Life & Personal

Cafe Besalu in Seattle bakes croissants nearly as good as France - worth the drive to Ballard.

Indiana Jones movies hide Star Wars references: Club Obi Wan, identical Millennium Falcon engine sounds.

Jamie and Adam from MythBusters appeared on CSI Las Vegas - yes, we're definitely geeks for noticing.

French croissants are light, flaky, buttery. Ours are dense, greasy lead weights - there's no comparison.

A week in South France: Monaco supercars, Bandol wine region, Juan-les-Pins yachts, and jet-lag adventures.

Heading to Startup School this weekend - if you're there, email me.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival with overheating brakes, sparse color, daffodils, and a 15-foot trebuchet.

Flying to Ohio, San Francisco, then France while juggling a full-time job, side projects, and haircuts.

This week's menu: fresh veggies, no fried food, no processed stuff - eating clean and simple matters.

New Mexico trip: Grandma's 80th surprise party, sopapillas, and rediscovering childhood memories.

A dancer's commanding presence transforms the camera - raw energy meets technical precision.

Aging happens fast when you're not looking.

Shaking hands with Hillary Clinton, 2008. Just the photo.

Turning 28 marks the shift from youth to adulthood - an unsettling line nobody warns you about.

Two days driving the Clinton motorcade taught me Secret Service logistics and highway precision.

Double the decimal-shifted bill total, round up. That's your 20% tip - simple.

Never found a diet that worked? Your body type and metabolism are unique - here's what finally stuck.

Schools skip life skills. Heinlein's wisdom applies: know how to do real things.