Postcards from the road, Seattle: Wall of Gum, Pike Place, all the coffee.

I have always felt a calling to the Pacific Northwest so when the National Beard Competition (which my partner competes in every year) announced it was in Everett, Washington this year I was very excited go especially during the fall.

I’m going to knock on wood while I say this; as a frequent flyer I have never had a better flight than Newark to Seattle.…