A Bolt Bus From Seattle to Spokane According to my favorite Spokanite,

A Bolt Bus From Seattle to Spokane According to my favorite Spokanite, it takes four hours to drive to Seattle. Seattle friends say six hours to get to Spokane. When I drive, it’s five hours, all of which would be more pleasantly spent reading a book or dozing or catching up with an interesting acquaintance who happened to take the same bus. Why white-knuckle Snoqualmie Pass on a snow day when you could put your life in the hands of a Bolt Bus driver?

A Haircut From Sheli Kersten Every day with Sheli is a good hair day. I can walk into her Red X Salon (1121 Pike St., 340-1177) with a vague idea about bangs and big hair. She’ll translate that into “Loretta Lynn with a Stevie Nicks rising sign” and take care of the rest. She won’t talk your ear off and she won’t judge your love life, but she will give you a beehive if you ask for it.

Tim’s Cascade Jalapeno Chips Everywhere If a gas station has Tim’s Cascade, I’m likely within same-day distance from Seattle. As great as it is to have this sign that I am close to home, I’d like it even more if, everywhere I drove, in all small towns, Tim’s Cascade chips were everywhere, salting me up and crunching me out for another couple hundred miles.

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Affordable Housing Confession: I haven’t had a Seattle address since May 2013, when the rent on my Ballard one-bedroom spiked by 50 percent and I decided the smartest decision as a working artist was to struggle elsewhere. The gypsy life has its perks, and couch-surfing in Seattle can be quite comfortable, but I’m bummed about leaving. Affordable housing close to the action—that’s what I want.

The Delridge Grocery Cooperative

West Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood, with no nearby traditional grocery stores and limited access to fresh groceries by public transit, has been called a food desert. The Delridge Grocery Co-op will change that landscape when they open their retail location on Delridge Way. Build-out begins in 2015, and they need more members to make it happen. Let’s make it happen!

Lebo’s Pie School is currently enrolling students. Get more info at pie-school.com. You can also purchase her cookbook, Pie School: Lessons in Fruit, Flour & Butter, at booksellers everywhere.