Seattle’s a great place to go if you want to access your inner hippie. If you think you know a lot of things but want to give it a test and need a proving ground, I recommend you try the fertile volcanic soil of the Great Northwest. That’s what I did. I’d worked at a little Natural Foods store in New York for four years and thought I was a hotshot, a real Granola. But I got schooled in Seatown, that’s for sure.