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The Everywhereist
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The Everywhereist is a personal blog at everywhereist.com about culture and writing. Since 2011, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Bros., Lecce: We Eat at the Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-03-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link The Everywhereist, a travel blog by a Seattle-based copywriter, for posts on Seattle's social culture (the Seattle Freeze) and on offbeat dining experiences such as a Michelin-star restaurant meal.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Bros., Lecce: We Eat at the Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-12-08
- What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-31
What Hacker News says?
OK but I am not paying extra money for a meal where part of the experience is that some of the food is terrible value and some is amazing, or to eat at a place where (knowing a little of rollercoaster physics) it has actually been carefully planned that way to maximise the thrill and discomfort. That would be like an ARFID theme park. [0] Which now I think of it is a good description of this: https://everywhereist.c…
Comment linking /2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-eat-at-the-worst-michelin-starred-restaurant-ever/
on “I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star restaurant”Submitted Trying Soylent didn’t go well as a story · 66 points
HN discussionReminds me of this dystopian Michelin star restaurant experience: https://everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-we-e...
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on “I'm common as muck and spent £150 to try a Michelin star restaurant”Submitted Bros., Lecce: We Eat at the Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever as a story · 44 points
HN discussionThe Everywhereist (a wonderful blogger and Seattle resident) has some good postings. The social thing is named the "Seattle Freeze". http://www.everywhereist.com/the-seattle-freeze-making-frien... And a bonus http://www.everywhereist.com/15-things-you-should-know-about...
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on “The culture myth”Submitted TSA drops, breaks laptop after opt-out as a story · 19 points
HN discussionBut what if this was just… entertainment? Check out the about page of her blog — http://www.everywhereist.com/about/ — this isn't a foodie's journal cataloguing the world of all things edible, this is a copywriter that took up blogging while traveling. She found something to write about, and wrote about it. (In a style that was funny while not being cringe-inducing, which I find rare these days.) Side note, though —…
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on “Trying Soylent didn’t go well”Submitted Things I Didn't Know When I Started Dating An Entrepreneur as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bros., Lecce: We Eat at the Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop Telling Bloggers They Aren't Writers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bullying, Sexism, and Panic Attacks on Planes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Happened When I Tried Talking to Twitter Abusers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things I Learned from Having a Brain Tumor as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 15 Things I Didn't Know When I Started Dating an Entrepreneur as a story · 1 points
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