The Slice To Think, Tourists Go Out Of Their Way To Get To Where You Live
Moses Lake’s Emily Davis was on a flight from Detroit to Denver when she heard two strangers behind her talking about notable attractions in out-of-the-way places across America.
One said there is a bar out in Moses Lake, Wash., called the Ripple Tavern, that’s famous for its chicken. Davis was amazed. “Having never heard of the Ripple’s chicken, we thought it was a joke,” she said.
But when she got home, she tried it. Her report: “Pretty good.”
A woman’s place is in the back yard: “OK, I can’t stand it anymore,” wrote Cheney’s Margaret Evans. “I’m going to have to nominate myself for best barbecue chef so that you’ll have at least one woman in your gallery. My husband doesn’t have a clue about barbecuing and my son and daughter would rather watch as I prepare such feasts as chicken escabeche, grilled halibut with lime and cilantro, bourbon ribs, grilled vegetables with fresh rosemary and sage…I’d better stop there.”
Seeing how it’s a street in Spokane: Peggy Rama’s 11-year-old son, Marty, was surprised during a trip back East to see a newspaper called The Wall Street Journal at all the airports.
Ed Deluz wonders: “Is it true that all the banks in Spokane are having a contest at their cash machines to see who looks the most paranoid when someone walks close by?”
Larry Bolks asks: “Where do the seagulls roost or nest at night? Has anyone seen them raise their young chicks?”
Transplant report No. 563: “After nine years, nothing could convince me to leave here,” wrote Kim Taasevigen.
Another reader, citing the local wage scale, said he couldn’t wait to get back to Seattle.
We heard Spokane’s fashion sense described as: “Suburban cowboy.”
To the guy seen driving without pants downtown recently: Nobody was impressed.
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