After years of reading food blogs and forums, some names become as familiar and reliable as acquaintances and colleagues. I didn’t know “elswinger,” any more than I know the movie stars I read about in celebrity magazines, but I shared enough of his interest in Seattle restaurants to make a point of reading what he had to say on sites like eGullet. I never knew he had a blog of his own, or hardships that made him give the blog this subtitle: “LIFE IN SEATTLE FOR A 40-SOMETHING WHO IS LEARNING TO LIVE ON HIS OWN IN A WHEELCHAIR AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF IN A NURSING HOME.” And I certainly didn’t realize how much he struggled, or how ill he was. The Stranger’s blog, where he was a frequent commenter, reported over the weekend that he died on April 8.
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