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Local Ciders Step into the Spotlight

July 7, 2011

Hard cider has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. To get a taste, you might find yourself driving down a winding gravel path through some woods, wondering just what you’ve gotten yourself into. That’s where my friend Susan and I found ourselves a few weekends ago. The sign to Eaglemount Cider’s tasting room was barely visible from the [...]

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Port Townsend Farmer’s Markets

June 27, 2011

You have heard me go on and on about my adoration for farmer’s markets before. My friends will tell you that I drag them for miles off a previously-planned itinerary if I see a sign for one. But this past weekend, it was my friend Susan who spotted it first. We were on our way [...]

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Will Tourism Be Privatized?

April 6, 2011

I have to hand it to them for stepping up right away and offering real solutions. After all, the stakes are high. A collection of tourism industry folks, from Red Lion Hotels to the Port of Seattle, convened a summit in SeaTac last week attended by about 450 people tied to travel and tourism. The [...]

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At the Cabin

October 19, 2010

I grew up in the Midwest. Illinois, to be precise. In Illinois, we had cornfields and soybeans. To the north up in Wisconsin and Minnesota, though, were big trees, lakes and… cabins. On occasion, I’d know someone whose cousin’s girlfriend’s grandparents owned one of those lakefront cabins, and up we’d go to relax a little, [...]

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