This year’s Twin Peaks Day festivities in the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington concluded with a live performance by the Pacific Northwest’s “magickal music duo” Wisteria Lodge at Twede’s Cafe. Lady K and outlaw multi-instrumentalist Dusty Highway played from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on February 24, 2026 in a corner of the North Bend…
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…
It had been forty years since I had had a first day at a restaurant. In 1986, my mother dropped me off at Arby’s and said she would be back to pick me up in three hours. In 2026, I was walking to Twede’s Cafe, with mountain ranges to my left and right, as I…
The United States of America will celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026. The editors of Smithsonian Magazine recently published their list of 250 places to celebrate America and the Real Twin Peaks of Washington state made the cut.
The final event for Real Twin Peaks 2025 had the Pacific Northwest “magickal” music duo Wisteria Lodge returning to play at Twede’s Cafe in North Bend, Washington. Their performance was part of “Pie-N-Cry,” a gathering of Twin Peaks fans to pay tribute to the late David Lynch.
I love when the real world of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington intersects with the wonderful and strange world of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. In Twin Peaks: The Return, there are several hand-painted murals seen across the street from the Double R Diner (known as Twede’s Cafe in North Bend). Local Artist Richard “Dick” Burhans created…
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…
My visit to the Real Twin Peaks 2025 event was my eighth trip to Washington since Sept. 2019. Before the event started, I visited a few Twin Peaks film locations in the towns of North Bend and Snoqualmie to take photos. Typically, I like recreating screen accurate shots for the Twin Peaks Locations articles. This…
Every day I was in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington, I dropped by Twede’s Cafe in North Bend to give myself a present – a slice of cherry pie and cup of coffee. Since I don’t live in Washington state, I long that delicious treat when I return home to Florida. With March 14 being Pi Day…
As part of the VIP package for the Real Twin Peaks 2024 event in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington, a private party was held at Twede’s Cafe in North Bend, Washington on February 23. There were two seatings available for ticket holders – 5:00-7:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m. During the dining blocks, Wisteria Lodge performed in the…