I am traveling to Seattle on Saturday for five days—it will be my first visit ever to that coffee-centric city, and I am excited to be going.
I will be staying in what I think of as the coffee district, the Capitol Hill neighborhood where Vita, Stumptown,Victrola ,Vivace are located and I will be taking part in a Michael Hebb dinner on Tuesday.
The Wiley publicist Michael Weisberg (no relation, but lots of amusing confusion) and Seattle foodie Traca Savadogo have arranged an amazing itinerary for me on Sunday, that includes drinking coffee at Stickman, touring Theos Chocolate Factory, visiting the famed Ballard Farmer’s Market, stopping by Claudio Corallo’s shop to meet Andrew Daday, former buyer for Cafe Vita and Lighthouse Roasters, drinking Cuban coffee at El Diablo, touring the Pike Place Market, visiting the first Starbucks store, and meeting with a group of local food bloggers.
And that’s just on Sunday! My reporting style is more go-slow-and- soak-up-the-details than wham-bam-thankyoumam. So I tend to think Monday and Tuesday will be spent doubling back to visit the places I missed on Sunday. I am also hoping to sample the $8 small plates at Ethan Stowell’s Union–visiting reporters pay their own way, and bar food fits more comfortably in the budget.
More about my trip later in the week. I will be blogging from Seattle.
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