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Sketched Sept. 17, 2014

If you want a caramel macchiato, ask for an “Interception.” A “Touchdown” will get you a mocha, and a “First Down,” a latte.

That’s the right terminology at a new drive-thru stand near 196th Street Southwest in Lynnwood where baristas don referee jerseys and give out little blue footballs as punch cards.

Sketched March 20, 2013 Pure. Clean. The best drinking water in the world. People are raving about the mineral spring on 164th Street in Lynnwood where fresh water flows at a rate of 10 gallons per minute. Betty Bowie, of Green Lake, has been coming here for more than 15 years. “If you make coffee with this…

May 27, 9:46 a.m. [View larger] [Continued from Thursday’s post] Jeanne Rogers and her husband, Gary, sat across from each other inside Interurban car 55. I situated myself on the seats across from them and sketched away while listening to a plethora of rail facts and stories. Interurban car 55 is not really a trolley,…

May 27, 10:50 a.m. [View larger] [Map] There’s something ironic about light rail service coming to Seattle this year. There was already light rail in the region a hundred years ago. It ran from Tacoma to Everett. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Interurban: • Service between Tacoma and Seattle started in 1902. The Seattle-Everett…