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    • About Lori
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    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure of Material Connection
  • Book Reviews
    • Search Book Reviews by Category
    • Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
    • Request A Review
  • Fiction Editing
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    • Which Came First?
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    • The Brassbright Chronicle (My Author Site)
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    • About Lori
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure of Material Connection
  • Book Reviews
    • Search Book Reviews by Category
    • Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
    • Request A Review
  • Fiction Editing
    • About The Little Red Pen
    • Services and Rates
    • Editing in Second Life
    • Which Came First?
  • CowTown Cooking
  • Living Simply
  • Extras
    • The Brassbright Chronicle (My Author Site)
    • The Aether Salon Archives
    • Aether Chrononauts Calendar
    • Alternative Lorem Ipsum Generators
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I’m an Author, Reviewer, Editor, Reader, Steampunk, Earthmomma, Foodie, ‘Gander, Cat Lady, and Old-School Seattleite. Apply Other Labels As Required.

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  • Recipe Box

    Seattle Stories: Revisiting a Classic: The Thompson Turkey

    Lori Alden Holuta / November 17, 2022 / 0 Comments

    One of my first memories of life in Seattle is reading a recipe for a Thompson Turkey, thanks to local beloved curmudgeon, Emmett Watson. a columnist for the Seattle Post Intelligencer.

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  • My Life

    Sixth and Lenora

    Lori Alden Holuta / October 17, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The Sixth and Lenora Building wasn't always called that. When I worked there in 1989-1991, it was called the United Airlines Building.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Turning 21

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Do you remember what you did on your 21st birthday? I do. I just don't remember WHERE.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: The Granada

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Hello Muddah, Hello Fadda, here I'm living at, The Granada.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: The Brasserie Pittsbourg

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Playing tourist for a day in old Seattle.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: The Salmon and the Turtle

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Who remembers when there was an apartment at the top of the Space Needle?

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    Seattle Stories: Bordello Buddies

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Meta levels of Seattle Vintage: Here's a fake-vintage "1877" photo taken of me and my besties at Sundance Photo Parlor in downtown Seattle, in 1977.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Shenanigans

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 22, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Livin' that Yacht Life on Lake Washington.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: The Dream Dress

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 20, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Once upon a time, I found the perfect dress.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Finishing School

    Lori Alden Holuta / September 20, 2021 / 2 Comments

    Once upon a time, when I was 21, I went to Finishing School. I really did.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Fat Tuesday

    Lori Alden Holuta / July 26, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Fat Tuesday, 1977. Seattle's first one! My roommate and I wandered around in a happy, slightly-tipsy daze, not looking for anything in particular, yet somehow finding plenty of everything.

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Lattice Entertain You

    Lori Alden Holuta / July 13, 2021 / 0 Comments

    This story is a bit long but I hope you find it worth the read. There’s a twisty ending and shocking photos, oh my!

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: Credit Where Credit’s Due

    Lori Alden Holuta / June 28, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The misadventures of a young independent woman in the mid-1970s trying to get a credit card.

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    Seattle Stories: My Year of Living Dangerously

    Lori Alden Holuta / June 25, 2021 / 0 Comments

    It's the Summer of 1978. I'm at the edge of Lake Washington along with hundreds of other revelers. It's Seafair.

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  • My Life

    Aplets and Cotlets and Farewell, Oh My

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 17, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Iconic candies created in Washington State: Almond Roca, Frangos, and Aplets & Cotlets. And I love them all. when I was much younger, my mom got me hooked on Aplets & Cotlets, a…

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    Seattle Stories: Learning To Adult

    Lori Alden Holuta / August 9, 2015 / 0 Comments

    This is going to be personal and probably a little maudlin. By way of explanation, a younger relative of mine is on the cusp of one of life’s greatest adventures – waving farewell…

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  • My Life

    Seattle Stories: 2012, meet 1977. I think you two might get along.

    Lori Alden Holuta / March 11, 2012 / 0 Comments

    I have been inadvertently plunged back into the 1970’s this weekend. Firstly, I learned yesterday that one of the biggest influences on the evolution of my sense of humor, Peter Bergman, 1/4 of…

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