Cannery Cafe

www.cannerycafe.com

If you were planning a vacation, wouldn’t you be likely to use the Internet to help find travel arrangements, lodging, things to do and places to eat? That’s the hope of Dana Gunderson, owner of The Cannery Cafe in Astoria.

Her site, developed by Kim Nice and Jim Weaver of freshairtoday.net in Seaside, focuses on the great views from the restaurant. “People don’t have a tendency to read all the garbage on a lot of sites,” Gunderson said. “I wanted to make it pretty visual.” Local customers use the site’s for planning catering events, said Gunderson.

Other pages on the site focus on the cafe’s history, exclusive recipes and links to other coastal sites. Still in the works are more pictures of menu offerings for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Other Web sites worth visiting:

History

www.pbs.org/perilousfight

The Perilous Fight: America’s World War II in Color

Photos, color film, journals and letters from WWII provide insight into the battles and the home front.

Sociology

www.exactitudes.com

Exactitudes

Rotterdam photographers document dress codes of various social groups.

Astronomy

www.badastronomy.com

Bad Astronomy

Site debunks common myths and misconceptions about space.

Public Records

foia.fbi.gov/famous.htm

FBI Files of Famous People

Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, you can read up on the FBI files kept on well-known people.

Laugh of the week

www.poundy.com/wwcards.html

Weight Watchers

Recipe Cards from 1974

Actual Weight Watchers recipes … from some alternate universe, probably. With commentary. Parental guidance suggested.