The rambling recipes & travels of a home baker


Things I Want to Try
July 24, 2007, 5:43 am
Filed under: Cycling, Seattle

Mountain Biking

Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club (www.bbtc.org) has a Mountain-Bike Boot Camp
FluidRide (www.fluidride.com) has clinics & camps. 206/499-3469
Cycle University (www.cycleu.com), 206/938-1091



Northwest Bakeries
July 24, 2007, 5:40 am
Filed under: Food, Seattle, Shopping

So I’m clearing off random articles I’ve saved and trying to post to the blog to CLEAN UP.  (only minimally successful at this point)

Printed from the Seattle Times back in the early spring of 2007.

Bakeries to try:

L’Artisan (Everett)
11419 19th Avenue S.E., Suite B103, Everett, WA

Le Fournil (Eastlake)
3230 Eastlake Avenue E., Suite A, Seattle, WA

Tall Grass Bakery (Ballard)
5907 24th Avenue N.W., Seattle, WA

Sweet & Savory (Mount Baker)
1418 31st Avenue S., Seattle, WA

Great Harvest Bread (Various Seattle & Bellingham locations)
305 E. Magnolia Street, Bellingham, WA

Pane D’Amore (Port Townsend)
617 Tyler Street, Port Townsend, WA

Bakery Nouveau (West Seattle)
4737 California Avenue, S.W., West Seattle, WA

Black Diamond Bakery & Restaurant (Black Diamond)
32805 Railroad Avenue, Black Diamond, WA

Columbia City Bakery (Columbia City)
4865 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, WA

60th Street Desserts (Sand Point)
7401 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA

Danish Bakery (Burien)
825 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA

That’s the list, but here are a few more:

Grand Central Bakery (Pioneer Square, Eastlake)
Macrina Bakery (Belltown, Queen Anne)
Dahlia Bakery (Downtown)
Belle Epicurean (Downtown)
Bread Farm (Bow, WA)
Farm to Market Bakery (Bow, WA)
Nielsen’s Pastry (Queen Anne)
Larsen’s Bakery (Ballard/Crown Hill)
Essential Baking Company (Fremont, Madison Park)
Blackbird Bakery (Bainbridge Island, WA)

Oh there are so many, but it’s late and I’ve got to go to bed!



Seattle Hotels
February 19, 2007, 12:06 am
Filed under: Seattle

This is a list that we put together for a visiting faculty who would be staying in Downtown Seattle.  It’s by no means complete, but I needed somewhere to put this information.  (continuing to clean out the Inbox!)

http://www.alexishotel.com
A nice older luxury hotel between the retail and commercial districts

http://www.hotelandra.com/
A new modern hotel near the retail district

http://www.hotelvintagepark.com/
An older hotel across from the Seattle Public Library

http://www.innatthemarket.com
A smaller inn right in the heart of the Pike Place  Market

http://www.mayflowerpark.com/
A nice older luxury hotel in the retail district

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1154″>
W Hotel adjacent to the Seattle Public Library

http://www.hotelmaxseattle.com
A new modern hotel next to the retail district



Mar, Kyung & Sallie
April 27, 2006, 4:01 pm
Filed under: Seattle


Mar, Kyung & Sallie

Originally uploaded by Traveling Bakeshop.

Hope this works. Trying to blog a photo from Flickr. This is me, Kyung and Sallie atop (well sort of halfway) Stevens Pass in March on a snowshoeing adventure. Fun!