The Seattle Traveler

Eagle Creek Ranch, just outside of Leavenworth, offers picturesque sleigh rides that closely resembles something you’d expect to see on television or in the movies.
Big, lumbering, yet somehow graceful draft horses, antique sleighs, and snow drifts through meadows and alpine forests.  Depending on what experience you are looking for, you can structure your ride in a larger sleigh if you have a group, or make it a romantic, private ride in a small sleigh.
Location:  Outside of Leavenworth, about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Seattle.
Dates & Times:  Weekends, 10 am – 4 pm.  Rides depart every hour.
Price:  For the …read more

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Just because you are eating on the run, it doesn’t mean that you have to settle for cardboard tasting protein bars or fat-laden junk food.  Why not enjoy a chef-prepared meal that is both tasty and wholesome?
Eat Local offers frozen take out dishes that are prepared using ingredients sourced from local and organic or sustainable farms.  This food doesn’t have far to travel from its home to yours, making these dishes good for you and for the community. 
The dishes on the menu are varied, representing both the traditional (smoked ham glazed with cloves and honey, pork loin with …read more

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Another week of interesting posts about cities around the world with The Carnival of Cities.
My favorite contribution to the carnival this week was Amsterdam Attractions Under Attack.  Apparently, some of the adult attractions of the gateway city are making the city less risque and more family friendly.  If sex, drugs, and rock and roll are your passion, you’ll want to get to Amsterdam before these vices are gone.
And after you’re done reading about Amsterdam, click on over to Traveling Mamas, and read all the rest of this week’s posts.
My contribution to the Carnival was the post on Tom Douglas.  …read more

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Things seem to have come to a screeching halt around here as snow blankets the greater Seattle area.
Freeways looked pretty ugly with traffic and accidents this morning, although things seem to have calmed down now that it’s midday.
Overnight forecast is for more snow — perhaps as much as 4-6 inches, depending on where you live — and that will mean morning commute time could be pretty dangerous once again.
Be careful out there!
Photo credit:  personal collection
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Viewing Prospect Fields, the current exhibit at Platform Gallery, is a bit like being a mouse in a maze.  Except that you’ll get your bits of cheese along the way instead of just at the end.
Seattle resident Eric Eley has created an exhibit that does more than put stuff on the walls and floors of a gallery.  His installation of sculptures helps guide you through the exhibit, moving you this way and that as you take stock of what there is to see.  The installation itself becomes part of the art on display, and as you wend your way …read more

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Seattle is a beautiful city, day or night!
Photo credit:  flickr
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I’ve always thought Flamenco was a beautiful dance form, with its strong, rhythmic musical undertones, and the graceful and passionate hand and footwork of the dance.
Ana Montes, one of the West Coast’s top female flamenco dancer, is now trying to share her love of this beautiful dance here in Seattle. 
First studying flamenco in Seville, and later in Madrid, she later danced professionally in Europe.  She has been performing and teaching in the Seattle area since 1991.
Ana now teaches at the studio Flamenco Danzarte, and also produces student shows and recitals. 
Location:  2306 4th Avenue, between Bell & Battery …read more

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The mixing of science and beer plays out monthly, in two different locations, with Science on Tap.
Based on the U.K.’s Cafe Scientifique, the casual gatherings,
And it really is about science and beer.  Each meet up features a guest speaker and program on a scientific topic, along with lively, but casual, conversation.  While you’ll find lots of people from varying niches within the scientific community, the program is also designed to encourage the non-scientific among us to participate as well.
And oh yeah — there’s beer!
What started out as a small, simple gathering, quickly picked up steam, and Science on …read more

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With the rainy season upon us, Seattle-ites are staying indoors, and many of them are turning of the television, computer, and electronics that dominate so many lives.  With more and more families trying to capitalize on at least one at home family night a week, games are becoming popular once again.
My favorite childhood game were Monopoly, Risk, Battleship, Scrabble, and Parcheesi.  Those may seem old-fashioned by today’s standards, but those games join the list of others available at Blue Highway Games.
Blue Highway has an extensive inventory of board and card games for all ages and all types of game …read more

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I’ve been absent from the Carnival of Cities for a few weeks, and was glad to get back into the swing of things with this week’s Carnival, hosted by Grace at Sandier Pastures.  Grace writes about life in Dubai, and I always find her stories about life in the Emirates immensely entertaining.
My favorite city post this week was from Sheila at Family Travel, “Guaranteed Florida Manatee Sightings.”  It turns out that we’re in prime manatee season, and the articles give you lots of options on ways to see these mysterious creatures.
My contribution to the Carnival was my post, Top …read more

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