Brenda Williams had never been to Seattle. But she wanted to live in a place where it rained. Told that it rains a lot, she said, “That’s not going to get me down.”
A bartender in Las Vegas, Brenda was working from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. when a woman came in, nursed a single drink for an hour and left a $200 tip. “That’s probably the best [night] I ever had. I wound up making a thousand dollars. I walked up to my boss and said, ‘I’m giving you two weeks’ notice.’” ...