Restaurant Reviews

We’re having some kind of record-breaking summer in the northwest this year.  Many, many days without rain in this clammy climate is an anomaly for us.  We’re not quite sure how to react, but mostly we know we’re supposed to be happy and appreciative.  I understand other people expect it to be sunny in the summer months.  […]

Eating out by yourself takes some gumption.  I’ve gone to a movie theater alone enough times that I’m over the embarrassment of it, especially once the lights go down.  But at a restaurant (in this case, Portland’s Natural Selection), you can’t hide.  The sun was shining brightly through the window, like a spotlight on the empty seat across from me, letting

I can’t believe I’ve been writing about what and where to eat since January and have yet to dedicate a post to our favorite restaurant in Bellingham:  Pepper Sisters.  We go so often, it’s ridiculous.  (We should probably consider direct deposit for a portion of our paychecks to go directly into their cash register.)  But as we’re getting

UPDATE February 2017: The Foundation has closed its doors.  We live terribly close to Canada; in fact the border is only about 25 miles away.  We make the trip fairly often, but had never taken the train.  My sister hatched a plan to get us to Vancouver, BC together via Amtrak Cascades.  On a sunny Saturday morning she and our

Imagine being surrounded by the most extravagant, spectacular displays of food you’ve ever seen.  I don’t think jaw-dropping is taking it too far.  Add to that:  you can take as much as you want and it’s sort of like your job to eat it.  This was my experience at a recent conference for food bloggers at the Fairmont Olympic