I could not justify buying fancy pants side bags for an experiment. Taking one, two, three trips to the store was not too bad.

If you’re going to do grocery shopping by bike, you definitely want a rack and possibly panniers, too. I’ve done small grocery trips by bike with just a backpack, but I can’t haul a week’s worth of stuff that way, especially not without squishing the bread. I’ve also done it with a gallon a milk in one hand and two bags in the other, riding without hands most of the way. That gets a little exciting.

The sausage and maple is also life changing. http://flavourspot.com/menu/

If all else fails, B-Schneide can educate you on it.

I’m toying (not very seriously) with the idea of opening a waffle stand along the main commuting route to Boeing’s plant in Everett. It’s at least as good of an idea as bikini baristas, but more tasteful, and there’s tons of those up here. I just don’t have a lot of interest in being in owning a food-related business.

I’d never heard it called a dutch taco…

http://blog.oregonlive.com/frontporch/2010/04/john_ross_auction_sunday_resul.html

I never know what to think about these auctions or short sales. I know some people have gotten great deals (my uncle just got a steal on a house in the bay area), but some of those I’ve looked at have been roughly market price. If you do go to the auction, decide what it’s worth to you ahead of time and don’t get sucked into chasing the price above that just because it’s a limited time opportunity. There will be other opportunities. This auction is going to draw a lot of attention, and enough bidders will run the prices right back up to what the realtors are asking.