Wanna get away for a day or two and just relax? Well, the Iron Springs Resort might be your kind of place.

It's 12 miles north of Ocean Shores, near Copalis Beach so it doesn't take all day to get there. David McManus and Experience Washington share this photo of the front office.

There are twenty-eight cabins to choose from and many of them have ocean views. The resort looks like it was built in the forties and expanded in the sixties and I'm sure not alot has changed. Their website shows a picture of the heated, indoor pool but I suspect most of the folks who visit Iron Springs don't go for the pool.

No. There is not a lot to do. No phones. No cell phone service (at least not for me). No cable TV. Some of the cabins have a TV set with a VCR. You can borrow movies from the resort (they have quite a bit) if that suits you.

Scrambled eggs, homefries, eggs benedict, sausage, bacon, fruit, etc... Can't recall everything they said was on the menu. Reservations ARE recommended.

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I was going to offer up a little bit of my own psuedosociology, but I'm not quite sure how to word it.

Here are the two pieces:

Bedtime Stories for Catherine

Damage Control

EDIT:

A Tuesday night cabaret in Seattle, $5 to see Sage and a lot of others.

I've been meaning to write about my visit with Sage.  It's still settling in.

After the clown alley meeting we stayed up quite late while he regaled me with the intricate and intimate details of his journey as a mummer.

For now, mummer's the word.  I'll probably have to do a pencil and paper treatment first, after all for his finale he shared the story of the audition with Cirque du Soleil.

I dropped a good friend off at SeaTac Airport last weekend, as a favor and as an excuse to stop for breakfast at the Poodle Dog Restaurant on the way home. I hadn’t eaten there in four years and wanted to see if anything had changed. The answer is “no.” The Poodle Dog remains a prototypical diner of the American west. It sits on the southwest corner of 54th Avenue and SR (Highway) 99 in Fife,flanked by cheap, strip-mall office space and nail salons.

The crab and havarti omelette special on the white board aside, the cuisine is exactly what you’d expect…affordable, American, heart-clogging, road-side comfort food. And if you’re not in the mood for a full meal, ask if they have any of their fresh-baked, homemade apple cobbler. The service is efficient, unobtrusive, and may even be provided by someone who will call you “honey.”

There are better places to eat, but the Poodle Dog offers more than, as the sign says, “Good Food.” It is one island in a slowly sinking archipelago. Our own version of Route 66, the Highway 99 is dotted with relics like the Poodle Dog and the Java Jive. Around Olympia, we know the old highway as Capitol Boulevard, Capitol Way, 4th Avenue, Pacific Avenue, and Martin Way. While the Java Jive has seen better days, The Poodle Dog still thrives…for now…but only a stone’s throw from a Taco Bell, Taco Time, Wendy’s, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Denny’s, and Mitzel's American Kitchen. The near-by exit off I-5 probably saved the Poodle Dog but may eventually be its ruin. So go there now, before economic efficiency or the brothers McMenamin destroy yet another oasis in our ever-expanding desert of inauthenticity. Or is it a flood? Well, you know what I mean.

We signed up with Kirsop Farms to get a CSA box last year and really enjoyed it. Now that the new CSA season is looming, we're trying to decide whether to stay with Kirsop, which we loved, or branch out and try someplace new. Any recommendations?

Olympia, WA - To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad, Veterans for Peace Chapter 109 will host a rally in downtown Olympia to demonstrate the community's frustration with the ongoing war, occupation and U.S. casualties, which are nearing 4,000. "Each new death of a soldier or civilian was some mother's child." - Dennis W. Mills, PhD - U.S. Army 1966-69.

Members of the community will gather from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon on Saturday March 22nd, from the 4th Avenue Bridge in Olympia down to Percival Landing, bearing signs and stories to share. Supported by Operation Democracy Olympia, Thurston County Progressive Network, and many other individuals, businesses and organizations, this family-friendly event will prove to be compelling.

On Saturday night my wife and I were able to have a night out without our five children. It was a chance for us to actually enjoy pauses in conversation and enjoy ourselves. We don’t go out too often, making Saturday that much more important to us. When we left the house we did not know where we were going to go, and started to plan our evening as we drove away. We each suggested the other choose and after a brief discussion we chose to head over to Basilico Ristorante Italiano. We had tried in December to have dinner on a Sunday night there but normally they are dark on Sunday and on this particular Sunday they were having a special wine tasting prix fix menu, and as we had not previously purchased tickets, we could not get a table.

I ate two pounds of corned beef last night. I don't remember who punched me in the face. Thanks to everyone who knew the lyrics. I'll go through Amber's photos later and see if there's anything postable.