Seafair Weekend, Seattle’s summer festival, when traffic snarls because everyone’s eyes are focused skyward on the Blue Angels, and hydroplanes roar across Lake Washington. Parties are everywhere, by land and by sea: neighborhood block parties and boats laden with bikini-clad babes. Seafair has been an annual event in Seattle since 1950, but its roots can […]
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Getting away from it all in Gig Harbor
Live in Seattle and want to get away from it all? Check out Gig Harbor. We spent two relaxing days over the 4th of July in this small waterside town of 7,800 residents which lies a mere 12 miles from Tacoma across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Gig Harbor takes its name from a small boat, […]
Seagull on the Sound
Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. ~Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull And if you want to read more about all things Pampers, follow me on Facebook, Twitter or RSS/email. Take the road less traveled, Beth
Ferry over Puget Sound
I never get tired of riding the ferry. It is one of the things that makes Seattle and Puget Sound so unique, and I love that! Last weekend we rode the MV Hyak, built in 1967, from Bremerton to Seattle. The Washington State ferry system has its origins in the “Mosquito Fleet,”a collection of small […]
Hop on over: Hopscotch in Seattle’s C.D.
1.8 miles of hopping fun–Saturday, June 6–in Seattle’s Central District! Hopscotch C.D. –in its 3rd year–has become a local tradition with hundreds of Seattlites hopscotching their way around my neighborhood. Join the action which starts at 10:00 a.m. and continues all the way up to 8:00 p.m. The almost two-mile temporary path is placed on […]
12th Man Brew
Most of my friends know: a) I don’t watch sports, b) I don’t drink beer. You might wonder why I’ve written a post about a beer dedicated to the fans of a football team? Here’s why. The Seahawks are in the Superbowl–again. All of Seattle is decked out in blue and green. Everywhere you look […]
Three iconic Seattle sites by twilight
When I think of Seattle–my city by the Sound–surrounded by mountains and water, three images always spring to mind: Mt. Rainer, The Space Needle, and ferries. This trifecta is always iconic and, by twilight, spectacular. Mt. Rainier Mt. Rainier, with a summit elevation of 14, 410 feet is the highest mountain in both the state […]
2015 takes flight
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings. ~Shakespeare 2015 began with a flat tire (and a grumpy toddler). Not exactly an auspicious start to the new year. Nonetheless, we managed to get ourselves to the Washington Park Arboretum for our annual New Year’s Day walk. The air was crisp and the sky […]
Discovery Park: A winter walk to end the year
As the year winds down, Big Papa and I had the rare opportunity to go for a hike, sans child, in Discovery Park. Once Fort Lawton, a military facility, this city park is now the largest in Seattle. 534 acres of tidal beaches, meadow lands, sea cliffs, forest groves, sand dunes, thickets, streams, and an […]
A Sasquatch with a heart as big as his feet
This past weekend, Travel Portland visited Seattle’s Westlake Center and unveiled a magnificent cuckoo clock to let viewers know Portland is happening now. All the time. I had an opportunity to check out all 24-feet of this nearly 7,000 pound chain-saw carved clock on Friday afternoon. When I heard there might be a sighting of […]