Seems like their's a bunch of us northwesters around here. Welcome from another recent forum finder.
I went to Highschool up in Everett what seems like forever-ago, at Cascade. Now I'm down in Seattle, but find myself up north on ocassion, usually on my way to Tulailup for some gamblin'.
I bought all my gear and my first two ingredient kits up at Homebrew Heaven on 99 in Everett.