Camano Island
FOOD & DRINK
My name is Cormac McCarthy (https://www.cormacpaints.art) and I am a proud immigrant to the United States from Tipperary, Ireland.
I started out my working life as an elementary school teacher. I taught for fifteen years in schools from Tipperary, to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, and eventually to Whidbey Island. I loved teaching, and being with my students. I worked very hard to be the best teacher I could be, but inside, I always felt something was missing. After 15 years of teaching, I realized that I was completely burned out, and that my mental health was being impacted.
The Dog Days of Summer
While there might be some debate on whether the hot dog can be classified as a sandwich, it is undoubtedly a ubiquitous symbol of summer. In a community that celebrates historical preservation and begrudgingly accepts modern improvements (ahem… the new roundabout), it seems fitting that the hot dog stand, Dogs-A-Foot, has been in business for the last four decades. There aren’t too many places left in this community where I can still eat the same thing I ordered at ages ten, fifteen, and twenty. A Mumbo Jumbo with “the works” is still on the menu and remains my go-to dog even now at age thirty-six. This classic, along with many new options, are available at the revered downtown institution.
Poet Laureate of Port Townsend reads in Friday Harbor
Griffin Bay Bookstore is sponsoring a poetry reading with Conner Bouchard-Roberts in its Café Sunday, July 21 at 2 p.m. in Friday Harbor. Conner Bouchard-Roberts is a writer, publisher, and book designer. He owns a bookshop in Port Townsend—where he is currently serving as the inaugural Poet Laureate.
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