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Seattle: The New San Francisco?

The San Francisco of my youth was eternally foggy, cold, and wet. It was chilly nights on Nob Hill dining at Vanessi’s and aweing at the enormous Christmas tree in the lobby of the Fairmont. It was fog lingering for days outside the eighth floor window of my Park Merced apartment. It was braving a […]

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Getting Iced Out in Ketchikan

In Ketchikan, Alaska, you can acquire an Omega Seamaster wristwatch on a stainless steel bracelet with the coaxial escapement. The 41mm version of the quintessential dive watch retails for around $6,000. The population of Ketchikan is a few ticks over 8,000. None of this made any sense to me as I stood baffled in one […]