Beyond ComPear
Spring. My days are given over to field trips, baseball, or the schedule upheavals they create. I spent the day on a preschool field trip to West Seattle. This meant a volley of high-pitched...
View ArticleA Shandy is Dandy on a Hot Summer Day
I’m getting whiplash from the Seattle-area weather this summer, as we jump from cool and crummy to hot and sunny within days or hours. Now it’s HOT and replenishing fluids is essential. What to drink?...
View ArticleA Bright, Crisp Cocktail to Welcome Fall
Say hello to fall with this bright, crisp drink: The Mid-Autumn Highball.
View ArticleBending the calendar with fruit shrubs
Am I being punked by my calendar, fooled into thinking it’s October when the weather seems more like the end of August? If so, then the joke is also on the blackberries, plums and other late summer...
View ArticleSkip the pumpkin patches and corn mazes for the Pumpkin King cocktail
Cocktail experiments are much like wandering through a corn maze. Sometimes – too often – a promising zig or zag ends up a dead-end. Repeatedly. Should I consider it cheating if someone finally hands...
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