**cough cough** Oh yeah… I do have a blog… and, wouldn’t you know it, it’s about Everett, Washington.

 Little Fox has been quiet on this blog lately, not out of neglect but because my roommates keep stealing my time, my focus, and possibly my snacks.  Typical, but I finally got an adventure.

Today, I'm scampering through the waterfront and downtown of Everett, Washington, letting the salt air, ferries, and city corners tug me back into the world (and back into writing).

I came across this cool building at Boxcar Park—it was once the headquarters for Weyerhaeuser Lumber, a company founded in 1900 by Frederick Weyerhaeuser that grew into one of the largest timber and wood-products companies in the world, shaping much of the Pacific Northwest’s industrial history.

Now, it's a coffee shop and whiskey bar. It's early so no whiskey but a coffee and scone for sure. 

While waiting for my coffee, I  paused by the old safe, imagining it once guarding the forest’s worth of secrets—ledgers, wages, and the quiet weight of a lumber empire locked behind cold steel.

The old safe no longer guarded secrets of lumber and ledgers, but had been reborn as a hoity-toity vault for customers’ whiskey and red wine, which felt both suspicious and very human.

Fortified with coffee and scones, Little Fox set off on foot—the best way to explore—leaving Boxcar Park behind and trotting onward in search of Grandview Park, a historic hillside park established in the early 1900s and known for its sweeping views over Everett and Port Gardner Bay.  

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As I wandered around town, I trotted past the luxurious homes of timber and railroad barons and the more modest houses of the workers, a reminder of Everett’s rich history of labor and union organizing that shaped the city’s streets and spirit even to this day.

Then Little Fox wandered past the quirky and colorful corporate headquarters of Funko, a playful contrast to the historic lumber and railroad buildings dotting Everett; inside, the company designs and produces its iconic pop culture collectibles—vinyl figures, toys, and memorabilia that celebrate everything from movies and comics to music and sports.

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Time to move, Little Fox thought, trotting off to a cozy coffee shop for lunch—where breakfast burritos and sandwiches ruled the menu—and my eyes couldn’t help but linger on a painting for sale that seemed to whisper, take me home.

Sigh, Little Fox’s pockets weren’t deep enough to take the painting home, but I could still enjoy it—and speaking of enjoying, the weather was amazing, with sun glinting off the water and a gentle breeze ruffling through the streets of Everett; sure, the majority of the state may just drive through, but one would be amiss to skip this charming and historically rich town.