Haven't posted in forever, but I think I used to do this and it used to work, sometimes...

I'm heading to Bohemian Bacchanalia tonight. Doors at 8. At 7 or shortly before that, I'll be sitting with a book in Russell House Tavern getting a drink, probably at the upstairs bar (but maybe at the downstairs). If you're so inclined, stop in!

I'm hunting for some wing-back armchairs, ideally leather, and am interested in combing the estate sale / auction / antiques market for them.

Do any of you do this, and can you share any tips on where to go / sources you've used, etc.?

Thanks!

Also in Seattle, under Low Schtick

Skillet Diner - a very good modern diner, at which it is possible to order a bacon-bratwurst burger, and where you have the option of subbing your fries for poutine.

High Schtick ( Read more... )

So there are these bags of stroopwafels made by Daelmans. Each wafel is about 2" round, and the bottom and top cookies line up perfectly and the caramel is spread perfectly to the edge. So I'm fairly sure that what they do is they make a giant sheet of stroopwafel in the factory and punch out the rounds with a cutter ( Read more... )

Atheists I know, and friends who know atheists - in what ways do you find atheism interacting with or influencing your general view of the world?

I realize this is a much less concrete question than some people reading have asked recently.

1. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi was really quite rocking ( Read more... )

"Scientists predict that the biodiversity of the world's oceans will decrease dramatically in the future, and that squid will therefore become bigger and stronger."

The caption to a photo of a raw squid.

Anyone have a spare USB-iPod cable lying around? Ours seems to have gone walkabout...

Thanks!

Need to get one. Anyone have a favored model? Also, bloody exhausted.