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Are you ready for some football (food)? NFL Teams across the country are making their march to The Super Bowl, including our Seattle Seahawks! Mary and Shawn get you ready for a weekend full of sofa surfing, high fiving, and belly bumping without adding too much girth to your, er, defensive end.
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A year ago this time, I had just lost my job at 103.7 The Mountain here in Seattle. The country was in the throes of recession and my industry was constricting faster than Alec Baldwin’s waistline. And as a woman who is, shall we say, older than Brittany but younger than Madonna, I worried [...]
Continue Reading →Enthusiasm for Washington State’s legalization of marijuana was only dampened by the fact that Federal Law still prohibits possession, and every supporter was too stoned to rally. I kid. Pot enthusiasts across the state are celebrating by donning their sweatpants, ordering pizza, and hosting Halo marathons. In other words, business as usual. Or [...]
Continue Reading →Ok, so I lied. I lied about a couple of things. First, in my post titled Mother’s Milk, I stated that I would not bake another thing until I had perfected the very first recipe in The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum’s. Anyone who enjoyed reading about Kevin’s [...]
Continue Reading →In anticipation of The Great Cherry Pie Challenge, I decided to see what Kevin was getting himself into; he claims he can pit enough cherries for a pie in 15 minutes or less. I’m convinced it’s more labor intensive than that, especially now that I see that no one can even agree on [...]
Continue Reading →Last week, Kevin, Charlie and I road tripped down to Eugene, Oregon for the Olympic Track and Field Trials. Kevin had been a track star in High School, and like all track starts of a certain age (or maybe, simply, all track stars) had worshipped runner, Steve Prefontaine. Questions? See below:
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The Easter Bunny has been very good to me. Over the years, he has brought me beautiful colored eggs, candy, kaleidoscopes, chocolate bunnies, and one special year, a snowboard.
But the best Easter gift I have ever received, I got 25 years ago today when Kevin rolled away the stone of addiction [...]
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