Yesterday, as our pup Riley—the most AWESOME Golden Retriever on the planet!—and I continued on a quest to beat our one-day, 18-mile “Lewis & Clark Expedition” around the streets of Seattle, we hit the U-District in the early afternoon. I am certain that I must have looked absolutely ridiculous dressed in an ancient KU ball cap (rock-chalk-Jayhawk-KU!), cheap aviator shades...

Always buy the local paper here, or the NY Times, and the pastries are a bit better than at Allegro. They also have a lot of other things, including sandwiches and do-das.

Bulldog News has been a icon in the University district for over 30 years where you can get a great sandwich, tasty dessert, coffee, tea, fresh squeezed lemonade and much more while checking out the latest magazines from around the world. Good place if you are in a hurry or want to kick back and spend some time. Much nicer then heading to Starbucks.

Great spot to magazine browse.

Browse through stacks of magazines and journals on all topics, for all lifestyles. Monocle magazine figures prominently for news titles. Use your smartphone to LevelUp when you buy an espresso.

Little to no lines. Plus cheap and delicious coffee. People here are uber nice too.

Turkey sandwich is pretty good