Secrets Revealed!

 OK this is just between you and me. I am going to show you a few of pictures of Our Hangout. It's super crusty and old. 

Tourists fear it.  

That's important. 

This is the view from Our Table.

Many tasty beverages on hand. Yes I see the kiddie shit too; just ignore it and look instead to the Famous Grouse. Can you spot it?

 

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Grunge Is Alive And Well corner:

View the quaint native costume of the Bellinghamster!  (Some of you will have difficulty doing this.)

Backstory:  for the first time this year we had a sunny, pleasant Saturday, and so the Biker and I went forth to explore the pop-ups, food trucks and brewpubs because that is what one does here. Mainly the brewpubs because BEER. Everywhere we went, everybody of every flavor was wearing this uniform:

To wit:  Tore the fuck up t-shirts, ugly footwear, shorts (yeah I see the two guys in longhandles, sue me) and a cap of some kind.  Sprinkled throughout were variations on this person:

And this person is wearing a hoodie with a hat that has little animal ears.  This person is also wearing an animal tail tied to their beltloop. 

All of us are sitting in the lobby of what was formerly a Chinese restaurant and is now a pop-up burger joint.  They put out a really, really delicious burger, too.  Prime Bellinghamster-spotting location, as you can see.  Sadly I did not bring my phone or I could show you more pictures just like this one! Aw bummer! but The Biker was kind enough to sneak these for me. 

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Have you ever wanted to see what nine dehydrated limes look like?  Here ya go:

Chubby hand for scale.  Lime is something we use quite a bit of in Thai and Mexican recipes. The difference between the correct lime for those recipes and the one we have available here is of intensity, acidity and aroma - and Ta Daaaaa! my 1973 dehydrator comes to the rescue and saves me mucho cashola on kaffir or Key limes.  The secret:  use those small 'cocktail' limes, and let them get a little dried out first.  This does two things - decreases the acidity and eradicates the white pithy stuff almost entirely. Contact me for more Lime Secrets.

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  Does anyone out there remember the name of the little diaper mousie ^^^ that used to hang around with Jerry?  I could go online and look it up, I guess, but I wanted to see if you were pregnant.