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Early February I traveled to Panama. Geddy and Starr picked me up in an old beat up car. We stayed in the only hotel in Panama City that allowed dogs, a local bare bones hotel. We took a bus to Sabanitas near Colon, then a taxi past Portobello heading to Jose Pobre, a truly tiny remote seaside village, 7 miles down a dirt road past cow fields and dense jungle.

The eve of 2000 was exciting! There were major celebrations all around the world, ringing in the new century. Many people were anxious that there would be a worldwide breakdown due to Y2K, the millennium bug. It was predicted this would cause global chaos and financial disaster as computer systems wouldn’t know if it was the year 1900 or 2000.

It’s now the beginning of 1998. I had just started a new business with Robin from Shalimar Imports called the I Am Collection. I had...

We left off in December of 1996 receiving two containers of goods from Thailand. These containers included...

The year is 1995. We started the year with a visit with dear friends, Jeannie & Rauf who were living in Alabama...

When Creature Comforts was open on Post Alley in Seattle, we were friendly with other local store owners, several of which were importers...

In the last blog, I mentioned that we went to Phuket before we packed our containers. Something dramatic happened there. Geddy ran into...

I promised adventure travel stories, so here we go! Here is our travel itinerary: Bangkok, Hat Yai, Delhi, Bombay ( it was Bombay then),...

As we left off last time, Creature Comforts had opened in Seattle on Post Alley & Spring Street, the warehouse on Bainbridge Island on...

A little history about me, Jeri, and 4Creature Comforts... Growing up in Norwell, Massachusetts, I was intrigued by my Mom’s business...