Just a sip away from tropical relaxation with these six PNW sugar-based spirits. Tropical-born spirits have an unrivaled power to transport us. With a sip of distilled dark molasses, sugarcane or rich agave, we’re swept away to sandy beaches, palm-crowned isles and...
In emotionally trying times, nothing assuages the spirit better than getting away for a weekend — and Alderbrook Resort & Spa is exactly the kind of place to do it. The elegant lodge-style escape has stood the test of time for over 100 years. Founded in 1913, it...
Think the art of tableside service has been lost to the ages? Think again. If anything could make you look away from the sweeping panoramic views at Snoqualmie Casino's newly reimagined Vista, it would be the stunning tableside showmanship taking place right beside...
If a single core idea characterized Headframe Spirits, it would be that success is measured in the success you create for your community — and if that’s the case, the Montana-based distillery has been indisputably successful. By building stills designed to give...
Executive Chef Brent Martin of Eques can and could whip you up a yellow tomato gazpacho sorbet over a bed of Dungeness crab, but he’d rather just put a fresh Northwest twist on your favorite brunch and breakfast classics. Eques, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue,...
It's been almost exactly three years to the day since I launched Caffeination Cascadia on July 1, 2013. As it was the middle of the summer, I wrote about cold brew as compared to iced coffee in The Coolest Coffees. In the time since, I've covered everything from the...
Last time, I got a chance to check in with Bobby Grover of Thump Coffee in Bend. This time, I took things a bit further from home and chatted with Maria de la Croix, co-founder of Wheelys Café, the self-proclaimed “only CEO of a global food company with blue hair.”...
Last time around, I chatted with Randy Lint of Big Creek Coffee Roasters, who shared the similarities and differences between law, music, and coffee. This week, I chatted with Bobby Grover, owner of Bend, Oregon's Thump Coffee. Thump began in 2007 as a wholesale...
Last time around, I chatted with Andrew Friedman of Liberty Bar, the coffee-cocktail-sushi joint in Seattle that somehow manages to do all three incredibly well. This time, I got in touch with Randy Lint of Big Creek Coffee Roasters, all the way over in Hamilton,...
Liberty Bar is one of my absolute Seattle favorites. The espresso, the drinks, the food, the vibe, the music, the people – it’s all here, and more than a few of my stories have been drafted from atop the leather cushions of Liberty’s comfy couches. Does it help that...
