The weird thing in America is that in the morning you can meet a charming, generous, hospitable Republican and in the afternoon you can meet a charming, generous hospitable Democrat - and as an outsi… (View Post)

Seattle has just the most fantastic oysters. Ate a dozen at Pike Place Market last night. Also, I’ve discovered the joys of accompanying oysters with a really cold crisp pilsener beer. It’s better th… (View Post)

Yawn I’ve traveled extensively around the poorest state in the Union. Mississippi On this trip I went to Eureka, Ca. I saw the meth towns of southern Oregon. I’ve seen plenty of US poverty. It can be… (View Post)

My god. Hahaha Huzzah from Seattle! (View Post)

Downtown Portland does have a truly eerie ambience A kind of opulent dysfunction. The city is clearly wealthy; it is also clearly suffering quite unusually (View Post)