Tasting Cascadia
Q: Where to Eat in Seaside, Oregon? Posted on: April 30, 2012
We know you have questions, so here’s the deal: You ask, we’ll answer. Sweet, huh? Whatever your Northwest travel inquiry, we will put on our concierge hats and try our best to answer you. Ask your question any time here; we will answer questions on Mondays. Dear TripFinder, We’re going to Seaside, Oregon this week and looking for [...]
S'mores Variations: Mixing it up Around the Campfire Posted on: April 11, 2012
Find any family-friendly campground, and you’ve got kids running around on their scooters with toasted marshmallow bits caked on their smiling faces. This is what camping is all about. S’mores! And it couldn’t be any easier. You just take a marshmallow on a stick (find one on the ground or they make these fancy special [...]
Pie and Coffee in Forks Posted on: March 17, 2012
It wasn’t the Twilight series that brought us to Forks in the pouring rain. (Though I must confess to you, I bought a copy of New Moon at Forks Outfitters on the south side of town while I was there. The clerk looked at me, in my Gore Tex and muddy hiking boots, with inquisitively arched eyebrows.) [...]- Mashiko Serves Up Sustainable Sushi in Seattle Posted on: January 22, 2012
Sometimes, I daydream about dinner at Mashiko. Okay, I daydream about dinner at Mashiko a lot. Mashiko is Seattle’s best sushi place. Lucky for me, it’s right up the street in the heart of the West Seattle Junction. Seattle has darn good sushi. Mashiko should have some stiff competition. In some ways, it does. For cheap [...] - Coombs Country Market: Everything but the Goats, Under One Roof Posted on: December 20, 2011
“You gotta make a stop at the Old Country Market in Coombs. They have goats up on the roof!” People kept telling me this, totally unsolicited. I suppose I looked the part of a lost tourist, driving in circles around central Vancouver Island in my beater Volvo with Washington plates. And of course there was that ever-present [...]
