Seattle Stories
I lived in Seattle from 1971 to 1991. Even though I spent my childhood in Southern California, I consider Seattle to be my hometown. It’s where my heart is.
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Seattle Stories: Revisiting a Classic: The Thompson Turkey
One of my first memories of life in Seattle is reading a recipe for a Thompson Turkey, thanks to local beloved curmudgeon, Emmett Watson. a columnist for the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
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Sixth and Lenora
The Sixth and Lenora Building wasn't always called that. When I worked there in 1989-1991, it was called the United Airlines Building.
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Seattle Stories: Turning 21
Do you remember what you did on your 21st birthday? I do. I just don't remember WHERE.
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Seattle Stories: The Granada
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda, here I'm living at, The Granada.
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Seattle Stories: The Brasserie Pittsbourg
Playing tourist for a day in old Seattle.
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Seattle Stories: The Salmon and the Turtle
Who remembers when there was an apartment at the top of the Space Needle?
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Seattle Stories: Bordello Buddies
Meta levels of Seattle Vintage: Here's a fake-vintage "1877" photo taken of me and my besties at Sundance Photo Parlor in downtown Seattle, in 1977.
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Seattle Stories: The Dream Dress
Once upon a time, I found the perfect dress.
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Seattle Stories: Finishing School
Once upon a time, when I was 21, I went to Finishing School. I really did.
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Seattle Stories: Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday, 1977. Seattle's first one! My roommate and I wandered around in a happy, slightly-tipsy daze, not looking for anything in particular, yet somehow finding plenty of everything.
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Seattle Stories: Lattice Entertain You
This story is a bit long but I hope you find it worth the read. There’s a twisty ending and shocking photos, oh my!
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Seattle Stories: Credit Where Credit’s Due
The misadventures of a young independent woman in the mid-1970s trying to get a credit card.
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Seattle Stories: My Year of Living Dangerously
It's the Summer of 1978. I'm at the edge of Lake Washington along with hundreds of other revelers. It's Seafair.
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Aplets and Cotlets and Farewell, Oh My
Iconic candies created in Washington State: Almond Roca, Frangos, and Aplets & Cotlets. And I love them all. when I was much younger, my mom got me hooked on Aplets & Cotlets, a…
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Seattle Stories: Learning To Adult
This is going to be personal and probably a little maudlin. By way of explanation, a younger relative of mine is on the cusp of one of life’s greatest adventures – waving farewell…
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Seattle Stories: 2012, meet 1977. I think you two might get along.
I have been inadvertently plunged back into the 1970’s this weekend. Firstly, I learned yesterday that one of the biggest influences on the evolution of my sense of humor, Peter Bergman, 1/4 of…