For the Real Twin Peaks 2023 event, there was only one place I wanted to stay – the magnificent Salish Lodge & Spa in Snoqualmie, Washington. My wife Katie and I last stayed at the Lodge in October 2019 for our first wedding anniversary. We couldn’t wait to get back, and we were delighted to…
Despite my intense love of David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, I’ve come to realize that there were many who didn’t enjoy it when the film was released in 1992. While only a handful of critics offered praise, many panned the prequel to the groundbreaking television series. It doesn’t mean these critics…
Wagon-Wheel Do-Nuts, a local doughnut shop in Twin Peaks, is described in the first draft of episode 1.001 (see this article on WelcomeToTwinPeaks.com for more on this location). The location was briefly seen in a deleted scene from season one where Deputy Andy Brennan and Lucy Moran pick up an order of doughnuts. I first visited…
In Twin Peaks episode 2.021, Agent Cooper hypothesizes that “if the door to the Black Lodge does exist, it probably exists at a point in time.” Symbols from the Owl Cave petroglyph and a pocket book on planets lead him to conclude that the gateway opens when Jupiter and Saturn meet. This is known in…
With the arrival of fall on the horizon, here is a round up of David Lynch and Twin Peaks-themed events taking place around the world from September to December 2026.
The Twin Peaks fan community continually amazes me by their creativity and projects that foster connections. After all, I believe if you like Mark Frost and David Lynch’s show, you are part of a “whole damn town” of friends. One such project was recently launched by the Great Northern Guestbook. Using a recovered set decor piece…
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was released on home video in the United States on January 6, 1993. Ten days later, a short review by Myles Callum was published in the January 16-22 issue of “TV Guide.” He said Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece was “weirder than ever.”
Buried in a bunch of newspaper and magazine clippings I won at auction, I found a two-page advertisement for the short-lived official Twin Peaks newsletter, The Twin Peaks Gazette. This “newspaper” was written in cooperation from series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch and differs from one created by Steve Ryan from Fullerton, California first published in…
Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks changed network television when it first aired in 1990. The Network Television Association (NTA) certainly paid attention as shows like Twin Peaks meant viewers were tuning in to the ABC Television Network. In anticipation of the show’s second season debut, the NTA ran a full-page ad in the…
In September 1990, television viewers in homes across the United States could not wait for the return of Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. In anticipation of the first episode of the second season to air on September 30, syndicated columnist Jay Bobbin wrote a story with quotes from series co-creator Mark Frost and…
During the first two seasons of Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, one of the most enigmatic characters is never seen on screen. Special Agent Dale Cooper sends micro-cassettes to the mysterious Diane back at the F.B.I. Headquarters. Magically, she delivers ear plugs overnight when the Icelanders invade The Great Northern Hotel and offers unseen…
The historic North Bend Theatre in downtown North Bend, Washington celebrated the 34th Anniversary of the North American premiere of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me from August 13-16, 2026. This “We Live Inside a Dream” weekend including film screenings of David Lynch’s movies along with the world premiere of Scott Ryan’s documentary, “The…
On August 21 and 22, 2026, the Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, PA held their fourth “Wild World of David Lynch” celebration. What started as a biennial event blossomed into a yearly staple lovingly curated by longtime Lynch fan Faye Dorsey.
Long before the conveniences of on-line shopping and auction websites, Twin Peaks fans of the early 1990s turned to Michigan-based Bruce Phillips to find wonderful and strange collectibles from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking series and feature film. I remember spending countless hours wishing to own everything listed in Bruce’s printed paper catalogs. As…
The “We Live Inside a Dream” event took place from August 13-16, 2026 at the North Bend Theatre in North Bend, Washington. The weekend’s festivities commemorated the 34th Anniversary of the North American premiere of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me which was held at the independent, one-screen theatre on August 16, 1992….
