Spokane

A big reason why living in the Pacific Northwest is great - is our fresh clean air! That's of course, when we’re not suffering from the now annual - wildfire season. I just looked through a list of the most dirty, most polluted cities and towns in the US. Fort...

As I start this - A huge apology to Ezell’s Fried Chicken in Seattle. I’m surprised they didn’t get the honor of “Best Hole in the Wall Fried Chicken’ - according to Cheapism.com The title of Best Hole in the Wall Location for Fried Chicken in the State of Washington goes to - The Park Inn. Next time you’re in Spokane...

Residents of the Spokane area are reporting hearing a pair of explosions around 10 pm on Tuesday night

Back in the day, Johnny Carson mentioned on the Tonight Show that it was against the law to ride an ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington. Apparently, it’s true. It was signed into law in 1894. But it was repelled 100 years later.

A couple of months ago you might remember that NASA was able to successfully crash their DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos, which deflected the 530 foot rock off its course. The NASA scientist cried (with joy) like I cried (like a baby who needed their diapers changed) watching the Steve Carell/Keira Knightly romantic/drama, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

Nicknames. If your family is like mine, we hardly ever call each other by our first names...besides mom, dad or Grandma, Family nicknames - like city nicknames - usually come to us out of love - or a good teasing - that simply stuck. Here are the nicknames of ten cities in Washington State - and how they came about.   ...

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Have you been to a cat cafe before? Here are 7 you can visit in Washington state.

I wonder if Washington state officials have thought about making an offer to convince Kris Kringle Corparation to pack the bags and move the whole operation to the Evergreen State?

The days of national chain shops like The Warehouse, Licorice Pizza, and Tower Records are long gone. Ironically it’s the mom and pop record shops that have either survived the new way of buying online or listening via Spotify, or have suddenly sprung up due to the new interest in holding and owning physical vinyl. The closest record shop we found was in Ellensburg. We’ll visit this one here in a bit as we go in search of some of the great record stores in Washington.