It’s simple. Book Woman represents exactly why we need to keep our independent bookstores alive. Owner Susan isn’t in this just to “buy for one dollar, sell for two”, she’s in this for the love. So many books in the world would never get sold without the hand selling by passionate readers behind the counter […]

Greetings from Austin, TX. We are having a ball already. And because the sandwich we bought from Wolfgang Puck Express was moldy (effen Puck!), we were starving when we landed. We headed right to Ruby’s BBQ, and though I’ll post about that soon, let me just say that baby El ate most of the delicious smoked sausage from […]

OK. I’ll admit it. I just unpacked from our January vacation, so that I could pack for the April book tour. Is that so wrong? You already know what my laundry room looks like, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. But I’m not here to talk linens with you. I’m here to remind you that, […]

I have a taco stand fetish. I love street food, when it’s good. Luckily for me, we are entering a street food Renaissance in Seattle, spurred on in part from our competition with our southern sister Portland. Portland, as any foodie will tell you, is way ahead of Seattle for street food. Yea, yea. To that […]

I love contests. Did you know I recently won a prize package from @FanOfLamb on twitter? I was agog when my cool I heart lamb shopping bag came in the mail, filled with lamb rub, a lamb cookbook AND lamb stickers with sayings like “I love ewe” and “Green eggs and lamb”. Oh ewe. Here at She-Smoke headquarters, […]