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The fifth annual Greenway Days Festival is slated for the end of the month, and is a celebration of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, 100 miles of designated scenic byways. The greenway runs along the I-90 corridor, going from the shores of Puget Sound, over Snoqualmie Pass, and into Central Washington.
Most of the greenway […]
This weekend. . .
. . . you can go back in a time to an earlier era as Port Townsend celebrates in annual Victorian Festival.
Known for its Victorian era architecture, and occupying a place on the National Historic Register, Port Townsend is an enjoyable weekend trip any time of the year. But for […]
Viewing the Seattle Art Museums’s Roman Art from the Louvre exhibit is the closest you’re going to get to some of this collection of extraordinary art short of paying a visit to the Louvre in Paris.
The exhibition features approximately 180 pieces of ancient art, selected from one of the richest collections in the world, spanning […]
Sugar Plum Dreams will be decorating the Victorian Meeker Mansion in its annual Christmas Open House.
Docents will conduct tours of the 17 room Mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, including the ballroom, “widows walk,” six fireplaces with European mantels, hand-stenciled ceiling artwork, elegant woodwork and stained glass.
Cookies and […]
Seattle to Bainbridge Island
Whether you’re shopping for a piece or original art, or browsing for holiday gifts, the Bainbridge Island Winter Art Studio Tour offers up lots of choices.
The tour covers nine locations (art studios and community halls), and over 60 artists representing a variety of media. You’ll find paintings, glass work, furniture, ceramics, jewelry, […]
Seattle has its own Ghostbusters, or paranormal investigators, who investigate paranormal claims with scientific methodology. A.G.H.O.S.T., which stands for Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle-Tacoma, seek to explain the theories about ghost hunting and haunted locations, reporting on ghost sightings and other events, and sponsoring ghost hunting club activities.
A.G.H.O.S.T. also offers year round Ghost Tours of Seattle, […]
A visit to Grand Coulee Dam (off SR 55 in Eastern Washington) serves as both an awe inspiring example of man-made magnificence, and as a reminder that while I take electricity for granted, a lot goes on behind the scenes to make it happen.
Grand Coulee Dam is located on the mighty Columbia River, and, […]
If you’d like to take your next sip of tea in the Japanese tradition, attend one of the tea ceremonies in the Japanese Tea Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum. Tea demonstrations are held every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, and are hosted by the Seattle branch of the Urasenke Foundation .
The Wednesday tea presentations […]
Still looking for something to do over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend? How about virtual road trip along the Washington Wine Highway?
You don’t drive this highway — you walk it. Without ever leaving the ground of Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, you can make the virtual trek between Woodinville and Walla Walla. Along the way, […]
It’s time for whale watching on Puget Sound!
Some tour operators have already started their whale watching cruises, others will be getting underway soon, but the season is officially underway.
With a little luck, this is the summer you’ll see those magnificent Orcas (there are three pods who migrate to the San Juan Islands during the summer […]
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Written by Mary Jo Manzanares [email] for b5media.
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