We get this question a lot! Our friends and family ask us…. as well as strangers we meet while traveling… and we still don’t know how to answer it…. What is your favorite travel destination? I can’t tell you my favorite child or favorite nephew. I don’t know my favorite band or even my favorite…
Tag: seattle
People and/or Places
We are just completing our Seattle summer back at home. We have spent 3 months seeing a lot of friends and family and getting reconnected after spending most of the year in other countries. The summer flew by but we did have many opportunities to spend some time with people that we really missed. We…
Visit Seattle
Booking travel is a lot of work and doing it right takes a lot of research in a town you’ve never visited. I work hard at understanding transit and finding the best neighborhoods, activities, restaurants and museums. I know Seattle really well, so this is going to be the post that I would be exited…
Biking Again in Seattle
I am so happy to be back biking again in Seattle. There are so many different trails to explore and I have been enjoying getting back to all my favorite routes. I have tried biking in many different places in the world (although not as much as I would like to) but I really believe…
Places that punch above their weight
Being from Seattle, I always smile when I see something from my city in a different part of the world. Our city of just 800,000 people (3 million in metro area) has a lot of athletes, artists, musicians, movies, buildings, and companies that are recognizable all over the world. I saw a lot of Nirvana…
Why did we retire to the city?
M and I grew up in the suburbs and lived most of our adult lives in suburbs. We thought that was the thing to do. Raise kids in the suburbs was the expectation. Good schools, playing in the neighborhood, sports, scouts, and all the kids activities seemed like it was the way to go. But…