tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post111388459345822531..comments2023-11-05T06:37:06.657-06:00Comments on Twelve Two Two Fondue: Yabba Dabba Do!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04921039513056888571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post-1114116691291329932005-04-21T15:51:00.000-05:002005-04-21T15:51:00.000-05:00I'm currently sitting at my desk, which is about a...I'm currently sitting at my desk, which is about an hour and a half south of Seattle. Just as I read the post about PNWsters being excited when there is sunlight because we don't often see it, the conversation between several coworkers was drifting down the hall and into my office. I heard a woman, who has that charming (to me) tad bit of scandahoovian that many from around here have in their (our) accent because the area was heavily settled 100 years ago by Finns, say, "I don't know. Its sunny out, but if I go out without my jacket, you just know its gonna be cloudy by the time I get to my car..." Someone else said, "Why don't you wear the jacket but roll your window down?"<BR/><BR/>Yep, we're not big risk takers up here when it comes to the weather.Scott in Washingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672215880108814883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post-1113937133191881212005-04-19T13:58:00.000-05:002005-04-19T13:58:00.000-05:00Wow.Man, I gotta get my wife and I for a trip up t...Wow.<BR/>Man, I gotta get my wife and I for a trip up to the Emerald City. Every trip I take there is based around WHERE TO EAT. <BR/>Alas, Denver - in the 16 years I've been here - finally has some pretty good eating establishments, but still nothing like Seattle (or Belleview to be specific in this situation :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the account. I'll make note of it for the future. gald you survived!nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355605657485031342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post-1113915607352408242005-04-19T08:00:00.000-05:002005-04-19T08:00:00.000-05:00Yep. You found a good one. But Bellevue Place is s...Yep. You found a good one. But Bellevue Place is square in Bellevue (I was born in Seattle, raised with a Bellevue address, thank you very much).<BR/><BR/>I feel like kicking myself, and I hope this gets to you in time. (Oh why didn't I think of this sooner?) You need to get out to Dixie's BBQ. You may have gone, but I doubt it. You would have blogged about it two or three times by now.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's a favorite lunch destination with the Miscrosoft crowd, and it's open every day but Sunday. Go to the original in northern Bellevue (where it bleeds toward Redmond and Kirkland). I'd give you the address, but all I have is my bumper sticker right now. In any case...<BR/><BR/>If you get to Northup Way, just east of where the 405 crosses over it, you'll find a little BBQ shack that once was a brake service shop owned by a man named Gene. His wife is named Dixie.<BR/><BR/>Visit. Meet "The Man," if you dare, though that only happens when Gene—a large black man from Louisiana—is walking around saying, "Yeaaaah, Baby! You met The Man yet? Ope, you bettah trah it onna toothpick firs!" I'm sure his style is as much affectation anymore as upbringing, but the food is incredible.<BR/><BR/>I recommend the 520 Special with a side of corn bread (whole kernels!). If you have Gene put The Man on your sandwich, be ready with two rounds of honey in the cornbread. The Man is a straight jabenero sauce.<BR/><BR/>Sorry that my comment ran as long as your post.Andrew Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192962796481117755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712940.post-1113911664843704802005-04-19T06:54:00.000-05:002005-04-19T06:54:00.000-05:00I hear you on that one. It's so hard to watch you...I hear you on that one. It's so hard to watch your weight on the road. THE PORTIONS! They're huge! I'm usually full by the salad, but I keep going because I know better things are to come. Sigh...schmimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264864338195139930noreply@blogger.com