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32 SEABROOKHOMES

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38 FRONTAGER’S PIZZA TRUCK

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40 FAMILY SHAPED BY ART

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COVER Sunset from the beach at Seabrook. Photo by Aaron Lavinsky

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IN THIS ISSUE15 BOOKS & LITERATURE “The Bully of Order”

16 DIY Razor Clam Digging

18 HEALTHY LIVING Yoga

21 FOOD Eclectic Edibles

24 HISTORY Our Shipbuilding Past

26 DRINKS Wines & Martini

28 STYLE Shopping for Day & Night

30 BEAUTY Your Style: Pin-Up

52 RECIPE French Onion Soup

54 TRAVEL Day Trippin’- Pumpkins & Cranberries

58 ART Color in Cosmopolis

60 EVENTS Our Favorite Ones

65 LOCALS Why I Love it Here

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60IN EVERY ISSUE10 From the Editor 64 Ad Directory

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Contributors Alexandra Kocik Andy Bickar Bill Lindstrom Brionna Friedrich Corey Morris Dan Jackson Doug Barker Erin Hart Jake Schild Jon Martin Richelle Barger Ryan Rowe Sylvia Dickerson

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Change. It’s the only constant.Two months ago, I was landlocked. Now, I live so close to the ocean, I smell the salt air each morning. My son is now wielding a surfboard instead of a whitewater kayak. I keep waiting my turn and know it will come, perhaps in the summer when the sun warms that big body of water. Now, fog is my nemesis instead of a hot, dry, upriver wind. Change is good.

Good changes are even better. I feel honored to present to you the Washington Coast Magazine, full of change and good things happening up and down the northern-most piece of the American Pacific coast in the lower 48 states. Hopefully, you will see some familiar faces and find a few common threads that weave through a few of our stories. Some were planned. Some were happy accidents.

Common threads include the good people that help make our lives better. In our Style section, South Bend High School graduate Meredith Cain speaks about the beauty of confidence and how a community of women supported her.

It is the people that make one’s community. Harborite Sylvia Dickerson feels the same way. Check out why she loves living here on page 65. One of the reasons is because of the arts community. We feature the kid-inspired art of the Gumaelius family and of Johnny Camp, owner of Opal Art Glass.

See if you can find a few pieces of Opal Art Glass in our home feature: “Life is Good on the River.”

We also have some fun, healthy ideas for you. One being yoga, two being a trip to the community by creation, Seabrook: ride a bike and grab a slice of pizza while you’re there. Many of the ingredients are foraged locally, so it is certainly nutritious.

The stories in this book are only a few of those we have to tell. And there are some great stories yet to be told. For now, start from the beginning, with The Bully of Order, a novel about the beginnings of Grays Harbor. Then, catch a glimpse into what life was like in our history section and segue to ship building. Oh, there is a past here.

As we enter into autumn and the holiday season, we hope you will find something to share with your friends and family — a healthy recipe for French onion soup or, on the flip side, a martini and notes regarding a good local bottle of wine. We have even picked out your evening wear on page 29.

We didn’t forget fashionable clam digging beach wear, modeled by Hoquiam junior high school sweethearts Bonnie & Steve Jump. How could we call ourselves a Washington Coast Magazine if we didn’t? ‘Tis the season of the razor clam! We hope you enjoy a few of our dusk and dark clamming photos where assuredly, memories were made. Razor clamming is for the entire family. And we offer a few cranberry and pumpkin trips. Oh, my.

Again, I feel fortunate to have worked with some amazing photographers, designers, writers and business owners. I am thankful to community members who have reached out, shared information, ideas, thoughts and time. Without a good team, Washington Coast Magazine would not be in your hands.

This magazine is about you and your neighbors. If you have a great story you think we should weave into a subsequent issue, please email me at [email protected]. Until then, there is some fog and rain to appreciate, rubber to wear and clams to dig.

On behalf of the Washington Coast team, thank you.

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“I was working on a short story set in the 1880s on the Salmon River in central Idaho about a guy building a sawmill,” Hart said.He researched how sawmills are made and their history, and that led to books and photographs from the Harbor.

“All of the sudden I was working on a book that takes place over there,” he said. “It was pretty much by accident.”

He found a photograph of 12 men sitting on a section of tree they had cut down. “They’re sitting on this massive tree with their saws and I couldn’t get it out of my mind how much work it would take to cut it, move it and mill it,” Hart said.

“That image carried me through.”

Hart was on a writing fellowship in Oysterville during the research and spent some time on the Harbor, but most of the research was done through libraries. “So much has changed on the Harbor in the last 100 years that it was hard to count on what I was seeing, compared to what I was writing,” he said.

“THE BULLY OF ORDER”

The story of civilization is written in the mud between the bay water and the plank road, and the tide was on the flood but

not there yet. The wind and the spattering rain made arcing, graceful sweeps onto the black water; sagging triangles of foundering sails, seams of current like spilled rigging. And if I opened a window the smell would come wetly into the room and with it all the riotous sounds of the street and the docks. Rotten visitor, dead

fish on the boiler, soggy dog. Mine was a king’s terrace, bay window overlooking the bay, imagined bretèche. No, not as safe as that. I was a pine marten stranded midriver during the flush.Across the street, market day on the wharf. Women hauled their children among the vendors, bought fish and new potatoes, sacks of coarse flour, careful always to veer away from the drunken loggers and shore-shocked sailors, crippled beggars and instrumented buskers: ignorant conscripts all. A few boys with serious faces were stick-fishing among the pilings, rigged for sturgeon but undersized to haul one in. Westward, the ships were three deep at the docks, loaded to their scuppers with lumber; brigs and barks, steamships too. Latecomers were anchored outside, drawing slack, twisting and bowing lightly, impatient at their tethers. They’d come

from all over the world to be here, followed the stars until the stars disappeared. Safe harbor, our Harbor, not so deep but wide and scrimmed by enough timber to choke every saw in the hemisphere. From the mudflats to the sea blite, from the tidal prairie to the dark woods. The cocoon was finally splitting open on this world: sails of ships, papilio.

Author Brian Hart

Brian Hart, author of “The Bully of Order” hadn’t planned to set his novel on Grays Harbor.

BOOK EXCERPT

The Bully of Order. Brian Hart. HarperCollins, 2014. Pp.400.Photo by Bonell Photography

Photo by Wyatt McSpadden


DIY

RAZOR CLAMSHow to find and dig the best ones

Information from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current.html

Autumn marks that time of year, when locals and tourists alike flock to the Washington coast in search of the seemingly hidden razor clam. Marked by shows in the sand -- a telltale sign that a treasure lies below -- a clam feast is a few digs away.

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Areas to find the best clams

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CLAMMING TIPS

1. Remember you must keep the first 15 razor clams dug, regardless of size or condition

2. Using hand or a hand operated shovel or you may employ a cylindrical can or tube.

3. Each digger must have a separate container, but may share a digging device. The openings of cylindrical cans or tubes for razor clam digging must be either circular or elliptical. If circular, minimum dimensions: is four inches, if elliptical 4” long by 3” wide - outside diameter.


DIY

HOW TO DIG WITH A CLAM SHOVEL1. Place the shovel blade 4 to 6 inches seaward of the clam show. (The handle of the shovel should be pointed toward the sand dunes.)

2. Use your body weight to push the shovel blade straight into the sand while you drop to one knee. In hard sand, gently rock the shovel handle from side to side for ease of entry.It is very important to keep the blade as vertical as possible to keep from breaking the clam shell.

3. Pull the handle back just enough to break the suction in the sand, still keeping the blade as straight as possible. The sand will crack. 4. Remove sand by lifting the shovel upward and forward. Repeat this 2 to 3 times. 5. Succeeding scoops of sand expose the clam enough to reach down with your hand and grasp its shell. Razor clams move rapidly downward but not horizontally. Make sure you keep the first 15 clams and avoid wasting any.

HOW TO DIG RAZOR CLAMSBegin by looking for a “clam show,” a small depression or hole where the clam has withdrawn its neck or started to dig leaving a hole or dimple in the sand. The “show” may appear as a dimple (a depression in the sand), a doughnut (which has raised sides) or a keyhole (which is usually in drier sand areas and is shaped like an “hour-glass” or is a hole with very distinct sides).

Always look for and choose larger sized holes. Though not a guarantee, this is a good indication that the clam will be larger.

Clams will also show at the edge of the surf line when you pound the beach with a shovel handle or your foot. They may squirt sand and water out of the hole where they are located. You need to be quick when digging in the surf as razor clams dig quite fast in the soft fluid sand.

Proper digging improves efficiency and minimizes the breaking of clams and cut fingers.

Reaching in to find the buried razor clam treasure at Grayland Beach. Photo by Aaron Lavinsky.

Illustrations by Richelle Barger


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The Washington coast has myriad locations that invite serenity, calmness and deep breathing — perfect places for yogis.

“Yoga has become popular because in this chaotic and sometimes negative world, people are searching for peace, harmony and inner beauty,” explains Dawn Hanson, who opened Sitka Yoga in Hoquiam earlier this year. “Yoga can help people reawaken to the power and grace that exists within each of our hearts. It can help us shed negativity and old, unserving habits and change the mind and body in very positive ways.”

Yet, even though yoga has gone mainstream across the United States — Chicago’s Midway airport recently added a yoga room this year — it is still one of the best kept secrets along the 157 miles of Washington coastline. Only ten locations were found from Forks to Long Beach.

Kimberly Guarisco who has owned Fig Leaf studio in Aberdeen for the past nine and a half years, keeps hoping that yoga will take hold along the coast. She

says that “yoga is beneficial for all stages and ages of a person’s life. It can be useful for all types of physical and mental well-being … relaxing, building core strength and overall physical strength. It also helps with balance in both the physical and mental aspects.”

Yoga teacher Veronica Atkinson at Grays Harbor YMCA in Hoquiam agrees. “The many benefits include reducing stress, limbering the body, improving strength and flexibility of the spine, better physical coordination and improving focus through balance and breathing. Best of all, it can be done by anyone,

regardless of age or physical ability. It is meditation in motion.”

It is the art of breathing and moving, a quieting of the mind via exercise.

“The most important thing to remember when doing yoga,” says Atkinson, “is paying attention to the breath, which brings awareness to the body, therefore re-establishing the mind-body connection, which is the heart of all yoga.”

Tara Jaffe, who has taught yoga for the past two years in South Bend, and currently teaches a class at the local hospital as well, has much enthusiasm for her students.

She paints a picture of her class in their 60s, 70s and 80s, one with a walker in tree pose. “He is standing on one foot with his walker in front of him. I’m so happy for them. They are jumping and hopping and doing all the things they never thought they’d do again.”

Yoga is defined in its roots as a union. It balances

ease with effort, or as Jaffe puts it, easefulness with peacefulness. It not only brings together movement and breath, it also creates community.

“It’s a warm community of people who come together to invest in themselves” says instructor Sheri Sinclair of Montesano. “It will bring a smile to your face! I believe that if everyone practiced yoga, the world would be a little better in the way of being more peaceful, relaxed and content. The energy in a room of students practicing yoga is both vibrant and happy.”


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“We are not that kind of establishment,” Rediviva Restaurant front of the house manager Stephen Pavletich deadpans to three local ladies, one adorned in a birthday tiarra. They have come to celebrate a big 4-0. He proudly smiled wide with permission allowing the birthday tiara perched prominently.

Harborite foodies, loggers, tourists and celebrators alike share space at the corner of I and Wishkah streets in downtown Aberdeen marked by the “Illumination” sculpture by Gerard Tsutakawa. The Rediviva Restaurant was named after the Columbia Rediviva , the ship that brought Captain Robert Gray to the harbor in 1782. Rediviva means rebirth.

Andy Bickar, executive chef and owner, sees the opportunity for a rebirth of the downtown. “There is opportunity here, an untapped market. There is a population that wants culture and I hope to offer a bit of that.”

With a concert venue across the street, notes Bickar, the location is perfect. He wanted a friendly place where one could stop on the way to the beach or to Olympia. Approximately half way between, in his eyes, Aberdeen is the perfect location.

“I wanted a place to hang out,” says Bickar, sitting next to me at the bar. “My friends and family wanted a place to hang out.” With great drinks, a happy hour menu and monthly live music, he is achieving his goal.

Brady’s Oysters makes a delivery of approximately five dozen oysters, little ones and big ones. Order them raw or charbroiled.

“I see them about every other day,” says Bickar. He tells me that many of his purveyors contact him. Just then, the phone rings. He excuses himself and I hear him say, “I’ll take 20 pounds of those. Those were the best tomatoes I’ve ever tasted.” When he gets off the phone, he tells me, “That was the tomato lady. … I have the tomato lady, the egg lady, the beef lady.” Bickar has connections.

Just beyond the celebratory women, I look up at a forested painting on the wall by local artist, Jenny Fisher. Most assuredly, mushrooms grow there. I imagine foragers collecting fresh ingredients.

ABOVE: Chef Andy Bickar stands in the bar at

Rediviva Restaurant.

FAR RIGHT: The humble and crispy pork belly.

RIGHT: A refreshing Moscow Mule

ECLECTIC EDIBLESBy Richelle Barger Photos by Aaron Lavinsky

FOOD

“There is opportunity here, an untapped market. There is a population that wants culture and I hope to offer a bit of that.”

(restaurant continued on page 22)


FOOD

I join in and cheer the birthday girl with my chosen cocktail, the “Free Fall” which has landed in front of me. I am intrigued by the sweet potato syrup, rum and lime. This is a “twist” of a traditional air-mail cocktail created by mixologist, Izzy Ramos. It is refreshing with a crisp autumn taste.

To begin, I suggest at least one oyster slider — think petite burger, not raw. Presented to the far side of a small, yet long, white plate, it presents a little pun in food. Each time I am served one of these gratifying gems it amuses me with attitude and unique character.

Mine is not dripping but “people order it sloppy,” smiles Bickar. Removing the toothpick anchor and lifting the grilled brioche bun reveals sweet pickled onions, a sliced pickle, srirachi aioli with a mix of diced tomatoes and various peppers along with the unique character of each breaded oyster. Piled to a miniature height of 2.5 inches, it is the perfect choice to start, end, or do both.

Make no mistake, Rediviva is for the gourmand. They make food an adventure starting at the top of the menu, from the better-than-your-mother’s roasted Brussels sprouts to the crispy pork belly to the hand-cut steaks. Have an open mind and an esurient appetite.

With happy hour beginning when they open at

(restaurant continued from page 21)

Make no mistake, Rediviva is for the gourmand. They make food an adventure,

starting at the top of the menu.

3 p.m., start early. The menu is limited, but will satiate. At 5 p.m., bread is served with Rediviva’s sweet, salty seaweed butter. Request it.

At the end of your meal, do not omit dessert. You will not regret indulging in either the crème brûlée topped with fresh fruit or the beignets lazing in drizzled caramel and salted maple mascarpone. Both compete for heaven. If need be, skip dinner and go directly for dessert. No one will judge you because Rediviva “is not that kind of establishment.”

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HISTORY

Grays Harbor was, and still is, known for its rough-hewn loggers and risk-taking commercial fishermen, but in the old days

the area was also home to major shipbuilding operations, prompting Hans Bendixsen of Eureka, Calif., to call the area the “shipbuilding capital of the world.”

Bendixsen instructed all of the Harbor’s major shipbuilders: Peter and Gordon Matthews, Andrew Hitchings and John Lindstrom. From 1883-1919, 121 three- four- and five-masted schooners, barkentines and steamships were manufactured on the Harbor, many to carry the vast stores of lumber that would build the rest of the country.

Lindstrom’s yard in South Aberdeen was the most prolific, building 36 ships in nine years. On the Hoquiam River, Matthews and Hitchings each built 24.0

Matthews’ first project was the four-masted Defiance in 1897; Hitchings’ initial craft was

the four-masted Dauntless in 1898, followed by the steam schooner San Pedro, by Lindstrom the following year.

In 1918, a speed record in shipbuilding was set when 1,200 workers from the Grays Harbor Motor Corp. teamed to build the “Wonder Ship” S.S. Aberdeen in 17 ½ days.

Ralph E. “Matt” Peasley, who skippered the five-masted Vigilant, Matthews’ largest ship, and his walrus moustache, became a celebrity as the subject of Peter Kyne’s “Cappy Ricks,” a regular comic feature in the “Saturday Evening Post.”Lumber barons George Emerson, Asa Simpson and E.K. Wood financed much of the shipbuilding, which declined rapidly after World War I ended.

LEFT: Josiah

Stearns Collection

| Courtesy of the

Polson Museum

The maiden voyage

of the Defiance

down the Hoquiam

River, October 16,

1897.

BELOW: Jones

Photo Historical

Collection |

Anderson &

Middleton Co.

A Grays Harbor

Shipbuilding

Co. vessel under

construction in

1942.

OUR SHIPBUILDING PASTBy Bill Lindstrom

Bill Lindstrom is a historian who lives in Aberdeen. His book, “Villian or Victim?” about John Tornow, known as the Wildman of the Wynooche, has just been released.


HISTORY

Grays Harbor, the “Shipbuilding Capital

of the World”

All photos courtesy of Jones Photo Historical

Collection | Anderson & Middleton Co. on this page.

TOP LEFT: A Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Co. launch

in 1942.

TOP RIGHT: The Col. Gerrit V.S. Quackenbush before

launch.

LEFT: The S.S. Aberdeen was launched by Grays

Harbor Motorship Corp. Sept. 28, 1918.


DRINK

FIFTH COURSE Chocolate CheesecakeWhat else needs to be said? It is chocolate cheesecake.

This opulent dessert wine is from Merlot grapes. Once Chocolate Amore is finished aging and is ready for bottling, it’s infused with a tiny amount of natural chocolate extract to the final blend, for a perfect marriage of food and wine. This Merlot-based, port-styled chocolate flavored dessert wine is great over vanilla ice cream or as a stand-alone dessert.

WINE FOR EACH COURSE Photos by Julie Rajcich

Ryan and Karen

Rowe, owners of

GH Wine Sellars.

Our wine selections and food pairing suggestions this month come from Ryan and Karen Rowe, owners of GH Wine Sellars in Aberdeen.

First Course APPETIZERSlice of sharp white cheddar garnished with a very moderate dollop of honey and topped with freshly ground black pepper.

William Jarvis made a mistake in 1993, when he accidentally pumped a third of a tank of Cabernet Franc into a tank of Cabernet Sauvignon. It was a happy mistake that keeps getting better with age! The blend sold out in the tasting room and has been made every year since. Best to consume within 10 years. Varietal Composition: 40 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 32 percent Cabernet Franc, 25 percent Merlot, 3 percent Petit Verdot.

THIRD COURSE TurkeyBaked turkey with all the trimmings.

With little or no oak contact, it preserves the crisp natural acids that develop in our northerly climate. Light yellow in color, with a lime-green tinge. The nose shows distinct chardonnay varietal character, but with much cooler-climate focus. Green apple and macadamia nut dominate the nose, with creamy and citrusy elements. These combine to make an almost apple-pie aroma. The wine is bright and zingy on the palate, with green-apple flavors and crisp acid.

Paired with:

Jarvis Lake William

Blend 2006, Napa Valley,

CA $230

Paired with:

Buried Cane Chardonnay

2012, Columbia Valley, WA

$23

Paired with:

Voila! Vineyards Rosé Ambrosia

2011, Cashmere, WA

$30

SECOND COURSE SaladGreen salad with cranberries, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Pinot Noir juice without skins is introduced to specially selected yeast and malo cultures creating an incredible fancy Rosé de Pinot Noir wine! Some Pinot Noir is left hanging on the vine until late December when it is mostly frozen. It’s then picked and pressed into a late harvest juice later blended back into the Rosé Ambrosia for a fruit fullness and complexity rarely found in other Rosé. Painstaking work but so worth it when this wine rolls around your palate!

FOURTH COURSE Just WineThis 100 percent Cabernet Franc has great balance, with nice layers of intense, dark fruit and a touch of toasted oak. This elegant 100 percent Cabernet Franc was sourced from Gunkel’s Rattlesnake Road Vineyard in the infamous Columbia Valley.This wine is one that, in my opinion, should not be paired with any food. The character of this wine is such that standing alone, the statement it makes is extraordinarily impressive.

Jacob Williams Cabernet

Franc 2010, Wishram, WA $46

Paired with: Trentadue Chocolate

Amore Non-Vintage,

Geyserville, CA $30


DRINK

Ingredients:Glass Kona vodkaGodiva chocolate liqueurBailey’s vanilla cinnamonCocoa powderCinnamon stick

TIRAMISU MARTINI

Recipe by Jon

and Kim Martin

of Martin Bruni

Liquor.

Begin by carefully pouring 1 1/2 oz. of Glass Kona vodka into a martini glass. Using a spoon, cover the vodka and pour 1 1/2 oz. of Godiva chocolate liqueur into the spoon, taking care not to mix. Remove the spoon and again place over the glass. Repeat the process with 1 oz. of Bailey’s vanilla cinnamon. Dust with cocoa and serve with a cinnamon stick. Enjoy.


Carhartt purple rain hat, Dennis Company $25

Sisters multi black & ivory cowl neck sweater, Waugh’s $85

Tribal poppy red vest, Waugh’s $85

Carhartt purple Medford rain jacket, Dennis Company $75

Tribal Flatten It black leggings, Waugh’s $59

HIS LOOKCrew Neck, Grays Harbor Unders,Hoquiam $50

North Face classic fit Cap Rock full zip vanadis grey fleece, Waugh’s Mens and Womens Apparel, Aberdeen $70.

Apex bionic black North Face vest, Waugh’s $110

Agave Copper Collection denim jeans, Waugh’s, $198 made in the USA.

Caddis rubber hip boots, Dennis Company,Aberdeen, Elma, Montesano, Raymond, Long Beach $40

HER LOOK

GEAR/ACCESSORIES

Rainstoppers red and white striped umbrella, Dennis Company $20

Danielson clam gun, Raymond, Montesano, Long Beach $40

Vintage glass-eyed and lathe-turned mallard duck decoys, Past and Present Mercantile, Aberdeen $40-50

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SmartWool crimson charcoal heather popcorn cable socks, Waugh’s $22

Charlie Paige herring bone rainboot, Harbor Shoes, Aberdeen $52


HER LOOKLarimar and sterling silver wrapped necklace $111, Tsunami Beads, Ocean Shores

Larimar matching bracelet,Tsunami Beads, $165

Sterling silver wrapped earrings,Tsunami Beads, $80

Clara Sun Woo black gathered side pleat dress, Waugh’s $125 made in the USA

Clarks Study Hall black Lea dress boot. Harbor Shoes, Aberdeen $220

ACCESSORIESGlass-eyed mallard duck decoy Past & Present Mercantile, Aberdeen, $50

Antique walnut gothic chair, circa 1880, Liafail Antiques & Gifts, Hoquiam $480

HIS LOOKBlue striped bow tie and pocket square, Waugh’s $25

Blue thistle boutonniere, Simply Said Flowers, Hoquiam $15

Bouquet of spider mums and blue and white and purple monte casino asters Simply Said Flowers, Hoquiam $20

Falcon Bay blue shirt, Waugh’s $45

Calvin Klein wool suit, Waugh’s $375

Josef Seibel Douglas black shoe, Waugh’s $165

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BEAUTY

Meredith Cain, master formulating brains behind Terra Firma Cosmetics, defines the Pin-up as “a woman who feels confidence with her body no matter what shape or what size she is, without being over sexual.” In short: “a woman who is confident.”

With an air of confidence, long legs,

high cheekbones and deep blue eyes, being beautiful seems to come easy for Cain, a South Bend High School graduate. But she wasn’t always so self-assured.

Moving from a city suburb to a small community as a young woman can change your life.

At age 17 she did just that. From Kirkland she moved to South Bend. The career in cosmetics came something as a fluke, but the support given to her during the initial years of Terra Firma helped form her confidence, something she hopes to pass along to others.

“The women [in the community] were extremely supportive of my business. I will never forget how huge an impact they made. They verified that

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After receiving the products in the mail, her expectations fell short, but her curiosity piqued. “I started doing mad research.” She found all-natural ingredients and mixed her own colors in her kitchen with a coffee grinder.

“People started taking notice, and I would tell them, ‘Hey, I make my own foundation.’ They thought that was really cool. I started sharing it with my friends, then I made my own blush and my friends wanted to use it too. I got a really good response.” Now her company, Terra Firma makes over 500 beauty products.

Terra Firma has since moved to downtown Olympia and is an international business shipping to as far away as Afghanistan and London. Products can be found in over 20 retail locations.“It’s really off the wall,” she says of how the Internet has launched her exposure. She appreciates the many years of local support and word of mouth that helped establish her business and as a thank you, even though Terra Firma now lives in Olympia, shipping to Grays Harbor and Pacific County is always free.

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“ART OF TOWN BUILDING” Story by Brionna Friedrich Photos by Aaron Lavinsky

Even when a Pacific storm is battering the panes of the snug cottages, the beauty of the Washington Coast permeates everything about the carefully crafted beach homes at Seabrook.

It’s an experience Northwest visitors once could only get in old, established beach towns like Manzanita or Cannon Beach on the Oregon coast, where Casey Roloff was first inspired to create Seabrook, a custom beach community that feels like it’s always been there.

Seabrook brings back the


“There’s a lot of great little beach towns on the Oregon coast,” Roloff said. “And what (people) like about it was the quaint little village feel and having everything within walking distance. … So we saw an opportunity to build a new village on the Washington Coast that really didn’t seem to exist.”

Seabrook’s creators turned what was once a lonely bluff just south of the little town of Pacific Beach, about 2 1/2 hours from Seattle, into a warm, walkable town. It’s drawn the attention of publications from Coastal Living to TreeHugger to Style Me Pretty.

Sunset magazine chose it for its first-ever Idea Town, an expansion on its annual Idea House. The project celebrates innovative design.

“We just loved the concept of Seabrook,” said Sarah Gaffney of Sunset. “It really embodies a sense of ethos with sustainability, the walkability factor, slowing down, enjoying the outdoors, enjoying your neighbors. So the Idea Town really embodies everything Seabrook is about.”

Seabrook celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

“What people know us for is we kept building and selling at almost the same pace after the recession hit,” Roloff said. “That’s what really proved the concept was working and it wasn’t just a bubble kind of thing.”

Visitors can rent a beach house and stroll through an appealing commercial district that offers everything from pet supplies to home decor, and enjoy a meal at Mill 109, often accompanied by the music of local artists.

The homes, which look as if they could have been plucked from Nantucket or Cape Cod, manage to flow together without duplicating designs. That effect, organic as it feels, is a result of careful planning.

We just loved the concept of Seabrook. It really embodies a sense of ethos with sustainability, the walkability factor, slowing down, enjoying the outdoors, enjoying your neighbors. So the Idea Town really embodies everything Seabrook is about.

-Sarah Gaffney of Sunset Magazine

ALL ABOUT SEABROOKSeabrooks boasts a small village

feel, with walking distance to the

ocean and a community feeling

of knowing your neighbors.

Seabrook has been around for 10

years and managed to weather

the recession in the first years of

building.


DepartmentsFOODThe ocean has become kind of secondary

OUTDOORSA fireplace to enjoy a quiet evening, bike rentals to ride along the beach and other amenities are what draw visitors to Seabrook and have them spending time outside to enjoy the beautiful views.

“That’s really where people wanted to be, that’s where they’re paying the most to be,” Roloff said of towns like the New England mainstays. “People are driven to great public places, where you can walk around, have a beer, walk on the beach, walk to a playground, things like that.”

It’s all part of what Roloff calls a return to “the art of town building.” He and other successful developers noticed many of the towns that held their value over time were developed before the advent of the automobile changed the way cities are shaped.

When cars became part of the culture, “that’s when we started to spread out, and kind of what we thought was modernizing and simplifying our lives ended up backfiring and complicating our lives,” Roloff explained. “Our development patterns really shifted from artistic designs to where houses and retail shops and civic buildings were all mixed together in a really beautiful way. And then when our car was introduced, we thought, ‘Well we can have more land and a big driveway’ and kind of gave up on the idea of walkability and knowing our neighbors and having things closer to the home.”

That community concept has drawn everyone from families with young children to retirees.

“From the beginning, we wanted Seabrook to be a place for really everyone, as cheesy as that sounds,” Roloff said. “Obviously we have the high-profile executives, but we also have teachers, police officers, firemen. “… They come out here for the ocean, but when they leave, what brings them back is the sense of community. … It’s the visual stimulation of the architecture and the designs and the surprise around every corner that really makes people want to get here, park their car and walk around the town. And oh yeah we’re at the ocean, too. The ocean has become kind of secondary.”

But you don’t have to buy or rent a house to enjoy the town.“Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to be a guest or an owner, that’s for sure. The more retail businesses we have, I think people will start to understand that more,” Roloff said.

Applications for new merchants are always accepted. A wine shop opened recently and Frontager’s, a gourmet pizza truck, has evolved into a permanent shop that will open in the coming months. The recently completed town hall can host group events, movie nights and weddings — a burgeoning growth industry at Seabrook.

-Casey Roloff, town creator


IDEA TOWNThe cluster of homes built for Sunset magazine are now available for vacation rentals. The elegant indoor living spaces flow seamlessly into shared outdoor space, allowing neighbors to enjoy an evening together comfortably around the communal fireplace, or working in the small garden plots.

“This is a lifestyle home,” said designer Brian Paquette in a video for Sunset. “This home is about the outside as much as it is the inside. There’s going to be just as much entertaining outside as there would be inside. ”

In one house, the stair treads are adorned with a custom-made wallpaper of 1920s clam diggers working the nearby beaches. In another, a large, freestanding tub is the main event in the master bath, like many old style coastal homes, but with an unmistakably modern twist. The angular soaker tub overlooks the garden spaces on a raised, tiled platform. A shower surrounded by clear glass completes the room.

The Idea Town houses rent from $950 to $1,350 per night. Other Seabrook rentals start at $109 per night.

For rental information, visit www.seabrookcottagerentals.com or call 360-276-0265.

LIVING SPACESComfort, quality and taking every opportunity to capture the surroundings are what the homes at Seabrook feature. A favorite with families of every age.

This is a lifestyle home. This home is about the outside as much as it is the inside. There’s going to be just as much entertaining outside as there would be inside.

-Brian Paquette, designer


Guests and residents alike can enjoy a year-round, heated indoor pool and spa.

“We want this to be a place people can come after work, watch the sunset, have dinner and head back home, no different than any other little beach town that’s close by,” he said. “It’s definitely very casual and we want to keep it that way.”

It’s still a work in progress, Roloff was quick to add, and the town relies on the feedback from its guests and residents to keep growing in the right direction.

“We have a long ways to go,” he said. “Now we’re focused on building our town center, main street, and really growing our retail business. What that does is drive more people to want to live out here full-time and of course have vacation and second homes. … I think every great town, great city, has evolved from economic changes, trends. We’ve stayed pretty true to the original vision, but that vision was always a collaborative one.”

BEACH HOMES

Seabrook is composed of about 240 homes on the coast near Pacific Beach. Prices range from a few hundred thousand dollars to more than a million and the units range from two bedroom cottages to four bedroom homes.

For those who want to choose their design and build from scratch, construction takes about six to seven months.

To help pay the mortgage, about half of Seabrook’s homeowners participate in the town’s rental program. When the owners aren’t using the property, they can offer it as a rental managed by Seabrook.

Houses in the rental program are rented an average of 170 nights per year, some slightly more than 200 nights.

www.seabrookwa.com.

SURROUNDING AREAABOVE: The stump walk-through at the edge of the Mill District neighborhood was a recent

creation in 2014.

RIGHT: The beach is always easy to find.

HOW TO GET THERE

finding your way

From there, it’s the same from either direction:Continue onto US-101 in Aberdeen Turn left onto Ocean Beach Road north of Hoquiam Turn left onto State Route 109 SouthTravel time: 2 1/2 hours

From south of Grays Harbor on Highway 101Follow signs for US-101 North Turn left onto Ocean Beach Road north of Hoquiam Turn left onto State Route 109 SouthTravel time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

From Portland:Take I-5 North to exit 88 toward Tenino Turn left onto State Route 12 in Grand Mound

From Seattle:Take I-5 South to exit 104 for US-101 North Continue onto State Route 8 west of Olympia Continue onto State Route 12 in Elma


LOCAL BUSINESSES

Mill 109: Seabrook’s main restaurant, serving pub-style comfort food. Open 7 days per week. Dinner entrees range from $12 to $26. www.mill109.com

Front Street Market: Family owned and operated grocery story. http://on.fb.me/1vNrmJI

The Salty Dog: A one-stop-shop experience for dogs and their humans. www.shopsaltydog.com

The Stowaway: Wine and cheese shop with local and international offerings. Fresh bread delivered daily. www.facebook.com/ThestowawayatSB

Colours Pottery Painting Studio: Choose from a variety of ceramic shapes, plates and other objects to create your own custom-painted piece. 360-276-4321

Crafty Christine: Unique jewelry, accessories and mosaics, housed inside

an Airstream trailer on Front Street. Also known as Siren Salvage. www.facebook.com/SirenSalvage

Seaworthy Home: A home store featuring unieque, ecclectic and vintage pieces. http://on.fb.me/1oaJPxG

Spa Elizabeth: Massage therapy, body treatments, facials and waxing services, all featureing natural, organic and vegan or gluten free products. By appointment only. www.spaelizabeth.com

Wind Gate Equestrian: Make an appointment for a private pony ride, a “pony play date” or shop in the Ponies Boutique for all your equine needs. Wild Feathers Pony Camp (2 hours) and Wind Gate 1 Day Pony Camps offered for kids throughout the summer for $135 and $295, respectively. www.windgatesb.com

Seabrook Logowear Shop: Find branded souveniers and outdoor wear inside the cottage rentals office. 360-276-0265

Find more information on current shops and how to become a Seabrook merchant at www.seabrookwa.com/town-merchants


Crispy crust, piping hot, flavors to savor — the question may be what’s not to like about Frontager’s Pizza Co. at Seabrook?

On a recent blue-sky, sparkle ocean day, a trip to Seabrook is enhanced by a visit to the new pizza truck owned by Andy Bickar and his business partner from Washington, D.C., Eric Duesing.

The pizza is Neapolitan with variations. The dough is made from Italian flour so it can stand the searing heat of 800 to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit in a wood-fired convection oven. The high protein content of the flour keeps it from burning, Bickar said.

From afar, setup is simple: the truck and a chalk board menu. But on closer inspection, the 1939 Chevrolet is retro-fitted with a wood-fired

convection oven with six inch concrete walls. Maple and alder split logs are added to the oven to keep it at temperature, cooking pizzas in approximately 90 seconds. There are picnic tables both out in the elements or under a large canopy for rainy and very sunny days. Dining with pooches is allowed.

Frontager means “an owner of land or property adjoining a street or water,” according to Oxford Dictionaries. Since the beach at Seabrook is down the hill, a stroll with the family after pizza is ideal.

Bickar started making pizza at McKenzie River Pizza Co. in Bozeman while a student studying finance at Montana State University. Duesing, who works in logistics, started DC Slices in that other Washington.

They wanted a place for people to hang out, a place to fulfill Seabrook residents’ desire for pizza.

As is the case at Rediviva, Bickar and Duesing’s signature fine dining establishment in Aberdeen, the ingredients for the pizzas are sourced and foraged locally — sometimes within sight of the truck. The menu changes frequently.

Not surprisingly, Frontager’s will be opening a restaurant in Seabrook soon. That will free the truck to forage for new locations.

By Erin Hart • Photos by Jaclyn Peterson

hours Frontager’s Pizza Co. is open Fri-Sun 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. weather permitting.Frontager’s pizza team: Marissa Aubr, Eric

Duensing, Kirklan Undem, Peter Guyton

FRONTAGER’S PIZZA TRUCK: Foraged Fresh and Local

In Seabrook


They wanted a place for people to hang out, a place to fulfill Seabrook residents’ desire for pizza.

PIZZA LOVING ABOVE: Jennsen Henke is obviously a fan of Frontager’s pizza.

BOTTOM LEFT: Peter Guyton pulls a piping hot pie from the wood-fired, convection oven.

RIGHT: The 1939 Chevy


Story by Alexandra KocikPhotos by Aaron Lavinsky

A FAMILY SHAPED BY

“OUR KIDS ARE WHAT

MAKE THIS

PLACE FEEL

ALIVE.”

Turn left at the heads and follow the drive-way to a large clearing.

Faces peer from along the route that passes by a studio. Inside, Robin and John Gumaelius create sculptures that meld realism and fancy. A flood of soft light diffused by the forest enters through large windows. John stands at a heavy, metal table, molding the basic shape of a large head set onto metal wheels. On the other side of the room, Robin etches curling patterns onto a clay antelope springing from a pedestal.

Their work is a mixture of dreams and children’s imagination come to life. It can be found in gal-leries around the Northwest, prices ranging up to several thousand dollars for some pieces.

Their 15 acres are right on the North River, not too far southeast of Aberdeen as the crow flies, but another matter when factoring in the many twists and turns of the bucolic country road. The natural environment seeps into many of their fantastical pieces, and their artistic sensibility seeps into the place they have cut into the forest.

The presence of their four children can be felt all over, from drawings hanging in the workshop to small “shrines” placed throughout the many miles of woods the family owns. In the shop, tiny yellow galoshes hang over a fireplace, a telltale sign of 4-year-old Cecil’s adventures in and near the river the previous day.

“Our kids are what make this place feel alive,” says Robin.



FROM THE GROUND UPA small, 200-square-foot building set against trees, a real-life “tree house,” is where the then four-person family lived the first year on their property.

The 700 or so square foot house they now live in was put together quickly after Robin’s realization she was pregnant with Cecil. The stairs are polished and carved with designs. Paintings of figures lay below each of the high lofts.

“I’ve always been good with my hands. I like to just put things together,” John says. “I got a lot of help from friends to put the house together.”

The ceramic tiles set into the large shower of the bathroom were also the family’s handwork, put together by Robin and the four kids.

The children’s imaginations play a large part in their parents’ work. Some of the curly designs carved into the sculptures are based on the kids’ crayon scribbles, many hung around the shop.Robin and John met at Brigham Young University while Robin was working on her masters and John an undergraduate degree. He used his welding skills to help her with a

piece and they began collaborating more. She taught John the secrets of ceramics.

They married and soon found themselves with three children and a residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, a creative refuge in Oregon for musicians, writers and artists. They stay connected to that community and the layout of their current home was inspired greatly by Sitka, with buildings made of native wood and large open forest to explore in between.

GALLERIESTheir work ranges from small birds to large elaborate heads to even movable puppets.

Many of their pieces begin with Robin crafting in ceramic clay. Small ceramic birds set on steel legs and feet, with intricate pictures or patterns on their wings are their most popular pieces. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

The galleries set the prices for their work and take 50 percent on all sales. “We appreciate them all so much because we can do what we do best and know our work is in good hands,” Robin said.

THE WORKRIGHT: John and Robin in their

studio.

BOTTOM LEFT: John adds a glaze to

a sculpture of heads he is working on

in his home studio.

BOTTOM MIDDLE: Small clay

sculptures are stored in a drawer in

the Gumaelius’ studio before adding

larger pieces.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Finished whimsical

art pieces made of metal and

ceramic. Photos by David Pickering.

The children’s imaginations

play a large part in their

parents’ work.



Over five miles of trails were created throughout the property. The kids walk to school on one of them.


CLOSE TO THE EARTHOver five miles of trails were created throughout the property. The kids walk to school on one of them. And an orchard was planted in a forest clearing last summer. Throughout the property are stacks of logs, waiting to be added to the firewood, which is the family’s only source of heat and fuel at home and in the shop.

An expansive garden is surrounded by wire holding up berry bushes that will eventually grow to form a natural fence.

Chickens stay in a coop that is movable so the poop they leave behind is always fertilizing a fresh patch of grass.

The children’s playhouse is suspended in the air between four trees. All together it was

about $100 for the hardware and a long tube that acts as a slide. The rest of it was made from trees off their own land.

Eventually the trees will be thinned out further to allow grass to grow to give the children a place to play.

Back in the shop, the Gumaelius’ visions are taking shape. Robin will soon be painting the creations using traditional methods that have been around for thousands of years in Danish culture. Once the piece is finished, it will be driven to a gallery, where it will stay until finding a permanent home. With prices ranging from $100 to $4,000, it can take time to find the perfect owner looking for a piece that really turns heads.

: CHILDHOOD’S END GALLERYchildhoods-end-gallery.com222 4th Ave W., Olympia

: PATRICIA ROVZAR GALLERYrovzargallery.com1225 Second Avenue, Seattle

: WATERWORKS GALLERYwaterworksgallery.com315 Argyle St., Friday Harbor

: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTmuseumofcontemporarycraft.org724 Northwest Davis Street, Portland, Ore.

: MARY LOU ZEEK GALLERYmarylouzeekgallery.com1730 Fairmount Avenue South, Salem, Ore.

: WHITE BIRD GALLERYwww.whitebirdgallery.com251 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, Ore.

Over five miles of trails were created throughout the property. The kids walk to school on one of them.

THEIR WORK CAN BE FOUND INSIDE AND ONLINE AT:


RiverLIFE IS GOODON THE

By Doug BarkerPhotos by Bonell Photography


BBRENT AND PAM BRYAN GREW UP IN ABERDEEN AND THOUGHT THEY KNEW EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY IN THE AREA. Three years ago they found a new one – a two-acre spot on the Chehalis River, just 15 minutes from work - and they moved in.

The sweeping view up and down a placid stretch of the Chehalis would sell most people on the house. Factor in a cook-friendly kitchen/dining area that’s perfect for the entertaining they do, a high-ceiling living room that opens onto a long deck overlooking the river and it’s easy to see why they’re so enamored.

The home is in Central Park, just west of downtown Aberdeen, where Brent owns Bryan & Son Jewelers and Pam works as a dental assistant. Originally built for a doctor who has since left the area, the three-bedroom home is large (about 3,200 square feet) but with a well-thought floor plan that gives it an intimate feel.

The center of the home, literally and functionally, is the kitchen/dining area. It was designed for cooks, especially cooks who do it themselves and entertain.

FAR LEFT: Brent and Pam and their dog Joey (an American Eskimo) enjoy their firepit with a view.

UPPER: Outside the front door is a Japanese inspired koi pond

UPPER MIDDLE: The barn is Brent’s woodworking man cave.

LEFT: A deck off the dining room is the Bryans’ favorite place to entertain.


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The kitchen is open to the living room, which is open to the deck traversing the length of the house. The effect means no one –whether in the dining or main living area is ever very far removed from the view.

A prep island in the middle of the kitchen is surrounded by granite countertops and cherry-wood cabinets. A half dozen high, leather-covered bar stools on the living room side of the countertop face into the kitchen.

The Bryans love to entertain. Since the party inevitably ends up in or near the kitchen, this keeps everybody connected.

Double doors from the dining room open onto the long, covered deck. The first thing one sees when moving out to the deck is a stone-topped table inset with gas-fire logs. The tabletop is edged with plenty of room so one could eat around the fire, or just pass the evening in conversation. If it isn’t a real fire for you unless it pops and makes your clothes smell like smoke, you can walk to the end of the deck and down a short stone path to a fire pit on a little point overlooking the river. Brent laid the stones himself. Chances are good you will share the experience with bald eagles -- and maybe a train. The tracks run between the river and the house and trains rumble by at jogging speed several times a day. That might have scared off other buyers, but the Bryans like it. “At parties, people will say, ‘When is the train coming?’” Brent said.

They weren’t looking for a home, when they found this one. “Like everything in life, it was timing. As in health, love, everything you can name, it’s a matter of timing,” said Brent. “I just fell into it and it was golden. I bought the house when I walked through the door. There’s not one thing I’ve found about the house that I don’t like.”

The master bedroom has windows overlooking the river and a door onto the deck. “Waking up every morning to the river is just wonderful,” says Pam. “It’s surreal. Every day I just pinch myself.”In summer, the fire pit is often the first stop for the Bryans when they come home at the end of the day. In the winter, some nights they can sit on the deck, under cover, and a sweater is enough to stay comfortable around the gas fire.

With the exception of pruning, something neither

of them is fond of, they do everything around the house – inside and out -- themselves. With two acres and a lot of landscaping there is a lot of lawn to mow and plenty to do. A short distance from the front door is a koi pond and landscaping and accents that mimic a Japanese garden.

Except for the furnishings, the home is mostly as it was when they purchased it. Rich woodwork, kept shining by Pam, is evident everywhere and Brazilian walnut floors cast a hue of gold and brown, with tinges of red that complement a brown leather couch and rich-looking wool rugs. Most of the furnishings were selected to fit the home and purchased at Kaufman Scroggs Home Furnishings in Aberdeen, said Pam.

Wood gets special treatment in the Bryan home. Brent is a woodworker and has a shop in the man cave he’s built in the barn. The walls of the shop are lined in wood he salvaged from a weathered barn near Prosser in Eastern Washington. The meticulous care he’s taken on the work benches he’s built in the shop are a giveaway to his jeweler’s eye for detail.

Outside the shop are neat stacks of lumber from old-growth fir and cedar he’s purchased from someone who salvaged the wood from the beach. He’s not yet sure what he’ll use it for, but the wood was too beautiful to pass up and he had it milled into thick slabs.

Inside, in addition to the vintage wood planes and tools, vintage garage calendars and other guy stuff is a collection of Honda motorbikes from the ‘60s and ‘70s, including a 1974 CL 200 that looks like it just left the showroom.

Brent also has a study just off the living room. Windows line one side offering a sweeping view of the river. The room shares a gas fireplace with the living room, so the flames can be seen through glass doors on either side. The study has a collection of things gathered here and there – an ivory tusk, a telescope and a nickel-plated cash register from an old barbershop, for instance.

And there’s a small taxidermy alligator head displaying a formidable teeth, including one gold one in front. Considering the Bryans didn’t build the home for themselves, the tooth is a little like the house, it could hardly be a better fit.

The Bryans have a collection of clocks. The Disney collection is from Brent’s mother. Glass pieces from Opal Art Glass are sprinkled throughout the house.

“I bought the house when I walked through the door. There’s

not one thing I’ve found about the house that I don’t like.” “


LEFT: The firepit looking upriver.

BELOW: “Snappy,” with gold tooth fashioned by Brent, basks in the sun while guarding the den.

FAR BELOW: Brent’s woodshop man cave in the barn represents his interests: woodworking and motorcycles.


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The Stock:1 stick unsalted butter 6 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1/3 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper 1 cup red wine2 quarts light sodium vegetable stock2 bay leaves2 sprigs fresh thyme, picked from the stems2 cloves garlic

The Rest:1 stick unsalted butter4 yellow onions, sliced¼ cup apple cider vinegarKosher saltGround pepper½ pound gruyere cheese1 baguette

“My girlfriend’s most favorite thing in the world is French Onion soup. So I not only have become accustomed to ordering it with her at most every restaurant we visit, I also have to make it for her far too often. I adapted this recipe off an idea, and love the results. Instead of a runny beef stock, it becomes a decadently rich vegetable base that satisfies the neediest of souls or girlfriends in our sodden fall weather.”

FRENCH ONIONSOUP

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French Onion Soup with Caramelized Carrot StockChef Andrew Bickar, Rediviva Restaurant4-6 servings

The process: Sauté carrots in butter, baking soda, and salt until they caramelize. The baking soda helps increase the pH, which in turn will speed up the Maillard, or browning process. Once caramelized, remove from heat and deglaze the pan with wine. Scraping all the fond (everything stuck to the pan) off the bottom. Add the rest of the ingredients and return the pot to the stove. Continue to cook your stock for 20 minutes on medium-low. While you wait, sauté onions and salt in butter until brown, deglaze with vinegar and cook out the excess liquid. Remove bay leaves. Puree stock, add to onions. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Top with a slice of baguette and gruyere cheese, melt in broiler. Enjoy!


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TRAVEL


BELOW: Treyton Lewis, 4, of Central Park

chooses his gourd at Chapman Farms.

RIGHT: Pumpkins at Shaffner Farms


TRAVEL

DAY TRIPPIN’Pumpkins & Cranberries

The hardest part of the fall has to be picking the perfect pumpkin from a field full of perfect pumpkins. Anyone can pick the perfect apple. Find an apple that looks perfect, pick it. Done.

Perfect pumpkin? Definitely tougher. It should be misshapen, right? A little ugly? Check. But maybe not too ugly. Should it have those pumpkin warts on it? Ummmmmm, maybe — if it’s not too warty. And what color? White? Green with speckles? Orange for the traditionalists?

We’ve given you a lot to think about. Now we’re going to give you a couple of suggestions for your own field research.

Photos by Aaron Lavinsky and MacLeod Pappidas

Celebrate the best of fall with a trip to the pumpkin patch or cranberry farm. Either one will get you in the spirit of autumn and you’ll leave with some great produce to take home.

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PUMPKINS FARMS

TRAVEL

For years you’ve been saying, “this Thanksgiving, we’re going to get fresh cranberries.”

So what’s stopping you? A fall drive out to the Cranberry Coast south of Grays Harbor is worth it all by itself.

The experts are expecting a good crop. The yields haven’t been that hot the past few years, but a warm spring and sunny summer means more berries.

Kim Patten, who monitors the state’s cranberry industry at WSU’s Long Beach Extension office, said the region is expected to average about 100 barrels an acre, up from an average of 60 to 80 barrels in the past four years.

Each barrel weighs 100 pounds.So dig out grandma’s cranberry relish recipe and start chopping.

CRANBERRIESCRANBERRIES FARM FRESH1367 Udell-Hansen Rd., Grayland. Contact: Ken Wahlheim and Paula Cook, 360-267-3944Fresh cranberries available between Sept. 25 and Nov. 15. Call before Nov. 1 for orders after November.

Directions: State route 105 to Grayland. Take left at PUD substa-tion on Udell-Hansen Rd. Last farm on the right at the end of the road.

SHAFFNER FARMS158 Geissler Rd., Montesano. Contact: Owen and JoAnn Shaffner, 360-249-6722Pumpkin patch with hayrides. The patch is open through Oct. 31.

Directions: From Aberdeen eastbound Highway 12, left on west Wynoochee Rd. Go two and half miles, turn right on Geissler, one half mile. Farm is on left.For more information, check out Shaffner Farms on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShaffnerFarms

CHAPMAN FARMS239 Brady Loop Rd., E. Montesano. Contact: Scott Chapman, 360-581-4177U-Pick pumpkins of all sizes, squash, gourds, sweet corn and fall décor. Many varieties of sweet corn with a large corn maze and free hay maze for kids. The activities are ongoing through Oct. 31

Directions: Turn south off of Hwy. 12 at Brady Exit (across hwy. from fire hall). Turn left at “T” and go 1 and a half miles. Gravel driveway to the left.


TRAVEL

ABOVE: Five stuffed bags of cranberries will

provide many pints of sauce and jelly.

LEFT: Cranberry bogs at Cranberries Farm

Fresh in Grayland.

DID YOU KNOW?Cranberries are ripe when they bounce. Small pockets of air in the cranberries cause them to bounce.

The air pockets also cause them to float during harvest.


ART

A glob of orange on the end of a metal rod is pushed into a furnace that

blows heat into the room. The glob is removed and taken to a work bench where it’s spun and treated with air.

It expands, taking on a balloon shape, and then it’s reintroduced to the furnace, brought out and blasted with air once again.

The center caves into a wide dimple, creating a bowl or dish.

Johnny Camp works more molten glass in the furnace with another rod and dribbles it onto the outside of the bowl like an ice cream topping.

He plops a pile of molten glass on a

second work bench and sets the bottom of the bowl on it, creating a base.

It’s one of his many creations, and each of his creations is different.

Whether the pieces Camp creates are shaped like a bowl, an octopus, a pine tree or an ornament doesn’t matter, they’re unique.

Originally from Onalaska, Camp took his first job working with glass at Mount St. Helens Glass while attending Centralia Community College.

“They were listening to rock and roll and playing with fire, and it seemed like a great place to be,” Camp said.

Color in COSMOPOLISStory by Corey Morris Photos by Aaron Lavinsky

Cobalt blue

dusting

powder is

applied in

the second

phase of

making a

vase.

To Johnny Camp of Opal Art Glass in Cosmopolis, the business is a science, but to the uninformed spectator, it’s magic.


ART

Color in COSMOPOLIS

Johnny Camp

blows a bubble into

a ball of glass.

“They were listening to rock and roll and playing with fire, and it seemed like a great place to be.” -Johnny Camp

A job offer for another glass company took Camp to Benicia, Calif.

Some years and two jobs later, artist Michael Nourot (who has made pieces for popes and presidents) brought Camp on at Nourot Glass in Benicia, Calif., and that’s where Camp learned the gritty details of the industry.

“I learned a lot of techniques — how colors work with glass and how to make your own glass,” Camp said.

Working together, Darlene Camp, dusts metals onto molten glass as her husband turns another work-in-progress beneath the falling powder.

They’re working a silver powder into the glass. When the piece is finished, the silver will tint the glass gold. Science or magic, depending on who you ask.

Following his time at Nourot glass, Camp opened his own studio in California, and in 2005 brought the operation home to Washington.

Classic rock and Johnny Cash play over a stereo near the door leading into their retail operation.

In addition to retail, Opal Art Glass is a fixture at wholesale shows and the Camps offer one-on-

one classes to the public for $145 per class.

The Camps give to the community as much as they can, donating 60-70 pieces to

charity each year.

They’re at home in Washington, and they feel welcome.

“The locals have been good to us,” Johnny Camp said.

Opal Art Glass owners

Darlene and Johnny Camp.


EVENTS

October22-26 Celtic Music Festival Billed as the largest Irish music celebration on the West Coast, with more than 30 bands, 10 stages and three venues in Ocean Shores and Hoquiam.

November8Toast the Harbor Food & Wine Festival The Aberdeen Lions Club hosts this event, featuring wine, beer and spirits tasting, food and entertainment at the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino in Ocean Shores.

11Veterans Day Parade Elma honors veterans with a classic Veterans Day Parade.

Olympic National Park Free Entrance Day.Enjoy the last of six free entrance days into all National Parks.

our favoriteEVENTS

7-15 Back in the World The Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College hosts the world premiere of a musical that chronicles soldiers returning from war. It is written by Grays Harbor College faculty member Lynne Lerych with music composed by GHC graduate and Bishop Center musician Alex Eddy. Friday and Saturday nights.

7-8 ‘Ocian in View’ Cultural Weekend When the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery exclaimed ‘Ocian in View,’ they had reached their westward destination. Speakers, bus

and walking tours, Chinook tribal seafood dinner and special events at select local businesses in Long Beach.

23Grays Harbor Symphony Orchestra Conductor William Dyer leads the symphony through an eclectic program titled “From Bach to Broadway” featuring the Bach Double Concerto and a variety of Broadway classics at the Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College.

28-30Winter Fanta SeaCrafters and artists converge on the Ocean Shores Convention Center for this annual craft show featuring more than 50 vendors.

Nov. 28-Dec. 14Jesus Christ SuperstarThe classic rock opera that takes a contemporary look at the events that defined the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ is presented by the Driftwood Players in Aberdeen. Friday and Saturday nights, and one Sunday matinee on Dec. 14.

December6-7Festival of Trees, Twinkle Light Parade and Moonlight Madness all happening in Forks, plan to spend the entire day starting with Breakfast with Santa at the Congregational Church at 8 a.m.


EVENTS

Santa by the Sea The U.S. Coast Guard delivers Santa to Westport for photos and fun.

Ho Ho Hoquiam Hoquaim’s annual cocoa stroll and festival of trees. Walk through downtown and rate the trees of local businesses. And, Santa visits downtown Hoquiam’s historic 7th St. Theatre.

Tingstad Rumbel The Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College hosts Grammy Award winners Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel performing popular holiday favorites with their unique musical touch.

Lighted Boat Parade & Crab Pot Christmas Tree Boat parade from Port of Ilwaco to Cape Disappointment and back. Open to all boats. Parade starts at 6 pm following the lighting of the Crab Pot Christmas Tree, weather permitting.

12-14Festival of Lights Montesano decks the halls with a Christmas light parade, light display tours, food, a bonfire and the charm of a small town.

14Grays Harbor Civic ChoirDirected by Pat Wilhelms, the Civic Choir presents “Seven Joys of Christmas,” along with a collection of Christmas carols and a traditional sing-along at the Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College.

31- New Year’s Eve!Fireworks at Midnight over the Ocean5 minutes of fireworks over the Pacific Ocean in front of the boardwalk in Long Beach. December 31, 2014

January10Portland Cello Project The Bishop Center at Grays Harbor College presents six cellists, a vocalist, percussion and horn in a lively performance full of enthusiastic blends of music. No two shows are ever alike for the Portland Cello Project, which features music not normally heard from the classical stringed instrument as the group mixes genres and blurs musical perceptions.

24Wine & Seafood Festival Themed “Get Uncorked,” this annual festival showcases seafood and fine wine in Elma.



Beach goers kick off the razor clam season on Grayland

Beach, using shovels and clam guns to dig up the edible

mollusks as the tide recedes. Razor clam season has begun

along the Washington coastal waters and is expected to

extend into January.



2 Port of Grays Harbor

3 Ocean Shores Villages

4 Rediviva

7 Windermere Real Estate

8 Donna Jones, John L. Scott Real Estate8 Grays Harbor College8 Pushrods of Hoquiam8 Twin Harbor Drug

9 Kaufman Scroggs

11 Coleman Mortuary11 Aberdeen Realty11 The Pasha Group

12 Bryan & Son Jewelers12 Raintree Veterinary Center12 Harbor Shoe12 Bay West Emporium

13 McHugh’s Furniture13 Anchor Bank13 Boley Insurance

14 B&B Automotive14 Flippin 50’s Diner14 GH Wine Sellars

20 Grays Harbor PUD 20 Ocean Crest Resort20 City of Westport20 Aberdeen Health Mart

23 City Center Drug23 Half Moon Bay Bar & Grill23 Rock Ele. Construction23 Mazatlan Restaurant

31 Martin Bruni Liquor31 Westport Inn31 Grays Harbor Transit

51 Waugh’s Mens and Womens Apparel51 Merino’s Seafood51 Country Closet

53 Bennett Art53 Washington Coast Real Estate53 Ocean Shores Chamber

64 Aberdeen Revitalization Movement64 City of Aberdeen

66 Rayonier Inc.66 Brady’s Oysters66 Grays Harbor Tourism

67 Quinalt Beach Resort & Casino68 Grays Harbor Community Hospital

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START SOMETHING!64 Winter 2015 | WASHINGTON COAST MAGAZINE

WHY I LOVE IT HERE

My husband and I were of like mind about relocating from La Crescenta (Los

Angeles) to somewhere else on the West Coast.

In 2004 we started south of San Diego and worked our way up the coast. In 2006, we stopped overnight in Aberdeen. We saw a historic house that still had its original charm; the area had a temperate climate that appealed to both of us; and the great natural beauty of the peninsula provided an unbeatable combination.

While exploring the area, we met a gentleman who said he loved living on the Olympic Peninsula because every day is different climatically. How right he was! No boredom on that score.

In addition, we are surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. The lushness of the greenery and close accessibility of the beaches and mountains give us a variety of activities all year long. We amazed many when we said we liked the rain, but it is easy to like rain when you come from a region where water is

scarce and the natural palette is brown. We are mystified that everyone does not realize this is one of the most beautiful regions of the world.

Relocating to a city where you know no one can be very intimidating; however, we have found a welcoming and friendly community. The sense of community, during both good and bad times, is remarkable. We have a wide circle of new friends and many opportunities to contribute to and feel part of the community.

One of my great passions is the study of architecture and Aberdeen is like a dream come true. Preservation consultants found Aberdeen has the largest inventory of intact historic residences in the state of Washington and, as a member of our Historic Preservation Commission, I hope to further the appreciation and conservation of this historic asset. I am also a proponent of our large and varied artist community and do volunteer work to enhance our public art to help restore the luster of our downtown.

LOCALS

WHY I LOVE IT HERE: Sylvia Dickerson

After moving

from Los Angeles,

Dickerson and

her husband have

found a home in

Aberdeen.

“WHY DO I LOVE ABERDEEN?

I count myself lucky to be surrounded

by outstanding natural beauty

and a supportive community, and to

have the opportunity to indulge my interests

while making a contribution to my

adopted home.”


2 Port of Grays Harbor

3 Ocean Shores Villages

4 Rediviva

7 Windermere Real Estate

8 Donna Jones, John L. Scott Real Estate8 Grays Harbor College8 Pushrods of Hoquiam8 Twin Harbor Drug

9 Kaufman Scroggs

11 Coleman Mortuary11 Aberdeen Realty11 The Pasha Group

12 Bryan & Son Jewelers12 Raintree Veterinary Center12 Harbor Shoe12 Bay West Emporium

13 McHugh’s Furniture13 Anchor Bank13 Boley Insurance

14 B&B Automotive14 Flippin 50’s Diner14 GH Wine Sellars

20 Grays Harbor PUD 20 Ocean Crest Resort20 City of Westport20 Aberdeen Health Mart

23 City Center Drug23 Half Moon Bay Bar & Grill23 Rock Ele. Construction23 Mazatlan Restaurant

31 Martin Bruni Liquor31 Westport Inn31 Grays Harbor Transit

51 Waugh’s Mens and Womens Apparel51 Merino’s Seafood51 Country Closet

53 Bennett Art53 Washington Coast Real Estate53 Ocean Shores Chamber

64 Aberdeen Revitalization Movement64 City of Aberdeen

66 Rayonier Inc.66 Brady’s Oysters66 Grays Harbor Tourism

67 Quinalt Beach Resort & Casino68 Grays Harbor Community Hospital


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