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Source: Watch Arlo Parks Play A Lovely Solo Cover Of The xx’s “VCR”

Now in heavy rotation…

I was a disaffected teen eager to leave my little Ohio home town when TWIN PEAKS first aired & I was *obviously* bonkers for its mix of dark, surrealistic whimsy — a novelty for broadcast TV back in 1990. The weird pull of “the woods at night” was something I already knew & recognized, even then…

… so hot damn! it was fun to finally go see some of the original film locations in person. We took a little road trip out from under the tear-gas-haze of Portland for a mere 2.5hrs north by car to scenic Snoqualmie, WA & spent a lovely night at the Salish Lodge & Spa, gazing out at the… oh, look at this… it just happens to be…

Adorably, the hotel leans into the whole TWIN PEAKS vibe with special “Dale Cooper” cocktails and a “Damn Fine Cherry Pie” on a the menu. #ThumbsUp

Of course we drove about 10min over to North Bend & had milkshakes (at a respectable social distance) over at Twede’s Cafe… aka the “Double R Diner”. The whole area is bogglingly beautiful, of course, including the tiny bend in the river where “Ronette’s Bridge” still stands:

Yesterday I went thru the whole rigmarole to move the website from matt-adkins.com over here to mtadkins.com… an interesting process, as I hadn’t messed around with ftp or databases in a few years. Aside from a few broken links it was relatively painless, if slow.

Lots of changes & business to come in the next few months here at home, so it was nice to cross this off of the list, as I had been wanting to update for a while. ~m