Lauren John's Blog

• Come for the Coffee, Stay for the Books--Seattle Gets It Right

  July 26, 2010

  • You gotta love a public library where a real live person answers the phone on the first ring.That's what happened last Tuesday night when I called Seattle Public Library from Washington state's Bainbridge Island Ferry to ask for hours and walking directions.Yes, we had a Blackberry with us, and could have looked it up without calling from my cell phone. ...
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• Poetry In the Hood

  July 20, 2010

  •  I have never blogged on vacation before--usually waiting for my return home for the wrap-up.  But here I am in Seattle and George is on his laptop doing top secret PwC work (I can't disclose what PwC stands for--and if you know, you are sworn to secrecy)I am using the guest laptop at the B&B. Who knew laptops were now a regular feature of bed and breakfasts--right next to the ...
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• Reading and Drinking--A Sonoma County Booklist

  July 5, 2010

  • I really want to write pages and pages telling you all how I spent  the "away" part of my summer vacation--which took place in rural Sonoma--a few miles outside of Sebastopol last week. I am not a good photographer, so there are no photos of vineyards, restaurants or farmstands to post on Facebook or here.I only have words, and memories, and Web site links--and want to relive the ...
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