the PNW, like so many […]

I admit that I am apparently late to the party on this one. First, we really don’t eat out very much. It is expensive for us (5 kids plus two parents who ALL love eat) and we find it hard to find something worth the […]

My sons almost killed me. They were so excited with the “Dad, did you know that Nate Robinson opened a restaurant?” that I went for a visit…without them. Hey, I had some time to kill. I was over in West Seattle watching Jackson’s football team […]

The Fremont neighborhood of Seattle is home to some of the most eclectic and iconic landmarks in all of Seattle. The troll, the statue of Lenin, the rocket ship, the “waiting for the interurban” commuter statues in all of their decorated splendor and much more.  I […]

  know I stole the post title from DALs, but hey, it works! I am working on tweaking my blog this summer because I think it needs a little TLC.  I am going to try and do a few new things that I think my […]