No biting the personnel

Spring has arrived in Seattle. While it’s still cold at night – temperatures have neared 0 C – the last few days have been gorgeous: goodbye to dreary clouds and hello to the Olympic range. In a few weeks, I’ll probably see Mount Rainier on my daily commute.

On Friday, we headed off for a lazy dinner at Tutta Bella in Columbia City, on Saturday afternoon we visited Ranch 99 in Edmonds and on Sunday we strolled through the UVillage and the Ballard Farmers Market. Our favorite creamery was selling an older tomme. A few stands down S bought fresh foraged fiddleheads, the first time I have seen her want “rabbit food.” Finally, as we stocked up on ground meat and bacon, we heard the best chicken in town would be back in a few weeks along with the sign-up list for Thanksgiving turkey. This year, we’re lining up.

In short, all of this made a great enjoyable weekend to cap off the month of March. This is good since, during the same period, I twice took out candidates for a “post-interview day closing dinner.” I have another one next week. In 7 years, I have had only one candidate who did not like the city by the end of the evening. The fun of this past weekend reminds me that, beyond my sales skills, the city stands on its own. That is a good thing for my conscience.

This makes me wonder what to think of this report by the Mercer Consulting group. Seattle is the 49th best city to live in the world. Geneva is 3rd, San Francisco 29th and Tokyo 35th. Geneva???

Go Canada though: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Calgary all make the list, in that order.

P.S.: Yes, yes, I know. I’m presenting one-sided arguments about the fun of wandering a city while shopping, for groceries mostly.

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