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A touch of home in Seattle - Dogfish

With Dogfish rapidly approaching icon status for Delaware's Cape Region, it was nice to see this distribution truck in the heart of Seattle with the city's iconic Space Needle in the background. BY DENNIS FORNEY
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November 4, 2014
At Rocco's on Second Avenue, Jared was proud to be able to offer bottles of Dogfish 120 minute.  The craft pizza shop was also proud to offer an expansive selection of Scotch whiskeys - perfect for sophisticated and potent boiler makers.
Jared and Bradford inside Rocco's.  It's across the street from Bedlam - one of the hippest coffee shops I've ever had the pleasure of patronizing. The next picture shows the outside of Rocco's and the next three beyond that show Bedlam, including its atmosphere-rich conference room that local groups reserve to discuss all kinds of groovy stuff.
Haylee, at Bad Albert's Tap and Grill in the Ballard section of Seattle, served us Bloody Marys for breakfast while we were watching Nick Markakis waiting for a pitch from a Detroit righty.  We were watching a noon game in Baltimore which means it was 9 a.m. in Seattle.  Unusual and that made it even more fun!
These twice-baked chocolate and almond croissants at Bakery Nouveau in the Junction section of West Seattle are guaranteed to be among the best - if not the best - you have ever eaten.
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest are famous for their initiatives and referendums which allow voters to make decisions directly, rather than always going through legislators or state or municipal agencies. Many parks and trails projects are funded this way. The taxpayers know exactly where there money is going.  I'd love to see a process like this used to preserve more open space in Sussex County. Taxes are high in Seattle, but it is also a city with lots of parks and public transportation and a thriving middle class. Is there a connection?
When you're done eating and drinking your way through some of the hot spots of Seattle, head westward to Olympic National Park.  On some of the most beautiful trails I've ever hiked, you will have no problem burning off a good bit of your fuel. The is the trail that leads to Sol Duc Falls, which is shown in the next photo.

A few weeks have passed since I returned from a family trip to Seattle. Between hiking on the magnificent trails of Olympic National Park - dwarfed and humbled by giant trees - and urban exploring in a vibrant downtown along the waterfront of Puget Sound, the memories are long.  So here are a few more photographs that capture a bit of the Pacific Northwest and some of the highlights that I would recommend to anyone contemplating a journey in that direction.

Of course, it's always fun to go to unusual places, and exciting to see touches of home when you're 3,500 miles away - in this case on the western edge of our continent.  That's why I was happy to see our friends at Dogfish well represented in the heart of a city that places high priority on craft beers and ales, regional wines, exceptional coffee and counter culture.

We spent one night on this trip in the Ace Hotel, at the corner of Wall and First, a perennial favorite for us on trips to see family in Seattle. Like so much in the Belltown section of Seattle, The Ace helps define hip. General Manager Amy is a wealth of information about the local area.  She turned us on to Rocco's pizza. (See below.)

Amy is a friend of singer/songwriter Chris Staples who is tight with Cara Fisher from Milford.  Cara nurses in Seattle and is a friend of our daughter Megan and her husband, Ross, who are also both nurses. Amy was amazed that we knew Chris and Cara.  Small world. So there you go - always connecting the dots.

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