NEWS: Foraging for Clams, Northwest Life Lists, Green Travel
Summer’s not over yet. (Oh, to be a kid in the Pacific Northwest where the school year starts after Labor Day!) Make these last weekends count, people. 1. KUOW’s Weekday radio program tackled an all-important question last week: What’s on your Northwest Life List? Local travel writer Crai Bower refuses to call it a bucket […]
New Website is One Week Away
Saturday was almost hot. As a matter of fact, I saw some people walking around in shorts. But on Sunday, Seattle was tossed back again to May temperatures and cloud cover. When the tide hit its low at mid-day, we made a beeline for the beach by our house at Seattle’s Lincoln Park. It was there, […]
NEWS: Tourism Office Closes, Safe Hiking
Happy Friday! And more importantly, happy summer. The July 4th weekend is cause to celebrate our American independence, sure. But here in the Pacific Northwest, we double our celebratory capacities this weekend. See that yellow ball in the sky? July 4th marks our unofficial start to summer. Time to fire up the grill and get […]
Cheap Sleeps: Step Up Your Game
As a budget traveler, I sometimes lament the loss of quality, affordable places to stay. Travel, even local travel, has gotten far more expensive than it used to be while at the same time, our wages have more or less stayed the same (if we managed to hold onto our jobs these past few years.) Maybe because […]
NEWS: BC Road Trips, Camping at Fort Casey
It’s feeling like a stretch to remember that the summer solstice is a week away. Luxuriously long days remind us, sure. But my puffy down vest is getting a lot of use. Too much use. Kale is exploding in our garden, though, a benefit of the cooler June in Seattle. Here’s hoping for a real start […]
NEWS: Oregon Road Trip, National Trails Day
This week in Northwest travel, here are the things that caught my eye. It’ll be here every Friday. 1) Tomorrow is National Trails Day. Trails are our pathways into the great outdoors, from the wild Olympics to the South Cascades. Celebrate with a hike! If you live in Washington state, WTA.org has this handy dandy […]
Nanaimo or Bust!
At long last, my Nanaimo Trip Guide is up. Where is Nanaimo you ask? Why, this is the reason you have your passport, silly! Oh sweet Canada! Nanaimo is nestled on a wonderfully-sheltered swath of eastern coastline on Vancouver Island, just to the North of Victoria. It’s a little harborside city that quite blew me […]
Will Tourism Be Privatized?
I have to hand it to them for stepping up right away and offering real solutions. After all, the stakes are high. A collection of tourism industry folks, from Red Lion Hotels to the Port of Seattle, convened a summit in SeaTac last week attended by about 450 people tied to travel and tourism. The […]
Trip Guides are Here!
I’m not wild about New Year’s resolutions (probably because I don’t keep them!). This year, though, I’m open to trying a few and seeing how it goes. You know… join a gym, eat more kale, stop swearing around my toddler who now repeats everything I say… just your usual, run-of-the-mill New Year’s resolutions. Oh, I’ve […]
Why Tourism Matters
In my state of Washington, the economic recession has hit state budgets extremely hard. Our state legislature is currently grappling with fixes to fill a $2.6 billion budget gap; this is on top of a $7 billion budget shortfall they dealt with last year. These are big numbers, and they’re resulting in big, deep cuts […]
