Locavore Trip: Lummi Island
Your locavore life awaits on this bucolic Salish Sea island off the coast of Bellingham. Book a stay at Nettles Farm and cook up your own farm-fresh eats, or splurge on dinner at nearby Willows Inn. When you drive off the tiny ferry (it carries just 22 cars for the 10-minute crossing) onto laid-back Lummi […]
Northwest New Years Resolutions for More Adventure
It’s a new year: a time of resolutions, fresh starts, and fun trip planning. At least, in theory. Over the past two years of the pandemic, we’ve all had to adjust to uncertainty as new variants emerged or Covid cases ticked up unexpectedly, sometimes right before a much-needed getaway. We’ve coped by trying to keep travel plans […]
Winter Fun at Crater Lake National Park
The deepest lake in the United States is a pool of sapphire water ringed by sheer cliffs piled with snow and stunning beyond words in winter. The only catch is timing – to get the most stunning views you must hit it on a clear day.
NORTHWEST GIFT GUIDE: The Outdoorist
Northwest Bucket List: December
Last Christmas, many lowland areas of the Pacific Northwest woke up to a very rare sight–snow was falling gently from the sky, enough to stick around for a few hours and build some elf-sized snowmen in our Seattle backyard. It was our first White Christmas in a nearly a decade, but alas it was […]
NORTHWEST GIFT GUIDE: The Locavore
Salmon, oysters, cranberries, hazelnuts, apples, cider, wine, chanterelles and huckleberries… Pacific Northwest locavores like myself are spoiled rotten with yummy locally-sourced things to eat. And here are some ideas for how you can spoil your favorite locavore even more this holiday season. But first, what the heck is a “locavore,” you ask? Here’s a hint: […]
Wine for Thanksgiving in the Willamette Valley
Before we were parents, before the mornings of waking up at 3am to our son singing Band on the Run in his underwear after turning on every light in the house, my husband and I took leisurely romantic getaways. Ah, the memories. Our favorite, perfect Northwest weekend getaway was wine tasting in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley. […]
Northwest Bookshelf: 52 Seattle Adventures with Kids
This book features fun-filled, unique, kid-friendly adventures near Seattle that will enthrall your children and make the most of every season.
November in the Northwest
What are you thankful for? It’s a question we all ponder together his time of year. And while my family, friends and good health top my list, I have loads of gratitude for all of my favorite Northwesty things, too. Like the fresh-plucked chanterelles at my farmers’ market last weekend on which dirty fir […]
Northwest Bucket List: October
October. And the trees are stripped bare, of all they wear, what do I care… Autumn’s crisp days and cool nights have me wrapped up in fleece and I’m definitely not complaining. Fall is my favorite season for exploring the Pacific Northwest, from visits to vineyards and orchards filled with ripe apples, to squeezing in […]
