During the Summer of 1990, television viewers and reporters descended on Snoqualmie Valley, Washington in search of damn fine coffee, cherry pie and the locations where Mark Frost and David Lynch filmed their groundbreaking series Twin Peaks. St. Louis-born Eric Mink from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was one of those reporters who penned this trip report…
The Double R Diner in Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is one of the most iconic diners in television history. Known as the place “where pies go when they die,” the fictional restaurant is based on a real place you can visit in North Bend, Washington. When Frost and Lynch filmed the pilot…
March 14 is a great day to celebrate with a delicious slice of cherry pie. When Twin Peaks first aired on the ABC Television Network, fans from around the world descended on the former Mar-T Cafe (now Twede’s Cafe) in North Bend, Washington to try a slice of heavenly pie. Garnet Cross, who began working at…
If you’ve spent any time on Twin Peaks Blog, you’ll know I enjoy finding articles from the early days of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. I particularly like reading about the cherry pie frenzy that descended upon the Mar-T Cafe in North Bend, Washington, known today as Twede’s Cafe. In 1992,…
Following a successful first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, reporters from around the world went in search of the Real Twin Peaks, the towns of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington featured in the show. I love finding these reports from the early days as they capture forgotten details that shaped the region. Jane Stevenson,…
In anticipation of the second season premiere of Twin Peaks in September 1990, Kitsap Sun reporter Julie McCormick published two stories about locations from the Real Twin Peaks of Washington state on September 27, 1990. The first story features a visit to the former Mar-T Cafe in North Bend known today as Twede’s Cafe. This small town…
In a few days, I’ll be returning to the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington for the Behind the Badge Event at the North Bend Theatre. In anticipation of my trip, I’m sharing an article from September 1990 about three avid fans who visited the towns where Twin Peaks was filmed. Special thanks to…
In honor of “Pi Day,” the day on March 14 that gives a nod to the mathematical constant, I dug out of the archives an article from “The Waco Tribune Herald” from May 30, 1990. Food writer Teresa S. Johnson wrote this article following the Twin Peaks season one final broadcast on May 23, 1990. Many…
For decades, Twin Peaks fans have flocked to Snoqualmie Valley, Washington to visit the “Real Twin Peaks.” Despite ABC Television cancelling the series in May 1991, fans continued to visit the many film locations throughout King County, including spots located in the towns of North Bend and Snoqualmie. I recently discovered the Gray Line of Seattle…
On February 21, 1989 in the small town of North Bend, Washington, cameras rolled for the first day of shooting “Northwest Passage.” The brainchild of David Lynch and Mark Frost, this 90-minute pilot would later be retitled as Twin Peaks. Over a year later, the show would become a cultural phenomenon around the world, spawning a…