Breakfast at Alki Cafe

 
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Those of us who live near Alki Beach have much that the rest of Seattle wishes they had, but haute cuisine is not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, the vacay vibe on the strip along Alki Avenue is fun, and there are plenty of places where you can enjoy a beer and your choice of fried seafood along with an amazing view of the beach, the boats, the bikini-clad girls playing volleyball, Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains beyond. But Alki’s dining scene is rarely represented in any list of Seattle’s best places to eat, Seattle Met’s recent roundup of hot breakfast spots included. I have been known to drive way out of my way for a killer breakfast sandwich (oh, Sofra, how I miss you so) but sometimes on a Saturday morning you just want to be able to get breakfast without turning it into a pilgrimagic escapade. So I took myself off to the Alki Cafe.

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Posted on 04/23/12
 

Book Spine Poetry

 
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Maria Popova at Brain Pickings has been having a little fun creating Book Spine Poetry from her favorite books. Charmed and inspired, I decided to give it a try.

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Posted on 04/18/12
 

Skinny in Seattle

 
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Seattleites, for the most part, are a fit and trim bunch, although you might not guess it from a survey of the foods they like to eat. Every restaurant features some kind of mac and cheese and there is a cupcakery on every corner. How do they do it?

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Why are we happy?

 
 

In this great TED talk, Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. In fact, he argues, it is when we create our own happiness after we don’t get what we thought we wanted that we are capable of experiencing a greater measure of joy.

Posted on 04/17/12
 

Love Is In The Air

 
 

It’s certainly in the stars. Every astrological source I know is warbling about the potent love energy surrounding today’s Full Moon in Libra.

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Posted on 04/06/12
 

Seattle and The Burning Question

 
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The blog has been quiet lately. Crickets, I know. My apologies, but I’ve been really busy moving to Seattle.

It’s difficult to imagine now, but things could have gone very differently. And that brings me to the burning question.

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Posted on 04/05/12
 

Alki Beach

 
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I live here.

Posted on 04/02/12