At Sofie’s Scoops Gelateria in Olympia, every scoop tells a story. Sophie Landis begins every day by setting the vibe—whether it’s Frank Ocean, The Flaming Lips or Ella Fitzgerald—she chooses music as unique and joyful as her gelato. 

At a time when things have never felt more divisive, I hopped in the car on a beautiful spring Sunday morning, heading north from our little farm in Lewis County up to Chimacum, Washington, for a tasting tour at Finnriver Farm and Cidery, a grassroots organization hell-bent on reconnecting with the land and growing community.

It was when I started seeing her bagels pop up in her IG feed that I knew I needed to discover just where Michelle was headed because I knew wherever it was, I wanted to follow – potentially eating bagels along the way.