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Gea Bassett for Green Cleaning Seattle – Eco-Maid Services:

Where were you born? – Ohio, and have lived in Seattle since 2004

What’s the secret of your success? – Our outstanding staff and great community

What do you like best about Wallingford? – The unique, creative home architecture and decor and the eco-progressive residents

Finally, what’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? – Can I choose cupcakes instead? Salted Carmel cupcakes please!

Gorgeous, sunny Sunday morning at Green Lake.  Snippets of conversation overheard while walking around in the opposite direction to most people:

As one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy seems middling.  Worse than Gluttony or Sloth but not as bad as Wrath or Greed.

I was in Fremont the other day and experienced a pang of Envy.  Over a cute, new little pie shop.  The pies were little and the shop was little and the whole thing was shiny new and super cute.  The thought crossed my mind, “Why don’t we have one of these in Wallingford?”.  Some time later I stumbled across another gorgeous new place there with organic/sustainable sandwiches all done up in blond wood and big chalked-up menus.  …

There’s a type of movie we’re pretty familiar with.  It’s set in a small town and is full of local oddballs who do wacky things but have hearts of gold.  It’s easy for these movies to get condescending and make fun of its characters.  What’s refreshing about Cedar Rapids, the new comedy at The Guild, is that it follows the formula but with affection and respect.

As you can guess from its name Cedar Rapids is set in the the down-to-earth, American-car-driving, nasally-vowelled, sensibly-shod, cholesterol-consuming, beer-drinking, unbelievably-cold-wintered, practical, comfortable, and unpretentious upper Midwest.  Believe me, as one who used …