HelmetJohnPDF
May 31st, 2008 ~4:23pm
Every once in a while, this town can still collapse the socio-economic strata into a mishmash. I was going to say “of a bygone era” but I know that was never true. One of the things that first impressed me about the town was the level of integration between most of the [...]
Columbian Cafe One More Time PDF
The Columbian Cafe.
One More Time
April 10, 2008
I know that some of you1 absolutely hate to read what/where someone ate, but I think
this is note worthy. The Columbian Cafe is having its own Renaissance.2 After being down in the dumps and being beaten left and right by the likes of The [...]
You all know K.; Everyone knows K.
Deep in the subterranean bowels of downtown Astoria, K has fashioned his own hidden kingdom, his fortress of Dude-itude, the largest Man-Cave I have every seen and quite possibly the largest in the written annals of known History.
Slightly left of center in this huge concrete and electric lighted dwelling, [...]
A quick note, because I keep forgetting to mention it, but there are now three -Three- establishments that are fighting for the business of a certain group of people, which makes me wonder if this group’s numbers will increase, or will traffic decrease to the Columbian Cafe and The Blue Scorcher and I suppose, [...]
Minor notes:
1. I ate at the Blue Scorcher today. A good cup of coffee (locally grown1 ) and a vegan sandwich was the special of the day. The bread. The bread was the best thing about this sandwich which was the best non-meat sandwich I’ve had. The bread is chewy and full of [...]
