A crisp night, 10pm, December of 2008 in a mostly vacant Lowe’s parking lot just outside of LA. The awkward three musketeers met up — myself and two old friends. Jackson, tall and pale, was reluctant to line up for a taco, but Bryant pulled his cigarette out of his pocket and lit it. “TrustContinue reading “When We were Cool”
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Takeout Treat: The Sunlight Cafe
“Green deluxe, light sour cream.” When I worked at the Sunlight Cafe, this was my favorite shift meal. I remember scribbling that on paper and leaving it for the cook. As the oldest vegetarian restaurant in Seattle, The Sunlight is more than delicious food; it’s community, it’s family. Since quarantine began, my partner and IContinue reading “Takeout Treat: The Sunlight Cafe”
The First Time
The warm crunchiness of peanut and curry, the acidity of fermented mustard green, the contrast between soft and crispy noodles, the rich, fragrant chicken. As she closed her eyes she remembered the small farming village in Lampang, Thailand when she first had this dish, kao soi. A myriad of other senses began to flood herContinue reading “The First Time”
Poutine, Paused
June 30, 1999. “Tomorrow is Canada Day,” my Grandfather said with a wry smile. His eyes barely left the recorded hockey game he was re-watching, reliving a part of himself. “We should go out for poutine!” I rolled my eyes, ran my fingertips across my stomach and felt a familiar scratchy tightness in my throat,Continue reading “Poutine, Paused”
Table Tales - 150 word stories 