Seattle Summer

I lived off the coast of New Hampshire for a couple summers. On hot days the morning fog started thick and cool and eventually the sun would burn off the fog and gorgeousness would settle in.

This must just be a phenomena of living close to the water. Today while driving Sean to work I caught a glimpse and smell of the sound and knew it was going to be one of those beautiful summer days where the fog burns off and gorgeousness settles in.

Columbia City Bakery

In our neighborhood, Columbia City, along Rainier Ave. S sits a wonderful little bakery. This bakery with the unclever name "Columbia City Bakery" ceases to be uninteresting with it's name.

I am a not a stickler for a bakery but I am also not uncritical either. I hate getting things that are too stale, too boring, that were thawed overnight and then baked in the AM etc. But this bakery is doing what bakeries should- baking amazing, delicious wonderful baked goods and serving them up with lattes with art on them (because in Seattle a latte without art is a shitty latte).

I believe that this bakery is so good it is worth an out of the way stop and must be avoided if you live locally (because you'll be hooked). There cookies are the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever had, their cupcakes are perfectly sweet (and not too sweet -the downfall of many cupcakes), their breads are rich and moist, their coffee cake crumbly but not dry. . . on and on.

Point being. This is not just a coffee shop stop (though you can make it one if you want) this is a wonderfulness stop on the ride of life! Don't miss it.

Mioposto in Mt. Baker neighborhood. Eat it. Enjoy it.

Salad and Pizza A plus!

Review of Winter

So is it strange to review a Season? Yes. Am I going to anyway. Yes.

Having lived in the Southern Midwest and in New England I have experienced the diversity of 4 seasons. Seattle is proving to be a tad bit different, and frankly, weird.

To start off one should know that I HATE being cold. I would rather be hot any day. Except that it has to be REALLY REALLY hot for me to classify as "hot." Also, when I get cold it takes me sometimes hours to warm up.

Seattle is weird. It's not cold in the strictest sense. In fact, it rarely stays below freezing. But that is what is actually hardest. The "mildness" of the winter stops me from wearing long underwear- or bundling really well every time I go outside. So in fact, I am finding that if I am not careful I get colder than I anticipated- because it a bit more mild but not so mild that I don't get cold.

Another new things for me is that at times it warms up into the lower 50's and then it smells like springtime smells in Massachusetts and Illinois- The melting wet ground gives me false springtime hope when in fact, it is only January!

I guess this isn't a review as much as a topic. But so be it.