Number of states visited: 16
Miles driven: roughly 6,200
Tanks of gas: 21
FOOD/LODGING
Best breakfast: Columbian Cafe, Astoria, OR
Best lunch: Cancun Tacqueria, San Francisco, CA
Best dinner: Ad Hoc, Yountville, CA
Best burger: Dick's, Seattle, WA
Best sandwich: (split vote) Baguette Box and Salumi, both Seattle, WA
Best donut: Voodoo Donut, Portland, OR
Best pizza: Apizza Scholls, Portland, OR
Best taco: Santa Monica, CA
Best "scone": Mom's, Salina, UT
Best farmer's market: (split vote) Santa Monica, CA, and Portland, OR
Best dessert: Blueberry pie at the Lincoln, NE farmer's market
Best hotel: The Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
Best chain hotel: Holiday Inn Express, Denver, CO
SHOPPING/ENTERTAINMENT
Best vintage store: Montana Vintage Clothing, Billings, MT
Best record store: Jackpot, Portland, OR
Best book store: (split vote) The Tattered Cover, Denver, CO, and Elliott Bay Books, Seattle, WA
Best yoga: 8 Limbs Capital Hill, Seattle, WA
Best cultural activity: (split vote) Against Me! at the Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle, WA, and fancy fancy party, Los Feliz, CA
Best reason to put on your bathing suit: (tie) Glenwood Hot Springs, CO, and Lake Mcconaughy, NE
Best reason to take off your bathing suit: Golden Haven Spa, Calistoga, CA
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Best city park: Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
Best national park: Badlands, SD
Best neighborhood: (split vote) Los Feliz, Los Angeles, and Fremont, Seattle
Best state: Oregon
Best city: (split vote) Seattle, WA, and Los Angeles, CA
Best beach: Cannon Beach, OR
Best college town: Madison, WI
Best tourist trap: Carhenge, NE
PEOPLE
Best brother: Ben Straub
Best kid: Hazel Beaman
Best person with four legs: Irving Merritt
Best stranger: Chef at Columbian Cafe
Best waiter: Ross at Ad Hoc
Best mom: Mom's
Best celebrity: MK Olsen
Best crowd: Capitol Hill Block Party
Best salesperson: Montana Vintage Clothing
Best blog commentators: Peter and Susan Straub
Best special guest star: All of them-- that means you, Mike, Jenny, Heather, Ben, Gina, Edan, Patrick, Omar, Stephin, Ethan, Irving, Charles, Sarita, Andrew, Alex, Lydia, Kristina, John, Hazel, Tyler, and Against Me!
Best source: (tie) Anthony Bourdain and the Sterns
MISC
Best gadget: Sirius Radio, in a surprise victory over the iPhone
Best programming on Sirius Radio: Bon Jovi's performance at Live Earth
Best foreign city: Vancouver, BC
Best place name: What Cheer, IA
Best car: Chunky Monkey
Best reason to come home: (tie) Killer and Gravy
2 comments:
Speaking as one half of the "best parents" honorees, I wish to thank each and every voter who made this distinction possible.
And never have statistics seemed so poignant. They journeyed forth, they gamboled, they ate (and ate and ate),they visited obscure hotels and public monuments,they flew home across America in triumph, and now they leave us clutching a tear-stained list.
I am honored to be a best guest star, and to have Los Feliz tie for best neighborhood (!). But Omar is pissed he didn't win best 4-legged person--he is going to fuck that other dog up! And Book Soup, if it could cry, would be weeping for its loss in the bookstore category.
(Best complainer: Edan)
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