Have you ever gone on a tour to see where your favorite chocolate is made or the pretzels you have loved since you were a kid? My husband and I are huge Seattle Seahawks fans. We have been fortunate to attend several games in Seattle over the last 30 years….
You probably know that Starbucks originated in Seattle, but you may not be aware that that whole area is the land of coffee. They take their hot beverages made from beans from a tree very seriously, but are also playful with it. My kind of people. I previously wrote about…
The massive ferries that I have encountered in my travels (“A Ferry Different Way Of Life”) remind me of cruise ships. Especially when all lit up at night, they bring to mind Puerto Vallarta (to a girl growing up in Pennsylvania “The Love Boat” and Mexico might as well have…
If you think about it, your path crosses with so many people in the course of a lifetime, fleeting interactions that leave no trace of the individuals who held a door for you, waited on you at a restaurant, sat next to you on a plane. But sometimes what should…
“If only, on the ground, just a thin curtain separated us from more leg room, larger seats and free drinks.” —- Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindtraveler #travel #sheerclass
Do you recognize when you are content? Like me, I bet you are often too caught up in the logistics of a life, the balls in the air that must not fall, the speed of juggling always needing to increase. When do any of us have time to take a…
I once again have led my long-suffering husband to new treasures along the highways and byways of this great country. I never tell the poor man where we are going, I navigate us to the address, telling him to be on the lookout for anything “unusual.” Mister Rain is not…
Although the end result is worth it, air travel is never easy and always exhausting. Recently at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a flight home, the TSA PreCheck line was the longest we had ever seen it, causing my husband and I to wonder had everyone caught on to this time…
During our recent trip to Washington state, we went on a whale watch out of Port Townsend with the company, Puget Sound Express. Although I hoped we would see some whales, I am always happy to be on the water. During the safety talk before we left the dock, the…
During our first trip to Seattle in 1995, a friend and his wife met us at the airport to show us around. They were from California and very familiar with a coffee place that first started in this, the Emerald City. We went to the original, the first store of…
