Salish Lodge, Snoqualmie, Washington, and the Snoqualmie Falls.  Exterior location for the Great Northern Hotel in “Twin Peaks.” We had dinner in the Lodge’s Attic, a bar that overlooks the falls.

An almost-perfect meal—breathtaking view, cheese plate, good wine, good friends and conversation. Slightly marred by the Most Awkward Date Ever, which was occurring just behind me.  I expected to overhear assignations full of danger and intrigue, not deeply boring blind dates. But the assignations probably don’t start filtering in til after 10, eh?