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Cindy Fuller
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Mar 16
More Converts to the Cult
Our office is around the corner from a Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Saigon. As with many family-run Vietnamese restaurants here, what it lacks in ambiance it makes up for in good, cheap food. One of its specialties is my favorite soup, bun bo Hue. I’ve waxed poetic about in in an earlier post. The first two …
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Mar 11
Cats and Cell Phones: A Dangerous Combination
Our younger cat, Neli, is fixated by Julian’s cell phone. She’ll sit next to it on his desk and wait for the whistles that indicate he has a new email. He loaded an interactive app that produces ripples on the screen when you touch it with a finger (or a paw). Today Julian was in …
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Mar 05
Hot and Sour Soup Worth Slurping
When we order Chinese food, we almost always get hot and sour soup as a starter. It provides a good preview of the restaurant’s quality. A good hot and sour soup will have the tang of vinegar with heat from white or black pepper (not chiles). Unfortunately, many restaurants make the soup hours ahead and …
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Feb 26
Sick Day Doings
The sniffles started around lunchtime on Thursday. By the time I left the office, I was in full-tilt sneeze mode. Our Homeowners’ Association annual meeting was that night, but I sent Julian there solo and was in bed by 8:30. I woke up at 3 on Friday morning, took some decongestant, emailed in sick, and …
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Feb 24
An Unexpected Perk
As mentioned earlier, Julian broke his shoulder two weeks ago. The sole upside to this escapade: We discovered that there’s a Trader Joe’s across the street from his orthopedic surgeon’s office. For the non-cognoscenti, Trader Joe’s is a California-based grocery chain. Its primary claim to fame is “two-buck Chuck” (actually three bucks in Washington), cheap …
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Feb 22
Pantries and their Placement
I grew up in my maternal grandparents’ farmhouse, which dated from the late 1800’s. The hallway leading to the cellar was Grandma’s pantry. It was lined on both sides with shelves for mixers, pickle crocks, and other kitchen equipment. It also had a huge chest freezer. One could have put two intact sides of beef …
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Feb 19
Spring is in the Air
Two items that indicate the groundhog was wrong when he predicted six more weeks of winter this year: There’s a certain aroma you can detect when spring bulbs are sprouting, even before they bloom. It smells like daffodils. I’ve detected this aroma in several places where I know bulbs will appear. No flowers yet, but …
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Feb 18
The No BS Glasses
I lost one of my contact lenses last month. While I waited for the new lens to arrive, I wore my glasses. They work fine for driving and seeing at a distance, but I don’t need them for reading or working on the computer. (I’m one of the few people in my age group who …
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Feb 11
First Sunny Saturday
My mantra has always been that it’s a sin to waste a sunny day in Seattle – and in Bothell. After the snow, ice, and heavy rain of the last week, my first impulse was to get out of the house. To be fair, the Saturday of the Women’s March had spots of sun, but …
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