His mom loves the city, but in the end it's a problem of leaving everyone and everything you know to cross the country. My dad has liked Seattle and British Columbia a lot when he has been here, but he would have to give up his sailing club, his work acquaintances, and the convenience of being a day's drive away from his own family in Ontario. But we'd give any of them a really good deal if they wanted to buy this place. They called from the train station to say 'bye. The Mercantile didn't have the kind of screening material nor lumber that Tom needs for his project.
Cheap trowels lose their sharp edge too easily and start to loosen in the handle.
On my suggestion, we ate dinner at the Bamboo Garden vegetarian Chinese restaurant on lower Queen Anne, near the Space Needle. This place specializes in fake meat. Chris savored a hot pot filled with mushrooms, tofu, and moss. I admit that I declined to sample his dinner.