So OK, driving to Seattle is no big deal.

But how many Spokane area residents have gone in the opposite direction and motored all the way to Boston on Interstate 90?

You have our permission: To prefer wimpy beer.

Nancy defended: “Nancy was my favorite cartoon when I was growing up,” wrote Moses Lake’s Lisa Barth. “We were living near a small town in Oklahoma and didn’t have a daily paper. My grandfather faithfully cut the Nancy cartoon out of the Carlsbad (N.M.) Current Argus every day and mailed them to me, a week’s worth at a time.”

You know you’re in Noxon when: You ask a cafe waitress where the nosmoking area is, and she says “Outside.” - from a colleague who regularly travels to Montana

Most summers out of one swimsuit: “Would you believe 38 years?” wrote Colville’s Gary Strand. “My father wore the ‘Zebra,’ need I say more, once a year to shock the troops. When he turned 60 the traditional yearly appearance was passed to me. I have seven more annual performances and then will pass the torch to my son-in-law. No pictures please.”

Lou Carver’s nickname for the Opera House: The Dead Zone.

Slice tip on how to live, No. 43: It never hurts to arrive with doughnuts.

She didn’t mean it THAT way: Chris Herron’s sister, Jane, was visiting Washington, D.C., when she sent a postcard to her other brother, who was in the Army. The card showed the tomb of the unknown soldier. And she wrote “Wish you were here.”

Then he bought a bike: Jacob Grady, 11, made $500 with a lemonade stand parked outside a South Hill supermarket last summer.

The line is open: And waiting for your “Overheard at ArtFest” report.

Today’s Slice question: What’s worse than mixing up the names of Riverfront Park and Riverside State Park? , DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Drawing

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