Picks and Pans – Columbia River Gorge

I’ve driven through the Columbia River Gorge more times than I can remember (going to Reed or returning home to Montana), but I’ve never had much occasion to stop. Luckily, on this trip, we had a reason to linger. Our Reed psychology professor (and Sean’s thesis advisor), Dell, lives with her husband Will in White […]

Picks and Pans – Seattle, WA

PICKS: Gypsy Trader Coffee

I know it may come as a shock to our loyal readers, but our first stop in Seattle was a coffee shop….this coffee shop, in fact. They had good sandwiches, really friendly owners, tons of comfy chairs, free wi-fi, lots of outlets and apparently they often have live music at night. […]

Picks and Pans – British Columbia, Canada

PICKS: Granville Island, Vancouver

Granville Island is a fairly touristy conglomeration of a pricey farmers’ market, some knick-knack/toy/t-shirt/souvenir shops, sprinkled in with a few art galleries and locally owned boutiques. Although this wouldn’t normally be our kind of gig, it does have a great pier for sitting in the sun near the water. It was […]

Picks and Pans – Alberta, Canada

PICKS: Luczak Lab at Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience, Lethbridge, AB

Far away, in the central Albertan plains of Lethbridge, there is a neuroscience revolution happening. The University of Lethbridge is collecting a cadre of hardworking neuroscientists to take over the world (or maybe just publish a bunch of papers), among them is our friend […]

Picks and Pans – Glacier National Park

Just a word on Glacier National Park — Growing up in Montana, I always thought that Glacier was one of the most magical places on earth and, after traipsing all over the U.S., I still stand strong in this assertion. Even though it was misty, rainy and cool the entire time we were in the […]