In April, I met friends for a late lunch on the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. The street vendors were… Read more 50 years in Rome
		
	
	
		
	
	In April, I met friends for a late lunch on the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. The street vendors were… Read more 50 years in Rome
		
	
	A story on the University of Washington website caught my eye recently: Aurora Valentinetti, daughter of Italian immigrants and Seattle… Read more The world on a string
		
	
	Next time you’re driving south on I-5, approaching the Tacoma Dome, glance to your right and there you’ll find the… Read more America’s car museum
		
	
	Food and travel writer Katie Parla was in Seattle in July on a book tour to promote her new book,… Read more The best gig in town
		
	
	My editor at HistoryLink asked me to write a thumbnail history of a town in north central Washington that I… Read more How one thing leads to another