Football Season is Here!!

Football season is here, with the Huskies kicking off the local action Saturday, September 1, and Seattle is going to be a hotbed of football action this year, with Seahawk...

Guest Blogger Flathead Mama and her Seattle Experience

From time to time we will invite locals and visitors alike to expound on the Seattle experience.  Today, we have a lovely travel post from Rebecca Miller, aka Flathead Mama. ...

The Walrus and The Carpenter Review

Today we are featuring guest blogger Lisa Kothari.  She is a Seattle transplant from the mid-West, and blogs over at The Ray Doc's Wife about "good food, great travel, and...

Excellent Public Transportation Makes Seattle Easy for Those Without Cars

Seattle’s public transportation system is one of the most extensive in the country, which is a boon for the budget minded tourist.  King County Metro and Sound Transit both offer...

Seattle City Pass is an Excellent Value!

City Pass is an excellent way to see the top attractions in Seattle, and save some time and money. City Pass allows you to see THE top attractions in Seattle...

Our Review of the Great Wheel!

  The Great Wheel is the giant ferris wheel that has sprung up, seemingly overnight, along the Seattle Waterfront.  It's owner, Hal Griffith, bills it as a way to keep...

Belltown Good Eats!

  Seattle is a foodie paradise! There is everything a hungry traveler could want, but did you know that you have a wealth of choices located in the same building...

University District Street Fair This Weekend-May 19-20, 2012

In town this weekend? One of my personal signs that summer is right around the corner is the U District Street Fair, running May 19-20. This, to me, marks the...

King Tut Returns to Seattle May 24, 2012.

When King Tut was last in our area in 1978, it was one of the biggest hits of the art/archeology/history worlds to visit Seattle EVER. In four months, 1.3 million...

May means Seattle International Film Festival

    May is here, and single tickets just went on sale for the Seattle International Film Festival. Yahoo! The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is one of the TOP...

Are you Rock n Rolling?

This year’s edition of the Seattle Rock n Roll Marathon is Saturday June 23, 2012. Part athletic event, part block party, this series is immensely popular, with tens of thousands...

Eat Like a Local: Garlic Fries

Eat Like a Local: Garlic Fries The glory days of our local baseball team seems eons ago, but with April, hope springs eternal with a new Major League Baseball season...

We are an “Rated Excellent” Property on Flipkey!

We are SO proud and excited! Recently we found out we have been singled out as a "Rated Excellent" Property on Trip Advisor's Flipkey!  This means that we averaged four stars...

Spring is Finally Sprung–Go Check Out the Arboretum This Weekend!

Seattle has a generous amount of open, green areas in its neighborhoods, but as locals, the Washington Arboretum and Japanese Garden is a special place we never get tired of....

Whatever You Do, Don’t Miss the Market!

  If you had time to see only one thing in Seattle, without hesitation we would say that “one thing” has to be the Pike Place Market! Believe it or...

Sakura-Con: Exciting is building for April 2012!

Sakura-Con is one of the biggest conventions to hit Seattle in 2012, and promises to be its biggest one yet for the 15th Anniversary of this annual celebration of everything...

Last Weekend for Rosalie Whyel’s Museum of Doll Art

A true treasure in Western Washington is about to close its doors forever on March 1. Rosalie Whyel's Museum of Doll Art, located in the downtown Bellevue, is a wonderful...

Seattle Inside! With Kids on the Waterfront Edition!

To me, February is the longest month.  Perhaps it's because my birthday is the beginning of March, and as a child, the days seemed to drag.  Perhaps because, here in...

Oklahoma at the 5th Avenue

On Friday, February 3, one of the most beloved Broadway musicals of all time will open at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.  Oklahoma! by Rogers and Hammerstein, originally opened on Broadway...

Make Plans for Beauty and the Beast!

Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Seattle!  Based on the Academy® Award-winning animated film, which was just re-released in 3-D, this is sure...