Born Again Bird Watcher

I find that there are some days in life that I just want a cheeseburger. Normally not one to go in for burgers and fries or other traditional drive-in fare, I am thus rather particular about where I go when the craving strikes. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the place my family and I like to go is Burgerville, a regional chain of thirty-nine locations in Oregon and Washington with markedly higher levels of both food and service that would be expected from other superficially similar restaurants. We like it not for these qualities alone, but also for its environmentally sustainable business practices and its policy of using local products in their menu offerings – Tillamook cheese, Keystone Walla Walla sweet onions, and Country Natural beef to mention only a few. They even recycle their cooking oil. And upon our most recent visit, we added another reason to praise and patronize our local establishment: its encouragement of children to get outside, experience, and learn about nature. (more…)

While I’m here in Seattle for a few days to represent Wingscapes at the Wild Birds Unlimited Vendor Mart 2009, I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a little “blog love.” (more…)