A bowl of soup is one of my all-time favorite meals on the planet. I have collected recipes for years and regularly spend entire Sundays waiting for a hearty stew to finish simmering on the stove or tending to a delicate bisque. There are times, however, when chopping, waiting, and fishing a bay leaf from a pot full of spinach,...
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A wrenching breakup and a shameless addiction to Dancing with the Stars lead me to the Century Ballroom for the first time. One twenty-minute East Coast Swing lesson followed by a night of social dancing and I quickly kicked my cheesy reality show habit, trading it for a new obsession: Lindy Hop. Today, thanks to six months of...
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My birthday isn’t until October, but I am already deeply engaged in strategic planning for my big day. It’s not because of what the event is going to be, but where the event is going to be. I am definitely, without question, celebrating my birthday at Sambar. I knew it the minute I walked in and took one look at the...
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When I was in junior high I hired a beautician to apply my makeup for my school’s famous ninth grade spring dance. The beautician had recently moved to Seattle from Dallas and declared it her mission to beautify the women of the entire Pacific Northwest, one sweep of her mascara wand at a time. “Y’all are so grungy...
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If you want to eat breakfast at Portage Bay Cafe on a weekend, get there early. If you arrive much later than 9:00 am you will be forced to stand in a long yet narrow entryway, crammed shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers for forty minutes while you wait for a table. This holding pattern can become incredibly awkward when people need...
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