I honestly didn’t know what to expect, setting out on the several hour drive into the Mojave desert from LA. My only real association with Joshua Tree was the U2 album of the same name (the cover of which…
Altura – February 12, 2019
February 19, 2019
It’s a tough call but I think Altura is my favorite restaurant in Seattle. This was my fourth time back and every meal has been exceptional. Chef Nathan Lockwood opened this cozy spot at the end of Broadway on…
Melbourne: diverse, affordable, laid back, great food for cheap.
November 16, 2018
I really felt at home in Melbourne. It’s the kind of place I could easily see myself living long term. It’s everything that you could want in a city: diverse, affordable, laid back, young, inclusive, a great food scene…
The Willows Restaurant – Lummi Island – November 4, 2018
November 8, 2018
The experience of a place. At a certain moment. At a certain time. To celebrate the objects around you and see their perfection. Their uniqueness. Their connection to the land and its mechanisms of timeless balance. Is to understand…
Sydney, Australia. The down under’s big city.
October 18, 2018
We only had a few days in Sydney but I feel like we got to explore the Central Business District fairly well. Sydney has the same broad multiculturalism that we enjoyed in Melbourne but the city is decidedly larger,…
Sepia (Sydney) – September 5, 2018
September 14, 2018
Sepia is an experimental/molecular Japanese restaurant in Sydney and came recommended by Chef Eric Ripert from a trip he took to Sydney in 2015. I was unfamiliar with Sepia but intrigued by the review. Sepia was ranked #84 in…
Hiking the Ozette Triangle: the rugged beauty of pacific northwest beaches.
August 9, 2018
Before I moved to Seattle, I would see pictures of pacific northwest beaches and swoon with how magical and amazing they looked. Rocky shores with tiny islands peppered out into the ocean rich with trees and dense moss. This…
The UK countryside. Wareham, Corfe Castle, tanks, and monkeys.
August 1, 2018
When we asked Katy’s step-son Brendan if he could choose any place in the world to visit, being a Russian history major, and barring Moscow, he chose the Bovington Tank Museum, the largest tank museum in Europe. Bovington is…
Spirit spotlight: Absinthe. Making out with the green feyrie.
July 26, 2018
Absinthe has been a long passion of mine even before I moved to New Orleans and began drinking it. The mix of cult rumor and devotion, the accoutrements (I have a strange attraction to small spoons and apparatus in…
The Oregon Country Fair. If I knew the way I would take you home.
July 19, 2018
[All photos from the 2018 Oregon Country Fair] The first time I went to the Oregon Country Fair was in 1997. I was living in a car, traveling the country. The thought was we would just keep driving…