Goin' Home

Ten years ago my husband and I moved from pretty Poulsbo, Washington to DC for his job. We'd lived in Poulsbo for 13 years and our sons grew up there; it was more home to all of us than anywhere else we'd lived, and all of us had wanted to return.

Long story short, two weeks ago we bought a bakery in Poulsbo and I spent those two weeks helping the pastry chef son ease into the transition. Believe me, transition was not a good word choice. Let's call it baptism by fire, and it didn't take us long to see that the kitchen is a 2-person job. I came back here for a couple of days to close out things at work, and am heading back to the bakery this weekend for good. Our other son is also there, managing the place, and is already doing a great job of drumming up contracts. With our first grandchild on the way, it will be just great to have the family all in one place for the first time in 15 years.

If you're ever in the Seattle area, take a ferry ride across Puget Sound to 18996 Front Street, NE and stop to say hello at Liberty Bay Bakery and Café. We hope to have a website up and running in a few weeks at http://www.libertybaybakeryandcafe.com/. Domain squatters have taken everything shorter than that, so we're stuck with that albatross of an address. We're also on Facebook at Liberty Bay Bakery, and on blogspot at LibertyBayBakes.blogspot.com (soon to be more active that it has been recently).

The museum has been an interesting place to work. I've seen fascinating and unique documents and photos, and met and worked with the nicest people. I will miss the Oh, Wow factor of opening a box to see the old letterheads and fonts or photos that haven't been looked at in decades. As they say, though, life goes on, and if you keep asking yourself, "What's next?" it will never be boring.