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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 [...]

I’ve been commissioned — I suppose that’s the right word — to shoot some photos of Seattle’s Little Saigon area in the next few days. It’s a project I approach with equal parts excitement and dread. Excitement, because if you look around on Flickr, you’ll see an area all dressed up and waiting for her [...]