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Tran Nhon cradles Charlie, 50 cents or maybe a dollar cheaper than the mackerel, at Lams’ Seafood on King Street. Last weekend was the public viewing of Exposed: Little Saigon, in one of the Pacific Rim Center‘s many strange and underused spaces. The building abuts the ID’s physical and cultural divides, right there peering over [...]

Cakehouse really is my favorite, for two reasons: one, it’s hard to get a cup of coffee in the ID, and two, those killer salty-sweet coconut buns. In another century, I used to work on the very north end of Rainier Avenue, which was probably when my love for the ID began. I’d go for [...]

Last week’s photo shoot went swimmingly. Quang Nguyen, my Jackson Street Sibyl, met me just before noon, and we made our pitch to three restaurants, two jewelry stores, one Vietnamese indoor-outdoor and one eyewear shop. Despite a cultural-level reluctance to say cheese, particularly among the older generations, every business owner save one allowed us to [...]