Solstice in West Seattle

There were 75, maybe 100 people in the Solstice Park waiting to see the sun set. I’ve never seen this many people here, but also, I can’t remember the last time the sky was cloud free on the solstice. The day had been perfect so it wasn’t surprising that the neighborhood — and some folks …


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Accomodation Review: Pete Harris’ Suburban Retreat

The greater Puget Sound region makes all of us take a side at some point — we declare ourselves of Seattle and deride the East Side, or we take up residency on the East Side and declare those city kids cute, but really, grow up. Plus, no, we are not doing that commute, no way …


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West Seattle in Journeys Magazine

I finally chased this bad boy down —  I wrote a spread on why (West) Seattle is aces for Journeys UK — it’s a British travel magazine. There’s a PDF here.  

Seattle Gray

My friend Knox is doing all the routes in Seattle Stairway Walks and he invited me to join him on today’s walk around West Seattle’s Pigeon Point neighborhood. It was dull gray all day long, but still good to get outside.