At the weekend we popped into a discrict of Seattle called Freemont for a wander. A cutsie neighbourhood with a large street market on Sundays and lots of cafe's and restaurants. They also have, oddly, a troll under the bridge there.
For lunch we stopped at this Vegetarian Cafe for Brunch (they did great eggs) and discovered it was run by a Cult following the 'teachings' of some spud called Sri Chimnoy. The women serving staff were all in their late 40's wearing Sari's, none of them wore wedding rings, and all had very vacant expressions - the kind you read about brainwashed cult members having. A quick google when we got home revealed what you'd also expect to read about these types of things - sexual abuse and the like. An interesting experience to say the least.
Posted by katie at November 23, 2005 12:25 PM