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The Seattle Traveler

Archive for May 2008

May 22nd, 2008

This Weekend. . . the Seattle International Film Festival

This Weekend. . .
. . . indulge your love of movies at the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival.  This year over 400 films are scheduled for screening over the 25 days of the festival.  That’s a lot to choose from, so take a look at the schedule of events and screenings, and start [...]

By Mary Jo -- 0 comments

May 21st, 2008

Get the Fashions You CRAVE at Seattle’s Largest Sample Sale

Over 50 local designers and boutiques will be selling their goods at bargain prices at the CRAVE Party Spring Market.  You’ll find lots of high-end clothes, jewelry, bags, home furnishings, bath and body treats, gourmet foods, and lots more from the best of the best of what Seattle fashion has to offer.
Other activities will [...]

By Mary Jo -- 1 comment

May 20th, 2008

Carry Seattle With You Wherever You Go

If you want to proudly sport your Seattle creds, this messenger bag from Solarek’s Air Wear collection helps you do it in style.
The SEA represents the 3-letter airport code for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and in small letters below that you’ll find the city name and latitude.
The messenger bag has a clasp closure, a main [...]

By Mary Jo -- 0 comments

May 19th, 2008

The Mercer Girls: Seattle’s Mail Order Brides

What first comes to mind when you think of Seattle?
Rain.  The Space Needle.  The Cascades and Olympic Mountain Ranges.  The eruption of Mt. St. Helens.  Grunge Music.  Microsoft and Amazon.  Coffee.  Lots of tree huggers.
Those things are all part of Seattle today, and of its recent history, but if you go back a hundred [...]

By Mary Jo -- 5 comments

May 18th, 2008

Photo Op: Pacific Science Center at Night

Details:  The arches of the Pacific Science Center at night.
 
 
 
Photo credit: flickr
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May 17th, 2008

Paradise Inn at Mount Rainier National Park Reopens

After a two year closure for renovations on its main building, the Paradise Inn at Mount Rainier National Park is now open!
Paradise Inn first opened in 1917 and is listed on the National Historic Register.  If this renovation was successful, you won’t even know what’s been done.  The goal was to maintain the historic [...]

By Mary Jo -- 1 comment

May 16th, 2008

Sun & Baseball, Ichiro & the Seattle Mariners

The weather is nice — sunny and warm — and with a little luck, it’s supposed to hold through the weekend.  One of my favorite sunny day activities is to watch a baseball game.
Ichiro and all the other Seattle Mariner’s start a three game home stand against the San Diego Padres’s tonight at Safeco [...]

By Mary Jo -- 1 comment

May 15th, 2008

This Weekend. . . Go Rubber Stamping

This weekend. . .
. . . head off to Puyallup and the Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival.
If you’re one of the millions of people who are enjoyed the rubber stamping, paper arts and scrapbooking arts, you probably already have this weekend on your calendar.
There are lots of demonstrations, new products, classes and workshops.  [...]

By Mary Jo -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

Tell the City of Seattle What You Think

Interested Seattle citizens can provide feedback to the City of Seattle via a new website (Idea Scale) allowing users to post ideas on how things could be improved around here.
Then, in Digg fashion, you can “vote up” the ideas that you like the best.  It’s community building at its best — in a real community.
There’s [...]

By Mary Jo -- 3 comments

May 13th, 2008

Great Cookware Finds at City Kitchens

I was in the city for the day and had to make a stop at one of my favorite kitchen stores, City Kitchens.
This locally owned specialty store is chockfull of bowls, baskets, serving trays, cutlery, kitchen gadgets, cookware, and just about anything else any lover of cooking and food could desire.  It’s a great [...]

By Mary Jo -- 2 comments