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Cindy Fuller
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Jan 09
Saturday in Little Saigon
We haven’t been to the Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle since before the pandemic. Today’s trip down there was to check out the Italian ingredients at Big John’s Pacific Food Importers. You may ask (as my sister did), why would you look for Italian ingredients in a Vietnamese enclave? Simple. Little Saigon is at the …
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Jan 04
Artificial Intelligence in the Kitchen
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days. Students use it to craft term papers with varying degrees of success. Hospitals are trying to get in on the action to diagnose patients and write progress notes. We wondered how AI would do in the kitchen. Julian’s been messing around with Chat GPT and Microsoft …
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Dec 30
The Cult of Sky Flakes
Behold, the Sky Flakes cracker. To the uninitiated, it looks like a standard-issue saltine. Not to my coworkers. Sky Flakes have risen to the level of a cult. Sky Flakes are made in the Philippines and available in the US online or at Asian groceries in places with large Filipino populations. Unlike American-made saltines, Sky …
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Dec 02
A Trip to Post-Pandemic Portland
We visited Portland for the first time since the pandemic last week. We had three missions: A visit to Powell’s Books, one of the P’s of Portland that I blogged about previously. Sadly, Pok Pok and Paley’s Place are no more, victims of the Covid-19 plague. A visit to a couple Julian knew from Ithaca …
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Nov 15
A Hole in the Skyline
There’s a hole in the skyline of our neighborhood. The Douglas fir holding the eagles’ nest was taken down the day after Labor Day. The tree was dead and needed to be taken down before it fell and caused property or bodily harm. The Homeowners’ Association had to obtain numerous permits from local, state, and …
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Sep 21
Vacation Postmortem
Now that we’ve been home for over two weeks, I’ve had a chance to sort my thoughts on this year’s European junket. Here are some words from this wiseacre if you’re planning to head to Europe in the near future: Getting Covid while on vacation sucks. Airports and airplanes, not to mention crowded public spaces, …
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Sep 03
Opera Night
Opera isn’t our favorite musical genre, but we’ve gone to a few over the years. We’ve been to La Bohème and Carmen. I went to Rigoletto with our friend Bruce four years ago (my review is here). Julian wanted to see the Venice Opera House, affectionately known as La Fenice (The Phoenix) because it burned …
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Sep 02
Venice as Theme Park
I’ve never been much for theme parks. I went to Epcot a couple of times when my mother was spending winters outside Orlando. I went to Six Flags Over Texas once. I’ve been to Las Vegas, a grown-up theme park, twice. Venice takes the cake as a theme park, in my estimation. Let me count …
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Sep 02
Orientation to Venice
Venice is an island. In fact, it’s numerous islands because of the canals. Bridges of varying sizes connect the islands. The bridges often have stairs, making the city a nightmare for disabled persons or tourists with lots of luggage. Venice has no land motor vehicles. The streets and alleys are far too narrow for even …
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Aug 30
First Impressions of Venice
We landed in Venice yesterday afternoon. We bid our rental car farewell at the airport. Although it was the priciest option, we took a water taxi from the airport to St. Mark’s Square. The lagoon was full of other water taxis and craft kicking up wakes. I was having a blast bouncing up and down …
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