Girls Just Want to have Fun in Gulf Shores, Alabama In the wonderfully imaginary world of J.M. Barrie, Never Never Land (or Neverland) symbolizes a place of eternal enchantment without boundaries. Celebrating Chinese New Year in Seattle’s International District Here time slows, days become occupied with magical adventures, and residents refuse to grow up any […]
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F is for Farmers Market Destinations
Hong Kong Farmer’s Market – Photo courtesy of Crossroads Foundation – flickr One of my favorite pursuits when traveling is visiting the local Farmers Markets to get an authentic, sensory feel of my destination. Here I can discover fresh local produce, sampling and tasting as I saunter along from vendor to vendor, smiling while the […]
Seattle’s Pea Soup Recipe
Start with chilly weather conditions. Add a temperature inversion with a ridge of high pressure trapping cold air close to the surface. Mix ingredients together, then cook well to form low visibility and stagnant air conditions. While the number of Eskimo words for “snow” remains debatable among linguists, one thing we know for sure: after […]
WildLights at The Woodland Park Zoo
The New Year is almost on us, but there’s still time to catch the first-time-sure-to-become-annual show at Seattle’s popular Woodland Park Zoo. WildLights warms up the holiday season with thousands of LED lights, many shaped in familiar beastly forms like, yes, lions, and tigers and bears. Oh, wow! Be sure to catch a ride on […]
Gauguin Pays a Visit to Seattle
Woman with a Mango, Paul Gauguin, 1892 Lucky Seattle to have scored the current featured exhibit at The Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise. What a lovely way for visitors to wile away a cloudy afternoon (as suggested in my last post). I came away feeling so enriched by the dazzling […]
5 Fun Ways Seattleites Beat the Rainy Blues
If you have never lived in the Pacific Northwest, you might wonder how Seattleites cope with so much regional rain. We who do live here ask ourselves the same thing, of course, especially by the time January and February roll around. But true Seattleites find a variety of ways to ward off the seasonal blues. […]
Tea for Two at Seattle’s Queen Mary
Thanks to Starbucks, Seattle’s fame as the “Coffee Capital of the USA” remains secure. But in keeping with the spirit of the PBS Masterpiece Theater hit series Downton Abbey and the London Summer Olympics, this travel gal has another Emerald City destination in mind: the Queen Mary Tea Room. For the last several years, celebrating the […]
The Art of Wagashi
Here at WanderFood Wednesday, we’re exploring the most unusual foods you’ve come across at home or in your travels. Fortunately for me, I’ve discovered two Seattle neighborhood locations that suit my need for that quintessential “something different” – at least for those unfamiliar with traditional Japanese sweets known as wagashi. Of course, one person’s “sweet” […]
Let It Snow, Seattle!
When you think of Seattle, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? The Space Needle? Sure. Mt. Rainier? Maybe. Rain? Definitely! But when Seattle gets a dusting of snow instead of a dousing of rain, it’s time to get outside and enjoy the wonder. Where better to take a stroll on a cold winter’s […]
A Fast 48 Hours in New York City – Part One
If you’re fortunate to fly into New York City often, you have the luxury of knowing that whatever you miss on one trip, you can make up for on the next. But if you’re an infrequent visitor to The Big Apple like me, just remember, you can catch up on your sleep when you get […]